Connecticut western news., 1890-03-26
FALLS VILLAGE.

Rev c. Fl. Reynolds will preach his farewell sermon next Sunday, prior to his going to conference.
 Charles Pulver has been offered a situation, which he accepts. as clerk in @ jewelry store In New Milford, and will go there the first of April.
 Wm Sherman, who few years since was employed by the railroad company. has since he left here been employed by the Rogers Locomotive Go. in set ting up engines in Peru, Spain and other foreign countries. He has return en to work in the machine shop, and moved into the house vacated by E. N. Oles.
 John Colepaugh, of New Milford, will be the new landlord at the Housatonic R. R. House after April first.
 Fl. S. Dana has moved into the house with Dr Wilcox.
 Frank Anson goes to Millerton, in the store of 0. F. Hawley, next week as clerk.
 George H. Brown will move into MT RandalI's house, and James Kennard will occupy the tenement he vacates.
 Geo T Barnum, formerly resident here, was in town last week as
 A cross-walk, since the last issue of THE NEWS, has been built across the avenue.
 Mrs Elmer Bartlett and daughter, of Bridgeport. are spending few days in town.
 Miss Carrie Chapin, of Sheffield, re- turned last Thursday from a visit with relatives here.
 Geo Morgan has moved to Water St.
 Seneca Tallerday and Lyman Howe will move into G. w. Halls tenement on Prospect street
 Schools in Canaan closed the winter term last Friday and will close in Amesville next Friday. The Congregational Sunday School are rehearsing for an Easter concert.
 Charles Graves is fast failing from the dreaded disease, consumption. A "spectacle" party was held at Mrs lity of the guests being determined by the wearing of eye glasses.
 A town meeting was called to meet last Saturday to resclnd the vote taken last October to build lookup at an expense of five hundred dollars to the town. The tax payers feeling that they were heavily burdenel already by | excessive taxation turned out to the mum Der of one hundred or more, and upon the introduction of & resolution a viva voce vote was taken which resulted nearly unanimously in favor of rescind ing the vote of last October, and the suit against the selectmen may be withdrawn.
 The new post office is nearly finished | l. Il 4t>.E week or fore part of next. Miss Carrie Hall will be the postmistress. It is il neat little office, ceiled inside and con- veniently arranged for the business intended.
 The school in the Plain district closed Friday with recitations, etc The pupils presented the teacher, Miss Mary Goggin, with pretty and nsefu gilt. She will spend her vacation with friends in New Haven.
 Hall, Hornbeck & Co.,, have just received very choice carload of pota toes for seed or eating. The quality cannot be excelled.
 Frank P. Barnum has made some changes in his store, and his business i growing so fast that he finds 1t necessa " to build on an addition. He i constantly receiving new goods.
 Robert Holmes, an old citizen of this town, died Monday morning, at th' great age of S6 years.
 The funeral of Wm. Williams, wh, died Saturday. at the age of 80, wa attended at the Cong. church Monda. at eleven o'clock and the interment Wa at Grassy Hill cemetery. He had live' here for the past 40 years, and ill hi earlier years joined the Baptist churcI and was conscientious and deyote' christian, whose reward may be con sidered sure. He was of cheerfu disposition and even temperament with always kind word for all. Il had been i'll but niue days, and hi } condition until the last two or thre days was not considered critical. Re C. w. Hanna officiated, assisted by Re C. H. Reynolds.