Connecticut western news., 1891-02-11

Judge Walter Cowles. of New York, was in town last Thursday.
 Miss Anna Rudge expects to go to Brooklyn, N. r., tomorrow, to remain several weeks.
 Miss Abbie Kellogg, of Falls Will lage. visited friends here from Thursday until Saturday evening.
 pr Church has felon on his right haud. He had it lanced yesterday by Dr Lane, of Ct Burlington. George s. Fuller returned last We'd nesday evening from his southern trip, and he is now on the sick list. threatened with quinsy.
 The whist party at w. H. Camps on Monday evening WAS very pleasant gathering. Thirty-one invitations were accepted.
 Conductor Travers and wife, who have been boarding at the Warner House the past few weeks, moved to Rhinebeck last Monday.
 Mir Luther Gleason, of Afford, Mass. fell on the ice near this village last Wednesday afternoon or evening aud dislocated his shoulder. Mrs Maria Adam is very feeble. It is thought she suffered another slight shock last week as the left side of her body including her left arm and limb appear to be paralyzed.
 -MrWmF. Shunk, the chief civil engl- neer who located and superintended the construction of the Connecticut Western road from Hartford to Millerton, now resides in Brooklyn. N. Y., and is still engaged in engineering the building of elevated railroads.
 Thus far "Beartown Beebe's" bliz- gard has failed to materialize in New England. It must appear before Satur day night or Beebe gets left as 8 wealth ar prophet, although the storm which ragged throughout New York state and the Northwest last Sunday may have been gotten up to save his reputation.
 The dangers attending the modern system of railroading are illustrated by the following item clipped from the Poughkeepsie Eagle:
 A leading N Y C. & H. R. R. R man -tated to an Eagle representative that there have been forty accidents on the H. R. R. R. since August last, and alto ,ether they cost the company about $500. .OOO
 We are told that Michael Bion will sail for France on Saturday of this week One report says that the French govern ment has made demand, or issued acquisition. for him, as they wish to take him into custody for some offense Another report says the French consul at New York has arranged to send Bion back to France and keep him under police surveillance and have him report A police headquarters every Jay. We cannot say which re- port is correct but either is a solution of the Bion problem and we are told that the states attorney and Biou's nousel have consented to such dispo sition of the Bion case now before tn. Superior court. It is also said that Biop returns to France at Mir Lyman Dun- ning's expense.
 Fifty or more persons responded to the kind invitation of Mir and Mrs Hobart w. Watson to meet with their daughter, Mabel, on the evening of Feb 10th and participate in the varied social smusements which a "Merry Go Round" implies A number of out of town guests. including MT and Mrs Beardsley and Miss Morgan, of Norfolk, were present. Prof Carter and Mir Whitman with 25 or more pupils of the Robbins school at Norfolk also attended. The festivities of the evening were enjoyed by both old and young. About mid night delectable refreshments were serv- ed, then some engaged in dancing. The occasion was so enjoyable that the uests were 10th to depart and it was past one o'clock before they began to disperse The rooms were elaborately trimmed with laurel and other evergreens. Mas ter George Hardenberg, who was artis- tically dressed, represented est Valen- tine" and he distributed broken hearts and each one selected their partner b, inding the corresponding part of their heart. The first prizes in the progress sive games were won by Miss Mabel 6eardsley and MT Blakeslee. The booby prizes were won by Miss Clara Clark and Mir Whitman. The s'post- office" afforded great amusement.