Connecticut western news., 1876-02-04
Collin SYKIIe.

The young ladies of Collinsvile got up
 leap year ball January 2lst, hiring hall,
 securing music and a prompter, sent out
 printed cards of invitation to the young men and paid all the bills. Smiths Hall
 was filled, and over forty couples joined ln
 the dance. We did not learn of the ladies
 escorting their fellows home. Miss Mel
 yina Hone, the able assistant principal in
 the Collinsville high school, has accepted a
 position as teacher in the Hartford west
 middle district and Miss Frances l.. Phelps of Norfolk is now assistant principal in the high school......In the town of Canton in 1875 there were Ss births, being much above the average. There were only 37 deaths,
 being the least number in any one year dur ing the past twenty years. There were 27 marriages, which is less than the average for the past twenty years. The marriages were solemnized by eleven different per sons, as follows: Rev. B. 0. R. Sheridan, Catholic, ten; ReY. E. E. Lamb of the Con- gregational church, Rev. D. B. Hubbard of Canton Centre, Rev. l.. Richardson of North Canton and Rev. Foronda Brestor of Canton-two each; Rev. J. H. Belts of New Hartford, Rev. G. F. Breed of Trinity church, Revs. s. w. Tales and J. B. Shep- ard of the Methodist church-one each ; and D. B. Hale, justice of the peace, four. | ......The wife of B. F. Jones few even ings since, after chopping some mince meat, set the bowl on the table and left the room for a moment, when her little boy, less than two years old, seized the chop ping knife and fell to the floor with it, cut l ting a gash three inches long across his forehead to the skull. A physician was quickly called, who stopped the flow of flood and brought the severed edges togeth- CT, and the wound will soon heal, leaving a bad scar......A little three year old girl of Widow Franklin Hale SIX weeks ago climbed up the garret stairs and fell to the bottom, striking the top of her head on a small cask, causing 8 bad confusion and laceration of the scalp, which is now heal ing up...... Willie Mattoon, lad of l7, fell from the upper part of his fathers barn, January 2Oth, striking partly on his head, from which he remained long time un' conscious, but is now nearly well......Nils o. Lofgren,a a steady and industrious Swede, while working in the rolling mill of the Collins company few days ago, was se- verey wounded in the thigh by red hot bar of steel, which will lay him up fol some time. Fortunately, he is insured, ant will draw over ten dollars week until b. gets well......A large barn belonging tt Deacon O. H. Bidwell. near Cherry Brook station on the Conn. Western railroad, wal burned early on the morning of January 14th with eight tons of hay, but no liv' stock. Insurance on hay and barn, $500 It was probably fired by some smoking tramp. Key. John Bronson of Nortl Lyme is supplying the pulpit of the Bap- tist church in Canton. Trinity churcl on Maple avenue is nearly ready for plas tering. The windows are nearly all in. ant the ediice will be all ready for services bl June lst, and perhaps sooner......A 70 yea
 old man in Courtland county, N. Y., re gently wrote on postal card to nelce 0
 his here, letter containing 549 words dis
 tinctly written. D. B. H.