Connecticut western news., 1905-11-16
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 on business trip.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Marr spent 2 few days ill Hartford last week.
 '-Conductor Dennis O'Hearn and family moved to Millerton. N. Y, last week.
 There have been a few changes in time on the railroads. See corrected ta- bles on page 4.
 Rev. H. B. Roberts of the Connecti- cut Bible Society occupied the pulpit at Pilgrim church Sunday.
 Miss Ella Langs returned home Monday from a weeks visit to Mrs William Hamilton at Springfield, Mass. Mrs. Willis H. Emmons and son ent last week with her parents, MT. and Ms. George Lester at Mill River, Mass.
 Mrs. Mary E. Beebe returned from Brooklyn, N. Y. on Thursday, the ninth of November, having spent four weeks at her sons.
 William Garfield bought heavy pair of work horses on Tuesday from E. P. Lamphier of Winsted. They are we'll matched span of black horses and attract attention at all times.
 Hunters found the body of an un- known man in a small stream in the woods on the Frost farm at Amenia, N. Y. last week Wednesday. Evidences were the man had been dead about six weeks.
 The mercury was only 20 degrees above zero last Saturday morning, and Borden's pond was frozen over. The first furry of snow of the season oc- cured on Thursday, Nov. 2 and the second furry on Thursday, Nov. 9.
 -Cephas Roberts, 73, of Riverton, once we'll known drover in this section, attempted suicide Sunday by taking chloroform and laudanum, but he will recover. He was once wealthy, but of late years he has lost practically all of his money and property.
 -By act of the last General Assembly, will be necessary for all new town Faults constructed after Jan. 1, 1906, for the safe storage of town records, to be provided with metal shelving and furniture, and all vaults DOW i'll use must be so equipped but no time limit is specified.
 James Graney is able to walk around again after being injured last week Tuesday. He was working on a barn for M. s. Spaulding and fell about four feet, striking on hammer, which, had he not been thickly clad, would have punctured his side. As it was, two of his ribs were cracked and Mr. Graney has been very sore.
 The diocesan convention of the Girls Friendly society was held in Stam. ford last Thursday, and the following officers were elected: President, Miss Margaret Jackson, Middletown; vice presidents, Miss M. E. Johnson, Hart. ford, Mrs. J. E. Keeler, Stamford and Mrs. R. R. Parker, East Hartford sec retary, Miss Mary Potter, Pennington treasurer, Mrs. E. B. Smith, Stamford Frederick Cutler of Dover Furnace N. Y, spent Monday night the guest ot John G. Beckley. It is over twenty years since MT. Cutler had visited MT Beckley at Canaan before. His mother Mrs. Frank Cutler of Dover Furnace spent Tuesday night at s. c. Beckley'! and attended the funeral of her brother Silas Carey, at Falls Village on Wed nesday.
 A. E. Crocker, the American Tele phone and Telegraph Co.'S right-of- way agent, sufficiently recovered from hi illness, which has confined him to hi room at the Warner House for twt weeks, to go to his home in Binghamp ton, N. Y, last Friday, accompanied by his assistant, MT. Elliott. MT. Crocke is an elderly gentleman and his sickness has occasioned considerable solicitud, among his acquaintances.
 Colonel l.. F. Burpee of Waterbur, has been found not to be short in his ac
 
 the books of the city government by al expert accountant, Frederick c. Manvel For nearly a dozen years a cloud Ina hung over the reputation of Colone Burpee, through the report that he hal not accounted for all the funds whicl were collected by him while city attor ney and authorized to collect liens fo city improvements. Friends and op ponents alike will rejoice ill the remova of the cloud which has long Overhuni the reputation of Colonel Burpee.
 MT. and Mrs Weston M. Barnes sol the remainder of their stock of merchan disc to New York parties and on Frida last closed their store i'll the Cleman building. The goods have since beel packed up and shipped to New York MT. and Mrs. Barnes and Mrs. Barnes mother and sister, Mrs. Sarah Brown an Miss Lillie Brown, will leave Canaan tC morrow morning for Tampa, Fla. The will sail from New York tomorrow after noon on the steamer "COmanChe an will land at Jacksonville and proceed t Tampa. They have not decided jus where they will locate or what bushes they will engage in but will remain i Tampa an indefinite time. They own small farm at AltamOnte Springs, Fls Mir. and Mrs. Barnes have kept a dr goods store in Canaan the past seve years, and have made many friends wh regret their departure, but wish thel success and happiness wherever the locate. @s> e...