Connecticut western news., 1890-09-24
FALLS VILLAGE.

Miss Belle Maltbie returned Thurs day night from Buffalo, N. Y., where she spent the summer months.
 MT and Mrs George Cole, of Bridge port, were guests of Mrs M. A. Hall over Sunday.
 The house until recently occupied by James Sheffield is being newly painted and papered, George w. Ford doing the work.
 Mrs Dr Warner, of Bridgeport, spent Sunday in town.
 Miss Estelle Bartlett, of Bridgeport, is taking recreation in this place.
 Mrs David Holmes and son, from Winsted, are under the parental roof for few days visit.
 Louis Gibbs has returned from two weeks sojourn at Orange, N. J.
 Timothy Tucker and wife, from Tor rington, were in town over Sunday.
 Charles H. Gillette and daughter, of Manistee, Mich., spent couple. of days in town last week.
 Fifty-two new books were added to ry last week, and were given out Sun day.
 A business meeting and social will be held at the Congregational parsonage, Friday night.
 Mrs Joseph Chapin, of Ashley Falls, is spending few days in town.
 Mrs Barbara Stake, formerly of the town of Salisbury and recent resident in Amesville, died at the home of her son-in-law, Joseph Prince, at Fittsfield, last Tuesday. Her remains were brought here Thursday and conveyed to Salis- bury where the interment took place. She was 75 years of age bnt had been ill only few days.
 Mrs Walter Chapin is visiting rela- tives in Bridgeport.
 Miss Emma Brinton will not com mence school in White Hollow until Sept 29th.
 A large number from here anticipate attending the cattle-show and fair at Great Harrington this week.
 Photographer Grant, of Lakeville, was here three days last week taking views of the falls and residences
 D. O. Abbot, of West Haven, has &C., cepted the call to the select school here and commenced Monday. The efforts to persuade the Geneva pedagogue were of no a. Vaih.
 Myron U. Dean has been i'll for three weeks, suffering from an acute attack of bronchitis, but is now slowly improving.
 Miss Mamie Humeston, of New York. is visiting friends here.
 John Humeston, of New York, visited at H. Ryder's over Sunday.
 Mrs Hall, of Hudson, is visiting her daughter, Mrs Pierre Mundry,
 Mrs Chauncey Morris. of Bridgeport, is visiting friends in this vicinity.
 Mrs Kate O. Riker. of Hartford. was in town last week.
 "Honor to whom honor is due." To H. O. Crandall belongs the honor of introducing the famous Brussels soap tho rosin) in this section.
 The falls, since the nine days con- tinuous rain, carry large volume of water and bright rainbow for few days has been seen through the spray. A great number have visited this section of late to view and admire the falls as the turbulent waters seethe and foam and plunge over the precipice.
 As the evening train from Bridgeport, which arrives here 8 little before eight o'clock, was nearing the tunnel below Hawleyville last Saturday night truck on the mail car broke and caused 8 delay of the train two and one-fourth hours, but no lives were lost and none ecieved any injuries.
 During the high water last Wednesday two venturesome employees at the R. R. shops rowed out to the brink of the upper falls and rescued boat which had lodged near by.
 Mrs Edward Killmer is visiting friends in Philmont.
 Edward Killmer and Richard Moore spent Sunday in Poughkeepsie.
 Rev Samuel Hopley, of Lee, occupied the M. B. pulpit last Sunday.
 Revs Hanna and Pierpont exchanged pulpits Sunday.
 M. A. Nickerson has opened law office in the rooms recently used as Q plumbing shop by J. P. Brinton.
 The milk business seems to be boom ing, for one hundred and forty cans uaro froy,, &bio ckofio, Mop1ov