Connecticut western news., 1893-08-10
FALLS VILLAGE.

Eugene Brown and wife, of Winsted, have been visiting in town. Miss Myria Holbrook, of Poughkeep- sic, is a guest of Mrs John H. Belden
 Miss Belle Maltbie is teaching the prospective librarian of the new library in Sharon the system in use at the David M Hunt library.
 | Mrs A. l.. Brown was taken with a hemorrhage of the lungs last Thursday and is unable to be out. A nurse from the hospital in Bridgeport is attending her. Mrs Isaac French returned to Bristol Monday after weeks visit with friends here
 The Brinton girls have their concert to night at Citizens Hall.
 party of East Canaan young people had dance and supper at the Inn op Monday night.
 Alison Leavenworth, of New Haven, is spending week with friends here.
 Mir and Mrs Martin Kenney, of Hart, ford, were guests of friends in town over Sunday
 F. J. Cody, of Hartford, and w. H. Elwood, of New York, were in town Friday.
 The ladies of the Methodist society had fine evening for the supper on the lawn at Edwin Wilcox last Wednes- day night The net receipts were over fifty dollars
 Mir and Mrs Frank P. Barnum return ed last week from a short visit at Phil mont, N Y.
 All will be pleased to learn that MT Randall is improving 1 Dr F. $. Skiff sails for Europe Satur- day. After short tour he will study the remainder of the three months he expects to be gone in the medical col leges at Edinburgh and Berlin.
 The agricultural fairs here began in 1859, not 1850 as I stated last week.
 The funeral of George H., son oi Charles Williams, was held at the house Saturday afternoon, and the burial was at Lime Rock. Rev l.. A. Robbins off eiated. He was but ten years of age Charles Seeger, Willie Bannon and Will. lie Peetz
 The boys encamped in Gardner's grove, Twin Lakes, are pleasantly loca. ted and had a musical time of it the first evening after pitching their tent.
 Mrs Farwell, mother of John B. Far we'll, died at the residence of her son al Branchville, Aug. Sd, aged 70 the 9th of the present month. She had been confined to her bed for two months from a catarrahal difficulty which ended in two shocks of paralysis. Her body was taken to her former home in New Hampshire for burial. The funeral of John J. Hornbeck was held from his late home Tuesday after noon, Rev c. w. Hanna officiating. In. terment at Lime Rock. MT Hornbeck lad been resident in this village fol some eight or ten years and was well known among horse fanciers and fgur ed prominently at races. His age was 60
 The concert and elocutionary enter tainment at the town hall last Wednes day night was considered he best of the kind given here this season. Harry Mead and Miss Grace Brown were both heartily encored, as was Mrs Jennie Bierce. and the banjo duet by Messrs Wm. Stone and Rob't Merriman The party have been urgently requested tc repeat the entertainment in a neighbor ing village which they have not fully decided to do.
 Robert Eggleston, of Norton Hil was violently thrown from his bicycle on Falls mountain Wednesday nigh' while on the way to this place and re ceived serious injuries. He was taker to the Inn and the next morning wal taken to his home near LakeYille and al last accounts was doing well.
 A party of 15 from here went up or Mt. Prospect Sunday.
 The Savings bank is having the Watt, store repainted.