Connecticut western news., 1901-05-23


CONNER ced housekeeping in the rooms
over Camps drug store.
Miss Belle Lorrain went to New
York last Saturday to visit friends. She
will remain a couple of weeks.
james Quinn was in Hartford from
Sunday afternoon until Monday after
noon visiting his son, Joseph, and
transacting business.
Engineer William O'Brien recently
left the employ of the Central New
England road but has resumed his
position on said road.
Gideon D. Pond of Winsted occa
pied the pulpit of Christ church last
Sunday and preached an excellent SER
mon both morning and afternoon.
Last Friday, Howard Bierce cut
quite a cash in his leg, with a knife,
while working at the telephone poles,
which made him quite lame for few
DAYS.
VIM Watson of birmingham, Mass,
hadfhe misfortune to break his leg last
week Tuesday, by stone rolling on to
it. He is a brother of Mrs Hardenbergh
OF Canaan.
Canaan can now boast of hourly
stock quotations direct from the New
York Exchange. This accommodation
is provided by Thomas Able, and is
something thut every village does not
have.
1t will interest YOU to visit DIR Ross
new rabbitry and see his collection of
% or more Belgian hares. They are all
prize animals and DIR Ross can tell you
their pedigree for many generations or
when their ancestors landed in America.
H. A Adams and wife of Saranack
Like, N. Y. are visiting at George
Woods. They came last week We'd
nes1ay. Mrs Adams is q sister of Mrs
Wood. Mrs Woods mother also came
at that time, but returned home on
Friday.
David s. Cowles Post, the Sons of
Veterans, and the Womsn's Relief Corps
and friends have accepted an invitation
to attend patriotic memorial services at
st Joseph's church next Sunday at IL
a. m. Rev FIR Bannon will deliver the
sermon.
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Mich. visited relatives here from Friday
until Monday when he passed on to
East Canaan or Norfolk. He left home
seven weeks ago and has been visiting
at different places en- the route. He
expects to remain East year.
Largo delegations of Canaanites
went to Hartford on Tuesday and yes
terday to manifest their interest in the
Tariffville extension. Yesterday the
Mountain Express train was run for
their accommodation 1t left Canaan
about :. a m and returned at 6,3O p, m.
Frost last Thursday morning and
heavy rain on Saturday with light rain
Sunday and cloudy and misty Monday
with mercury at about so degrees day
and night during Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, but Tuesday forenoon the sun
appeared again and everyone reioiced.
A new time table will 60 into effect
on the Central New England railroad,
next Sunday. May &c. The Mountain
Express will start from this place in
stead of Winsted, as at present, and the
west bound train arriving here at 10 "a
g. m. will go through to Poughkeepsie.
They say that judge Whittlesey is
a good marksmAn and that on Wednes.
day of last week he discovered dog
chasing and biting his sheep. The
Judge siezed a gun and at long range
firedat the dog and killed it. An in
vsstigation revealed the fact that several
sheep had been bitten and one had been
killed by the dog which belonged to
Harry Holcomb.
1t has proved just as Jackson pre-
dicted, they're comm. " The dirt
began to fly on Tuesday of this week
when the CONSOLIDATED" road com
menced building a siding, south Of
Union depot, for the Borden Milk Co.
1t is estimated that the siding alone
will cost $1,000 It is understood that
work on the creamery buildings will
soon be commenced.
The Patterson Weekly News is the
title of five-column, eight page news
paper recently launched at Patterson
N. Y. George S. Williams is the editor
of the new venture, but he still retainl
his position as associate editor anf
business manager of the Pawlint
Chronicle. Capaanites will remembe
Mr.. Williams as foreman of the Con
NEcTIcUT WESTERN NEWS from Februar,
1887 to August 1890.
Ely Ensign, secretary and treasure
of The Ensign Manufacturing Compan,
at Huntington, West Va in writing
under date of May 18th. to renew hi
subscription to the News. takes occasion
to remark: "We cannot get along with
out the CONNECTICUT WESTERN News
and don't want to. Our interest in th
localities where we were raised neve
grows less. We are surprised, though
J to read that the woods there are film
up with wild deer and that sometimes
bear may be seen"
Mrs Betsey Buel of Litchfiei
, passed through here Friday on he
way to South Lee, Mass, where be
brother, Samuel r. Fellows, WAS fatal
8 injured at the Hurlbut paper mill o
. Thursday evening. The accident OF
5 cured at half past seven and deaf