Connecticut western news., 1880-11-03
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 | MT. Henry Norton has bought of his sister, Mrs. J. w, Brooks of Wolcottville, her wood lot south of Ivy mountain.
 Miss Lottie Davis has gone to Guilford for few weeks visit.
 Mrs. Wm. Norton has sold her farm to Mir. John M. Osborne, of West Goshen.
 The annual meeting of the General Confer ence of tho Cong, churches was held at Rock vile last week. MT. Henry Norton was delegate from the Litchfeld N. E. Conference. and reports very large and interesting meeting.
 Mr. Daniel Lucas team got frightened in front of the store, last Saturday, and started on run down the hill. Mrs. Lucas was in the wagon and succeeded in stopping them be fore any serious damage was done MT. Seaton is repairing his house and i'm proving it by the addition of a piazza and bay window.
 Many of our horses are enjoying mild form of the epizootic B.B. South Canaan.
 MT. Robert Wilcox has picked one hundred and twenty-nine bushels of ears of selected corn from ten rods less than one acre of ground; the seed was procured from the Washanken Farm, South Pennington, Mass, and was raised by the Sturtevant Bros, who have been eight years in selecting this seed corn. Their practice has been to cut out all stalks not bearing two ears, until the corn has reached this high state of perfection. Messrs Wilcox and Belden have reserved their whole crop for seed Mr. Wilcox also picked from one tree of Baldwin apples, 42 bushels of carefully selected apples, and also gathered under the same tree, twenty.one bushels; many of these were knocked off ii, picking the others, and were perfect apples.
 Owing to the enterprise of our new select man, Mr. Lucius Wilcox, the road between this place and Falls Village has been greatly improved; new bridge twenty feet in length has been built, where the stream used to overflow, and the road raised in many places. so that it is now believed possible to pass at all seasons the year, "dry shod."
 Mrs. Cornelius Bradford and daughter from Cornwall are visiting at Mir. Levi Bebee's.
 Mrs. Harvey Holcomb and daughter have removed to Amesville
 Mrs. Belden and daughter have been con. fined to the house for several weeks with SC. were coughs.
 Mrs. Walter Dickerson is still feeble.
 Mir. Levinus Deming has had fall, and broken two of hIs ribs. X West Cornwall.
 The new barn at the Foster House was raised with duo ceremony on Friday last.
 Mir, W. H. Porter of New York came home to do his duty at the polls yesterday
 Mr and Mrs. Gould Hart are spending the winter in New York.
 Charlie Smith, formerly of this place, who met with so shocking an accident at Corn. wall Bridge not long since, while attempting to jumping from moving train, is reported as improving
 Wn. Pearson is off for visit among friends in Milton.
 Not all the thieves are captured yet. Wat son Hall, while attending church Sunday eve hing, had fine lap robe taken from his car riage.
 Theodore Owen was arrested by Sheriff Cochrane on Monday, His trlal is held in Sharon On Wednesday, at 10 o'clock a. m
 The new millinery store which has just opened, under the able supervision of Miss Lizzie Oldfeld, presents q,nte an attractive appearance Everything ip the line of milli nery is right on hand, and the proprietor is | prepared to fill orders in a manner to please the most texactiog and fastldious.
 Cochrano Bros. are rushing off the stoves at a apid rate. This is He place to get tue | best stoves for the least money, and in fact every thiifg in the liue of general merchandise |
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 Last Tuesdsy evening the democrats of this place were addressed by Hon. E. B. Good sell of Bridgeport. Upon the conclusion of the address, applause long and loud rent tFe air. and the enthusiastic meeting closed.
 Theodore Owen, who shot his wife in West c >rnwall last Monday evening, was caught Sunday afternoon at Kent furnace, by Con- stable Fillmore, and taken to Cornwall.
 MT. Joe Benson has sold fifty acres of land to William Newton, his neighbor ] MT. Rufus Fuller has sold the Smith farm, a Frenchman being the purchaser,
 The young people will enjoy a singing school this winter. under the instruction of Prof Hart of New Havea. LOT. 
 The water works have been tinkered
 H. VanDeusen is home till after election.
 The music hall has been plastcred pre- paratory to the winter campaign.
 Last Friday afternoon very sad accident happened. A boy named Frank Babb, about I2 years of age left school about ? o'clock On his way home he met Bertie, a three years old son of Russell Baldwin, and per l ,uaded him to go home with him. The little ellow went, and as Mir. and Mrs. Babb were i lbsent, Frank got out pistol, and began to ,lean it. He laid it in a chair beside which | seems Bertie was kneeling, and got up into cupboard. By some unexplained reason,