Connecticut western news., 1884-07-16

ook for the farmer is very much inn ,roved.
 MT Wm Swift has torn out his old himney, covered his house over new, put in new windows and is fixing up | 
 A little son of J. J. Guilford was se- 7erely cut by stepping upon an old 'cythe, while playing in the bushes near his home, one day last week.
 SHEFFIELD.
 Mir George Callendar and wife are visiting at Mrs Alvan Callendar's.
 Mrs Alonzo Gordon and son, George, are visiting friends in New York this week..
 A few of our Sheffield people went on the excursion to Bridgeport, Monday morning.
 MT Charles Calendar of Glendale spent Sunday in town with his mother, Mrs Alvan Callendar.
 The farmers are quite busy at pres ent, having and harvesting. The hay crop is unusually light this season.
 MT Leonard Futile has beeu danger ously i'll for the past week. He has been improving for day or two and it is hoped that he is recovering.
 The hail storm of Saturday afternoon was quite severe in Sheffield. Hail stones fell thick and fast for about 15 minutes, almost covering the ground, some of them were very large, the larg- est being about the size of walnuts. The crops are badly damaged, particularly tobacco, corn and rye. Western Shef- field and Silver street were visited by a similar storm Sunday afternoon.
 SOUTHFKELD.
 The peddlers being out all else seems quiet.
 We called the other day on an old in- habitant of this place, now living in Colebrook. He is nearly helpless, but we hope very much that our friend, P. Hamilton, will improve and enjoy life for years to come.
 Aside from politics news is at low ebb, except the rain, hail, thunder and lightning. Russell Baldwin's house was struck with one or two shafts of light ming, which tore up portion of his din. ing room floor, tearing the castings from one or two doors, the plastering and pa per from the wall, beam over the eel lar, one rafter and making one or two holes in the roof and doing several oth CT little mischiefs on Saturday, about o'clock P. M. The rain fell in torrents also quite little hail and little east ot here it cut tomato vines and other vege tation quite little. Who knows wheth CT lightning does not go upward as wei as horizontally and almost every othe, way In the above case it would seen | the current ascended rather than de scended. It was very singular freal to say the least.
 EAST CANAAN.
 George Davids is building barn op posite his residence.
 Several from this place joined tn Methodist excursion to Bridgeport Monday
 Having has commenced, and so far a heard from farmers report one-half tn usual crop.
 A new watering trough is publ convenience recently built near the | R. Co.'S office. ....
 Mrs George Rood is to start, thi week, for Hampton, Va, to spend sel eral weeks with her sister. Baseball is raging here at presen Some of the experts have wire scree , covering the face and head, resemblin very much a dog muzzle, only more sC r The tobacco crop was never mol } promising than at present, in this SC, l tion. You will feel better to insul 7 against hail, in the Tobacco Grower ! Mutual.
 Lightning struck Chauncey Yorker [ house, during the shower Saturday P. M 7 tearing up shingle, melting the cay v trough, slivering the door blinds, sha !, tering the hatchway-doors and upsettir - things generally, doing, however, b !, slight damage. W. WEST CORNWALL. |, Miss Ida Squires of Bridgeport is vi iting Miss Jennie Ocain.
 The birth list this week speaks of
 additional charm for the census taker.
 Mrs Wm Oldfeld has gone to vi Il her daughters in Lee and Stockbride y Mass.
 Misses Annie Wilson and Nellie Gre d ory of Long Hill are visiting in to, Il for few weeks.
 Mir Samuel Coons and family fire 'e Elyria, Ohio, are visiting friends in u y village and vicinity.
 The advertised letters at the post
 flee are addressed to Miles B. Wakele rS Dr F. T. Brown and William H. Holt |, The lawn party at T. s. Colds W ,o fully attended. About SIS was rais
 toward the North Cornwall organ fur
 Miss Cora Morgan is stopping in N IF Haven through the present month, = pecting to attend school there, af IT. September.
 as Fred Wood arrived home from N Id York on Saturday, having gradual IS from the High school he has attend Id there the past year.
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