Connecticut western news., 1907-03-21

were continued during the entire winter here.
 Unclaimed letters remained in the postoffice Tuesday for Tyseppa Burch- ickin, Camille Bueciarelli, David Little (2). Mrs. Wm. Y. Merrill; postal Joseph Pospisil.
 Fred Lang, a member of the Yale hockey team and Mir. Wheaton, half back on the freshman football team last fall, were guests of Clarence A. Wey- mouth over Sunday.
 John Cudney contemplates resuming operations at his laundry but intends to do only family washings. He expects to reach definite conclusion Saturday | of the present week.
 School children and others who have occasion to pass the town hall should keep an eye on the flag staff as one of the guys is broken and the pole is hardly in condition to resist the March winds. There are rumors to the effect that John O. Benton, the Great Harrington shoe dealer, is negotiating for the lease | of the store now occupied by H. R. | Whitford and, that he will establish @ branch shoe store here if a lease is con- ! sumnated.
 | A. B. Green, the Winsted cloak dealer was in town Tuesday and contracted for advetising space in THE NEWS. The constant increase in the number of our advertisers is the best possible evi- dence of the value of this paper as a business bringer.
 The ceiling in one of the rooms at the Congregational parsonage was lowered of it's own accord the other day, conse- quently masons, painters and paper have been at work there for several days l repairing the damage and making other repairs and renovations.
 Matthew Dempsey will soon have as good a (cork) leg as anybody. It has been ordered and is expected any day. "Mat" is anxiously waiting for 1t in order that he may "get the hang of it'' before the base ball season opens in Ca- naan
 F. Henry R. Whitford has transferred his launch from the boat house on the l Blackberry river to his premises in town when the craft will be painted, vanished and otherwise placed in readiness for the summer trips up and down the Housatonic.
 I Mrs. R. D. Peirce and mother, Mrs. i Newton, are to start tomorrow for Washington, D. O., where they will re- main until Easter. On the return trip Mrs. Newton will stop in New York city, where she will remain several weeks with her children.
 Mrs Emma Mundry of Falls Village was guest Monday and Tuesday of her daughter, Mrs. Henry R. Whitford She was homeward bound from Hudson N. Y. where she has been assisting in the care of her brother who has been quite ill but is now better.
 On April 1, H. R. Whitford is to va cate the store he now occupies in the Garfield building and will remove his stock of harness, robes, blankets, etc. tc his,wagon repository on "Wbitford bout evard." A store is now being fitted uI in the repository for the reception of the goods.
 William Garfield contemplates enlarg ing his business building on Main street in the near future. His plan is to con, struct large four-story addition on the south side of the structure, thus consid. erably enlarging the capacity of the stores, and also providing additional offices on the second floor, and more tenements on the third floor
 The work on the interior of the Can. field Inn is nearing completion. In g brief time the painters and paper. hangers will begin to apply the finishing touches The outside work will be fin ished as soon as the weather will permit The piazza will be rebuilt, and piers erected unoer the piazza, the rubble work erected outside the brick walls or the first story, etc.
 At the meeting of the Litchield North I Association at Canaan last week the ministers commented on the fact that Canaan is the only place in the county that they can reach, devote the neees sary time to the meeting of the associa tion and return to their homes the same day Look at that now. Talk about youl arguments i'll favor of desirable location for the county seat.
 The Heady portable saw mill wa' moved to South Canaan, on the Wilco2 lot Tuesday, from R. H. Whitford's lo between Canaan and Falls Village and Canaan. About 150,000 feet O