Connecticut western news., 1902-04-10
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THURSDAY. APRIL 10, 1902.
LOCAL NEWS

At S Q. Beckleys>
 -Nn T. F. Watson of New Haver visited in town the past week.
 Builder E R. Lorrain of this town has been awarded the contract fol building the new $50, 900 hotel in Lee, Mas.
 Rev R, B. Coons, the new pastor oi the Methodist Episcopal Church of Ca paan. will arrive here Saturday evening and preach on Sunday at the usual houn.
 70. 8. Vosburg and family have moved into Frsnk Van Dsusen's house on Reed street. O. s. is back At his old position behind Jackson & Eagles tons counters.
 During this month the state treas uror will send to the different towns the amounts due from the corporation taI North Canaan will receive $482 36, or possibly . small amount lesa, owing to exemptions.
 -Tm NRws has disposed of its job printing business to Charles Fl. Pease of this place. After this date, April 10, 1902), orders for job printing should be sent to Mir Pease instead of to the CONNECTICUT WESTERN NKws.
 Mir and Mn Fl. B. yes and Dr. Owens went to New York last Friday to consult specialist in regard to Mrs Ives lamensss. Mir Ives and the doctor returned next day, but Mrs Ives will remain . couple of weeks.
 MT and Mrs Lester Root of Bristol arrived here Monday afternoon. They came to attend the burial of Mr David l.. Pratt, at Sheffield. Mas but tho train on the N. H. & N. H. road missed connection It Pine Meadow and they did not arrive here in time to attend the burial.
 Soon as Jackson < Eggleston com plete the improvements in progress on their store building description of the changes made will be published. Suffice it today to say their new shoe depart ment is finished and filled with . big stock of footwear, including the cele- bratsd W. L.. Douglas shoe. They have new goods in all departments of their store, but have no time this week to change their advertisement.
 -F. M. Cooke has moved his new carriage repository 35 feet west and raised it several feet. thus making it two stories high. He will build . platform SOx32 feet across the front of tho building, thus making place for open air display of cArriagea His full pARo advertisement in this issue of the NxwS gives you all the particulars con- corning his grand opening which will occur April 17th.
 -Rsv R. B. Coons is the new Metho- dist minister for Canaan, coming here from Poughqusg. N. Y. Rev E. J.. Kelly goes to Stockbridge. Mas. We will publish . list of the conference appointments in the Poughkeepsie district next week. There are no changes made in the surrounding towns. Rev. E. H. Roys goes from Gaylordsvills to Stockport, N. Y. The Rev Dr F. J. Belcher is the new pre- siding elder of the Pough keepne district.
 Henry R Grant. former Winsted photographer. died Sunday at Miller ton where he has been located several years. MT Grant had bilious collie and took two doses of morphine which com bining their action caused his death. He was 51 years old and is survived by . wife and eight children, three sisters and two brothers, one of the latter be- ing Moses F. Grant If Norfolk. H. R. Grant had at differ, Ut times been ir partnership with W. M. Deming and George s. Williams, two former resi- dents of Canaan. MT Grant also had I photograph studio At Lakeville at ont time.
 Cancel all other engagements ant go to the minstrel show at East Canaal on Monday Light. You will laugh fo two hours at the burnt cork stars O East Canaan, sixteen in number. includ ing Bill Fuller, Hen. Prescott, Lynn Ball, The Sweeney Brothers. Ned Roberts. Dewey Garfield and compan.. of singers. clog dancers and black fac comedians. The grand drill of tn East Canaan Light Brigade is alon worth the price of admission which i only % cents Good music for socia dancing after the show. John Beckle. will be there to prompt the squar dances. It will be every minute goo time to all who go.
 On Monday forenoon while Norma Moore, clerk for G. L. Parsons & Sons was delivering goods on Granite Ave he left the horse and wagon a momen while he carried some goods into house The horse started for home leaving Norman in the lurch. But does not always pay to be in too big hurry. The horse struck such rapi pace in coming down the Town Ha hill that he fell down in attempting turn into Main street. The shafts ( tho wagon plowed into the ground an broke in two while the wagon itse turned over endways and landed on to of the horse and held him a prisoner A number of men came to the reset and released the horse from his prisol A sack of flour and bag of rice we scattered by the Smashup, but the tot lAnAgs will not exceed e1o.0o.