Connecticut western news., 1909-01-21

Mrs. Charles Adam, who mas been Ill with the grip, is better.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry B. Ives are spend ing a few days in New York.
 The Cranford Club will meet thIs afternoon with Mrs J. E. Rhoades.
 Miss Ella Hall is caring for Mrs. Hiram Eddy, who has been Ill for some time.
 Mrs. John Nicoll is to close "The Hat Shop" from February to March 15.
 Charles Rodemeyer, of Danbury, was an over Sunday guest of his sister, Mrs. H. l.. Ross.
 Delos Campbell opened his pool and luacn room Saturday evening ill the Whitford building.
 Mrs. G A. Adam, who has been criti- cally i'll with pneumonia for a number of days, is slightly better.
 E. G. Smith of Reed street, who has been ill with pneumonia for a number of days, is somewhat better.
 The Hawthorne Club will hold the reg ular meeting next Monday afternoon with Miss Catherine Roraback.
 The pupils of she lower grades of the Canaan school were given a sleigh ride, by the teachers, Tuesday afternoon.
 The Berkshire Courier tells us that the D. B. Cornell Company, real estate, dealers, have branch office in Canaan.
 Henry D. Reed has taken over tho fire insurance business which was con- ducted here for few months by N. l.. Jackson. ..
 R. R. Phelps of Bridgeport, Ct. brake man on Conductor 0. P. Lanes pas senger train was operated on recently Ill New York for appendicitis.
 Miss Anna Brown, of Hartford, form erly stenographer for the New England Lime Company in this village. is a guest at A. V. A. Felten's.
 Samuel A. Eddy and the Rev. Albert E. Roraback came to town Friday to at tend the mid winter meeting of the Litchfeld County University Club.
 A water suake came sailing down through the water mains the other day and emerged into society by way of a faucet in the residence of Samuel Reel.
 Unclaimed mail remained in the Ca. naan postoffice Tuesday for Mrs. Charles Corsa. Miss B. E. Carey, Mrs. Morris Lee. Postals, Wm. Armstrong, Mrs. James Moves, L. o. Sturges.
 George Drumm has resigned his posi- tion as bookkeeping with a Pittsfield lumber company. because of trouble with his eyes, and has returned to his home in this village.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Manvel have.rented their home, furnished. in Pittsfield, and arc visiting his parents here. MT. Manvel is soon to take a position in Schenectady, N. Y.
 Miss Margaret Collins has rented a portion of the second floor of H. B. Humphreys store building, now being remodeled, and will establish herself Tn the millinery business about March 15.
 Miss Mary O'Hearn, who has been seriously i'll with appendicitis at her home in Millerton for a number of days Is considerably improved and It is thought an operation will not be nec- essary.
 The Rev. H. I. Bodley of New Britain and Rev. Oscar E. Maurer of Great Bar rington, speakers at the banquet of the Litchfield County University Club Fiji day evening, :were entertained at Judge Roraback's.
 The Misses Brown will entertain tEe Hawthorne Club this afternoon at thrt @ o'clock. A feature ot the meeting will be a violin recital by Miss Evans of Stockbridge.
 A meeting of the directors of the Housatonic Valley League ball teams is called for Saturday afternoon at 'TLe Canfield." All persons in the various villages, interested in base ball, are in- vited. Plans for next season will be considered
 Mrs. Henry J. King went to Hlllcrest hospital several days ago and during the latter part of last week underwent an operation for the removal of a tumor. The operation was successful and at last reports Mrs. King was progressing rap- idly toward recovery.
 Those Pittsfield papers do all sorts of juggling with the names of Canaan base ball and basket ball players. In report ing the basket ball game here last Thursday they listed l. Scott as IF. Scott" McCabe as Mark" and Wiggles- worth as "Wiggle.''
 Mrs. A. V. A. Felten, Mrs. J. L. Par sons and Mrs. c. W. Camp are circulat- ing subscription papers ill an effort to raise funds to place a heating plant in the town hall. They have been very s0ccaccful thus for Mora 1ro.,,.l, !