Connecticut western news., 1888-04-04
Deferred Correspsndence.
ELLSWORTH.

ELLSWORTH.
 Leap-year or the three eights, or something has raised the mischief with the weather lately, and everyone in this community seems to have seen about all the snow anl blizzsrds they want. Where now are the fellows that prophe . cied an open winter? The people here sho had to crawl out of their cham Der windows to get outside of the house, aud those who shoveled snow for about week steady. would like to call and settle with them.
 The little daughter of E J Perlee, of Sharon, who has been so very sick at E S Dunbar's ia this place, is much better, we are glad to announce. E. w. Chaff.e and employees. also Mr John Reed and daughter, Katrina, expect to leave for Dakota on Monday next
 The manufacture of butter was taken mp and hal quite boom during the blizzard and snow blockade about here We are informed that the Rev Mir Miller, pastor of the Congregational church, IS liable to stay only . short time longer in this place. We shall be sorry to lose Mir and Mrs Miller. A big rain now woul.l inundate quite few things in this vicinity. It is to be hoped the snow will go off little moro slowly.
 soUTHFIELD. Mrs A. H. Benedict returned last Friday from a stay with her friends in Bridgeport and vicinity.
 I. R. Baldwin arrived, after being delayed by the storm and snow nearly two weeks.
 | George Gibson. while handling & horse last week Friday had both bones below the elbow of his right arm broken Dr Sanborn was called and he is doing fiuely.
 A space of less than one-eighth of & mile was shoveled last Friday forenoon by p men of this village and vicinity, so that teams could go through. The biggest job ever done on so short a piece of road in this part of the state.
 AS the elements were unfavorable for our ladies in town to get registered but few voted at the town election. Most of the Union ticket was elected. The Prohibition ticket fell behind though some of their candidates were elected, thus achieving glory in beginning. We had II majority for license. GREAT BARR1N aToN.
 B. w. Pattison and T. B Wolcott expect to build residences for them selves on South street this spring, the builder to be E. R Lorraine.
 The farm of the late Joel Van Dsusen on Christian hill. embracing 50 acres, was sold at auction Saturday to Patrick 4 Quinn, of Sheffield. for $1,5OO The huuse on Rossetter street, formerly SSynea by Mrs Mary Damon. deceased,
 ~ss sold at anction Saturday to R. R.
 >-eWer fer $l, 155.
 B. 'bs aupual report of the board O. Nf0F the year ending March 18th healtL nAeh food for thought Il N the number of deaths were shows tn. >S tue previous year Among S7 against. FdAsth heart disease take the causes oi 8. consumption and the lead witL vt with each, whil, paralysis come D, ted with but l. alcoholism is credi this town for tn. The expenses of 'th were $27, ,O5S year ending March 1b tue town aftel The net indebtedness o, 76 ts $9, ,7O9. ieducting assetts of S4,8. sux Monday At the annual town meet. ' elected the following officers wer, '.rk. 0 c J Taylor; cL "a. Wm Burget selectmen. A c Collin ,asass John B Chadwick ;. 1ild ora, c w Ray, k N Couch, F B L sil ings; board of health, w P Sun ' Theodore Giddings. A Brewer; const. blrs, E E Barnes, G A Fuller {; schOo. F D Butler c w Baldwin 1 was elected tax collector. License to sell intoxicating liquors was cared by majority of 142.