Connecticut western news., 1910-03-31


 Lenoxdale.
 A number from here attended the dance given by the Foresters at Norfolk Monday night.
 Miss May Devine has returned after spending Easter with her cousins in Great Harrington.
 Miss Ellen Graves and niece of Port chester, N. Y. visited the Misses Considine Tuesday.
 Miss Edith Tinker returned Wednes- day morning from Bridgeport where she spent Easter with her sister.
 Howard Bierce has severed his con- nection with the telephone company and Is succeeded by Frank Stanton.
 John Humphrey. of West Norfolk was Ill town two or Ehree days last week, the guest of his cousin, H. D. Hum- phrey.
 The artesian we'll has reached a depth of 165 feet. Owing to the necessity of installing new boiler the drilling was suspended yesterday.
 Miss Cora Ferry, who has been house. keeper for H. B. Stevens, has resigned her position and will go to Geo. Studloy's at Cornwall Bridge for visit.
 The cab Of the coal holster in the C' N. k. yard caught fire Sunday night aud burned the front aud part of one side of, leaving tho interior light and airy" for summer-just as Foley and Baird like it.
 Rev. Harry Cornford left on Tuesday for Poughkeepsie to attend the annual session of the New York Conference. It Is the wish and expectation of his congregation that he will be returned for another year.
 Quito number of tickets have been sold for the third annual concert and ball to be given by the members of Court Wangum, F. of A, to morrow night. The concert by Austin's Or chestra of five pieces will commence at eight o'clock and dancing about nine.
 Signs of spring have been "too nun, erous to mention" the past week, but we quote from our diary the most notice able for each day since the last issue of THE NEWS. Thursday: "Vic." Zoe blossomed out with the first straw hat of the season; Friday: The hottest March day on record in forty years; Saturday: Peeping frogs were heard in several parts of the town; Sunday: Fred Scam- erhorn caught two black snakes (the earliest ill % years); Monday: The last of the ice went out of Twin Lakes; Tues day: One of our local farmers was husk. ing his last years crop of corn in his lot; Wednesday: A flock of wild geese flew over, headed north.
 The Jackson Hotel Deal N. L. Jackson has launched out in the hotel business and purchased the Put man House in Orange, Mass, taking possession immediately. John Sheridan. 1 the popular clerk at The Garfield, is to be manager of the new enterprise and | goes to Orange in day or two. The Open Trout Season.
 The open season for trout in this state begins tomorrow. While streams in other parts of the state are reported to be in good condition, the large amount of snow still on the hills will keep the streams of this county too high for good fishing for a number of days. The extreme low water of last sum- mer and fall, and the unusually heavy ice, lead many to think that the com- ing season will be poor one.
 MT. Kane's Singing
 In the report of a lecture on "St. Roses Church in Newtown a week ago. mention is made of the singing of Michael Kane, of Hawleyville, former resident of this village and brother of Mrs. Joseph Ganci, in the following words: "Solos were sung by John Holigan and Mir Kane, both very pleasing, with vio- lin accompaniment. The O Salutaris presented by Mir. Kane during the Bene- diction of the Blessed Sacrament was finely rendered" A Motorists Club House
 The story is going the rounds that motorists from New York city have acquired the Blackberry river farm in West Norfolk, which is situated partly in the town of North Canaan. The farm house that will be used by the club is about 100 feet from the North Canaan line. The new owners, to get a liquor license, are to add 150 feet to the building, taking it over into the happy land of Canaan. The club bar will be on the Canaan side and the members will sleep in the dry town of Norfolk. Another Narrow Escape From Fire
 Ringing of the M. E. church bell about four o'clock last Thursday morn har of ba