Connecticut western news., 1902-02-13
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY Is, 1902.
Local News.

Henry Roraback of Winsted, "the Acetylene man" was in town last Friday.
 Miss Armstrong of Jackson. Egg leston & Co.'S. is spending a week m New York.
 W E. Lyon and family expect to move back to Buffalo. N. Y. about March l.
 -Mrs Joseph Owens is still at the Hartford hospital suffering from ab- scesses on her spine.
 --George Moon of New York and his mother, Mrs Agusta Scott of Sheffield, were in town yesterday.
 Lent is being observed, in Christ church by Wednesday and Friday ser. vices tt p. m. Sunday services 10:45 .. n. and 5 p. m.
 -Dr. ". W. Knight of Sharon has been more comfortable during the past week. but his general condition re- mains about the same.
 Henry B. Ives and Burton A. Peirce left town Tuesday for Port Tam pa. Fla for two weeks stay. Mir Ives was formerly in business in Port Tampa.
 The snow storm of Saturday even- iDg and Sunday forenoon did not pan out snow enough to make sleighing, and since then nearly zero weather has prevailed.
 -E. Golden has leased the Harden borg building on Railroad street for . year and will conduct clothing store, opening on next Saturday. Mir Golden comes here from New Milford. ..-.
 Conductor Theodore Lake of the Rhinebeck branch of the O. N. E. road kas resigned and William Cowles takes "Doryh" train. Conductor Lake had been an employee on the Central New England road for "A years.
 -. L. Bragg and daughter Louise attended the funeral Wednesday of Mrs Huldah Bragg Newton who died at her homo in Weet Hartford on Monday. Mrs Newton was sister of MT Bragg and widow of Deacon Samuel 0. New ton of HArtland. Her age was IT years.
 -On Thursday. Feb. 20. at 10 \. m., P. N. Tobey will sell at auction on his farm three miles southwest of Sheffield, 6 cows and heifers, all springers, 2 yearlings, pair horses, 15 tons of hay, rye straw, wagons, farming implements, lumber. shingles, stove wood. 50 bushels potatoes and household furni- ture.
 Mrs Dr. H. M. W. Todd died at her home on Grand Avenue, Now Haven, Feb l, of consumption. Her age was B years. Mrs Dr Todd will be loving ly remembered by many persons in Canaan. She was an eclectic physician of great merit and widely known. She was very intelligent and estimAble lady, and will be greatly lAmented.
 Miss Sarah Stevens, who lives in the Clemans building, will go to the Ltchfeld County hospital at Winsted bOONy TUT tIS8ku0ub BClAb1C0s 10S mother, Mrs Susan M. Stevens, will go to Abel Stevens ct Canaan Valley. Mrs Frederick Stevens, who has taken care of hel sister r-in- law since last summer, will return to her home in New York on Saturday or Monday.
 Joseph Brinton of Falls Village was at the Warner House on Tuesday even- ing and exhibited the Simplex Piano Player, which is . wonderful but sim ple piece of mechanism that can be attached to piano and automatically plays any piece of music, even the most difficult The Simpler is manufAct- ured at Worcester, Mass, and Mir Brin. ton is agent for the same. Send to him for descriptive circulars and testim oniAls concerning this wonderful invention.
 The will of Daniel P. Wheeler. late of Washington Hollow, N. r.. was filed with Surrogate Hoysradt for probate Monday, the petitioner being Sarah Ann Wheeler, the widow. The estate is estimated at 34, 900 real aud $S, 400 personal. According to the petition the bequests are as follows: Sarah Ann Wheeler. widow. $8,4O legacy. $4,OOo device; John s. Wheeler, brother, oi Waterbury, Conn. ., 4,2OO legacy. $2.- 900 device; Frances Peet, niece, Canaan. Conn.,, g, 100 legacy. $1.oOO device Irene J. Bostwick, niece, Vandeusen, Mass. g, 100 legacy, 1000 device. Il will be seen by the above that the estate is valued at $12,4 400 while tho bequests aggregate SPA, sO0.-Pough keepsie Eagle.
 Henry A. Bishop, son of ex-Presi dent William D. Bishop. has resigned the office of purchasing agent of the Consolidated road to take effect from March l. It is rumored that Mir Bishop has accepted an offer of the vice-presi dency of road in the West, a position for which he is qualified by his varied experience on Connecticut roads. H' was general passenger agent on thu NauRatuck road for five years, assistant superintendent of the Housatonic roa( for year. and since 1887 he has beer in charge of the purchasing of suppEe' for the Consolidated road, amounting tt hundreds of thousands of dollars an nually. It is understood that Presiden Hall, who will appoint Mir Bishop successor, has made no selection yet Hartford Times. Mir Bishop il vel known in Canaan, Salisbury and Shsf Asld h which section hs spent many . n sumnsss. especially q TxiA faks1