Connecticut western news., 1915-05-20
CANAAN

MT. and Mrs. w. J. Hatmaker went 10 Staffordville. Monday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Hatinaker's father, who died Friday.
 Miss Catherine Roraback is visiting relatives in Brooklyn.
 J. c. Roraback, Victor M. Coe, George Mather and Sylvester Marshall will go to Torrington this evening to witness the comforting of the Odd Eel lows first degree by the Winsted degree team. The lodges of New Milford and COllinsville also will be represented.
 Badgley's special for this Saturday is chicken for fricassee as nice as ever offered Adv.
 Miss Annie c. Bartlett has opened her cottage at Twin Lakes fer the sea son.
 Mrs. Henry Setzer. of Bridgeport, has been at Twin Lakes for the past few days.
 J. Henry Roraback has had his resi- denne on Granite Avenue, repainted by E. A. Brewer.
 F. w. Warner returned Sunday from Hartford, where he has been spending the past week. P. J. Kane and little son, of Housa- tonic, were calling on friends in town recently.
 MT. E. A. Creevey spent yesterday in Pittsield.
 The Mission Circle of Pilgrim church will meet this afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. Rowe.
 Martin McCarty's lot. on Bragg street, is being graded. The cellar for his new house is finished and the building will soon be begun.
 Today the Litchfeld County Health Association, of which W. w. Bierce, Esq. of Torrington, is president, will hold its semi annual meeting and din- ner at the Garfield. A number of prominent physicians and others will attend, and there will be interesting talks along the line of promoting the general health of the public.
 The Woman's Missionary Society of Pilgrim church will meet at the church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
 Rev. E. O.. Gillette yesterday attend ed the annual meeting of The Massa- chusetts State Association of Congrega- tional Ministers, in Pittsfeld.
 Fresh fish at Badgley's market every Friday Adv.
 Miss Grace M. Roraback has been sperdiDg a few days at her home in town. She goes Saturday for trip in the interests of the Home Missionary Society through the Troy, N. Y., Con- ference, the itinerary being arranged by Mrs. Emma Rolemeyer Wait, of Cohoes, N. Y.
 Mr. ard Mrs. Wm. McDevitt, of Brooklyn, spent a few days with MT. and Mrs. David Roger and Mrs. Ella Dunham recently. They were enroute to Great Burlington to see about a place for to spend the summer.
 Miss Sarah Ferguson, the obliging clerk in the postoffice, is on duty again after being confined to her home by a painful throat trouble
 The union church "hymn sing" in Pilgrim church Sunday night was an enjoyable and interesting meeting, as these hymn sings always are. The hymns, sung by the whole congregation, were from the Choral Union selection of hymns recently compiled by direc- tion of MT. Stoeckel.
 William J. Reel is to build a capa- ciOus store house, for his grain business, just south of bis coal sheds on Railroad street. The building will be 44x24 feet, and will be constructed by James Graney. The city water has already been piped to the site.
 Norman Rice, colored, of Sandtown, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Rhoades, Monday night, and kept in the lookup over night. Tuesday morn ing he was brought before Justice Ford, J. c. Roraback prosecuting for the state. He pleaded guilty and was fined $5 and costs. agrgegating $15.35, and sentenced to 30 days in jail. The jail sentence was suspended and he was given 30 days in which to pay the fine and costs.
 Dr. c. Theodore Sauer, of Brooklyn, the head, throat and lung surgeon at the Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, is guest at Rev. L. B. Travis's for a few days.
 NIL Ollul lcS A. SOll6yJ Ol bury, who addressed the Business Men s rally meeting a couple of weeks ago, has made special trip here since for fishing purposes Monday. MT. Colley, with MT. L. E. Fitzsimmons and l.. C.. Haase of Waterbury, and Sam Camp as Cicerore, went after brown trout up in the Konkapot region, but met with indifferent success, the weather being too cold. The same day Dr. c. H.. Brown and Rev. Dr. c. A. Dinsmore, of Waterbury, tried their luck along the Blackberry, but got few fish. MT. Colley. is coming with another party next week.
 Dr E. O. Parker will lecture on the "Double Standard of Morals, ill Sails bury this week.
 Mrs. George D. Harrison gave talk on school problems and the duty O