Connecticut western news., 1890-09-17
FALLS VILLAGE.


 The Farmers League was called to meet at the Huntsville schoolhouse, Tuesday night.
 Mrs H. B. Mead and daughter, from Brookfeld, returned Friday from few days visit.
 Miss Nellie Hayward is teaching in the South Canaan district.
 Mrs John Prince returned Saturday night, from Newtown, where she had been called to the bedside of her moth- CT, who is seriously ill. Mir and Mrs Miles Hanchett, of Spar ta, Wis. are visiting at the home of her father, Stephen Brigner.
 MT Miner is slowly improving in health and rode out one day last week . Mrs w. F. Bielby and daughter, from Kent, were guests at Sidney Reeds last | week.
 The base ball game between the nine from this village and the Lakeville nine was postponed on account of the rain Saturday.
 James Sheffield will move his family to Canaan this week
 Harry Ensign, of Hartford, was in town one day last week. Seven large boquets lent fragrance and beauty at the Congregational church, Sunday.
 The democratic caucus named the following persons, last Saturday, to attend the several conventions: Con- gressional, H. c. Crandall, Sidney Nor ris; senatorial, Stephen Brigner, Walter H. Chapin, James H. flakes, Charles Hanchett; county, Sidney Reed, Daniel H. Dean, B I. Dudley, Myron U. Dean.
 Mrs Henry Dempsey and child, after an absence of ten years, returned last week from Pierre, $. D., to breathe once more the air of her native state. She is stopping with her brother, Pierre Mundry.
 Thirty, more or less, dozen being veterans. attended the reunion at Win sted last Thursday.
 A MT Knight, whose name is quite suggestive, gave 8 short lecture Sunday night at the Congregational church on the present status of the black race in in the South.
 There have been from 15 to 20 appli- cations for the Select school and 8 choice has been made, Prof B. Herbert Vail, of Geneva, N. Y., being the favor ed one. School begins to-day Wed day.)
 Miss Myra Finkle returned Thursday from few days visit at Waterbury. Mrs Eli Sherman is visiting friends in New Milford.
 Mrs Egbert Finkle is having recrea- | tion at Stamford.
 Miss Esther Bump is visiting friends in Millerton.
 Two freight cars from the recent smashup on the Danbury x Norwalk division were brought to the shops for repairs last week.
 Irving Gillette was a guest of Canaan friends Sunday.
 Miss Emma Brinton passed the exam nations before the board of education at Sharon, Monday, and will commence teaching in White Hollow next Monday A very elegant large bible. and also 1 hymn book have just been presented to the Congregational church by two mem. | bers. The books are superbly bound in full gilt and the first named has both the old aud the new version. Rev MT Hanna accepted the gift in we'll word ed address and the whole church as g unit gave the donors vote of thanks | for their most generous gift. Apples in this section are as scarce as sunbeams have been the past week. But man near "Barackmatiff, in the town of Salisbury, has sold his entire crop fol $150 and the buyer to gather and haul to market.
 People can be seen every day going to H. 0. Crandall's for bars of Brussels soap for 50 cents, and patent soaI tray free.
 | A mistake was made in the paragraph last week, pertaining to MT Wells pota- toes, which should have read he had already dug 100 bushels instead of HOO The last of the Demorest medal elo cutionary contests was held at Citizens hall, Friday night. Prof Harvey, witl the chorus classof upwards of 25 voices assisted Tn singing and the competitors were the seven mentioned last week anC Miss Maude Prince, who had not until the past week consented to take part So exceedingly we'll did all acquit them selves that it was difficult to decide who was fairly entitled to the prize, but the lot fell upon Miss Emma Brinton, wht was immediately, in very cordial man ner, congratulated on the result by tht other seven contestants. The judges were M0SSTS D. A. IalueI OI NOrIO1k John H. North of Torrington. and Mis-, Mary Dimond of Ore Hill. These con tests have been of inestimable value tt those who have taken part since tho movement was projected, and the bene fit of the careful training in oratory Ii not temporary but will be of service t, those who shall wield the rod of COT rection in the school room. To F. D Egleston for the undertaking and it beneficial results the credit belongs.
 Last Wednesday night, which was ex ceedingly dark. as Samuel Wheeler, o Salisbury, was driving along the roac toward the Amesville shops, the horse carriage and driver were precipitatet down the embankment toward the river distance of twenty feet, wrecking th' carriage, but strange to state no injur, was done to either horse or man. His father, who was walking along behind the wagon when the accident occurred was unable to get the horse up bu went to the house of Thomas Shaw ant called him up and also got half dozel men from the H. R. R. House and res cued the horse. A strong railing i needed along the east bank and on eacl side of the bridged chasm above and is hoped the selectmen will profit b. the costly experience and have it don forthwith to prevent further accidents
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