Connecticut western news., 1907-11-07

John Cudney has sold his laundry machinery to the Hayden laundry of Hartford and the same was moved to the capital city several days ago.
 State Highway Commissioner Mac Donald came to town Saturday, inspect ed the new state road on Church street and formally accepted the same. MT. and Mrs. H., B. Ives, who have fingered longer at the lakes than the other cottagers, are to return to Canaan next week and will board during the winter Canaan's school house needs four room addition at least, and George Full lers suggestion of new high school building, build of brick, isn't half bad | The Drew student who occupied the pulpit in the Methodist church in the absence of MT. Wallace last Sunday was entertained at the home of D. w Manvel.
 The s. N. E. Telephone Company now has three pay stations in Canaan, exclu siye of the central office, station having recently been installed in the Canfeld Inn.
 A touring car belonging to Danbury parties was disabled near East Canaan Wednesday evening and a wood team was called upon to drag it to the Can field Auto Station. Inasmuch as the Reliable Manufac. turing Company depends on electric power to run the machinery, the plan, was closed last week during the shut down of the Berkshire Power Company $ plant. Unclaimed mail remained ill the Canaan post office Tuesday for: P. s. Benedict, w. F. Leorse, M. Carroll Van Buren Hubbard, Mobiaus Pustela Postals: Mrs J. E. Churchill, Salvatore Camellere, B. F. Hall.
 The excessive rain last week praoti- cally put out of business the gas ma. chine which lights H. D. Humphrey $ store and residence. Gasoline and water mixed in an underground tank don't work worth cent.
 Benjamin Ganci, who was formerly l employed in Bridgeport and who has been spending the past two weeks with his brother, Joseph, here has gone to New York where he has obtained . position in barber shop.
 J. Clinton Roraback has returned from New Haven where he has been coaching the Yale football team. He is to return, however. and continue the coaching for the games the team is tc play with Brown and Princeton. On Saturday the drawhead and almost everything else was pulled from cal loaded with loose lime near the Railroad street coal bins. On Tuesday the SOC tion hands transferred the lime to all other car and its journey was resumed
 President O. s. Mellen of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail road passed through here Monday in hi, private car, Connecticut, en route tC New Haven. He entertained severa friends at his home in Stockbridge ovel Sunday.
 Work on O. G. Smith s house on Wes Main street is temporarily suspended awaiting the arrival of material. Tn, roof is to be covered with asbesto shingles. They will be laid under supervision af man to be sent here by the manufacturers.
 The News was more fortunate last week than some of the other powe Epatrons of the electric company. kerosene engine which has been held il reserve for several years was put int, commission and the newspaper machi nerY operated as usual.
 When the construction of the sewe system was commenced, THE NEWS, b. mistake, stated that the work was to b completed in 175 days instead of 70 day but subsequent developments hav proved that we were not far out of tn } way with the 175 day statement. MT. Greene of Norfolk agent for tn
 Four Brothers Independant Oil Compan, was ill town Tuesday after an absenc , of two weeks because of the failure O $ oil to arrive. There were exasperatin
 delays on the railroad and only portiol of the oil shipped reached it's destination School Notes
 ) The entire registration for the pas
 month is 373, against 525 for Octobe