Connecticut western news., 1883-02-28
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 Hon Daniel Brewster was in Hartford | last week.
 Henry Brinton is shipping large quan- titles of eggs to Waterbury.
 Good skating on Cady's pond and our youngsters seem to enjoy it hugely.
 Idlewild is doing Hartford, New Ha- ven and Bridgeport the present week.
 E. D. Goodwin has been to Washing | ton, DC. in the interests of tariff reform. There is to be another contest of speed | and endurance among the rippers, this week. U. H. Miner and s. w. Bradley have received another invoice of Holstein stock;
 Eben T. Holcomb of Minnesota, for merly of this place and an overseer at the Ames iron works, died recently at his Minnesota home, aged 70. The insurance companies, for one of which A. T. and M. Roraback of Canaan are agents, have settled with Neisner and he is selling off the damaged goods rap idly.
 At the late fire in Neisners clothing store the people responded to the alarm of fire and worked with will to subdue the flames. F. B. How'd is entitled to credit for his labors, having gone into the store amid the flames and smoke, where he threw water as tit was passed to him till the fire was extinguished.
 William Ingerson is quite sick with typhoid pneumonia. K.
 Mrs Burkett's funeral was attended on Thursday from her residence in Amesville interment at Grassy Hill cemetery.
 The Norfolk dramatic association will give Ten Nights in Bar-Room, , in Citizens hall, Thursday evening. They deserve crowded house.
 The third musicale under the auspices of the Village Improvement society will be held at l.. P. Deans, Friday evening, and if the two former are a criterion, this entertainment, embracing in it's pro- gram, as it does, some of our best musi cal talent, will surely be success.
 NORFOLK. B. T. Ives has resigned his position at the axe shop and goes to Cheshire. W. A. Thurston, our enterprising tin ner, is soon to put team on the road. They expect to be running at the Dudley mills in about ten days.
 J. F. Millspaugh, Esq, is about to re- tire from the firm of W. J. Sparks & Co.,
 The large plate glass windows for Johnson's new block have arrived at last.
 Prof Swinston's singing class now numbers B. He intends giving 8 con- cert in few weeks and proposes giving half the proceeds to the hall association.
 A clever deception was practiced upon one of our citizens few nights ago by some of Norfolk's fair maidens, who had freely indulged in burnt cork and rags. AUREvoIR. GREAT HARRINGTON The Harrington Methodist society held Washingion's birthday tea party which was quite successful. We hear that they have decided not to build parsonage, this year, but have hired @ house on Dresser avenue.
 MT Albert l.. Strong and family, who have been visiting in the Housatonic valley for the past six weeks, left for their Iowa home, last week, taking the younger brother, Edwin, with them, where he goes into the established mer- cantile business as partner. They went by way of New York to purchase stock for spring trade. z.
 MILTON.
 MT Gilbert Barnes has returned from his visit to Danbury.
 Mir Robert Bent paid visit to Hotch- kissville, one day last week.
 Miss Anna E. Clark has returned from her two-weeks visit in Torrington.
 Messrs D. H. H.Yeomans and A. H.Page contemplate visiting Dakota this spring.
 MT Thomas Sheldon and Mir Harry Holmes of Hotchkissville made us a call last Saturday.
 MT Thomas Hinchife has drawn about 90 logs to the saw mill. He con- templates building in the spring
 The Etna shear works begin to run nine hours after March 1. They have had quite number of orders of late.
 MT J. M Gardner took over quite 8 folly load of youngsters to the roller skating rink in Torrington, last Saturday evening.
 We understand that South Cornwall man says that he should think there was no place like Milton and that we oug ght to have creamery here and run it by water. We would like to have the late chief magistrate of the Beers house call on us and decide the matter. ETNA
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