Connecticut western news., 1902-03-13
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THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1902.
Local News.


 -Brown's Minstrels at the hall to. night. Noon street parade.
 Miss Belle Hanchett of FallsVillage visited Miss Ella Consadine yesterday
 -J. Clinton Roraback came home from Yale last Friday and stayed untl Tnesday.
 Miss Mary Watson has returned from three weeks' visit with friends in New York city.
 Nov is the time for merchants to SOW the seeds of spring advertising in order to reap good crop of spring trade.
 Miss Laura Gill and younger brothers of Brooklyn, N. Y. visited the fore part of the week with Mrs P. K. Brown.
 Johnson, Lindell $ Go. have been repairing their dam in the Blackberry river. but expect that it will have to be entirely rebuilt in the summer. The Methodist church bell will not be ruLg tonight for the weekly prayer meeting, on account of sickness in the village, but the meeting will bs held at the usual hour.
 -De. J. D. Clemans celebrated his birthda, yesterday. His activity and youthful appearance belle his age, therefore we shall not tell you how many years young he is.
 Henry Neeland and family have moved from the Peter Hicks house to tho Eddy tenement on High street. Walter Goggin will move into the Hicks house which he has purchased.
 Edward Conklin died at Ashley Falls last evening after weeks illness with Abscesses. He was 42 years old and is survived by wife( Bertha Ferris) and two sons. Mir Conklin at one time ran Inc hotel in Ashley Falls.
 -. L. Bragg is making improve ments on the Main street sidewalk east of the Town Hall. Beneath . foot of dirt he discovered the stone sidewalk which he built number of years ago 1t the intersection of Main street and Granite Ave.
 District Deputy Supreme Arohon ". N. Johnson has been spending a few days in our village in the interest of the Improved Order of Heptasophs with very good success. He has secured eighteen new members for Canaan Con- clAve. About twelve will be initiated It their meeting tonight.
 In anticipation of the very probable event of the United States acquiring possession of the Danish West Indies, the name of Colonel Samuel B. Horne of Winsted is conspicuonsly mentioned 6 candidate for the appointment of governor of that group. Col. Horne Nas U. s. consul at St Thomas, Danish West Indies, under President Benjamin Harrison.
 Another big rain last Sunday but a large part of the melting snow must have soaked into the ground as the rivers were not very high. The warm weather since has removed nearly all the snow except on the mountain tops; tho roads are very muddy and in some places there appears to be no frost in the ground. Quite difference in con- ditions this week and IA years ago 'when the great blizzard of 1888 was on deck.
 Rev. Arthur Titcomb of Saxonville. FraminghAm) Mass. ., preached in the Pilgrim church last Sunday morning ir exchange with Rev. 8. A. Burnaby. Mr Titcomb delivered a very thought ful, practical and inspiring discourss from Deuteronomy ". ', "For what nation is there so great, who hath God 50 nigh unto them, as the Lord oul God ii in all things that we call upor him for?" Mir Titcomb's theme was "The Value of the Church in the Com munity." Mir Titcomb made man. strong points, and cited illustrations Among the points were: ''The Churcl means the presence of the Holy Spiri in the community. We can have to' many churches in a small community but never too much Church"
 Mrs H. l.. Ross has been critical. i'll since last Saturday. She had bee quite sick for two weeks or more pre- vious to last Thursday, but on that da she was so much improved that she SC up awhile. The next day she did nc feel as we'll and on Saturday evenip her condition became alarming. O Monday and Tuesday, pr. Lee calle Dr. Welsh of Winsted in counse Monday night and Tuesday forenoo scarcely any CT ncouragement was give
 that Mrs Ross could recover. He sisters and brothers had been summon cd from their respective homes m were all here on Tuesday fearing th' the end might come at any moment [ Mrs Roes was in an unconscious cond ton, and gloom had settled over th whole community. Tuesday afternoo an improvem. nt was noticed and MI Ross regained consciousness, and h. remained in about the same conditio until ysste. day afternoon. Traine nurses have been in constant a tendance since Sunday. Mrs Ros ailment is said to be peritonitis, COT plicated with other troubles. La evening Mrs Ross was very much worl again and At the hour of going to pre- her condition vas oonsidSrDd hopels
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