Connecticut western news., 1905-02-02
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l H., for two or three weeks visit with her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Warner.
 The blizzard of last week blockaded several highways in town but the select men promptly caused the roads to be broken out and made passable again.
 J. G. Beckley has secured the con- tract to decorate the Sheffield town hall for the seventh annual ball of the Shef- ] field Hose Co.,, No 1, on Thursday night February 9.
 l Invitations have been issued to a re- ception to be given the Winsted Busi- ness Mems Association at Odd Fellows Hall in Winsted on Friday evening, February 3d, at S.30 o'clock.
 Lorenzo Lawrence has been serious ly i'll for week or more, but his con dition has improved since Monday night He is one of our oldest citizens and was born Nov 29, 1916.
 | Louis Guernsey the base ball play CT, and well known here, has gone to Fort Worth, Texas, and if he finds the conditions favorable, he will open an office there for the practice of law Lakeville Journal.
 The mercury record in this village for the last seven morning is: Thurs day 16o below zero; Friday 4o below; Saturday 80 above zero; Sunday and Monday 4o below zero; Tuesday 20o below; yesterday 1So below.
 The Town Hall is being wired for | electric lights, by the E. A. Perkins Electric Go. of Torrington, who have just finished wiring the rooms ill the upper part of 0. H. Pease's block, which are to be used by the Heptasophs.
 Mrs. Sarah J. Hamm entertained a number of friends at her home yesterday afternoon to a tea party. There were present six widows, whose combined ages was 344 years. The youngest was 43 and the oldest IS. All present re- ported most enjoyable afternoon. -John B. Jones, aged 76 years, vet eran of the Civil war, and member of Orrin H. Knight Post of Lakeville, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred erick I. Peabody in Sharon on Friday Jan. 27. The funeral was held in the Congregational church, Lakeville, Mon day, under the auspices of the Grand Army Post.
 A telegraph office has been estab- lshed in the 0. N. E. yards ill this town and an operator stationed there. The new office is put in on account of the large freight business which is being done on the road, which made the amount of telegraphic work too large for the office at Union station to handle.
 It is reported that Mrs. Mary c. Corbit bought building lot in Thomas ton about two weeks ago, and will soon build a nice house thereon which will be occupied by herself and Dr. F. s. Par sons and family. Canaan people will be very 10th to part with Mrs. Corbit, | ssfad asnfad it is hoped she may decide to remain ! here.
 The usual mid-week services in the Methodist and Pilgrim churches will not be held tonight, but union service will be held at Pilgrim church tomorrow, | Friday, night. The postr~',o->'s,dt is oii | account of Rev. T. R. Wallace and Rev. E. O. Gillette going to Pittsfeld today to attend the Evangelistic services there, at which the speakers are Rev. Dr. w. J. Dawson of London, Eng, and Rev. Dr. N. D. Hills of Brooklyn, N. Y.
 The Pawling Chronicle says: {" h. vitations have been received by several in this village, to the marriage of Rev. B. c. Warren, former pastor of the M. E. Church here, to Miss Lydia South wick, daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. Du- bois Carpenter, which will take place at the residence of the brides parents, 242 Church street, Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Tuesday, February :, 1905.
 A large quantity of water was used in extinguishing the fire in Judge Rora- backs barn. on the night of Jan. 2Oth, and the capacity of the new reservoir was thus tested. But as matter of fact, water was running over the spill way of the reservoir before that fire, during the fire, and after the fire, and even last Saturday notwithstanding the severe cold weather. Probably the reservoir is still overfowing.
 Owing to the storm of last week, the proposed installation of the officers of Canaan Conclave. No. 761, Improved Order of Heptasophs, which was schedul- ed for Thursday night, did not take place. District Deputy W. Johnson of Winsted, the installing officer, left Win sted ill the afternoon for Canaan, and the train he was on got stuck ill the snow few miles west of Winsted. On account of the inability to install the officers the proposed supper at the Warner House was postponed.
 The next day after Judge Roraback' $ barn was destroyed by fire, the hose cart and the large hose were taken to Bor- den's creamery where the hose was sus- pended inside an air shaft for several days until thoroughly dry, and was then reeled upon the hose cart. Judge Rora- back took his horse and sleigh last Sat urday noon and lowed the hose cart tc its home in the east shed in the rear ot the NEWS office. The hydrant wrench was found and placed ill the hose cart. We hope the hose cart will not be called into use again very soon, but we want all our villagers to know where to find it when the next fire occurs.
 The memorial bell which Thoma; Bonner has presented to the Pilgrim Church, was cast by Meneeley & Co., West Troy, N. Y, and arrived in Ca naan yesterday afternoon. It is beauti | fn1 ord ,yo1uab1a ba1 2S inches wide