Connecticut western news., 1903-07-02
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LOCAL NEWS s

James Quinn is home from Tor rington for weeks visit.
 A boot blacks stand has been in stalled in the Warner House.
 Miss Bessie Frein is home for the summer from Great Burlington.
 Mrs. H. H. Scutt is spending two weeks at her former home in Shelton. Miss Edith Greene will go to New York to spend the 4th with her sister Irene.
 Charles Bodley, son of the Rev. H. I. Bodley of New Britain, is camping at Twin Lakes,
 s- The Vacation House of the Girls Friendly Society was opened last week for the season.
 Jackson & Eggleston, and G. l.. Parsons & Sons will keep their stores open July 4th until 6 p. m. = Miss J Elizabeth Newton of New York has arrived in town to spend the summer with her mother.
 Miss Katherine Roraback has been spending the week with her friends, the Misses Landon, in Sharon.
 Car Inspector Dan. Sweeney was up to the scratch last week. He was af- fiicted with shumac poisoning.
 Mrs. J. B. Lumplzin and daughter, Miss Claudine, of Bridgeport are at the Warner House for a stay of month. Miss Helen Louise May of Monterey, Mass visited her aunt, Mrs. H. B. Ives, from Monday morning until Tuesday noon.
 The New England Lime Go. have built concrete walks i'll front of their general office building on West Main street.
 Ice cream and cake will be served in the parlors of tine Methodist church during the afternoon and evening of July Fourth.
 All our students and teachers who have been out of town during the school year have returned home for the sum- 5
 mer vacation.
 The communion service will be held in the Pilgrim church next Sunday morning. Preparatory service on Fri day at p. m.
 Mrs Simmons of Seymour and her daughter, Mrs. Peck of Woodbridge, are visiting Mrs. Simmons sister, Mrs. c. M. Humphrey, ill this village.
 U. Howard Bierce went to Sharon last Friday where he will remain through the summer as a hneman for tho sharon Telephons Company.
 The post office will open and close on July 4th ct the customary hours for 0theF holidays. The barber shops will close at 12 o'clock for the remainder of the day.
 George s. Dunning and wife of East Canaan and R. c. Ware and wife, Mir. Mulford and wife and Miss Luchens of Wayne, Pa. go into camp at Twin Lakes today.
 Arthur C. Hurlburt and family of
 
 Providence have been stopping at the Warner House few days and are going into camp at Twin Lakes. MT. Hurl- bnrt is nephew of Miss Sophia Perry
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph w. Peet and TIT. Almerine Gillette of Canaan; and Mir. and Mrs. George o. Peet of Bridges port attended the funeral of Col. George Church at Great Harrington on Tues day.
 Clouds and sunshine, but mostly clouds, last Thursday. Friday, Satur- day and Sunday were lovely June days. rain nearly all day Monday. Beautiful day Tuesday with a heavy shower about 6.S0 ?. m. Partly cloudy yesterday mercury at 88 degrees at noon.
 The Canaan base ball club will play the Mill River club here on the morn ing of the Fourth; game called at o'clock. In the afternoon Canaan vii go to Iakeville. Last Saturday Mil River went to Lakeville and were de feated 12 to 3. Ralph Stanton pitched for Lakeville.
 Deacon David N. Fuller accidentally stepped on a bent rod or iron hook while at work about month ago which made slight wound near the instep or ankle The wound has not healed yet, and fo the past ten days or more has been quit painful and MT Fuller has to us, crutches to walk with. It is very hart for an active man like MT. Fuller t. keep quiet, and it is hoped the wount will soon heal.
 Rev. Mir. Colxer of Pittsfeld, Mass. preached an inspiring sermon in the M k. Church last Sunday morning. Hi text was Exodus ", 2d, 3d and At verses. His theme was that every pei son has their own mission; some al humble one and others an exalted one He cited the fact that it took 80 years t. prepare Moses for the mission of freein the Egyptians from bondage.
 Victory Council, No. 65, o. U, A. M held an open meeting Monday evenin at which W. A. Chase of Waterbury state councillor; Jonathan Osborne 0 Norwich, state organizer, and Rev. K 0. Gillette of Canaan made addresses Refreshments were served to member and their guests. The occa sion was a instructive and social one, but the raj prevented as large all attendance as ha been expected.
 Johnnie O'Hara, son of Thoma O'Hara of Twin Lakes, started out las Sunday afternoon to take drive bt hind a, spirited horse. With him wa Sidney Russell, one of the old resident of the Twin Lakes district. Near tn top of Russell's hill one of the bugg shafts dropped down and struck tn