Connecticut western news., 1907-04-04

| S2 degrees, on Monday morning snow l covered the ground, and on Tuesday | morning the mercury indicated 20 de- grees above zero.
 Henry R. Whitford has completed the work of removing his stock of horse fur nishings from the store in the Canfeld building to his repository. The trout season opened Monday, but with the mercury lowering around the freezing point and SHOW on the ground, | few fishermen ventured out. Painters in the employ of J. A. Dor man of Great Harrington piled their brushes with excellent effct on the post office interior walls last week. R. I. Shaver has moved from the w. H. Camp farm to the Conklin farm, near Ashley Falls. MT. Shaver is to | continue his milk route in this village. Mrs. Augusta New, accompanied by Mrs. l.. J. Nickerson of West Cornwall, left yesterday for New York city, where Mrs. New is to consult an eye specialist.
 "Mat Dempsey and his artificial leg are getting along nicely. Mat is try ing various stunts with it, one being to ride a bicycle, which he did successfully. Col. Henry Potter of Railway, N. J., brother of Mrs. Esther Williams of this place, died at his home Friday, aged 79 years. He was native of New Marlboro.
 Mrs. Charles French gave an Easter party to her Sunday school class Satur- day afternoon at the Methodist church parlors The occasion was most enjoy | able one. | Mrs. H. D. Humphrey. who was grad ually recovering from her serious illness of last winter, has experienced relapse and has been confined to her bed for several days.
 William Devine has purchased of Mrs. Frances Peet the residence which he has occupied for number of years The location has now been renamed ''Devine Place"
 | Frank De Mato, of Ashley Falls, has leased the former NEWS quarters now occupied by M. l.. Osborne, and is to open with a stock of fruit, vegetables, ice cream, etc. Coal will take a drop in price of 50 cents per ton about the middle of this month, and will increase at the rate of 10 cents per ton per month until the $7.50 price is again reached.
 Canaan is we'll soaped. The salesman who was here last week, working with Messrs. Kane and Mather of Parsons 6 Sons store disposed of 21 boxes of soap each box containing 100 cakes.
 The majority of the safe deposit boxes in The Canaan National Bank have been rented. There is no danger of scarcity of boxes, however, as the bank officials stand ready to purchase more boxes when all these have been engaged. 1 A special communication of Housa- tonic Lodge, No. 61, F. 6 A. M, will be held Friday evening of this week. The third degree will be conferred, after which refreshments will be served. All members of the lodge are requested to attend.
 The crop of muskrats is plentiful this spring, according to that veteran ratter, Sam Hitchcock. Sam says the fel- lows have caught all the way from six to twenty-five each, and that there is a ready market for skins at % cents and up.
 The quarterly report of The Canaan National Bank, published elsewhere in to-day's paper, states that the deposits on March 22 amounted to S44, 1855 Since that time there has been a sub- stantial increase, and they now amount to more than $65, GOO.
 Kenneth Adam, son of G. A. Adam, is making a canvas among Canaanites for the purpose of raising money to be applied toward the Christian Herald fund for the relief of the Chinese famine sufferers. Master Adams has already collected about twenty dollars, and is
 
 still at 1t.
 Erastus Johnson has his residence be- tween Canaan and Clayton well along toward completion. It will be com. fortable and attractive structure. An individual water works plant is to be installed. The large storage and pres sure tank arrived here several days ago and was removed to the house this week Francesca Selva, an Italian employed in the Lawrence quarry at East Canaan
 sustained a compound fracture of tht ) right leg, between the knee and ankle ) Monday, the result of being caught in { cave-in in a sand bank. Dr. Lee ot ) Canaan was called, and decided that th'