Connecticut western news., 1883-10-31
FALLS VILLAGE.

dartford for short visit.
 Mrs H. c. Crandall has returned from weeks visit in Bridgeport. l Miss Della Mott of Utica, N. r., is visiting in Amesville and Lime Rock.
 Mrs H.Finkle has been suffering from a severe attack of quinsy, but is slowly recovering.
 Mrs John A. Belcher and son of Shef. field were guests of relatives in Ames. vile last week.
 MT O. O. Gilbert, leader of the Gilbert family concert troupe, lectured at the hall Sunday night
 Hon M. B. Richardson was re-nomi. mated for state senator at the Democratic convention held here Saturday,
 In exchange with Rev D. M. Moore, Rev MT Hull of Ellsworth preached from the Congregational pulpit Sunday.
 William A. Burkett of Danbury and Minnie Turpin will be united in matri- mony at the residence of the brides father to-day Wednesday,.
 Ovid Gillette of North Canaan has bought the route from this place to Lime Rock and will hereafter go through that place with his market wagon.
 William Rectal of Amesville has been In poor health for several weeks and is unable to work. Saturday evening nine ot the shopmen met at his house and cut up cord of wood for him.
 Thirty men are employed in building the foundation for the large shop at Lime Rock station which is 52O feet long and 50 in width. I.N.Bartram of Sharon has the superintendence of the work. It contains an addition 30 feet in length.
 The spring on the Housatonic railroad companys farm from which a pipe is laid to supply their employees in Ames- vile with water has been lower than at any time previously and some of the families have been unable to obtain any from that source.
 The clerks in the employ of G. w. Hall < Co agreeably surprised him last week with an elegantly morocco bound double page photograph album intend ed as birthday present, in which were cabinets of nine of his clerks. On the cover in letters of gilt were the words. My Clerks
 . Miss Sophia Perry will leave here for Providence to-day (Wednesday)to attend the silver wedding of her brother, Gra- ham Perry, and will return next Monday to resume her duties at the office. In the meantime Miss Jennie Moore will attend the telegraph office and Miss Carrie Hall the telephone.
 Hall < Go desire to call attention to the1r new stock of dress goods of the latest styles which comprise s.Armour, Drap de Alma, India, and other fash lonable dress goods, cloaks, dolmans, cashmeres, fannels and all kinds and qualities to suit the people. The ladies will see the advantages to be derived by calling and looking over their stock before looking further to select their fall and winter clothing.
 Itwas voted to build lock-up in this vicinity at the last election but it is ru- mored that the project has been aban- 1oned. What would be of more conse- luence and greatly appreciated by the public would be to lay pipe from some spring and put up a good substantial water trough in the highway on the triangular piece of ground near the sign post on which stands one of the telephone poles. Tn1Ewnn
 Eoator Neaos:- :-I wish that you would please change that about the capture of Wesley Colby as stated in last weeks NEWS, for it is sad mistake, as he de- ivered himself up to Sheriff o. M. Brin- ;on, Wednesday, the 17th, in the presence 'f Messrs J. G. Colby and S. W. Bradley of Lower City. AN
 Falls Village, October 27. 1883.
 The party from this place that visited dousatonic lodge, No 61, at North Canaan on Saturday evening were high y pleased by the kindness and courtesy bestowed upon them by their brethren md did ample justice to the bountiful collation. spread at their disposal. z.
 KONKAPOT.
 Truman Shores is doing quite little repairing this fall.
 N. W. Watson len posse) is making another raid on the mills in way of repairs.
 Smith Hilliard has returned from South Canaan, where he has been stop- ping some Is months, to his old home here with MT and Mrs George Fellows.
 Hall Hines is to run the upper black smith shop in Hadsen street the comino season. He has been out of practice for time, but will soon get his hand in again. A Fanny Roys says tell Richard Fields Q come over this way and see the ssdan- { lelions" of later growth, if he feels so 'orry for his poor Sheffield flower of October 20. or
 SAL1SBURY. Mrs D. P. Sanford has returned from New York
 Mrs D. T. Warner spent last week with friends in New Rochelle, Rev MT Kitchell's resignation was cad before the congregation and ac-