Connecticut western news., 1886-06-02
NOR FOLK.

MT Grove Yale has returned from h1S western trip.
 MT Thurston has lately purchased 9 new pony. -.
 Mrs Bellows has returned from Flori- da. Her husband will follow about July 1.
 MT A. P. Doyle is very low, so low that his recovery is very doubtful.
 Misses Anna and Irene Gaylord have returned from 8 two weeks stay in Bethlehem.
 Mrs Wolcott, our former postm istress, made short visit in town last week.
 Ben Browns new house has made it's appearance within the last two weeks.
 Mrs Selden passed several days in Boston last week.
 Deacon Cowles has just built a new iron fence similar to the one around the park.
 Strawberries, pineapples and cabbages are being sold about our streets by the various merchants.
 Extensive alterations are going on at MT Coles new purchase, the Sullivan Butler place.
 MT Mallory has rented his house to MT De Coppett of New York, who with his family will occupy the premises in about week.
 MT F. M. Shepard has completed Q new stone watering trough on his new road near the railroad crossing.
 George Johnson and family have gone on visit to Waterbury, Charles Peck is installed as assistant at the drug store during his absence.
 Lawyer Bristol, formerly of our place, paid us flying visit Saturday. He re- ports fourishing business in Tariff vile.
 The young people of the Congrega- tional church have started a Sunday evening prayer meeting. They meet in the conference room three-quarters of an hour before the regular service.
 The Silk company have moved their dye house to the upper shop. Their dyer, MT Skinner, colored his first silk in the new mill Friday.
 Michael Torrent has moved to his fa- ther-in- laws, MT McConnell's place, in Colebrook. His house is occupied by John Dillon of Winsted.
 City boarders are beginning to be seen. MT Riggs has house full, MT Stanard has several and there are a num- Der at the hotel.
 MT Morrisey has moved to Winsted. His absence will be regretted by the Norfolk musicians. He comes up every Wednesday night to train the colored band.
 Three of the Misses Eldredge return ed from New York Saturday. Ex-Pres- ident Porter of Yale college has been stopping for several days at the Fifth Avenue hotel as their guest.
 The new road to the top of Haystack Is three-fourths completed. It will be nearly mile in length, carefully con- strucSed and is sure of being we'll pat roniZed.
 MT F. B. Porter, by order of the Will lage Improvement society, has repaired the stone wall near the depot. He ex- | poets to build new plank walk from the depot to MT Sparks's store, under l the auspices of the same society. The game between the Canaan boys and picked nine under Catlin's cap- tainship was short and decisive-17 to in favor of the Norfolks. The Canaan boys were good players, but seemed to have hard luck in hitting the ball. The shear shop boys are organizing nine of their own.
 A new phase has been put upon the school-house question by the discovery in Mir Battells office in New York of the missing deeds. These confirm the dis puted title of the town and MT Battel to the academy building. Had they been discovered earlier they might have materially influenced voters in theil choice of site for the new schoo buildinp