Connecticut western news., 1909-04-29
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MANUFACTURERS LOCATIONS SHOULD OPEN CORRESPONDENCE CANAAN TRADE.

Mrs. George Wilcox visited Winsted friends recently.
 Miss Marion Roger of Sharon spent Sunday at her home here
 Bert" Landon of Lakeville was a visitor in Canaan Friday.
 H. L. Hager of New Milford was ill town on business Saturday.
 Miss Helen Miles of Chapinville spent a day last week in Canaan.
 R. N. Barnum of Lime Rock was ill town recently on business.
 Fred Allyn and William E. Wright were visitors in Sheffield Thursday.
 Clayton Benjamin, of Great Barring ton, called on friends i'll town recently.
 Mrs. William Tanner and family of Lakevil1e spent Saturday at Adelbert Blass'.
 Mrs. Lyman Cunning left Wednesday for a weeks visit with friends in Wol- cester, Mass.
 Tightening struck the barn of Charles hosler near ''the college" last week. but no damage was done.
 It is reported that John Rains has purchased the house on Railroad street owned by Mrs. Joseph Peet.
 Carpenters Cudney and Blass have completed cottage for MT. Price of Stamford at Pine Grove Camp ground. c. c. Callender, of Lestershire, N. Y, an old resident of this place, spent Fri day and Saturday of last week in town.
 Jenny Lane was recommitted to the Gilbert Home at Winsted last week and was taken there by Constable Rhoades.
 MT. and Mrs Marcus Barnes and daughter, Louise, were guests of MT. and Mrs. Sheridan Barnes last Thurs day.
 William Sackett fell from a building on which he was working receiving se- were injuries. Dr. O. W. Camp attended him.
 A number from this place attended the dance given by the East Canaan baseball team at East Canaan last Friday night.
 George W. Green. of Clayton, recently sold his house to William Amsted. MT. Green will move to another house he owns in Clayton.
 The A. P. Briggs real estate agency sold the Dennis O'Neil farm ill southern Sheffield Monday to Albert F. 0. Thiede, of BroUkfield, Conn. Ralph Stanton has purchased build ing lot situated on Railroad street from the Granger estate, on which he plans to build house this summer. Mrs. John Wells and daughters, Edith and Josephine, attended the funeral of Mrs. Wells father, Samuel Gum, in Bethlehem, Conn.,, last Friday.
 Mrs. H. R. Burhans, who has been spending month, as the guest of MT. and Mrs. $. w. Barnes, returned Mon day to her home ill Hoosick Falls, N. Y. i When the 4:37 southbouud train stopped at the station here last Friday afternoon bittern was taken from the pilot. The bird was not badly mangled but dead.
 l John B. Reed, treasurer of the Canaan Savings bank, spent Friday in New Milford. It was MT. Reeds first visit to that town in 30 years. MT. Reed found many changes since he was last there.
 Hon. J. Henry Roraback was one of the 24 honorary bearers at the funeral of Governor George L. Lilley Saturday. Among the other bearers were Repre- sentative Knight, of Lakeville, and Major Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., of Thompsonville.-
 The new quarterly directory of the Southern New England Telephone Co. has arrived. An innovation has been made ill the cover, which is used to specify rules and instructions for patrous instead of company advertisements as in the former editions.
 J. Henry Roraback Honored
 The fact that Hon. Michael Kenealy, chairman of the state central committee. is ill line for appointment to one of the two remaining available judgeships, brought the announcement last vct.; that J. Henry R0rabuck of tHi llIoa would succeed to the chairmanship of the state central comm itt9e. It is under stood, however, that although the posi- tion has been offered to MT. Roraback he was unable to accept.
 Late Governor Had Selected Site
 One of the many pathetic circum- stances connected with the death of George l.. Lilley, late Governor of Con- necticut, is the fact that he had selected a site for cottage at Twin Lakes, and had death not cut short h1s career he would have had the welcome oppor- tunity to restore his shattered health there. The site selected was near the ! Judge BurDee cottage on the nOrthea st