Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11
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There was violent hail storm here on the 2nd inst
 MT l. Barnes is recovering from a long and severe illness.
 Miss Alice Newton is residing at the "cottage" this summer.
 A number of young people went to Lakeville to,p pass the 4th.
 Miss Kittie Skinner is visiting her friend, Miss Mary Leonard.
 Miss Jennie Cowles is at home from Waterbury for the vacation.
 Plenty of city boarders have arrived, but there is always room for more.
 MT Eighmie died last week on Mon day after dreadful illness. His body was removed to Oxford for burial on Tuesday.
 Mrs Ella R Gore, matron of the Westfeld State Normal school, is pas sing the summer vacation with her
 mother, Mrs H Roys.
 Dr H H Smith, MT Thomas s Owen
 and MT Frank Grey are busily engaged
 in building telephone line between
 Sheffield and Great Burlington.
 Last Thursday evening MT Eugene
 Vosburgh SC mt up fine fire balloon in
 front of his store. It made beautiful
 sight careering through the sky till it
 shone in the dim distance as star of
 the first magnitude passing slowly from
 earthly sight ,,
 A runaway from Great Burlington
 passed on the South Egremont under
 mountain road last Wednesday. Sever
 al were badly hurt They were taken
 to MT Stephen Karner's and Dr Whit
 tlesey was telephoned for. One of the
 horses had 8 leg broken.
 Last Wednesday, Mrs Daniel Good
 sell, forgetful that some blanks had been taken from her pantry floor, walk
 ed off, fell down cellar and struck her head against coal bin. She re- ceived some very severe cuts and bruis' es. It was narrow escape from death. A Sheffield young man started on g } drunk to celebrate the fourth, but some one stole all his money and stopped him from further proceedings Strange 5 that the glorious fourth so nobly made
 historic by the fathers, should be so ig = nobly celebrated by the drunken sons 5 of Liberty. When will people learr f that liberty is only truly such wher r used as liberty to do right and to save 1 mans higher powers from bondage ts the lower . MT John Decker met with sad acci r dent on the fourth which may cost hin r one of his eyes, although we hope il a may be saved. A Roman candle wen r off while he was looking into it ant n burned the coats of the eye very badly @ He suffered most intense pain and wa n scarcely able to leave his bed, on tn e fifth the eye became badly infiamed r Last Friday evening he went to Alban '- for treatment at the hospital. D. >. CORNWALL BRIDGE. # Edward I Hubbard, of the Bridge '' port Farmer, is visiting friends her > and in Ellsworth. * l. Amos c Waterbury furnished the firs j. new potatoes here before July 1. Yer 8 large and fine ones.
 ' Having has commenced and the cro . looks fair tobacco looks small but ha got started ; other crops are good. :, Willie H Sturges raised @ splendi ~~ %1o To,,,.t1 ra1.ocnr,+ frnr1o fpInnT
 in Bridgeport, and it can be seen foa l. ing in fair weather.
 l. Landlord Curtis and Edward Sween J: of Woodbury spent Sabbath here wit g friends Curtis is as good natured 1 l. Sweeny is handsome. r. Thomas Lawless has sold his Englis T. mastiff pup to E T Coe, of Torringtol J. for $75. The dog is nine months O le and weighs 115 pounds. @, JW Monroe of Sharon, the celebra D. ed architect, entertained party of h le friends on the 3d inst at the Bradlt g: house. He is always welcome in Cor T. wall.
 e, The fourth passed off very quiet le here, the Cornwall Plains boys havi1 le captured our cannon we had to dispen ly with that music, but they had taler
 ed time.
 Landlord Bradley has disposed of |
 celebrated trotting mare Maria" al I' replaced her with one of & pair of s4 thousand dollar team formerly own' s by the late MT Traver of Woodbury. of WPS. Uo MELTON.
 MT Thomas Hinchliff has been qui lls i'll with erysipelas, but is now conv' 'c' escing
 'st MT Chas Beach of Kansas is visitil n- his parents, Mrs Heman Beach in u ilS village.
 ln- MT Otis Gillett and family of Whist ol- are visiting at Wm Bissells. ed Misses Katie and Caroline Dug he spent the fourth with their parents oy James Dugan.
 Tn Mrs Katie Driscoll of Torringt 'ys made short visit to her parents in u no place.
 '' There are large number of visitt e0 from out of town, too numerous 0", mention, ..~.~ oa The fourth of July passed off in 1 pleasant and orderly manner, with ,a parade in the morning and the game