Connecticut western news., 1902-05-08

Jackson.
 Rev Arthur Peebles of New Haven will preach in the Pilgrim church next Sunday morning.
 Mrs D l. Freeman has gone to Chester with her daughter. Mrs D. O. Stone. and will remain there awhile Miss Ensign accompanied Mrs Freeman.
 Rev. N. s Boardman of this place. who has been preaching for the last three months at Utica, N. Y, is now supplying the pulpit of an Episcopal church at Elmira, N. Y.
 Miss Ka herine Roraback now has charge of the Canaan Local Telephone central office It is expected that within a week or two the office will be moved to he s. N. E. central office.
 Mrs Fred Niver aud Baby Harold left Tuesday morning for their new home in Pittsburgh, where MT Niver is employed. Mir Niver is much pleased with his present position and the prospects for their future home there-Millerton Telegram.
 Emery W. Buckley. who has bought out G. E. DeHsrt's interest in the firm If Wilcox & DeHsrt, was mar ried ou April 26 to Miss Julia Malcuit; both were of Sharon. On Friday they moved into the Pequigney house now owned by E. w. Warner.
 Miss Sarah V. B. Sturges, formerly a we'll known dressmaker in Falls Vil- lage and Canaan. died in Bridgeport last Sunday aged about 7s years. She had been deaf a number of years and for the past seven years had been blind. but was fortunate in being cared for by Mrs John 0. Sturges with whom she lived in Bridgeport the past seven years.
 A new timetable went into effect on the Berkshire Division last Sunday Trains now pass Canaan as follows: GorNe SOUTH 20. $40 am, 2 25. 2. 40, 437, O2 p. m. Sunday l9 p. m. GoINa NORTH 9 40 a. m 12 03, 12,3 4 37, 6.29. 6.57 p. m. Sunday $40 a m. Next week we will publish a more com. plete schedule. showing time of trains at some other points.
 Mrs Alice Hutchinson Hart, daugh- ter of Mir and Mrs William Hutchinson of Salisbury, was brought home from a hospital iu Hartford last week. Mrs Hart is said to be suff.ring with tuber- culosis and was so feeble that a special train was chartered to bring her from Hartford to Salisbury. Monday it was thought that she could live only few hours but she was living at 5.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 HI. F. Emmons writing from Por- cupine City, Alaska, under date tf April 2, 1902. says: i've have At feet of snow on the level now. We have had in the. he.aggregate 34 it. of snow this winter, though not more than 10 or 12 feet on the level at one time. This is about half as much as we had the pre- yious winter. Weather was very mild all winter. never wear an overcoat; seldom a vest or coat"
 Tt is reported here that the Central New England R. R. Go. will put on a double force of men in the near future to hurry along the completion of the loop on the Springfield branch around the Montague farm in East Granby. Besides having two gangs on the 600 foot trestle that is slready partly built, other gangs will be put at work grading along the line. A large number of dump carts have been secured over near the western end of the road to be used in the work. Winsted Citizen.
 On Tuesday while Dr. and Mrs Clemans were leisurely driving along the road north of Fl. N. Adams resi- dence they discovered deer grazing in the pasture west of the road. At first the deer appeared so tame that Doctor thought it was large Jersey calf. At last the motion of the car riage top evidently frightened the deer and with one bound It cleared the wire fence, darted across the road about 6 rod iu front of the carriage and dis appeared in the woods on the east side of the road.
 The seventh annual reception oi Dancing Teacher Beckley's Canaan class was held at the Town Hall or Friday evening. Over forty couples were in attendance and enjoyed the arts of Terpsichore until the morning hours. The grand march was led by Mir Gilbert Brewer and Miss Bessie Conway, followed by members of the class and their invited friends. The music was by the symphony orchestrs of Great Burlington. A nice lunch wa, provided by the ladies of the clss, under the immediate sup, rvision O Miss May Graney and capable assist ants.
 The second oratorfcal contest O Litchfield county boys, for the three prizes offered by the Litchfield County University Club, will be held in the hall of the Gilbert School. Winsted, or Friday afternoon, May g, at I 30 o'clock President E. G Coy of Lakeville vii
 preside. The judges will be Judge A. T. Roraback of Canaan, Mi Chspin editor of the Waterbury American, ant Rev. E O. Dyer of Sharon, Tn,
 prizes will be awarded on the basis O
 the best speech made at the time. Int county is we'll represented east ant
 west and the keenest interest is exhibit
 ed in the result. The pnblic is cor
 dially invited to the occasion.