Connecticut western news., 1881-05-04
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As the Naugatuck milk train was switch ing in their yard Friday, the engine and three cars jumped the track.
 We had quite an exciting race on Main street Saturday. As Roe Benjamin was driv. ing near Strong's plating shop, he struck his horse sharp blow with his whip. Just then Joseph Norton's hired man came along with pair of oxen. The crack of the whip fright. ened the oxen, who started on a run. Roe was short distance ahead of the oxen, and he had to use his whip vigorously and run his horse his very best to keep away from the catle, and it was nip and tuck between them through Main street.
 MT. Alderman Ives, butcher, formerly of Canaan, has formed partnership with MT. Monroe Morgan. The new firm of Ives & Morgan will carry on the meat business at the old G. w. Kinney stand, No. 8l Main st.
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 About o'clock Sunday morning the peo. pie of Winsted were aroused by the cry O: Fire" and in a few minutes everything seemed to be what I should call double quick. The fire was on High street-a very beau tiful stable belonging to Rufus Holmes, g gen tleman who has taken very active part in the temperance cause in Winsted The fire was soon subdued and we had no sooner re turned home than the second alarm was sounded. This fire was on Prospect street, the stable of Rev. MT. Forbes. The rapid movement of the fremen soon stopped the second fire. We had returned from the fire as far as Music Hall Block, then came the | third alarm; this was said to be the barn of MT. Strong, but it proved to be & false alarm. The churches called a meeting at Music Hall Sunday evening. A large number attended. The Rev. MT. Hallock made some remarks i; he stated that this incendiarism was the work of rum, and rum sellers, and that some of l them could stand and see property destroyed l by fire, with their arms folded. This brought Jack Slocum to his feet, who said he had lis- | tened to the speakers remarks, and would say heRwas at the fire, and saw MT. Hallock stand there with his arms folded while on the other hand he saw those who sold and drank hquor, take hold and work to save the property of their fellow townsmen, and also that he did take off his coat and after the fire the coat was missing. Thomas Clarke took the floor, and in hls remarks stated that if such work as this was allowed to go on, the whole village would be destroyed. MT. Slocum retortcd by saying that, allowing this to be so, where would MT. Clarke build again; on the Flat l J.D. l SMeAAaOAU
 One day last week new milch COW, be. longing to an old gentleman, MT. Ashur saxton, and driven by him, was run over by an engine. The loss, if not made up to h,m will be serious one
 MT. Case has returned to his house for ths present, and my report of last week was slightly erroneous, in regard to his leaving finally, etc
 Mrs. Hinton is dangerously i'll witt erysipelas. GAP.
 MT. Porter is having his house paint d.
 MT. Sparks has returned from New Yorl with large stock of goods. He can suppl, the whole town-and some from out of town if they will call on him.
 Messrs. Joseph Eldridge and John Basset have gone on trip to Kansas. MT. Cowle has taken their place in the bank. Our milliner, Miss Morgan, has commencet her spring trade with fine stock of goods and can fill all the wants of the ladies in town
 Geo. Scoville has put barber's chair il
 his shop, and is now ready for business. We have new dressmaker in town Mis- Fife Wooden, who hss taken rooms in Geo
 Scoville's house. x. s List of letters remaining in Norfolk pos } office, unclaimed: John Avery, John Mor
 rey, Washington Merritt. Ida Loukey, Sidne l Tyrell, c B. Merchant, P. o. Carus, W. M Bronson, G. W. Chapman. ANN E. WoLooTT, P. M. Goshen.
 MT. Chas. J. Porter has bought of M James Hunter his house and three acres ( / land price $17O0. 1 Misses Fannie and Ella Eilaa Beach are lhom
 for visit. Mr. Geo. Vining of southwick, Mass :, hs . returned to teach the West Side school whe, : he taught last winter. MT. John Catlin
 Cornwall is to teach the West Goshen schoo a Henry Haggomann has sold to c O. Bentley, Jr, his Hillhouse place. l. Henry Norton, Fessenden Ives and Hem
 Wright have finished the distribution of u f. estate of D. N. Lucas.
 5 Mrs. N. s. Wadhams Clarence N. Brews 6 ter and Mary Wadhams have gone to Brool
 lyn for visit.
 MT. Courtland Ives of stonington, O., is v r town for his health. B. B. ], Fails Village.
 The ladies ot the M E. church aid socie n. meet at the basement of the church Thur t. day, pm.
 Tt Miss Nellie Peck is teaching school in G
 Burlington.
 II Miss Ida Spur started on visiting tour r. Lyons, Iowa, last Wednesday, accompani' at by MT. Wm. Joyce, 8 relative living in Lyon
 A new piazza is being built: on; the hou 70 recently occupied<by Harrison Hart. in Wat 10 street. Mr. Wm Dakin, builder. u Mir. H. D. Wilcox of Cornwall is now in Il y employ of Mr. w sabiiln in the blaecksmi
 shop.
 n Mt Prospect was visited by a few fro r. this vicinity last Sunday, ie Miss Birdie Lane of Hartford has been vi
 iting in town.
 q The masquerade ball which was to con it off from time to time for the past thr B. months. has been indefinitely postponed
 MT Charles Dauchy and Benjamin Hs a3 stead of; Wateri street. exchange 4'hg tenemen s@ this week" tv'''''nse' "''', ' a, Mrs P. B: Burnett whom we spoke of 's bsiag somewhat bettsr Of her sickpess tv ---- .ftArwaFd rakea worse, al
 weeks since, Was G..
 y is not now able to be up around. y MT. Edward Main, the travelling timer WI 1T had not made trip hltherward since last fal 1T stopped in this village over Friday night.
 A small boy. the son of Mr. Henry Cau n was badly injured last Friday afternoon t ?, sliding down banister, in which was a na }. partly driven in.
 c Miss s. L. Perry returned Friday after se
 eral weeks absence in Providence, R. l., !, :. her duties in the telegraph office hers. Q Mrs. J. H. Markham and daughter return I ed>Sunday from a few days sojourn with re V atives in West Stockbridge. The Fl. R R. cornet band will give a gran
 concert Wednesday eve., May 18th, at Cit : zens Hall, which will probably be the bes : ever gwen by them, as much pains are beis taken to make it success. More particu lars hereafter
 MT. Thomas Shaw and Mrs. Richard Wi r Hams last week moved into James Butterfly 3 house, and have gone to housekeeping. Sat 5 urday Mr. Williams and deputy Sheriff Rec
 called on them to-pay them their re
 spectsC0 C0 ''All's well that ends we'll"