Connecticut western news., 1906-07-05
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.R.D. Peirce's residence is being wired for electric lighting.
 Miss G. M. Roraback has returned from New Haven for the summer.
 Miss Margaret Collins has been visit ing Miss Mabel Quinn at Hartford.
 Mrs. Augusta New and Miss Olive Humphrey spent Friday in Hartford.
 MT. and Mrs. Lewis B. Crane of New York city are stopping at Pine Grove.
 Mrs. Nellie Preston has been spending several days with her son in Northfeld, Mass.
 Miss Elizabeth Griggs of New York, former Canaanite has been visiting in town.
 Louis Nash of New York City spent the Fourth with Martin Langs and family.
 The residence of James Reel has been wired for Berkshire Power Go. electric lighting.
 A band of gypsies eamped between here and Ashley Falls for several days last week.
 The Rev. T. R. Wallace and family have been spending few days at Ancram.
 Mrs. F. H. Partridge of Andover, Ct., has been visiting her sisters, the Misses Ferguson.
 Miss Lura Ferguson has gone to spend the summer in Andover, Conn.,, at Mrs. Partridge's.
 Mrs. George Walton has returned from Colorado, where she has been spending several weeks.
 Charles Rodemeyer and Frank Peale of Bethel were Fourth of July guests at Dr. H. L. Ross.
 The selectmen are advertising for bids for the construction of the state road near this village.
 MT. and Mrs. J. H. R. Moore of Cam bridge, Mass, arrived in town for the summer Monday.
 Miss Cora Vandegrift of Bridgeport is spending the summer with MT. and Mrs. A. M. Turner.
 John G. Beckley has resigned his position as managing editor of the Berkshire Daily Press.
 Miss Louise Roraback attended the graduation exercises of the Torrington | High School last week.
 Arthur Colby of Lime Rock, who shot Fred Morgantine Tuesday, was form erly O. N. E. fireman. | John Belden of Falls Village and Hartford was, in town Saturday and made THE NEWS a call. .. MT. and Mrs. F. R. Collin are at Twin Lakes where they will occupy s. A. Eddy's cottage during July. s
 Misses Clara Hoyt and Stella Hatch of Griggsville, H., are spending July with MT. and Mrs. A. P. Freeman.
 Joseph and Mabel Quinn of Hartford and James Quinn of Waterbury spent the Fourth with Canaan friends.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Platt of West field, Mass, were Fourth of July guests of Mi. and Mrs. Frank Coons.
 Miss Imogene Van Deusen of Aurora, H., a former resident of Canaan, is a guest of Miss Margaret Hanlon.
 The Berkshire Power Company have placed breeze manufacturers, in the form of an electric fan, ill D. D. Walter market.
 Ezra Parmalee of Hudson, N. Y, was a caller at THE NEWS sanctum Saturday MT. Parmalee is enjoying camp life near Sheffield.
 Mrs. Frank Hitchcock, who was to have sailed for Europe June 2S has post poned her trip because of the illness of MT. Hitchcock.
 John Rodemeyer of New York city, at one time editor of the CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEWS, is spending his vacation with relatives here.
 Canaan sent delegation to Great Burlington Monday evening to attend the Choral Society's concert and all were much pleased.
 Judge A. T. Roraback and family go to Twin Lakes to-day and will occupy their commodious cottage there during the balance of the season.
 The roof has been placed on the new Garfield automobile garage and the interior finishing will now be carried forward as rapidly as possible.
 The remains of Martha Williams, widow of William Stevens, were brought here yesterday from Mamaroneck, NY, and inferred in the lower cemetery.
 Mrs. Mary Corbit left Tuesday for Litchfield where she will spend a few days on the shores of Bantam Lake in a cottage owned by her son-in-law.
 One day last week two bridal parties came through Canaan on the GAO p. m. train west. Six different parties were seen between Waterbury and Winsted