Connecticut western news., 1881-09-07
CORRESPONDENCE.
Falls Village.

Falls Village.
 The Amesville school has begun it's fall term with the same teachers that taught last spring Misses Jane Hubbard and Hattie Owen.
 Engines 2l and p have been sold to the Massachusetts Central R. R. Co.,, which road was recently built They are In the shops being painted, and will leave for their desti. nation about the 10th inst. At school meeting in the consolidated Amesville district, No. il, where three com mittee men have heretofore been elected, they decided to have but one, and MT. J. H. Mark l ham, who filled the bill sc acceptably the past year, was the unanimous choice of the district
 l As the way freight train was leaving this station last Wednesday afternoon the locomo tive was o o,'-ahled by the breaking of an axle and was taken to the shops ."r repa'rs' hac the accident occurred between the two sta. tions a collision with the milk train might have resulted.
 A lady visiting at J. B Owens in Ames vile lost her pocket book on the street Sun l day, but it was restored to her by the finder as she was starting out in search of it. Four carloads Georgia pine lumber was un- laden at the shops for the railroad company | and several thousand feet were left south of | the depot for bridge building purposes It was reported that 40 sheep owned by Tpli,S popa of HuptSv;lla u,ara ;p;urod h, dogs Saturday night, and that 21 of them were killed outright. A charge of cold lead, l applied effectively to three-fourths of the ca nine race would be blessing.* A train of gypsies passed through this place one day last week going southward, and had a collision with Harrison Hart, breaking his wagon axle. They were soon overhauled by constable Reed, and compelled to pay certain amount for damages. Henry Brinton of South Canaan is building tobacco shed 2lxe0 feet Orville Hosford, architect. MT. Brinton has three acres of tobacco.
 A new platform has been built at Lime Rock station, the track has been considera-
 
 work
 Several buildings in Amesville have been embellished with the painters brush, among which are two houses of MT. Isaac French house and barn of Mrs. Abbie Flint and house of Wm. Wolfe. Jr.
 Wm. c. Baldwin has returned from his Western tour, having visited Ft. Wayne, Book Island, Chicago, Elkhart, and the rail- road shops located at these places, as we'll as other noted points.
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. Hubbell were unexpect, ediy called to Bridgeport last week, to attend the funeral of Geo. F. Card, a brother in.law of Mrs. H.. Deceased was buried at Moun- tain Grove cemetery, aged 52.
 MT. H. c. Crandall attends the centennial celebration of the battle of Groton this week.
 W. F. Gillette and Henry Root were fined s1. each Monday for keeping unregistered dogs.
 MT. Henry Sheppard is sick with malarial fever.
 The excursion to Seaside Park last Wed nesday for the benefit of the Sunday school children of this town and Lime Rock was success every way. The train consisted of seven cars, and as the fare was reduced to so low a figure many availed them selves of the opportunity. The train made the first thirty miles in forty minutes, and arrived in Bridgeport few minutes past nine o'clock. The tide being out they pleasantly na sSed tha time away in strollinu on tba m rlr and along the pleasant walks which overlook the Sound and in the afternoon when the tide came in many of tho excursionists don.