Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
THURSDAY. MARCH 24, 1904
LOCAL NEWS
This Column by Sending Personal and Short News Items.

J. L. Parsons was in New York last week buying new goods for the store.
 John B. Reed has been confined tc his house nearly week with severe cold
 Boys were playing the first game o1 marbles of the season ill the street on Tuesday.
 HI, Gardner Talcott of Talcotville was guest at the Pilgrim parsonage over Sunday.
 The ice went out of the Blackberry river last Saturday or Sunday without doing any damage.
 Miss Susan F. Norton is steadily improving and gaining strength as fast as could be expected.
 Mrs. w. J. Thomson of Springfield, Mass. is expected at her Canaan home, "M Mt. Elm," next week. Miss Helen Louise May of Monterey Mass. is spending a couple of weeks with her aunt, Mrs. H. B. Ives.
 Weston M. Barnes saw flock of 35 or 40 wild geese flying northeast over this village last Sunday morning.
 Mrs. Harriet A. Wilcox, mother of Mrs. F. A. Peet, has been on the sick list several weeks and is seriously ill.
 A picture of Mrs. H. K. Bloodgood of New York, and New Marlboro, will be exhibited at the St. Louis exposition. Martin Shalley, who was killed at Sheffield on Monday, worked at Will cox's blacksmith shop here last summer and fall Rev. F. s. Brewer of New Hartford preached in the Pilgrim church last Sunday in exchange with Rev. E. 0. Gillette.
 Mrs. Theodore F. Watson of New nesday of last week, to remain an in- definite time.
 George P. Strong is building an ad- dition to his house and putting on a steep gable roof in place of the low pitched tin roof.
 It is reported that regular passen- ger train will soon be put ill service to run from Hartford to, Pittsfield and re- turn via. Canaan.
 We are informed that the o. N. E.. R. R. Go. are to send two more large pusher engines to Canaan to help freight trains up the grades east and west of Canaan.
 Robert T. Bird has been appointed auditor of the Central New England Railway Co. to take the place of H. w. Watson, deceased. MT. Birds head quarters are in Hartford.
 The body of Frank Graney, who suddenly of apoplexy, arrived at Great Harrington last week, and the interment was at Sheffield last Thursday.
 The novel process of thawing out frozen water pipes by live electric wires is getting nearer to us, E. A. Perkins ot Torrington thawing out the Winsted water mains by that process last week The Sunday newspaper train on the Berkshire Division due in Canaan al 10.50 a. m. did not arrive here last Sun day until 2.20 p. m., in consequence of 2 disabled freight train blocking the line below Newtown
 The annual meeting of the Canaan Cemetery Association will be held in tht Town Hall on Saturday, March 26 a 2.30 D. m., to elect officers and to trans act any other business proper to come before the meeting.
 Henry R. Whitford is transforming and improving his carriage repository He is putting in large show windows ol the end next to Union depot, and is con structing an office and harness room il that part of the building.
 John Hayes, son of MT. and Mrs Dennis Hayes who live between Canaan and Falls Village, is very low with con sumption. For the past three weeks h. has been at the home of his sister, Mrs William H. Briggs ill this village.
 Rev. Mir. Cassidy of New York con ducted the services at Christ church las Sunday Rev. M. H. Mill was presen but did not assist in the services; how ever, he expects to be well enough t take charge of the services next Sunday
 John McKenna of Winsted, for tn past IA years well known ineman il the employ of the Central New Englan railroad, left the employ of that com pany last Saturday. MT. McKenna Ina been on the O. N. E. road for about 3 years.
 Sylvester Marshall of Millerton N. Y. is the new clerk at Jackson Eggleston's store. "Ves" is a goo fellow and all right, and we are prett sure the people of Canaan and tn him.
 Rev. F. F. Johnson, for five yeai pastor of Trinity (EpiscopaD Church Redlands, Cal, has resigned and a, cepted the call of Bishop Vinton to b. come general missionary in the dioce' of Western Massachusetts. MT. Johl son is formerly of Newtown, Conn.
 Peter Doyle of New Britain was intoxicated at the depot last Wednesda night that he could not move. Deput Sheriff Rhoades took charge of hin Thursday morning he was brought b fore Justice Garfield on a charge ( drnnkenhess and vagrancy. He plea' ed guilty, and was bound over to tf Superior court under $150 bonds. 0 fcer Rhoades took him to Litchfio jail.