Connecticut western news., 1886-04-07

We are asked to publish the follow
 ing which is evidently problem fo
 the Robbins school to solve: "Atten
 tiou. Robbins school, Norfolk; A persol
 borrowed as much money as he already
 had, and spent $2.56. He then went tt
 second person and borrowed as mucl
 as he had then remaining and spen
 S256. He did likewise for the eightf
 time; when he had nothing left. Wha
 had he at first?''
 | According to Joseph Brinton1
 statement, which appears in another
 column, he has the inside track over al
 competitors for the sale of pianos anc
 organs. MT Brinton has had 25 years
 experience in tuning and regulating
 musical instruments. He needs no in
 troduction to our readers, but we are
 pleased to note that he has recently
 been appointed sole agent for Litchfeld
 county for the pianos and organs men.
 toned in his advertisement.
 | Samuel Greer assumed the duties of road-master of the Housatonic road | April l. He came aboard of Conductor c. P. Lanes train at Brookfeld. Con- ductor Lane !" did not know. him from Adam, and asked him for ticket; MT Greer did not produce any, whereupon Mir Lane informed him he must "fork over 2 ticket, pass or cash. Matters were approaching crisis when Presi- dent Barnum, who was occupying 8 seat with MT Greer, interposed and in- troduced MT Greer to MT Lane. A hand-shake followed, but the little cpl sode came very near being a first of April joke on all concerned.
 -Dr Burwell, dentist, West Winsted, doubtless has the best equipment of dental instruments in this county, and last week he purchased and placed ID his dental parlors ''The Improved Wilkerson Dental Chair" which is the finest and most costly dental chair in the world. Dr Burwen is a skillful dentist; none better in the county. He makes his profession a study, and he keeps pace with every discovery in dentistry, for he is diligent student and thorough investigator. He makes speciality of plate work, also fine gold filling. He has acquired large and in- creasing business by doing first class work at reasonable prices.
 The minstrel performance given under the auspices of Company F at Norwalk, Conn.,, Tuesday evening, March 30, drew crowded house and many were unable to gain admission. The net proceeds of the entertainment were about $175. The boys propose to repeat it in Danbury and Stamford at an early day. The Norwalk Hour gives a detailed report of the entertainment and refers to Editor Rodemeyer lone of the actors) as follows: ''Mr Rodemeyer's speech on Woman's Rights was one of the jems of the evening. He hadn't been speaking three minutes before one of the ushers handed him two beautiful bouquets of flowers. One, the larger of the two, was from the members of the Pioneer Hook & Ladder company. The other was the gift of some unknown ad- mirer. MT Rodemeyers speech was full of witty passages and the audience was sorry when he placed his manu- script under his arm and vacated the 1 stage"
 Mir A. N. Beach died at his home in Winsted, on Thursday evening, April 1, at 9.3O o'clock. He was taken on Monday, March 29, with severe attack of neuralgia of the bowels, to which he had been subject for many years. Thursday morning he was reported better, but later in the day his disease took udden turn for the worse, re- sulting in his death. Mir Beach was nearly 67 years of age. He was born in Goshen, Conn.,, and was son of the late Dr Beach of that place. Dr Beach and family afterward removed to New York state and resided in the vicinity of Hunter, in Greene county. From there A. N. Beach came to Canaan, and engaged in the stove, tinware and plumbing business, in which he was very success ful. While at Canaan he was deputy sheriff and was brought prominently before the public by his official services in connection with the arrest and trial of Horatio Ames Jr. for the attempted assassination of Horatio Ames ST.; also by his services in the William Douglass vs Forbes Monson case. He removed to Winsted in the spring of 1872, where he found larger field for his stove and tinware business, but he soon sold the same and established the we'll known insurance agency of Beach < Hunt, MT Hunt, his son-in-law, entering his ser vice as clerk in 1874 and soon atterward becoming a partner. MT Beach leaves a wife and ono daughter, Mrs c. K. Hunt. The funeral services were held at his late residence Monday afternoon tt clock.
 COLEINSVILLE.
 At the recent centennial anniversary of the Phillips academy at Andover, Mass. Oliver Wendell Holmes spoke, in