Connecticut western news., 1908-12-17
BACKWARD GLANCE
 1T BYC0NE 5 MONTHS
SOME OF THE HAPPENINGS OF 1908

 DriOi References to the More Impor- tant Occurrences in The News BailI. wick During the Year Now Drawing to . Close. We herewith present the first install mont of oar annual review of the year, covering E1z< months of January, Fob ruary and March. The happenings of tho other months will be mentioned in subsequent issues. T-~
 January
 Great Harrington wanted the plant of the Reliable Manufacturing Go. of Ca- naan.
 M. D. Cosgriff of Canaan was made station agent at Pittsfeld for the N. r., N. H. & H. R. k.
 Arthur Moran of Adams, Mass, sentenced for stealing dress suit case in Canaan.
 Clarence and Arthur Turner of Falls Village caught 72 pickerel ill one day in the Housatonic river.
 Mrs. Susan Dean died near Falls Vil- Village.
 North Canaan voted to enlarge the Canaan school building.
 Sharon girls defeated Canaan girls at basket ball. a.. ." LsRoy English and Clara Sweet of Cornwall Bridge were married. The white deer returned to the premi- s,s of E. s. Root near Canaan.
 The Sharon Water Company wanted &2O per year hydrant rental and Sharon refused to pay it. &,.. F K. Allyn of East Canaan opened a jewelry store i'll Canaan.
 Mrs. John Ryan died in Canaan :, Frederick Burton died in Sharon. Application of Griffith and Hughes for Berkshire Power Go. injunction denied
 Fiftieth anniversary of the double wedding ot Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Moore of Falls Village and MT. and Mrs. N. A. Briggs of Lime Rock. Barn and contents, value $10,000 on estate of O. A. Low, near Sharon, were burned. r. William Handlin and Miss Ellen Anderson of Canaan were married. Mrs. Charles H. Briggs died in Ga naan. .H : The cooperative improvement society of Salisbury provided new books for the schools.
 Robert Prindle and Eva Handlin of Sharon were married.
 Ella Blair and Miles Durham of East Canaan were married.
 James Crowley died in Ashley Falls. Alex Matherson purchased the Ken nedy place in Chapinville.
 February
 Bobby" and Theo. Garrison of Sails bury sent to jail for burglarizing Twin Lakes cottages.
 Isaac Hawver died at Twin Lakes. Oliver Rice of Canaan jailed for one year for burglarizing residence of Welles Yale near South Canaan.
 Falls Village business men held ban quet at 'tThe Inn.''
 Falls Village Congregational church extended call to Rev. P. A. Bradford of Vermont Call was accepted.
 John Fairchild died in Sharon.
 Mrs. John Darling died 1n Sharon. The Sharon girls basket ball team de- feated Amenia.
 J. F. Swift died at Cornwall Bridge. Rob't Dufour of Lakeville was thrown from sleigh and injured.
 Three-mill tax laid ID Canaan fire dis trict.
 Canaan Masons held their annual ball. D. L. Peirce of Canaan sustained 8 sprnined ankle by falling on an icy side walk on Parsons corner.
 A small quantity of fire hose was pur- chased by the Canaan Board of Trade. Norman Moore and Janet Roger were married in Canaan.
 Bullock, Felten & Go. purchased the business of the Jackson -Egglsston Go. in Canaan.
 Nevada was presented in Canaan and Lime Rock by Canaan talent. Milton Rowe of Chapinville narrowly escaped drowning in Twin Lakes.
 Patrick Dineen died in Cornwall Bridge.
 The Canaan fire district was trying to effect settlement with the contractor who did an unsatisfactory job of sewer building for the district.