Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-02-07


Hall Tuesday evening YVES It's usual
success.
Miss Jennie Hamm is recovering
from the grip but does not leave her
room yet.
Mrs Weston M. Barnes and Mrs
Henry @. Barnes are recovering from
| the grip.
Mrs J. D. Secord of Lee, Mass.
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs d. L.
Freeman, the latter part of the week.
Mr. and Mrs John Beckley have
leased s. @. Beckley's residence and
will open it as boarding house on
March 1st.
The East Canaan Whist Club met
at the Grange hall Monday evening.
There was full attendance and all had
an enjoyable time.
Here is the mercury record for the
last seven mornings: 2l' above zero
Just zero to s. 6eloao zero-109 belo,U
zero-2O0 above zero--15-4.
In the Cornwall Bridge correspond
ence you will find the advertisement
concerning the entertainment to be CIV
en- by Prof. Gaffary's Athletic and Va
riety Co.
| M. l. Osborne, Jr., on the staff OF
The National Magazine, Boston, Mass,
| - l. =. -, Wakarra
Saturday morning until Tuesday even
ing.
Mrs FL. B. Ives is quite i'll at the
| Warner House. A week ago or more
ago she was taken with the grip which
developed into quinsy the first part OF
the week. DIR f. Ii. Lee ID attending
her.
Samuel 8. butcher, formerly line
man for the Canaan Division of the
8. N. E. Telephone Co., and now hold
| ing similar position on the Bridgeport
| Division, was married in Bridgeport
January 80.
Marcus A. Barnes arrived home
from Florida last Friday evening and
on Sat lrday returned to his studies at
Williams college. He reports that his
brother Albert is improving in Florida
and intends to remain there few days
more and stop awhile at Ashevills. N.
c., on his route home.
The recent snow storm and high
winds have blockaded nearly all the
highways in this locality. From all
around come reports of blockades and
high drifts which will necessitate the
'breaking out" of the roads or heavy
thaw before traffic can be resumed
Trains we've delayed throughout the
day Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs G. B. Gardner and son
Ivan of Coxsackie, N. Y. visited at
Warren McIntyre's last Saturday. They
intended to reach Canaan in time to at
tend the Masonic ball Friday evening
but owing to one train being late and
missing connection they could come no
farther than Ct. Darlington that even
ing.
Mr. Purdy, of Delhi, N. Y. repre-
sentative of the New York Condensed
Milk Co., was in town last Monday with
the view of ascertaining if it would be
practicable for that company to erect
and operate creamery here. 1t is
said that the company is DESTROYS of es-
tablishing creamery in the upper
Housatonic Valley but whether or not
Mr. Purdy was favorably impressed with
Canaan as location is not known.
| The personal property belonging to
the estate of Acel Tobey, deceased, will
be sold at public auction at the Acel
Tobey farm. one mile east of Canaan
Valley, on Wednesday. Feb. ID. at 10 q.
m. Two horses, one fine 2-year-old
colt, two new milch cows, four tons ,'of
good hay, farm wagons, carriages, bug
gies. road cart. sleighs, OK sled, farm
machinery and tools, lumber, harnesses,
household goods, etc., etc., will be
sold. For schedule, see posters.
The Central New England Railroad
Company is gathering matter for their
annual summer home book. which will
be issued early in the spring. They
will print the usual list of hotels. board.
ing houses and farm houses, who desire
to entertain summer boardefs for the
coming season This year the book will
be gotten out by the railroad company
ALI who desire to be represented in the
: book should apply without delay to w
j. Martin, General Passenger Agent
. Hartford, Conn. for the necessary
blanks to fill out.
1t is understood that S. @. Cum
. mings of Norwalk is contemplating tbt
erection of building on the lot mex
: to G. l.. Parsons & Sons store, th,
Q first floor to be used as store and the
Q upper story to be arranged for offices
g The building, if erected, will be 25x4'
/. T so feet, 30 built that any future tim
it may be enlarged another rs feet, thu
4 doubling its capacity. Mr. Cumming
r is to erect on that site building of tn
t above dimensions or one smaller, in tn
!, near future. The only reason he hest
!, tates to build the larger building is tn
@ fear that he cannot secure rental and b
q has written to local parties to gain in
70 formation On this point. From on
|, personal knowledge we are quite sur
n Mr. Cummings would find no difficult
@ in renting his building to good advan
10 tage as thers is q demand for first elias
store and office privilege in Can aan.
r AT the meeting of the board of II
1t lief held at the Town Hall last Satul
dow tho boor5 aIoso5 -, &c Ill -.