Connecticut western news., 1903-07-23
Samuel A. Bennett of New York vas at The Naples this week.

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 Mrs. R. B. Coons and infant daugh- ter arrived home from Pittsfeld, Mass, Monday afternoon.
 Roscoe Benjamin of Winsted has sold the fast pacer " Hickory Boy" to Willard Holsapple of Copake, N. Y.
 Mrs. W. J. Thomson, Miss Flor ence Thomson and Miss Clara Clarke are spending week on the Maine coast.
 Miss. Elizabeth Gillette and Miss Daisy Landon of Sharon were guests of Mrs. J. E. B. Bierce Tuesday and yes terday.
 Henry J. Gillette, wife and daugh- ter, Alice, of Hartford are occupying the residence of his son, Rev. E. O. Gillette, this week.
 Miss Annie Leighton of New York is visiting Miss Catherine Finnegan. Miss Mary Riley of Hartford visited her grandparents here this week.
 Rev. Thomas S. Bond of New York, who was once pastor of the Methodist church here, is spending the summer in England, his native land.
 The young ladies at the Vacation House, accompanied by Mrs. M. H. Mill and Master Robert Mill took a straw ride to Twin Lakes, last Thursday.
 Rev. Edward s. Ferry of Hartford, now in Paris, France, will sail for home August g, and spend the latter part of the month at his cottage at Twin Lakes.
 The Massachusetts inventory of the estate of the late Ponsonby D. Ogle in New Marlboro showed real estate amounting to $26,460 and personal property $3,683.
 Miss Mary Ensign of Cleveland, Ohio, will arrive at the Pilgrim Manse to-day. Miss Ensign is a librarian. This is her first visit to Canaan and her relatives here, the different branches of the Gillette family.
 Thomas Abbe and family moved last Saturday into the house recently pur- chased of Mrs. Thomas Bonner. Mr. Abbe's mother, Mrs. Julia A. J. Abbe, of Nyack, N. Y., and his brother, Frank lin J. Abbe, of Worcester, Mass, are wis iting him this week.
 George M. Woodruff of Litchfield, James Alldis of Torrington and Ed ward s. Roberts of East Canaan, have been appointed by the Superior court as committee in the condemnation proceedings i'll the case of the New Milford Power Go. vs. land owners in Kent, whose lands will be flooded by the erection of dam by the company.
 Weather record for the past week: Thursday, cloudy in morning, beautiful afternoon; Friday pleasant and warm; Saturday, cloudy in forenoon and rained from noon until late at night; Sunday, cloudy and misty all day: Monday, cloudy in forenoon, heavy thunder shower from to 6 p. m. and rain in evening; Tuesday, rain early in the morning, and partly cloudy the rest of the day; yesterday, sunshine in fore noon, heavy thunder showers from to 5p.m.
 The Rev. H. H. Kelsey, pastor of the Fourth Church of Hartford, oc- cupied the pulpit at the Pilgrim church last Sunday morning and preached an instructive and inspiring sermUn from II Peter III, 18-"But grow in grace, and ill the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christi" Mir Kelsey de- scribed the three periods in Peter's life, as the fisherman, the disciple, and the apostle. He dwelt particularly on the second period, and showed what exper- fence is necessary to become fitted for an apostle. ..
 Michael Rialto, an Italian, was ar rested by Deputy Sheriff Rhoades last Tuesday for stealing $4 from Raphael Reno. Rialto was searched and SIS was found on him. He was lodged in the lookup until last night, when he was given a trial before Justice J. G. Beck ley, James W. Marks of Winsted acting as interpreter. Three Italians testified against Rialto who was not represented by counsel. Attorney J. H. Roraback appeared for the prosecution. The men were all members of a c. N. E. con struction gang. Rialto was fined $500 and costs of $13.12. He paid and de- parted.
 James Fitzgerald, who had lately been working at his trade as hneman for the electric light company in Bridge port, was found dead in an alleyway there Tuesday morning with fractured skull. The police believe that death was accidental from fall from barn window, but the family think there may have been foul play. He was about 45 years old, and the eldest child of the late Patrick Fitzgerald of Canaan. James is survived by a wife and six children living here in Canaan where James for many years ran a pool room. He is also survived by his mother and two sisters in Canaan, Miss Lizzie Fitzgerald and Mrs. William O'Brien; and by two brothers, Edward of Lee, Mass, and John of Valley, Neb. The body was brought here yesterday and the funeral will be held at St. Joseph's church at 10 a. m. today.