Connecticut western news., 1906-10-25
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lins, Claudine Lumpkip, Ida Evans, Margaret Hanlon and Margaret Collins. I Austin's orchestra will furnish the music.
 A truckman employed by the firm of Shook 6 Barnum of Great Harrington transferred five hundred pounds of dyna- mite from here to Great Harrington Thursday. It is perhaps needless to say that he drove carefully.
 The remains of Mrs. Charles Hoyt were brought here from Wallingford, Monday and inferred in the lower ceme- tery. The deceased was daughter of the late John Drummond who formerly lived at East Canaan. Undertaken Humphrey had charge of the interment
 Those holding policies with the big in surance companies have received com munication after communication asking for their votes at the coming election of officers where various factions will strive | for supremacy. The average policy holder knows little about the respective merits of the various tickets iu the field and does not know what course to pur- | sue.
 Last Friday evening when the can train arrived here, it was stopped below the Borden switch. as is usual. while certain cars were run onto the milk plant ! side track. In an effort to again join the train, the cars came together with such force that two were badly smashed and passengers in the coaches on the rear were sprinkled all over the cars some sustaining slight injuries.
 A canvass is being made to ascertain l if it is possible to organize band in Ca naan. Thus far about r musicians, former bandsmen, have been "dis- 1 covered" and there are several young men who have expressed their desire to learn to play. Thus it seems that it is not beyond the range of possibility that Canaanites may enjoy open-air concerts by their own band next summer.
 On Thursday evening Deputy Sheriff Rhoades was called to Falls Village to place under arrest George Dowd of that place who had smashed front window in A. A. Roth's grocery. Justice Blod- gett held court immediately and sen fenced Dowd to 30 days imprisonment in the Litohfield jail. He was placed in the steel cage at Canaan Thursday night and taken to jail Friday morning.
 School Notes.
 The enumeration of the pupils in this district who are between four and six teen years of age has been completed. There are over 200.
 Grades five and six have been the ban ner classes in attendance for the past week. There record being 99.3 per cent while the higher grade has fallen to eS.3
 Miss Louise Deloy. class of '06, has entered the Normal School at Danbury. CornwelI was Robbed.
 George w. Cornwell, self-confessed thief of bonds jewels and cash from Mrs. Joanna B. Lumpkin and her daughter, Claudine Lumpkin of Canaan, was him. self robbed of the Lumpkin jewels in New York city during the month of October 1905. He entrusted the jewels, something over $5 900 worth, to the care of theatrical woman. False to her trust, she placed the jewelry beyond the reach of Cornwel, and when he demand ed the gems, threatened to give him up to the authorities if he ever tried to re- cover them.
 Mir. Goodwin's Injuries.
 When George Goodwin of East Canaan arrived at Pittsfield in company with Dr. F. H. Lee, last Wednesday evening the House of Mercy surgeons found that the circular saw had come in contact with the back of his hand in such manner that the joints of the second and third fingers were torn open and the bones mangled and that the tendons, as well as those on the first finger, were severed. None of the fingers were cut of. He was operated on immediately and at the present time is doing nicely. It is believed he will recover from the injury unless blood poisoning develops although it is probable one finger will be stiff. MT. Goodwin will remain at the hospital about ten days.
 | Catches Elm All.
 Box ball catches them all, doctors lawyers, business men and those in al- most every other vocation including Iwe might as well admit it) newspaper men. When you ask fellow why he plays the game, he shifts over onto the other foot, looks up the street, then down the street and finally allows that it's because he believes 1t to be excellent exercise. At any rate this is what the average fel- low says. Now we're going to be honest about it. The reason we play the game is because we like to see the balls roll on that cork covered alley, like to hear them go ker- slam against those rubber-coyered