Connecticut western news., 1906-09-20

left his home in this town on the 9th i inst. and has not since been heard from. His wife thinks he went to Winsted.
 The Berkshire Power Company is 1 stringing new transmission lines be- tween Canaan and East Canaan. Their wires and those of the telephone com pany will no longer be on the same poles.
 Those desiring Canaan National Bank stock should at once notify some mem- Der of the committee, which consists of Geo. s. Fuller, Geo. l.. Paisons, H. B. Ives, D. W. Manvel, and Wallace Can field.
 John Cudney has moved the remnant of the Strong house from West Main street and connected it with his barn on Foote Avenue. The combined building will be the home of the Canaan custom laundry.
 A dozen or more Canaanites went to Millerton Friday to witness the ball game between the Cuban Giants of New York and the Chambers team of Red Hook. The Giants won the game by a score of ' to4
 The New England Lime Company are crowding their kilns to the utmost but are unable to fill orders as fast as they are received. Let the increase come. It means more kilns, more men, more work. more prosperity for Canaan.
 Mrs. Tomlinson, a representative of the Bridgeport branch of the Connecti- cut Humane Society has been spending few days in town soliciting funds to carry on the work. Her appeals met with liberal responses as she labors for a commendable object.
 Mrs. Frank Snyder of Canaan, and MT. and Mrs. Whelpley of South Nor walk, were driving near Eugene Rool g Friday, when one shaft broke. The horse plunged, breaking the other shaft, freeing itself from the wagon, and ran to the camp ground. The occupants of the wagon were uninjured.
 John Briggs Grover, of Nashua, N. H., committed suicide at Detroit, Mich, Friday. He was the son of Rev. Geo. w. Grover, formerly of Sheffield. The mother of the dead man was native of Sheffield, and died about two years ago. Rev. G. W. Grover is we'll known in this section, having frequently deliv- cred patriotic addresses in Sheffield and Canaan.
 Mrs. Sarah Beckley Broner and two of her daughters, the Misses Katherine and Margaret Broner, of Orange, N. J. were guests at The Wangum from Thursday until Saturday, and called on I relatives and friends in town. Mrs. Broner is a daughter of the late Samuel M. Beckley of Canaan and New York city. Her grandfather, the late Silas Beckley, owned the place on High street now owned and occupied by the Misses Brown. In early life her summers \ were spent at the old homestead in | Canaan. It is 20 years or more since her last visit to Canaan, and of course Canaan has greatly changed during that | time.
 Intoxication and Assault
 John Miller and wife, who reside in the Hubbard house on Railroad street, were in court before justice John c. | Beckley Tuesday morning on charges of l intoxication also assualt on Mrs. Prentice. | the case against Mrs. Miller for assualt was nolled but the charge of intoxi- cation was sustained and a fine imposed. Miller was fined on both charges. The combined fines and costs amounted to l .24 which were paid.
 Canaan IS, Ct. Burlington 8. An aggregation of Great Burlington ball tossers journeyed to Canaan Satur- day to do battle with the Canaan team. The Canaan boys planted their brogans on the home plate l5 times while the boys from the blue-law state made the circuit of the sacks, just thrice. The Housatonic pitcher who accompanied the visitors forgot to bring his curves along and the Barringtonites were kept wonderfully busy hunting leather. | When they came to bat, they made | huge slashes ill the atmosphere and sat down ill one, two three order.
 Valuable Acquisition
 Clarence Weymouth of the Hadsell Lime Go. at Clayton has proved val uable acquisition to the Canaan base ball team this season. He is a former | Yale man and a success as an all-round player. He has played first base for Canaan, also pitcher, and when catcher Hanlon returned to West Point, MT. Weymouth donned init, mask and pro tector and has been. doing excellent work behind the bat. And he can hit the ball. When he steps up to bat, the fielders of opposing teams all hike back ward to the farthest limit of the field and even then they sometimes see the ball soaring over their heads. Canaan needs more Weymouths,
 School Notes
 The average attendance in the higher grades for the week ending Sept. 14 was 100 per cent.
 Francis Tone, class of 1899, who has served as machinist, ill the navy for three years, is spending a few weeks with friends in New Haven.
 During his term of service Tone has been on the Illinois, Texas and Vixen