Connecticut western news., 1906-02-01
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1906.
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Mrs. J. B. Bierce is recovering iron an attack of tonsilitis.
 Miss Belle Lorrain has nearly recov cred from mild attack of the grip.
 Mail unclaimed at Canaan post office is addressed to Mrs. o. E. Wilcox.
 MT. and Mrs. A. P. Freeman arrived home Saturday noon from Griggsville III.
 Judge Gager will open the February term of the Superior court ill Winsted tomorrow.
 Frank Holmes and family of Mt Vernon. N Y, were at their Twin Lakes cottage over Sunday.
 Miss Grace New of Hudson, N. Y, arrived at her cousins, Mrs. O. T. Vos, burgh's, last Friday, for months visit in town.
 -Messrs. N. l.. Jackson, H. B. Ives, A. H. Herriman and l.. O. Rhoades at tended the annual banquet of the Commercial Travellers Association at Boston last evening, as invited guests.
 Rapid transit. A letter postmarked at Joliet, H., November 27 1905, Il am. reached Canaan on Wednesday morning, January 3l, 1906. The letter was plainly addressed and bore no mark of having been mlssent to any other office.
 Edward J. Lorrain suffered terribly with quinsy for nearly twelve days until last Sunday morning when the swelling broke. Since then he has feared swell ing was forming on the other side of his throat, but yesterday afternoon the trou- ble seemed to be abating.
 Deputy Sheriff Lewis 0. Rhoades and States Attorney Donald T. Warner were in Falls Village last Thursday look ing up evidence to be presented to the grand jury of Litchfield county i'll the case of Ernest Jackson of Falls Village charged with the murder of Cynthia Penfield on Nov IS, 1905.
 Jeremiah D. Toomey, Jr., of the law firm of Phelan, Toomey & Phelan. has disappeared from Bridgeport on account of financial troubles. Lawyer Toomey had quite large acquaintance in this section, as for several years he was a member of the old " Camp Uncas" at Twin Lakes, and in the last few years was one of D. Preston Atwood's attor- neys in the probate suits.
 Don't forget tbat George H. Mead, the we'll known eyesight specialist, is representing The Bentley Optical Co. of Springfield, Mass, at the Warner House in Canaan this week. He will leave here Monday morning, so don't neglect to call or him as early as con- yenient. This $ his second regular visit to Canaan. Read his advertisement again.
 Mrs. E.. 3. Gillette is suffering with an affection of the joints of her body, due to the run down condition of her system csdsed by overwork. Her phy- sician pescribes absolute rest for several weeks, and last Thursday afternoon Mrs. Gllette went to Hartford to re- mainAn indefinite time. Mrs. Merwin antdaughter Miss Adelle, have closed ther house and are keeping house fo1 My Gillette while Mrs. Gillette is away.
 U. G. Beckley represented the NEWS atthe annual meeting and banquet of tf,e Connecticut Editorial Association al the Hotel Hartford in Hartford on Mon k day evening. George 0. Woodruff ot Nitchfeld was the toastmaster and first class after dinner speeches were made by C4sr1es Hopkins Clark of the Cour ant, FrSaklin Matthews of the New York Sun, Mayor Henney of Hartford Rev. Henry Clark of Bristol and E. s Geer of Hartford.
 Deputy Sheriff Rhoades arrested Arthur Jennings, g, of Winsted, as ht and companion arrived in town on tht 2.30 p. m. o. N. E. train Monday Chic of Police Wheeler had telephonet Rhoades to hold Jennings as he wa wanted for non-support of his wife Mrs. Julia Jennings, of Mooreyille Chief Wheeler came after Jennings ant took him back to Winsted on the 6.4' p. m. train. Jennings was also wanted on a charge of theft of jewelry ant wearing apparel belonging to his wife He was before the Winsted court Tues day afternoon and ordered to pay cost of $17.34 and given until the last day o this month to make the payment.
 Al. Pindar's Mammoth Movin, Picture Shows play a return engage ment at the Town Hall, Saturday eve ming, Eco. 3. MT. Pindar presents al entirely new program, the feature film being The Escape from Sing Sing, showing the overpowering of the prisol guards by three desperate convicts, tn chase on foot, the capture of an auto an thrilling race for freedom, the arrival a one of the convicts' homes, the fgh with the guards, ill which two of tn convicts and all the family are killed the last one finally giving himself up The film is over TOO feet in length and i undoubtedly the most sensational film ever made. There are over twent others with lots of comedy, insurini plenty of good hearty laughs. Mis- Claudia May has new bunch of songs including Jos. w. Sterns' latest hit When the Evening Breeze is Sighin Home Sweet Home," which everybod is singing but father and they say evel he sings it a little bit now. The price are 16, 25. S5 cents. Seats now on sal at Collins jewelry store.