Connecticut western news., 1902-08-07

Hartford last Sunday.
 Lester Root and wife, who have been visiting in town for the past two weeks, returned to their home in Bristol last Saturday.
 Rev. H. Utterwick and wife left New York city yesterday for Grand Rapids, Mich, where they will visit relatives several weeks.
 The receipts of fhe Young Ladies Mission Circle annual sale and supper at the Pilgrim church parlors last Friday evening were about $6O %.
 MT and Mrs Henry Roraback of Holley, N. Y., who have been visiting relatives in this section for a month, will return to their home this week. On Wednesday evening of last week while playing "cars" st Millerton, little Gracie Eggleston, daughter of MT and Mrs L. J. Eggleston, fell out of little wagon and broke her arm.
 Miss Mary Finnegan has resigned her position at Mrs Bridgman's in Nor folk and has accepted the position of bookkeper and general assistant at O. Fl. Pease's printing office and stationery store in Canaan. The Methodist Church Sunday School will hold their annual picnic at Lake Buel on Wednesday, Aug. 13, and the Sunday School of the Pilgrim Church will hold theirs there on We'd nesday, Aug 20.
 The big fire in New Milford upset the plans to hold the reunion of the Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery there, but the reunion will probably be held at Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport about the middle of September.
 Mrs Frank Partridge and daughter, Della, of Rockville, are guests at Wm. J. Ferguson's. Mir Partridge came with them on Saturday but returned Monday. Mrs Partridge and daughter are here for two weeks visit. The Amenia Times says: ''If oats continue to advance they will be worth . cent piece before the new crop is put on the market. The present market quotation is 70 cents . bushel. the highest price reached since the Civil War.
 THE NEWS of July told you about Benjamin Chapin of New York who bears . striking resemblance to Abraham Lincoln. Mir Chapin will give imper- sonations of Lincoln at the Town Hall in Canaan on August IS. Miss Laura Chapin of Lakeville will also be present and sing several selections. This en- tertainment will be under the auspices of the Village Improvement Association. Posters and programs give full par ticulars.
 THE NEWS is indebted to Scoville & Wheeler, general contractors and builders, Worcester, Mass., for . copy of the souvenir hand book of the Can tenement Patriarchs Militant, L O. O. F. at Worcester, June Is, IT IS. It contains the program, poem, biography of Thomas H. Dodge. and pictures of about 60 prominent mem bers of the order.
 "A. P. Briggs says that R. H. Dan iels. whose photographic car is at present located on Church street. is the smattest colored man he ever saw. Daniels is native of San Domingo and can speak six languages. His parents lived 70 years in San Domingo and for 50 years were in the photo. graph business there Daniels is first class artist and portrait painter, and has done large amount of work in that line in Lakeville and Lime Rock
 Mir Barnum sells another greai young horse. At the grand circuit meeting last week Mir o. w. Barnum sold his year old B. G., The Judge No record; price $4OOO. MT Barnun raised and developed this young horse and then sent him to A. P. McDonald one of the very best trainers and drivers in the country. to race. Cleveland gentleman took . fancy to The Judge after seeing him work thre, miles in 3 II. 2. 10 and 09.-MillertoI Telegram. July 3l. During the concert in the churcl at Norfolk on the evening of July 30 tn, electric lights suddenly went out ant the audience was in total darkness fo half an hour. Last Friday evening g 745 o'clock was the time set to com mence lighting Canaan streets witl electricity. Jackson & Eggleston'
 store was lighted with electricity for q, hour, when, presto change, every hgh
 went out-and stayed out. Three fuse
 had burned out at Norfolk and O course Canaan street lamps did no
 make their debut. la the electri darkness line. honors are easy between Norfolk aad Canaan.
 About 40 cottages are already oc
 cupied at Pine Grove, and the Noun tain View Inn has . number of board CTS and also accommodates 9 goo,
 many transcients. Rev. Dr. B. Fl Burch, pastor of St. Stephens Church
 New York city, is occupying his cot tage at Pine Grove this season for tn first time in several years. He preach ed at Pine Grove at II o'clock last Sun
 day morning and gave an impressiv
 sermon from I Corinthians, part of tn
 18th and 20th verses, "Ye are not you !: own, for ye are bought with a price. y It is the intention to have preaching g F Pine Grove the next three Sundays ~- a Il 2. m and the camp meeting wi