Connecticut western news., 1883-01-17
FALLS VILLAGE.

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 The railroad company are building one new house car and two new box cars
 Mrs James Burkett is quite indispos- ed, with no prospect of immediate recovery.
 Mrs Moore of Orange, Mass. has been spending few days with her son, Rev D. M. Moore.
 Mrs Sidney Reed will entertain the ladies of the Congregational aid society, Thursday afternoon.
 MT H. c. Crandall has so far recovered as to be able to attend to business affairs and is recuperating slowly
 Seventy car loads of ice, holding from 10 to 15 tons each, are required to fill the railroad companys ice house adjoin- ing the creamery.
 MT Edward Thorpe is doing very thriving business in the book trade this winter and one day last week sold to one customer "A volumes
 Blacksmiths are now enjoying a rich harvest. Twenty-Five horses and yoke of oxen were at Mir Wilcox's shop at South Canaan, Monday morning, to be shod.
 MT s. c. Beckley, who has acceptably filled the position of assistant postmaster and also clerkship at the store, has severed his connection with the firm of G. W. Hall & Go. MT F. D. Eggleston has re-arranged the furniture of his office and has moved the circulating library into the office, which, with the other changes, gives it much more neat and cosy appearance.
 The Roman Catholics will have fair and entertainment at the hall, Thursday evening. One of the principal features will be the presentation of gold headed cane to the person having the highest number of votes.
 All the schools in this section have commenced and the teachers living in this vicinity have taken charge of the following schools Ella Brigner in Beebe hill district, Minnie Jacobi at Lower City, Minnie Turpin and Hattie Owen at Amesville and Blanche Tobey in district No. ', Sharon.
 Two omissions were made in our last weeks communication in typeset- ting. The following will bear correc- tion. The officers elect of the C Young Ladies Mission Circle are: President, Lizzie Sparks; president, Nellie Hall; secretary, Fannie Bartlett; treas urer, Clara Averill; 1st directress, Mary Ruiger; 2d directress, Anna Crandall; :; committee of arrangements, Belle Malt bic, Clara Mercy, Carrie Hall. Winnie Stephens. Its affairs are managed in a businers-like manner and its revenue, as before stated, is applied to the defrayal of most worthy odject. Their next meeting will be at the house of Mrs l.. P. Dean next Saturday. IDLEwLD.
 SOUrHFHELD.
 Charley Shaver is in school again.
 Anson Norton was in Lee last week.
 Henry Ford was in town last week. MT Robert Shaver is at MT Kasson's
 Will Walter was here few days last week.
 E. c. Cook and son were here over Sunday.
 Miss Shepard went to Pittsfeld last Saturday.
 MT and Mrs Ed. Scoville are visiting in Afford.
 MT and Mrs Weeman have returned to Winsted.
 Some rascal stole two of o. A. Gib- sons sheep. MT G. offers a reward of $10 for the arrest and conviction of the thief
 There will be no service at the Con- gregational Church next Sabbath; but the Sunday school will meet at the usual hour of service
 It was our pleasure to visit Mir and Mrs Jas. McCaughin's last Saturday afternoon. The welcome we received there was most cordial. Long may they and theirs wave and flourish
 Our worthy neighbor, MT Henry J. Norton has done lone better," and has gone and got married. He came down handsomely to his friends, and they all unite in wishing him happy union.
 Harry C. Adams, Williams ''freshie'' and formerly of this place is member of the college glee club. He is first tenor and 2nd cornetist. The club has sung with success in all the region round about.
 | NORFOLN.
 MT Caswen will lecture here again, Thursday evening" the 19th
 H. B. Knapp was chosen deacon at the church meeting, Friday, in place of J. N. Cowles
 Norman Sprague has resigned his position at the depot, going into the employ of B. s. Johnson.
 The Social Circle meet this week with the Misses Eldridge, Thursday evening, at P. M All are invited
 The Norfolk and N B. Hosiery Go. are soon to put in several new pieces oi machinery and will shut down for few days.