Connecticut western news., 1883-05-16
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 Dr Roys of Hartford, who has been spending few days with us healing the sick and comforting the afflicted, has made very favorable impression of his skill as Q physician. Very many sought his counsel.
 A Frenchman, named Monsieur Els Tendare, committed suicide last Friday night, on land of Mrs Ellen Butterly, about one mile east of this village. He had lived in Norfolk 3 or years pre- vious to residing here. He froze both feet last winter and had since been una ble to work. The town had helped sup port him. He became discouraged and disappeared about ten days ago, from the cabin on F. A. Peet's wood lot. He was seen Friday in an unoccupied house on the hill east of this village. Saturday morning he was found hanging by clothes line around his neck attached to the limb of large tree. On the bed stead ill the old house was written his fathers name and address in France, and the following words, dated May 10, 1883: "Dear Father:--I am going to die, tired of suffering" William B. Perry summoned a coroners jury com prising Moses l.. Graham, Geo E. Bow CT, James R. Eggleston, Geo H. Clark, Isaac P. Hornbeck, Dr H. P. Atherton, William D. Reid, NI B. Strong, John Jones, John Holsapple, Abraham Eddo, Frederick Decker. They rendered Q verdict that che came to his death by suicide by hanging" He was buried at Salisbury centre. Who can imagine the feelings of this unfortunate man, the depth of sorrow that induced him to take his own life, a stranger in strange land, destitute, sick and distressed, with no loved hand to minister to his relief It is sad case.
 NORFOLK.
 c. N. Hollister is building Q new picket fence, grading and otherwise i'm proving his residence.
 Deacon Porter, Dr Stevens, Captain Shepard and Mir Bellows are making ex tensive repairs upon their houses this week.
 George Moon of Canaan, exhibited in the drug store @ few days ago mann moth fiddle of his own make, which showed rare mechanical skill.
 MT Harmon Riggs met with a painful accident early Saturday afternoon While experimenting the work on Mis- Hills building, as some workmen wer' engaged in splitting stone a flake flew striking MT Riggs in the eye, displac ing nearly the entire eye ball. The ey' will probably have to be removed, h. suffers greatly and the deepest sympa thy is expressed for him.
 In all probability the Union corne band of Winsted will furnish music Decoration day. It will be remember ed that this band gave an open air con cert in the park last summer, the co1 dial reception given them then, helps t secure them now and it is to be trustee that our people will not let this occs sion fall short of that in the least. AUREvoIR
 KONKAPOT.
 Aunt Sally Reyes is convalessing.
 Joe Couch is trying work again, bu lacks strength to accomplish much.
 Charlie Couch, instead of Grant, doing N. w. Watson's mill teaming.
 The most exciting news from this sec tion, this week, is included within wha may pass for snake stories. Harry Ds wis, living near the clay bed, Clayton discovered, one day last week, som water snakes on the bank of frog pon t near his house. He went for his spes F and then for the snakes. He soon di1 patched four smaller ones, but the yer large one, through fear, he did nc l spear until after wounding her by shoo
 ing, then the spear came in play agail ) and Harry came off conqueror. Afte cutting off the head the snake measure
 10 feet and inches and weighed 9 pounds and 14 ounces. said that Ha 9 " came off conqueror, so he did whe
 he was contending with the snake, bl !, not so when telling his snake story @ his neighbor, Orrin Hadsell, who tel
 bigger one. His big one story ( t snake measured 17 feet in length an r was found on the banks of the Konkap " river, when he (Orrin) was lad. Tn |, snake was undoubtedly some relation @ Harry's, at least the stories are symp t thetic. It is the opinion of peep
 about here that if those land holders the Konkapot valley, who have been U the trouble and expense of putting U " notices prohibiting people hunting fishing on their premises, had on u heard of these two snakes and had hs l. the courage to have told the stories, tn 's would have been sufficient safeguard II ODD FELLOW. e SOUTH CANAAN. @ MT E. s. Haskins continues in ve
 feeble health.
 Miss Olive Pendleton is visiting at \ Robert Pendleton's.
 U The new road machine has been Il work in this vicinity.
 u We congratulate you, MT Editor, Ill furnishing very interesting paper. 1 : Some of the friends and neighbors
 MT George Cooper assisted in his plal
 ing. MT Cooper has been unable 70 work from injuries received in the wi