Connecticut western news., 1888-03-21
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March 10fh.

March 12th.
 Charles Belcher and Harry Jones have left the employ of Hall, Hornbeck X Go. Harry has secured situation in Johnson's store at Litchield.
 X. W. Hosford will move from Ames- vile into the house with his wife's parents, Alanson Preston, some four miles down the river
 Wm. l.. Brown has moved into his new house.
 There was Cornwall case tried at the court session last week, D. J. War ner. Esq, judge, over spring of water brought by Fully vs Dibble.
 Job w. Gibbs has been seriously i'll. but is now improving. Wm Gillette is recovering from the injuries sustained while chopping, early in the winter, and has recently recruited sufficiently .o walk as far as the barn and ride to the village, Saturday, the first time in over three months.
 The Congregational choir and school are rehearsing for an Easter concert
 Several car loads of coal were unload ed at the coal bin, near the bridge, for the locomotives last week. A cotillion party was given by Fred Shondy for his young friends, Friday night.
 A number of young people by invita- tion, met at the house of Geo Brown on the evening of the Sth for an even ing's amusement.
 Frank Decker will sever his connec- tion with E. W. Spurs store about April 1st.
 The sale of merchandise, horses, wagons, etc., of the insolvent estate oi David Watts was advertised to be held the 18th inst.
 J. H. Markham will move to Curtis vile we hear in a couple of weeks, to possess his farm, long occupied by his ia her, now deceased.
 Owing to the delay in the arrival of milk at New York via the Wilson's Point route, that passes over the Housa' tonic R. R. some of the commission men have patronized other roads, and it is sad that some of the large shippers from this station will send their mi k over the Conn Western road. The colliers having been "set down on'' in the matter of trading without ar | order, which Is not at all times conve nient to get, one of them became SC reduced, we understand, that h.s choppers were compelled to leave him from sheer exhaustion, and he was obliged to grease the frying pan with z turnip. March 18th Miss Katie Jacobi is in Cornwall on { weeks visit with friends and relatives Hall, Hornbeck x Go have had the inside of their store painted, taking ad vantage of the blockade when but few were visiting tho store With the other full shelves and counters we ara in formed by drummer who visits some two hundred stores that for neatnes' quality and quantity their store takes thu lead.
 The railroad employees at the shol were called out Sunday to proceed to Lanesville to get a car back which hat been derailed.
 There will be some moving in the vi cinity of Amesville about April orl later according to reports. .--- 1 The roads in this section have nearly all been opened while nothing equal tt the amount of snow and fierceness com b d ever was known.to anyone living Here it was not so bad as in some othe places north and east of here. A Dako ta university professor, who was II Bridgeport, remarked that if the ther nometer had fallen to zero and below 5he storm would have equalled the Jan uary blizzard of the West.
 The auction at Watts store did no me off as advertised on the 18th.
 It is reported that creamery will b' bu It on the farm of John Owen, nea Lime Rock station, in the spring, wher butter will be made.
 The Ladies Aid society at the hous of MT Mead, Friday afternoon and eve n ng, was largely attended and the re ceipts amounted to S10 50