Connecticut western news., 1903-08-20
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1903
LOCAL NEWS

Judge Burton and daughter of Middletown are visiting the Misses Granger.
 Miss Lillie Fuller returned home on Monday from a visit of several days in Great Burlington, Mass. .:. Rev M H. Mill and wife, also their son, Robert, left on Monday for a two weeks vacation at Asbury Park, N. J.
 MT. and Mrs. Lester J. Root of Bris- tol are visiting their parents in Canaan and will remain until after camp meet ing closes.
 Miss Alice Blake of Hartford was the guest of Rev. E. o. Gillette and wife at the Pilgrim Manse from Thursday until Monday.
 Charles DeMusey, for number of years printer on the Millerton Tele- gram, is setting type in the NEWS office for a couple of weeks.
 Miss Charlotte Bartlett is passing her vacation i'll Vermont and Canada. She expects to return to Canaan about the first of September.
 Eugene flakes, who is employed in fish market at Ansonia, visited his former home in Canaan Valley from Saturday until Wednesday.
 Hugh Ho1comb of Scranton, Pa., is spending week at the Dpnning Ware camp at Twin Lakes. MT. Turner re- turned to his home in Philadelphia yes terday.
 Mrs. Charles H. Gillette of Joliet, H., was taken quite sick week ago with nervous prostration. At this writ ing ahe is g little improved. A trained nurse is in attendance.
 Capt Wells excursion party from Rhineclif, N. r. to Hartford, Conn, and return last Tuesday, over the c. N. E railroad, consisted of six coaches, well filled with happy people.
 Frank Miller, the Bridgeport coal dealer, who was critically ill at his cottage at Twin Lakes the fore part of last week, recovered rapidly and came
 
 Work on William Canfeld's new block is progressing rapidly. The nlasons commenced work on the marble and brick foundations last Thursday, the cellar wall having been completed.
 Dr. Edwin Swift and wife of New York city are boarding awhile at Lenox, : Mass, and on Tuesday of last week visited the doctors cousin, Mrs. Esther Dunning, at Church Terrace here in Canaan.
 Last Thursday, Friday and Satur- day were pleasant days, but Sunday was a rainy day. Monday and Tuesday were foggy in morning but clear the , rest of the day aOpen and shut weather yesterday forenoon, with rain at 4 D. m.
 The Nine Girls Club will give farewell dance at the Town Hall to- morrow evening i'll honor of Miss Mabel Quinn who will enter Morse's business college in Hartford about Sept. 1st to study stenography, bookkeeping, and type writing.
 There have been only two nights 50 far this summer when one could sleep comfortably without blanket,' said a well known Poughkeepsie physician, land two blankets have generally been required" The thermometer got down to 90 again Wednesday night, Aug, 12. The Pilgrim Sunday school held a picnic yesterday at MT. and Mrs. A. H. Herriman's cottage aud grove at Twin Lakes. Although the weather was threatening, about ninety attended the picnic and are very grateful to MT. and Mrs. Herriman for their kindness.
 Miss Lillie Fuller and Mrs. J. E. Bierce of Canaan, Mrs. s. S. Hawes of Van Deusenville, and several persons from Great Harrington and Housatonic started Tuesday morning on the excur- sion to Thousand Islands. They ex- pect to reach home Friday afternoon or evening.
 A comedy of errors was played on the Canaan base ball ground last Thurs day afternoon. The opposing teams were the Winsted Y. M. o. A. and the Canaans, and the score ran up to IS to IT in favor of Canaan. BatteEies were: Canaan-F. Stanton and Little; Win sted-Listman and Bresnahan.
 For the benefit of those desiring to attend the Pine Grove camp meeting of
 
 the Poughkeepsie district, which will be held near Canaan, Conn.,, from August 22d to 30th inclusive, the Central New England Railway has made special excursion rates from all stations on its line of one and one third fare for the round trip. Tickets will be good re, turning from August 22d to September 3d inclusive.
 John Cudney is building 8 good size and convenient house for himself and family on the northwest corner oi the lot which Mir. and Mrs. Abner Lewis recently presented to their daughter Mrs Cudney. The lot is between Mair Street and the o. N. E. railroad and i. a part of the real estate which MT. ant Mrs. Lewis recently purchased iron the estate of William Shields.
 The Rev. Mir. Hankemeyer, who i spending the summer at Williamstown Mass, spoke in the Pilgrim church Sun day evening on the life and mission work among the Mexicans of Nev Mexico The talk was both interesting and instructive. MT. Hankemeyer studying preparatory to returning t New Mexico as medical missionary There is now only one medical missionar in the country and he is workin among tho Indians.