Connecticut western news., 1890-05-07

Editor Rodemeyer, of the Norwalk Gazette, was in town from Saturday till Monday morning. He was sum- moned home by the illness of his brother Charlie.
 While the freight train on the O. N. B. & W. road was switching Satur- day noon box car jumped the track in the cut near s. c. Beckley's. Although the car was off in bad shape 1t was put on again with little delay. The trainmen on that road are self reliant and can get car back on the track in double quick time without the aid of wrecker''
 Building notes: The frame of the house which Fuller & Peet are building for Acel Rood was raised and covered last week. ;. A. B. Mallory has added large bay window to the west side of his house =. IL. A. Caldwell has built an addition to his house w. G. Car gill is building an addition to his barn, to store carriages.
 -S. 0. Bradley, of Manchester, Conn.,, general agent for the United States Mercantile Protective Associa- tion, of New York city, for collecting bad debts, was in town last week look ing after the interests of members. Those delinquents or debtors who have allowed their names to be entered on the Mercantile Record'' will sooner or later comprehend that their apparent indifference in regard to paying their bills does not improve their credit at home or abroad.
 Fish stories: The Winsted Citizen of May Sd says GA bass was caught by Master Robert Renfree in the bay this morning. The fish measured 22 inches in length, and was 2 inches deep and weighed 5 pounds. The Hartford Post of same date distances the Citizens story by saying: "The largest shad ever caught above tidewater in the Delaware river has been taken in the net of William Smith. an old fisherman at the Lambertville fishery. It measur- ed 31 inches in length, 8 inches in breadth and 5 inches in thickness and weighed 13i pounds. East Canaan outdid this village this year in observing Arbor day. Right hnr opk to hok kho each side of the "upper road" between here and East Canaan sadly need trim ming. We wish public spirited men in each village would agree to do their share toward beautifying that road by trimming said trees and by cutting down the bushes alongside the road Either set apart some day for tree trimming "bee" this month or else raise purse and hire some one to do the work. One days aoo1k in that line Is worth more than 100 speeches in trans forming ill-shaped and unsightly trees 1 into objects of admiration. If we want city people to spend their summers here we must at least make our drives attractive and not lined with brush and I neglected trees. But leaving the city people entirely out of the question, | none of us should be content to endure all our lifetime the unpleasant sights and objects which meet the eye when ever we walk or drive along our high ways. Such evidences of shiftlessness are poor recommend for our taste and enterprise.
 MT George R. Wooster, (colored) aged TO, died suddenly of heart disease, last Wednesday forenoon, while at work for MT s. w. Barnes. He has been employed at MT Barnes as coach man and gardener for the past two years or more. Last fall he was taken suddenly ill and unconscious and it was supposed at that time that he suffered a shock of paralysis, but he gradually recovered and lately had been feeling uncommonly we'll and cheerful. Last Wednesday morning he was trimming and scraping the apple trees in the orchard north of the house. MT Barnes came to the postofice and on his return discovered MT Wooster lying dead on the ground in the orchard. About fifteen minutes previous some of Mir Barnes family had noticed Mir Wooster trund- ling wheel-barrow in the orchard MI Wooster was 8 member of the Metho. dist church at Falls Village and his funeral was held there on Thursday al 3 p. m. Burial at Grassy Hill cemetery. MT fWooster's wife died about three years ago. He leaves one daughter, Mrs Henry Jackson, residing at Greai Harrington, and one son, Alonzo, resid. ing in Texas. He also leaves foul brothers and two sisters One brother, Rhoderick, lives in this village. The deceased was quiet, kind-hearted, in dust-ious and faithful man, respected by all who knew him.
 | Last Friday afternoon three Turks or Italians were peddling jewelry o1 small wares around this village. Ner. vous persons, ever on the alert fol burglars, took especial pains to lock
 doors and windows before retiring that evening but between ten and clever o'clock some of them were aroused from their fitful slumber by two lou6 and successive reports of shot gun, or Elm Street. Instantly the dwellers 1T that part of the village imagined terri
 ble tragedy had occurred. They sprane from their beds, and soon lights appear ed in various housaa The moon shons