Connecticut western news., 1883-12-19
FALLS VILLAGE.

heart trouble.
 Master Robert Merriman is out with handsome new turnout.
 The cold snap on Saturday froze up the coves and fishermen are happy. The Guy family gave an entertain ment Saturday night to moderately sized house.
 William H. Lamb is slowly convales- cing from his broken ancle. It was 8 serious blow to him.
 MT J. o. Brinton has been shipping a quantity of poplar wood to parties in Lee, Mass, to be made into paper.
 Samuel Heath has sold his household goods and broken up housekeeping. He is undecided as to his future course.
 There was rumpus in Water street one night last week and ''that mother in-law'' made it hot for little while.
 G. W. Hall & Go as usual are doing adriving trade in their line and it would be fastidious taste indeed that could not be suited at their establishment
 Charles Owen claims to have a red Durham two-year-old heifer that can beat anything in the town of Canaan or Salisbury for beauty, weight or size.
 The circulating library, has been moved to Dr c. B. Maltbie's office, who will hereafter have charge of Altogether with the Franklin Square library recently established here.
 A bevy of young ladies under the title of The Young Ladies Mission Circle hold fair and festival in the hall on Friday evening of this week. The net proceeds are to be applied toward the support and education of 8 young Indian girl.
 MT T. Tucker is busily engaged in repairing and improving his property recently purchased in Torrington. Ii seems rather hard to have our townsmen invest their surplus out of town, but there is little CT no inducement to lay out money in this town. Sad to relate, but nevertheless true!
 W. H. Jenks is out with little paper announcing his large stock of holiday goods. His supply this year exceeds any previous ones ever shown in town. An enumeration of the articles would occupy too much space, but it is simply immense and his store is crowded day and evening. The genial George V. will be on hand to mark and guarantee all that silverware.
 A letter recently received from Clar- ence Turner, who is sojourning in Florida, states that the climate does not seem to agree with him and that he is growing poorer in flesh every day. He has visited Rev Robert Hunts sons, also Charles Nodine, who went from here. The latter is heartily sick of the country and were it not that he had taken up & acres of land he would probably retur1 home.
 Bill Wooster came down Saturday night to see the show, driving James Shefield's team. He drove out iron Dudley's sheds intending to put hi horses under the church shed, whe1 they became frightened at beer kee standing in the road and ran. Bill trie6 brayely to stop them, being dragged o1 the ground quite distance, cutting ant bruising him badly about the head Harry Russell and Will Merritt wer, also thrown out, receiving slight inju ries. The animals ran home, leaving the wagon in a damaged condition nea: John H. Crandall's. AJAcKs. | LAKEVILLE.
 MT D. Eggleston has lately moved into the house formerly occupied b, Mrs G. H. Bundy.
 The Village Improvement society fai was decided success. Over $17O wer taken in and about $125 cleared.
 MT John M. Brazee fatted two sprin, pigs whose ages were months, 10 days weight 27O and $50 pounds. Who cal beat that ?
 Remember the school exhibition ol Friday night, the 21st. The program will be composed of tableaux, panto mines, recitations, music, etc. Tn exhibition will begin at 7:3OPM; ad mission 15 cents, children 10 cents.
 The annual election of Montgomer, lodge, No 13, F. & A. M, resulted il the election of the following officers c. Rowley, W. M.; G. Cook, s. w.; H P. Harris, J. w.: H. s. Wilson, Sec. L. Tupper, Treas; B. F. Hoyt, s. D. J. Winterbottom, J. D. TAwREL
 SHEFFIELD.
 Miss Lizzie Field has returned fror Winsted.
 Dr Eddy preached to the children o the 9th inst.
 Mrs Genernl Barnard has gone t Philadelphia for the winter.
 MT George Benjamin died last Satu day morning after long illness.
 MT and Mrs Frank Owen with Dr an Mrs Smith visited Albany this week.
 The singing class is large and pro porous, meeting every Monday evening
 MT George Rudge has moved h shoe-shop into the old M. B. parsonag
 Next Friday evening s. F. U. will | entertained by dialogue entitled, ''Th Two Puddifoots"