Connecticut western news., 1902-02-20

W. G. Cargill of WestReld, Mass. was in town Tuesday.
 Mrs Frederick Stevens left on Mon- day morning for her home in New York city.
 Mrs Augusta Scott moved back into her old home on West Main street lsst Saturday.
 John J. Miriam, last seasons star pitcher of the 'Winsted ball team, IS entertaining an offer from the Hartford state league team.
 Miss Haskell, bookkeeper at Par sons & Sons, went to her home in Southfield, Saturday, and was snow bound there till yesterday.
 The Valentine social at the Metho- dist church parlors on Friday evening was largely attended. thoroughly en- joyed, and over $11 was realized.
 Miss Mary Joyce, who is now in Hunts Winsted Telephone office and Western Union Telegraph office. called on her parents and friends here yester- day.
 MT Richards of Newport, R. l., a well known painter of marine subjects, left for New York Tuesday after ten days visit to Mss Bridges in this village.
 Miss Sophia Perry visited her brother, Wm. B. Perry, in Lakeville, Friday to Monday. and attended the lecture by Senator Deliver which she says was fine.
 Nelson J. Brewer. the blacksmith who became widely known through his efforts to stop the Chapin-Warner wedding, has not been heard of since February 8, when he left town.
 The San Francisco and Minneapolis papers announce the engagement of M1llicent Katherine, daughter of Dr. Chas. H. McCollom of Minneapolis to George H. Clute of San Francisco. (formerly of Canaan.)
 Since reporting the Christian En. deavor meeting last week, we have learned that there was an excellent paper read by Mrs Nellie Preston, and that there were fifteen persons attended from East Canaan.
 W. E. Lyons and family, who have been occupying Mrs Scott's house on West Main street for . few months, moved from there last Friday. They stopped in Lakeville over Sunday, leaving for Buffalo, N. Y. on Monday.
 The G. A. R posts and W. R. corps of Canaan, Sheffield, Millerton, Lakeville and Housatonic will meet with D. G. Anderson post and Corps at Great Burlington on Washington's birthday, Saturday of this week. ..-.
 A new song is on the market, ''Sambo Bambo Brown" words and music by Mrs B. A. Hitchcock of Ca. naan. The song is published by The Marquette Publishing Go. of New York and copies are for sale at Humphreys drug store aud Camps drug store in this village. ...
 Representative Hill has cadetship to the military academy at West Point to fill from his district. The appoint ment takes effect in Juno 1908. The ap- pointment will be open to competition and Mir Hill hes announced that an ex- animation will be held at the Bridge port High school on May IT, open to the young men in this district, and the applicant who passes the best examina- tion will secure the appointment.
 Walter Goggin has bought Peter Hicks house on Gillette street. Robert VanDeusen of New York has sold his house on East Main street to James Reel. A. Fl. Herriman has sold his little tenement on East Main street to Gilbert Fitch. Miss Fannie Whittlesey bought of Clement Kegler the Bigelow house and an acre of land to be used as home for the farmer on the Whittle- sey place.
 A postal card written by Allen B. St. John at Kankakee, H., Feb. 18th, reads as follows: "It has been zero weather now for over a week, and good sleighing as you ever saw, for the snow is not deep but it has showed little every day for the past two weeks and the cold weather has put check on carpenter work except inside finishing. and our circuit court room is full of idle men. but the term of court is nearly at the end."
 George A. Herndon of Albany, N Y, an old band man and composer was in town yesterday, down on his luck and trying to get home. He had been out with comedy company of which all the members are trying to get home. Herndon ran on to John Beckley and it developed that Herndon was the com poser of the baritone solo "Stella" which Beckley used to play. Bands and orchestra were discussed and it appeared that both had been down in North Carolina, Herndon as teacher of the Reidsville band a few years ago. Herndon went up to Great Harrington but he didn't walk. There he was go- ing to look up H. M. Clark with whom he had played in John Gartland's band.
 The biggest snow storm of the season commenced business here early Monday morning and kept steadily at work until late in the evening. We call