Connecticut western news., 1901-06-06


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CHARLES Gillette is steadily improv-
ing.
Mrs Fl Hawley of Patterson, n Y.
is visiting fiends in town.
The Hawthorne Club is expecting
to take an excursion to Sharon next
Wednesday.
If you wish to see some nice ducks
only two weeks old call at W. 81.
Camps and he will show them to you.
Thirty five tickets were sold in this
place for the Litchfield County Choral
Union concert held in Winsted last eve
nj 8.
Mrs Walton of Salisbury and Mrs
Washburn of Brooklyn, N Y. were
guests of Mrs E. w. Warner this week
Monday.
Miss Kittie A. White has fully re-
covered from o severe attack of portion
tits, and is now able to attend to her
millinery business again.
Miss Lizzie Ellis of Warren Plains.
N. @. arrived in town Wednesday noon
and joined her sister Nancy on the
force of servants at Beckley's.
Mrs J. N. VanDeusen had heavy
cold all last week and has been confined
to her bed since Saturday and threaten
ed with pneumonia, but is now i'm
proving.
Letters remaining uncslled for at
Cansan poet Office are addressed as fol-
lowe: J. II. Casey, W. T. Lockwood,
T. H. Lubene, Frank Wood, @. F. KEEL
ly, Rev ia. McDougalI, Mrs j. Walsh.
A meeting to organize base ball
club will be held in the lower hall of
the Town Hall building on Friday eve-
ning, June 7th, at 8 O'Clock. All over
/. IL years of age who are interested in
this subject are requested to attend.
There is no graduating class at the
Canaan High school this year. Mrs
Preston. Mise Merwin and Miss Scho-
field close their schools June IL. Miss
Roraback closes her school June IA,
and Mrs Root closes her school June 81.
Mrs Martin Belden slipped off a
stone door step at her home Monday
night and fractured her right shoulder
They thought of taking her to the
House of Mercy in Pittsfeld. Mass.
today, but she is too weak to be moved
yet.
The large four-story wooden build.
ing in New Hartford known as Smiths
block and owned by Mrs Frances Ber'
ard, was partially destroyed by fire
Tnesday night, causing loss of about
$4,000. The lower floor was occupied
by six stores and shops, and seven fam
lilies occupied the upper floors.
II. r Collin returned from Albany
yesterday afternoon. He says Mrs Col
lin is in the Albany City Hospital and is
slowly recovering from surgical oper.
alton. She is very weak but is doing
as well as could be expected. She will
probably remain there about three
weeks
Correspondents and readers of the
News are again respectfully Informed
that the NEWS cannot gratuitously pub
lish advertisements of church suppers,
sociables and fairs and festivals or any
other speculative picnics However
when any circulars or posters for such
affairs are printed at the NEWS Office {
free notice is always cheerfully publish
ed in the paper.
--Children's Day will be observed
next Sunday morning at the Pilgrim
church, with a sermon to the children
by the pastor. also conservation in bap
tism of children. Concert by the chill
dren in the evening at $50 o'clock
Responsive service at the NJ. E. churcl
Sunday evening at o'clock, with spec
ial music by the choir and recitation
by the children.
"A. V. A Felten went to Asheville
N. G. last November to spend the win
ter. Soon afterwards his family joine'
him there. All returned to Hillsdale
N. Y. a few days since and on Monda
last Mr. Felten arrived in Canaan an
received most sincere and heart
WELCOME home" He is greatly i'm
proved in health; in fact the write
never saw him looking SO healthy. Ii
will resume work in the store, and in
few days his family will arrive here.
The Canaan team that went to Gil
Darlington Decoration Day surprises
themselves, their friends aud the Sedp
wick ball team by winning the game ]
to L. Ralph Stanton pitched for Ca
naan and only three hits were made OF
of his delivery. Meyer caught, Dor
nelly played first. J. Stanton SECOND
f. Stanton third, "Deb" Cudney shor
and Charley Dodge, Bierce and Sal
Roberts stood around in the out fielc
Canaan batted out four runs in each (
che first two innings and with thes
eight to start with had Sedgwick sigl
ing for the moon the rest Of the gam