Connecticut western news., 1881-08-24
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 Samuel M. Tatro, ,Ffor over 20 years we'll known resident of Collinsville, died in Vol cottville Aug. 10th, aged 65 years buried in Collinsville.
 Mrs. s H. Thomas fell, Aug. 18th, break. ing both bones of one arm near the wrist. Amos G. Hart and wife, and two children, have gone to Minnesota for an extended visit Lucius G. Hoyt has gone to Wisconsin to see his brother whom he has not seen for 24 years.
 E. w. Mills sent from Colinsville, July 3O toy balloon, with note requesting @ reply from the finder. August 10th M Cook of Mt Riga, five miles north of Millerton, found it. Frank M. Blair and wife, of Chicago, and Walter G. Cook and wife, of Springfield, Mass. are visiting their old Collinsville homes | Zerah Woodford of West Avon died Aug. IA, aged ST. soldier of the war of 1872. Ct. Harrington. The horse trot which was advertised for last Saturday on the fair ground, tizzled out, no | one getting the big premiums. Quite an excitement was occasioned last Thursday, by the running away of the fine | team owned by MT. Tlcknor, of the Berkshire House, They were down near the fair ground, when the driver saw stone in the shoe of one | of them, and got out to remove it. When he started to get into the wagon the team jump ed throwing the driver under the wagon he holding on to the lines was dragged about half way to the post office, when finding he could not stop them, he let go of the lines, and the horses ran through the main street to VanDeusenvlle, where they were stopped. There was boy about years old in the wagon, who clung to the seat and rode three miles, and came out all right. Nothing was broken or injured in the run, except the driv- l er his clothes were torn, and he was badly bruised and covered with dirt. 1 Mrs. Brigham, the mother of Mrs. George Dodge, died last Saturday at the residence Of Mir. Dodge, in this village. z.
 Falls Village. I Croquet playing by lamplight is a favorite pastime with some of the young people of Amesville.
 l Miss Ida Spur has returned from her west ern visiting tour.
 Miss Cora Tucker has been for few days past sojourning with friends in Torrington and Harwinton.
 Mir. and Mrs. Geo. Lewis of Bridgeport have been spending few days with Ames- vile friends. Owing to the recent rains and cloudy | weather, few farmers were unable to finish having last week.
 MT. E. J, Gross of Oneonta, N. Y, has made brief visit to this place, 1 MT. John Barnum is building large and | commodious tobacco shed on the, south side of his barn.
 MT. E. w. Spur has recently purchased new and valuable horse. Mir. Levi Beebe of South Canaan, we are < informed, has bargained for the sale of his place.
 A horse belonging to A. F. Gibbs was se- riously injured last week by breaking through the floor under which is basement; by the aid of tackles and his neighbors' help he suc- ceeded in extricating it. Daniel Waas of Astoria, L. l., and Ed Butcher of New York, are visiting in town. Miss Minnie and Willie Watson, of North Pownal, Vt., are stopping with relatives in town.
 Miss Estella Herder of Hinsdale, and Miss Louisa Gibbs of Kent are visiting friends on Beebe Hill.
 Rev. MT. Sanford, P. E., it is expected,