Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04
FALLS VILLAGE.

1ue empIOyoeS AC tue II. n. n. SHOpS commenced work on the eight hour system Monday, commencing at eight o'clock a. m.
 A directory of the Housatonic valley commencing at Pitts6eld and extending along the railroad to Bridgeport, has been issued by Q Newburgh, N. Y.. publishing house, and were delivered to subscribers last Saturday.
 Mrs Wm Hubbell has gone to Bridge port on weeks visit.
 Miss Mary O'Brien and Mir and Mrs D. B. Conner, of Bridgeport, were guests of friends here over Thanks giving.
 Miss Anna, from Bridgeport, and Henry Crandall, from New York. were home over Sunday.
 Mir and Mrs A. J. Hart and children, of Canton, spent Thanksgiving under the paternal roof of Mir Henry Belden.
 Mir Cornelius Brown does not rally from the effects of his recent paralytic stroke, his age and the nature of the complaint being against him.
 Edward Dupar has severed his con- nection with the telephone company and turned merchant
 Lucy C., the youngest daughter of Geo. H. Brown, was recently taken with bilious fever, which has gradually developed into a typhoid form and she is dangerously ill.
 Arthur Brlnton is slowly on the gain from the typhoid fever, and Dr Wilcox will probably eventually bring him out of it.
 Mrs Eli Sherman went to Waverly Tuesday, on few days visit with rela- tives there The selectmen have built 8 new bridge over the canal south of J. D. Egleston's.
 Thirty-fve fowls were stolen from Mir Loomis last week Sunday night and twelve from Mrs Henry D. Wolfe the succeeding night.
 There will be given Christmas tree at the Cong church with appropriate exercises.
 Miss Rosa Wurtzbach, of Curtisville, a freqent visitor to this place, was married on the eve of the 18th, at her residence, to E. W. Heath, M. D., of Winsted. Mir and Mrs Walter Lord attended the wedding.
 A singing school will be commenced here in week or two, with Prof l.. w. Harvey as teacher. Tickets may be procured of Geo. w. Ford for the season.
 "A Pastors Welcome" will be given the Rev 0. w. Hanna at the Congrega. tional chnrch Sunday evening by the Sunday School and Endeavor society, which will comprise addresses. odes ol welcome, etc. Fine music will be 6 special feature and will likely of itsell alone be inducement enough to fill the church, as the admission is free. An oratorical contest in which eight young ladies. who have been awarded silver medals, will compete for very handsome gold medal Tuesday evening Dec. 10th, at Citizens hall. Those who will take part are the Misses Maud Prince, Emma Brinton, Nellie Barnum, Minnie Ruiger, Lucy Murray, Celia Dimond, Carrie Oakes and Carrie North. Vocal and instrumental music will be special attraction. Last Friday night a reception wal given the Rev and Mrs Hanna ty the attendants and society of the Congrega tional church. Mir J. Lee Ensign, witt commendable hospitality, opened hi. spacious and finely finished and fur nished house for the occasion. The attendance was upwards of sixty, who assembled to pay their respects to thei pastor, and to say that it was recherch affair, alone does justice to the occasion for no amount of painstaking was spared to make It an elae occasion. The choi rendered some pleasing selections ant Misses Belle Maltbie, Anna Crandall Mary O'Brien and Mrs J. Lee Ensigl volunteered fine selections on the piano The tables were weighted with the mos palatable viands, which did justice tt the occasion, and was partaken of b, all. The pastor is in every way worth. of the event, who in return fully appre ciates it.