Connecticut western news., 1884-08-20

school house No 10. also going to repair Nos and 8. Several others will have to be touched up some before the fall term commences.
 Mrs Ed Cook and Mrs L. Simpson of Pittsfeld, also Mrs Williams of Berk- shire and Mrs B. Simpson of North Co., pake visited friends here. Mrs B.Simp- son will stay few weeks. Charlie and Lizzie Baldwin were here i over Sunday from West Stockbridge. | Mrs Wm Granger was also here over | the Sabbath. This lady IS almost 90 | years old and awakes much sympathy | for the aged, and proves that habits of industry does. not shorten ones life. May she live to be 100.
 WEST CORNWALL. Mrs Charles Snyder left for Rockford, H., on Monday. Miss Belle Roberts of Pittsfeld Is in town for few days.
 Charles Nodine Is to return to Flori- da, in about month.
 Joseph Memmott has taken trip to Shelburne Falls, Mass.
 MT Gamsby and wife of Bridgeport are boarding at Mrs J. P. Brewster's.
 Miss Gertie Butler of Oakville is wis., iting friends in this place and Sharon.
 The republicans are talking of raising their new banner some time next week.
 Miss Carrie Wilber of Michigan is visiting her cousin, Mrs David l.. Smith.
 Rev W. A. Nichols and wife of Lake Forest, H., are guests at Dea k. R. Pratt's.
 Mrs Kate Cleyerdon and family arriv- ed home from Brooklyn, last Saturday evening.
 James Ford and wife of Canton, N. I. are making their annual visit in this vicinity.
 Rev Samuel Scoville and family have broken camp on the shores of Cream Hill lake.
 Mrs H. W. Pierce of Pittsfield is with her mother, Mrs s. H. Barnum, for a short visit
 R. N. Cochrane was appointed school committee at the annual meeting held on Monday evening.
 Messrs George Hughes and Earl Ste Yens attend the republican convention in New Haven as delegates from this end of the town.
 Rev Wayland Spaulding preached in the chapel, Sunday evening, one of his fluent and interesting sermons, to a house filled to overfowing.
 Miss Maud Gurney, an artist from New York, who has been boarding at Joseph Mallinson's, returned home on Tuesday. Jennie Mallinson accompa- nied her.
 The parlors of Mrs Wm. Oldfeld were crowded on Monday evening to witness the unfolding of luxuriant night blooming cereus which filled the rooms with its fragrance and was to all behol. ders most beautiful spectacle.
 The excursion to Seaside park, under the direction of the ladies' benevolent society, on Tuesday, was largely attended, and helps amaz, ingly toward raising the additional sum for the purchase of a more expensive church organ than at first was decided upon. |..
 About 50 assembled at the Derby cluE rooms, last Thursday evening, in re. sponse to the neat invitation they issued on Tuesday previous. Ice cream and lemonade was served in abundance by the members with as much precision and grace as if at an Astor house ban. quet All present appeared in high, good humor.
 The street was lined at the Cleveland [. and Hendricks flag raising, last Friday CfSll1bSs hIh Oh1 obASCb4OOho 1ult6 guy over-shadowed by this beautiful banner. The Cornwall band was present and dis coursed some fine martial music. Able speeches were made by Messrs Addis oi New Milford and Sedgwick and John. son of this town.
 Builder J. H. Cole Is making qui.e [ extensive repairs at the Col Rogers house, North Cornwall. While at work there one day last week, his fine horse met with seri. ous injuries, in the barn where he was hitched, by getting one of his legs over the chain across the stall It is hoped it will recover rapidly.
 The picnic at Cream Hill lake, last Saturday, was very pleasant affair. The cavalry company appeared mount ed and in full military costume, which attracted much attention. The Corn, wall band was in attendance, which added greatly to the pleasantness of the occasion. After the festivities at tLe lake the company marched to Cornwall for drill.