Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
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 The Connecticut Lime Company have vacated the offices they have occupied for some time in the Garfield building and have established office quarters near their kilns.
 Rhoades 6 Stanton will soon move their saw mill to Sugar Hill, near Falls Village where they will saw to dimen- sions a. large quantity of timber for their retail trade in this village.
 The residences of Samuel Reel, Geo. R. Wilcox, F. R. Collin, John Van Due sen and Charles Smith have been con- nected with the lighting circuits of the Berkshire Power company.
 John Van Deusen and H. R. Whit ] ford represented Canaan at the republi- | can county convention at Litchfield yes terday and l.. O. Rhoades and Charles Roberts were the Canaanites at the democratic convention.
 While saving wood with circular saw at his home at East Canaan yester- day afternoon, George K. Goodwin severed the first and second fingers of his left hand. He was taken to the Pittsfield House of Mercy by Dr. Lee of | Canaan.
 R. H. St. John of Danbury, Conn.,, the genial representative of the Old Well Cigar Co.,, of South Norwalk, Conn.,. was in town last week MT. St. John had his limp with him the result of a severe attack of rheumatism and was on his way home to recuperate.
 A meeting of the stockholders of The Canaan National Bank will be held next week on a date not now chosen. At that time directors will be selected. These directors cannot, however, be formally elected until after the bank is organized and the stock issued.
 Bank men are plenty in Canaan these days. There is general scramble on the part of New York City banks to be designated as the correspondent of the Canaan National Bank. The last man 1 to arrive on the mission represented | 1.-The City Bank" of New York.
 ] Letters remained unclaimed in the Canaan Post Office Tuesday for Geo. A. Brown, Micheal Carroll, Selva Francesca, MT. Giaoerno Formaggioni, Charge Sard; Postal Miss Evie Carpenter, Jessie Horton, I. Newberg, Mrs. J. M. K. Shoff, Miss Edna M. Tacke, Mrs. Sam uel H. Whitney.
 J. Pierpont Morgan came down the special train Monday. When he found that the Canaan National Bank stock was all taken and that he can't get in on the ground floor, he decided not to stop but steamed right on through to New York or some other spot.
 | John Fuller. son of George S. Fuller, brought to THE NRws office, the latter part of last week branch from red raspberry bush, containing several ripe berries. John found them near his home while selecting favorable spot for riding down hill this winter. He apologized for not being able to bring "enough for mess" Those Canaries.
 The Berkshire Courier says that some of the canary birds which were disposed of by the fakirs in connection with games of chance at the recent Great Harrington fair, proved to be sparrows which had been dyed yellow. This may explain why Sheriff Rhoades' canary was not placed in gilded cage and hung in his barber shop that his custo- mers might listen to its warblings and be shorn of their locks at the same time. Largest Voting List.
 The Board of Registrars met Monday at the office of Judge Roraback for the purpose of making a list of those who will be entitled to vote November and to reoieye applications of those claiming that they are entitled to be made elect ors. Eighty-nine, to-be-made names were entered and 62 taken from the list. | The list before correction contained 492 names and when completed the number will exceed 800 and will be the largest voting hst the town has ever had, Gymnasium and Reading Room
 The Epworth League of the Metho- dist Church contemplate using the church basement for reading room and gymnasium for the young people of the community. If the plan is carried into effect it will be non-denominational Everyone will be welcome. A pre- liminary meeting will be called at some time in the near future to discuss the project. It is the plan to conduct the gymnasium during the winter and to keep the reading room open winter and summer. The boys who frequent the | gymnasium will compose club, the