Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-04

friends in Winsted over Sunday.
Thomas Able returned Saturday
from months business trip to Kansas.
Miss Lille Fuller, who has been
quite sick with the grippe, is much i'm
proved.
Mrs Thomas Ferguson of Lenox
Mass, visited Miss Edith Barnes over
Sunday.
Marcus Barnes arrived home from
Williams college yesterday to spend the
Easter vacation.
Miss Emma Billiard of Poughkeep-
sic, N. Y, has been spending week
with the Misses Granger.
George r Wilcox has just built a
good size addition to the rear of his
house on Railroad street.
Letters remaining uncalled for at
Canaan post Office are addressed to
Thomas Morris and Miss Bertha Saw
yer.
Miss Henrietta Hanford, who has
been visiting at s. A. Burnaby's, went
yesterday to Spencer, Mass. to visit
relatives.
"A number of Canaanites will attend
the Tariffville Extension hearing before
the legislative railroad committee in
Hartford today.
-Lucien Eitten, an italian who has
been living on the Trescott farm, has
moved into E. w. Warmers small tene-
ment near the railroad.
The Orange tea at the ME-. church
parlors last Friday evening was a sue
cess every way. The supper was fine,
and they cleared S27.50.
Miss Katherine Granger has been
sick with pneumonia since last week
Monday. but at this writing is out of
danger and improving nicely.
Next Sunday morning. the services
at the Pilgrim church will be an Easter
sermon by the pastor and special Easter
music by the choir. In the evening
there will be q carol service by the
children at 6 o'clock.
Anyone wishing to accommodate
summer boarders can have their place
mentioned in the N. Y, N. 81. & 81.
railroad directory of summer boarding
houses by handing in description of
place to the N. Y, N. 81. & 81. ticket
agent at this station.
j. L. Bragg has completed the
work commenced two years ago by
Harry Nicoll, viz: built bicycle path
on Main street from the G. N. E. rail-
road crossing to 8. w. Barnes residence
Wheelmsn may now "chip in to pay
for this improvement.
The weather and travelling last week
may be described by stating that an
empty lime wagon without any box
weighed 240O pounds on Ives & Peirce's
scales. The wheels of the wagon were
almost solid mass of frozen mud, and
resembled the wheels of chariot.
Sparks from locomotive on the
O. N. E. road set fire to the grass on
L. Bragg's lot between the railroad and
his barn on Monday. and also to the
highway adjoining Sheridan Bar nes'
lot. 1t spread quite rapidly but was
soon extinguished and no damage done.
Mrs Esther Dunning returned to
Canaan last Friday evening from Jeanes-
vile, Pa, where she has remained the
past six months with relatives. Her
health has been very poor since last
summer but she is now improving. She
will board at the Warner House for
awhile.
The annual meeting of the North
Canaan Water Company was held Mon
day. The following officers were elect
ed: President, D L. Freeman; superin-
tendent, E. Rhoades; secretary, N. W.
Hardenbergh; treasurer. ]. W. Peet;
directors, D. l. Freeman, J. W. Peet,
E. Rhoades, Mrs A. x. Rhoades,
N. W. Hardenbergh.
-Housatonic Lodge. No. 81, F. & A.
M. held special communication last
Tuesday evening and conferred the
A. E. degree At the regular commun
ication next Monday evening, April s.
the M. M. degree will be conferred
and will be followed by ban.
quet. District Deputy E. d. Boards
ley of New Preston will make his an.
nual visitation and inspection OF the
lodge. All members of the lodge are
earnestly requested to be present.
1t has been rumored that Photog
rapher Jordan was to leave Canaan
this spring. The facts in the case are
as follows: Mr. Jordan has opened 9
| gallery in Lakeville but will also retain
his gallery in Canaan. He intends to
do considerable outside work and there.
fore does not wish to be confined te
each gallery only one day in week
viz !: Tuesdays in Canaan and Satur
days in Lakeville. but of course he il
liable to be at either gallery on othel
days. Ii patrons find it inconvenien'
to visit either gallery on the days desig
mated. they can probably arrange witt
Mr. Jordan to meet them some othe
day of the week.
William Cobb, 35 years old, EN-
ployed by the Southern New England
Telephone Company, was killed a
Waterbury, March %. He was max
ing some repairs to the telephone wire
on the long pole in the rear of th'
buckle factory. He climbed the poll
and stopped at the first arm which CON
tains wires belonging to the telephone
and electric light company. Cobb wa
on the pole but a few minutes when tn,
accident occurred, for soon after b.