Connecticut western news., 1878-12-18
CORRESPONDENTS.
A Sh1eY Falls

Ashley Fnlls.-
 | As we hear reports of the fresbets from | surrounding villages, 1t occurs ous, why not our little place report too, potwiih- | standing we were more fortunate than | some others suffering less damage therebv | SO have less perhaps of interest to relate. The small streams rose rapidly and fell as rapidly. The road from the main road to l the saw-mill was washed away, and ths | bridge saved with difficulty. Tine Housa tonic is higher than it has been for many years. For several days there has been no | crosslug either rest or north of the village. -... .Huntsmen have had rare sport. Geo. Shelly and Frank Gorham shot and cap | tured twenty muskrats last Wednesday, and fort five the following day. Last | Friday al the Hadseil Lime quarrIes ln H HHdseIl street, Robert Perry, who has been employed there the past three years. was digging partially underDea' h some large rocks preparatory to undermine them, but still thinking the position safe, when the mass above gave way, one striking h1m on the head, another falling upon hlm crushing in hls side, breaking hls hip, one arm and both legs. He survived about an l He leaves a wife and six children.
 sharon.
 The beavy rains of the past week have done much damage in and about town, washing roads and carrying away bridges. The entertainment in the town hail on | Wednesday and Thursday evenings was a decided success in every respect. The re- ceipts were about SEQ. .. Prof. Owen open ed his crystal museum Tn the hall on Mon day. and this also promises all we antlci- pated. Ills lectures and wonderful exhi- bltiOns will continue through the week. =. Since tine death of Mrs. Hart the board ing house has been closed, and the board CTS taken other quarters for the winter The new Hvmpal was used last Sabbath for the first time in the M. E. church. Congregational singing is particularly fitting n Methodist church. R. smith has been quite Ill. MT. Bouton has been out of town a few days attending the fu- neral of bls taLher. ......The Episco pal people are to have a Christmas tree for their Sunday school III the hall Mrs. H. dill of DaDbury Is at her fathers, MT. F. Hotchkiss. Searon Valley. IL, A. Bates is in New York. Look out for Christmas toys. ARCANUM. COllinSviIIe-
 l The greatest flood ever kuown at ths place came on tie night of Dec. 10th and 11th. The highest poInt was reached after midnis sht, when it stood IS inches higher than the extraordinary flood of Jan. 28th 1889. At the late flood Vir cent Vlenng, on the west slce of the river, lost his barn, bblacksmith shop, ana small hous2. Loss 5000. The reads III that section were bad ly washed. The new aud heavy treste work just completed under the south raii- roaG blIoRe Con winch to buiG the new Iron brIdse), was almost entirely swept away, besides Iniuriug the present bridge so that trans could not run for two days On River street many houses were flooded and famlles were removed In boats al midnight. Horses, cows, hogs and vebl- cles were hastily removed to higher grounds. Some bridges on minor streams were swept off and cellar walls near the river fell down.. Franklin Perry, for 25 years prominent citizen, and inspector in the employ of the Collins Co, died Dec. 11th alter a painful and protracted illness aged e5. He had been judge of probate iu Canton two years, and held many respon- sible town affairs. He leaves wife and three children. His oldest son is dlsburs. ing clerk fer the Colhns Go. HIs~ only dau9hte' IS a prominent teacher in one of the public schools in Ha. tford, and hls younger SOD is apIomIsiug lawyer, and late acting States Attorney .n Hartford.
 D. B. H.
 Norfolk
 | Gleason m his vacation last Friday, apparently much refreshed and Ill good spirits, and preach cd two interesting sermons last Sunday. .... Misses Clara and SusIe Lawrence pre- side alternately at the organ during the absence ot Miss Eldrldge. Tue chime of bells gwen by MT. Battel have boen placed in position and sound beautiful ly, and are admired by all who have heard them. MT. L. D. NoIthway, president of the Norfolk c. T. Union has long list of prominent temperance speakers who will be heard in due time during the coming winter. MT. North way shows a great deal of earnestness ID this work and in ma kin 2 the meetings Intert sting, and meets with good success as is manifested by the full houses attending each lecture. Tins town sustained little damage from the late fIeshet, com pared with that of some neigh boring towns. One bridge washed away at South Norfolk, and some slignt wash outs on the turnpike IS about the extent of | damage done. Hon. E. c. Lawrence has kindIy coDsen ed to the incloslug Tn of the private Durlal iors on the east side of lhe cemetery formerly purchased of him, and | has sold strip of land suitable for the fence to be built upoD. The style IS to be rustic picket. Snow & Wooster lose about $500 by the washout of the dam which they were building for the Barnum Richardson Go. at East Canaan. The work l wilt not be com mpieted this fall
 SPECIAL. | Lime Rock Hollow
 A place much noted tor the manufacture of it's celebrated car-wheels, which for their superiority of metal and mechn,sn, were awarded the highest gold medal at the grand Paris exhibition in France, adorned and beautified with modern architecture, and | the wealth and liberalty of Barnum Rich ardson 6 Co. Ii is the home of Hon. Sen- ator Barnum, who has DO superior as a bus mess man in the country, and we believe there are few U. s. senators who have | more Influence, or are more u-eful in the senate. He has wonderful executive and great clearuess and quickness of perception. He will do q vast amount of work while some are thinking about it, that is the se- cret of his success. We need such men in these trying times 10 run the g"veinm' nt machinery. Men of quick conception, who are capable of discerning between right Hnd