Connecticut western news., 1880-05-05
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 Miss Breckenridge of West Haven will trim the ladies hats the coming season.
 New singing books have been purchased for use in Conference room, in place of the Moody & Sankey books.
 Wm. l.. Eggleston, while engaged in raising Captain J. A. Shepard's barn last Wednesday accidently fell from the frame, causing a broken leg. He is rapidly improving and will soon be out
 The Norfolk correspondent of the Winsted Herald has given up the laborious position to a younger man, and we take this opportunity to thank the retired correspondent for the kind manner in which he has helped us out when news was scarce and manufacturing il utterly impossible. SPECIAL. Falls Village.
 John 0. Wolfe plays the cornet at the M. E church Sundays The Congregational choir was assisted last Sunday and the Sun- day previous by Wm. L. Brown, on the f1ute
 Mrs. Henry Wolfe of Amesvile intends to go to New York this week for an invoice of goods for her millinery emporium
 The local news agent of this place sold 45 copies of the NEWS last week.
 Mrs Elson J. Hornbeck nee Little of We togue is seriously Ill with lung difficulty.
 Charles E. Ford has been elected librarian of the Congregational Sabbath School
 The land locked salmon to be placed in Canaan Mountain pond arrived at this station last week, and have been placed therein
 Mrs. David Watts and Miss Hattie Hos ford who have been suffering from pneumo- mia, are slowly recovering their usual health and Mrs. Lyman Finkle, whose condition was considered critical, is now on the gain.
 Nearly 30 naples and elms were set out in this village last Wednesday, and, there is a row now extending from the Cong1. church to the Dudley House, which is sufficient portance of it's mission.
 The foundation for an addition and piazza to Wm. Wolfe, Jr's. house in Amesvlle has been laid, and the lumber is on the grounds ready tor the builders.
 The dramatic talent oi this place have in contemplation another entertainment for the benefit of the Village Improvement Associa- ton. A meeting of this association was held at the hall Saturday night and constitution and bylaws, which had been previously draft ed, were read and adopted Committees on side walks and to solicit subscriptions were also appointed.
 MT. Sllas D. Crossman, who many years ago was resident of this place, but for sev. eral years past mas been hvlng Tn Hudson, N Y was run over by the cars and killed on the Hudson river road the 27th ult He was brother to the late Jacob Crossman, and was 70 years of age.
 H. 0. Crandall of the Crandall House is the owner of a handsome and stylish horse which he raised, and for which he refused 500 dol, lars. It is from "Wldhre," which was once owned by Geo. K Peck, and now ow, ed by MT Goldsmith of Washingtonville, N. Y. It is Is 1-2 hands high, and is five years of age, and for speed will no doubt make a fair record
 Fuckers cornet baud was out Saturday evening in their band wagon, and played in the streets of Amesville this village, South Canaan and Il !ntsville. Stopping at the house of H. E. Wetherell in Huntsville they were invited in and treated to cake, etc The band is steadily on the gam under the of their efficient leader, MT. T Tucker.
 Well-no, MT. Item, you were the aggressor while was acting on the defensive. and as for the statement of Mir 0 R. Morris. | that the engines in question cannot draw over 30 cars as the Item states 1t, the iala- ,iousness of the argument should be enough | o convince him that he had been made the | inpe of the fun-loving ex-master mechanic. or several engines on the road have hauled nore than 30 cars and of not nearly the ca ,acity of No. 2l and 22. l