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to recover. -Miss Catherine Lawrence has been quite sick for the past two weeks but is now improving. Miss Libbie Trescott is taking care of her. -The mercury record for the last seven mornings is: 14.10 above zero10 below zero-8 14 24-10 above zero; at noon 20 28-24-20 33-42 20. -The annual meeting of the Village Improvement Society will be held at the Town Hall on Saturday evening of this week at 7.30 'clock. -Thomas Abbe starts today for Kansas to attend to his business interests in that state. He expects to be away from Canaan about a month. -F. J. Abbe will move from Worcester, Mass. to Newark, N. J. where he has accepted a position on the editorial staff of the Newark Evening News. -Mrs Frank Brown and little son Nelson of New York city are visiting relatives in town. They came Feb. 22d and will remain about two weeks. -Mrs S. S. Hawes of Van Deusenville, Mass. called a few minutes on friends in town Tuesday forenoon while on her, way to visit friends in Salisbury. -Washington's birthday was not observed in this village except by displaying the American flag on the school house and on some private residences. -Miss Perry returned Tuesday evenirg from a two weeks' visit in Bridge port with her sister, Mrs Hurlburt. During her absence Miss Consadine was assisted by Miss Edith Wells. -There will be an auction at the Charles Dean farm, one mile south of Falls Village, on Tuesday, March 5, at 10 a. m. A large amount of live stock, farming implements, wagons, harness, hay, potatoes, household goods, etc., etc, will be sold. - Richard T. Higgins of Winsted, receiver of the bankrupt estate of Cowles & Eldridge, the Norfolk banking firm, sold at auction in Winsted on Tuesday claims of the estate amounting to $334,342 85. The ontire lot brought only $600 under the hammer. -Lee & Seabrook, extensive milk shippers in the Housatonic valley, with creameries at Hawleyville, Newtown, New Milford and elsewhere, have sold their business to the Mutual Milk and Cream Co of New York, receiving for it, it is said, $100,000 or more. The firm has been the most extensive milk dealing concern in this section.-Danbury News. -During Lent, services are held in Christ church every Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock and every Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The regular Sunday services are held at the usual hours. On Sunday mornings the rector is preaching a series of sermons on Christ's Temptation, six in all. Three on the three temptations and three on the three replies given the tempter by the Saviour On Wednesday evenings addresses are being delivered on the Ten Commandments, and on Saturday afternoons addresses on "The Secret of Guidance." All are cordially invited to all these services: -The Winsted Citizen of Feb. 23 says: Harvey Andrews, who was buried in Winchester yesterday, died in the room where his father and mother were married more than 100 years before by Rev Mr Bogus, who resided there at that time. Mr Andrews was one of the 48 grandchildren of Ensign Jonathan Coe, of whom he was the last. Though over 86 years old Mr Andrews was ever interested in young people and a large circle were numbered as his friends He was an active member of the Y P S C E and it was discovered in his bible that he had looked up the refer ence for last Sunday. The Y. P. S. C. E. of the Winchester church presented & beautiful floral piece. -Mr and Mrs John O. Stevens left here on Tuesday for their home in At. lantic, Iowa. One year ago they rent ed their farm in Iowa until March 1, !901 and they expect to arrive home in time to resume possession tomorrow It will be remembered that on January 29 Mr and Mrs Stevens were thrown from their carriage and badly injured by colliding with a team in the streets of Torrington. Mrs Stevens has nearly recovered from her injuries, but Mr Stevens, who had his collar bone broken and several ribs cracked, has not recovered but is doing as well as could be expected although he cannot use his arm yet, -Horatio N. Adams' house between d Canaan and Clayton narrowly escaped destruction by fire last Saturday afternoon. About 1 30 o'clock smoke was discovered pouring out of the roof and the attic windows. An alarm was given and neighbors responded promptly. Dr Owens was driving in that vicinity and he burried to the scene and helped put out the fire. Frank McCarty, Mr d and Mrs E. H. Barnes and others also worked faithfully in subduing the flames. A bucket brigade was formed d and more then 75 pails of water were d thrown on the flames. The fire is supposed to have originated from a Rochester radiator on the second floor and worked through the ceiling into the