Connecticut western news., 1880-04-14
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 John D. Andrews has bought the J. E. Goodman place for $3,00O.
 l.. B. Strout is building a house at corner of East Main, and High streets. The large boarding house burned Dec 26, has since been rebuilt. D. B. Fl. Norfolk.
 Mrs. Ann E. Wolcott has secured the ap. pointment of postmistress in this place.
 -Wm P. Lawrence has been appointed agent for the Conn. Western R. R. Co. in place of Mr. Grove L. Bramble, who says he finds the labors of the office too hard for him, and resigns on account of his health. Bion Fenn who has assisted Mr. Bramble for sev eral months past, goes to Canton Station as agent.
 Mr. Levi Shepard, father of the Hon. John K. Shepard, died Wednesday, April 7th, in ais 96th year, being the oldest person in town, and being the ninth person that has died ID town in 1880 Nearly all of them had been old people, only one less than 70 years, the aggregate number of years of the deceased being 767. SPECIAL. G0shem.
 Mrs. Phebe Sperry, who died at Southington last week, was daughter of Benjamin Price. She was one of familylof thirteen children, of whom eight still remain. Her funeral was attended from the Cong. church in this place on Friday afternoon. MT. and Mrs. Geo. Sperry of Hartford, MT. and Mrs. Wm. Price of Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Whiting and daughter of Southington, were present at the funeral. > Her remains were buried beside those of her husband in Torrington. Mrs Sperry had been deranged for some months, and although many friends mourn her loss, they could not wish her back again feeling that she is where sorrow is not known and where the weary are at rest.
 MT. Henry Gaylord of Falls Village, and MT. and Mrs. Wm. Allyn of Winsted were in town Sunday.
 MT. Daniel Lucas Sen, is quite sick. Enlargement of the liver is the cause.
 Some of our young people went to Litchfield Thursday evening to the concert given by Philip Phillips, and were very much enter tained.
 MT. Elias Hart of Cornwall is spending a short time at Mir. Joseph Lucas.
 Miss Nellie Judd is sick with bilious fever
 Miss Anna Beach has returned home after the close of her school in Weatogue. B.B. Salisbury.
 The Sharon Pinatore Company presented that pleasing opera in our Town Hall last 1nurSOdy, eve. Lo A p9ckeu house, every seat being filled and nearly all the standing room being taken. The parts with a few excep. tions were well taken, and for an amateur company their rendering of the opera was very fine. An individual criticism of the various players is uncalled for, but of those who did remarkably we'll, we would mention MT. Newton Bartram as Sir Joseph Porter, MT. Arthur G. Sherlocke as Dick Deadeye, and Miss M C. Gager as Little Buttercup.
 The work of clearing of and making prep arations for the new village park has at last commenced. The buildings are being torn down and removed, and work of general renovation carried on. Let us, like St. Paul, "Thank God and take courage"
 The Rev c. L. Kitchel was sick and un- able to occupy his pulpit at the Cong. church last Sunday morning, and the old-time dea- cons meeting was indulged in.
 MT. Wm. Hutchinson is ill with typhoid fever.
 Mr. Carpenter, the drover. has gone into the horse trade, anc was in town last week with some fine horses for sale. AQUIs.