Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15
Jack Frost has been in town aring

Johnson of Norfolk visited Mrs Mary E. Beebe last week.
 Henry c. Warner of New York, formerly of Great Harrington, is expect ed here tomorrow to visit friends.
 Il. L. Greene. we'll known theat- rlcal man. is in town getting up drama to be played for the benefit of the Heptasophs.
 Chief of Police Rood of Torrington has been re-appointed at the head of the police force of that borough for the ensuing year.
 Miss Emily Alderman of East Hamilton, N. Y. is visiting Miss Catherine Lawrence, on her route home from Hartford.
 -Luman Foote's will is to be con- tested. The Foote heirs have taken an appeal from the Probate court to the Superior court.
 Miss Hattie Decker and her aunt, Mrs Rachel Vosburgh of Elizaville, N. T., spent few days at the Warner House last week.
 Miss Nellie Carroll of Winsted is staying with her aunt, Mrs John Ryan, in this village. She expects to remain here part of the summer.
 The freight platform on the Berk- shire Division side of the Union depot has been lowered to the grade or level of the passenger platform.
 -E. s. Pease has been confined to his bed a week with infammatory rheumatism, and friend says he has a knee on him like the knee on an ox-sled.
 Rev. s. A. Bnrnaby, who has been out of town two or three weeks, return ed last Saturday and preached in the chapel at Clayton on Sunday afternoon.
 Mrs Sally Doolittle, who fell and dislocated her hip April 18. is getting along as comfortably as could be ex- pected, although of course she cannot sit up yet.
 "A neat and substantial granite mon- ument, made by Beattie & Go. of Ashley Falls, was erected last week at the grave of Jury B. Messenger in the lower cemetery.
 The Pilgrim Church held a meet ing yesterday afternoon and voted unanimously to invite the Rev. E. 0. Gillette of Southfeld, Mass, to be- come their pastor.
 -G. E. DeHart will work part of the time, at his trade of wagon maker, with Wilcox $ Buckley in this village, and part of the time help Geo. Brinton in farming at Canaan Valley.
 Friday night was unusually cold for this season of the year. The ground froze little and thin ice formed on vessels of water. At 2 30 Saturday morning the mercury registexed 300.
 Mrs Frederick Stevens of Brook lyn, N T., visited Mrs Mary E. Beebe from Friday till Monday Mrs Stevens had been to the Winsted hospital to see her sister-in-law, Miss Sarah Stevens.
 The Canaan base ball club expect to go to Millerton today to play the Millerton club. As each club has won 8 game from the other this season, today's rubber game will be interesting.
 Mrs Burns and Miss Emma Law renee are visiting at Mrs Burns home in Pennsylvania. They left Canaan on Tuesday and expect to be absent about three weeks. On their route home they will visit MT and Mrs Henry Rood at Benton Centre, N. Y. Miss Lottie Mills of Norfolk will visit Mrs Law. renee about 8 week while Mrs Burns and Emma are away.
 About four o'clock yesterday after noon while Miss Mary Watson of Ca- naan, Miss Eagleson of New York and a lady friend from Boston were driving Lewls 0 Rhoadee' horse near the resi- dence of Martin K Belden on Elm St, tho horse became frightened and ran away. Near the Catholic church the wagon was overturned and the three ladies were thrown to the ground with great force. The horse soon stopped of its own accord. The ladies were con- siderably bruised but no bones were broken and their injuries are not thought to be serious
 The rooms of the New York Flower Mission. 1O4 East 2Oth street, New York city, will be open every Monday and Thursday during the summer for their 33d season) for the reception of flowers and fruit for the sick in hos pitfalls and tenement houses, beginning Thursday, May 22d. An increased supply of carefully packed flowers. as we'll as fruit and jelly, will be most &C., ceptable. Stems of flowers should be cut not more than eight inches long Flowers should be we'll sprinkled and covered with wet newspapers. All con- tributions accompanied by name and address of giver.
 Referee Mum in the matter of the bankrupt estate of Hiram J. Dings of Canaan finds that one of the horses, the wagon. harness and sleigh were subject to a chattel mortgage, made in Lee, Mass, in 1895 where Dings was then located, that the mortgage is still in force and as it is larger than the value of the property there was no equity in the property for the estate. The mortgage was later bought by Jacob Dings for $20O. The referee finds that the other horse is the prop erty of Jacob A. Dings and that the bankrupt had never had any interest or title to it Another hearing has been