Connecticut western news., 1907-02-14

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 Miss Margaret Collins is visiting in New York.
 Mrs. Francis Peet is spending few days in Bridgeport. -
 F. R. Collin has been suffering with the grip for several days.
 George Peet of Bridgeport spent few days with his mother last week.
 Mrs. Chapin of Torrington has been visiting her mother, Mrs Emma T. Rood.
 The Misses Roger have been enter taining Miss Josephine Traver for few days.
 If MT. Ground Hogs opinion is worth anything, less than four weeks of win ter remain.
 Mrs Asa Rood moved this week to Waterbury where her son, Roger, has employment.
 Frank Miles of Worcester, Mass, for merly resident in this vicinity, was in town Tuesday.
 Letters remained in the postoffice Tuesday for Jorsef Kerry, Charley Row. land, Mrs. Jas. H. Sillman.
 Miss Ellen Anderson who has been ill fora number of weeks with typhoid fever is now on the road to recovery.
 Mrs. Emily E. R. Cahill went to the House of Mercy yesterday to undergo an operation for appendicitis.
 Mrs. Frances Clemans has recovered from the grip and the nurse who cared for her returned to Lee Sunday.
 Masonic resolutions of respect for the memory of the late W. H. Camp appear in another column of to-day's paper.
 Frank Dempsey has resumed his posi- tion at the Jackson -Eggleston Go. store after an enforced vacation of & week or more with the grip.
 The pupils of Miss Parsons room of the Norfolk school enjoyed a sleighride to Canaan Thursday and Clayton load came here Monday evening.
 Mrs. Richmond, who has been ill with the grip at the home of her brother, Judge Roraback, is better. Miss Louise Roraback is in it's clutches at present.
 Mrs. l.. J. Nickerson of West Corn wall was a guest of relatives in town last week. Mir Nickerson was a guest at H. D. Humphreys Thursday night.
 It is believed that the Canaan National Bank will be enabled to begin business on March 1st if nothing unforeseen hap pens to interfere with the installation of the vault
 Last weeks fall of snow made excel lent sleighing and all who could, made the most of their opportunity to take sleigh rides. A one day thaw, however, will put an end to it. ..
 It is reported that about April a ru- ral free delivery route will be established to deliver mail to Clayton, Canaan Val ley, part of Mill River, New Marlboro and the Konkapot Valley.
 Miss Edith Welles is to go to New York ia the near future to take a posl- tion as telephone operator. She will re- side with her sister who has position as stenographer in that city.
 The sickness of Jennie, the four-year old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Henry Hoag, developed into pneumonia and she has been very i'll for several days. She is now improving, however.
 The Canaan fotilla of gasoline launches on the Housatonic river may be increased by one the coming season, as Henry Scutt and Louis Hester are coutemplat- ing the purchase of such boat.
 A daughter was born to Dr. William T. Owens and Mrs. Anna Miller Owens of Hartford last week Wednesday. Dr. Owens practiced in Canaan few years ago.
 A special communication of Housa- tonic Lodge No. 61 F. 6. A. M. will be held Saturday evening of this week at which the entered apprentice degree will be conferred. All members are re- quested to attend.
 David Heady of Winsted, who spends a large portion of his time in Canaan an. nounces that he has been awarded the contract to furnish the ties for the electric railroad extension from Great Burlington to Egremont.
 Two remarkably large logs, cut near E Canaan, were drawn into town Tuesday by the New England Lime company's teams and were reduced to lumber al 1 Rhoades & Stanton's sawmill. The lum- Der will be used by the lime company for building and repairing.