Connecticut western news., 1893-01-12
FALLS VILLAGE.

Miss Belle Hanchett, after spending a few days at Waterbury, started from thence Monday for Orange, N. J., for a two weeks soiourn with relatives.
 School in the Beebe Hill district be- gan the winter term Monday.
 J. s. Tracy, bookkeeper for the B W. Spur Co., was at his home at Canaan over Sunday.
 Mrs Jabez Brewster is visiting friends in Orange, N. J.
 The railroad company began cutting ice at Morehead Lake near Pittsield Thursday and finished filling their ice houses in Pittsfeld Saturday aud began cutting and hauling to Newtown, Mon- day, where they intend to store from eight hundred to one thousand tons for their creamery. The cakes average IA inches in thickness.
 Mrs H. o. Crandall, on receiving a telegram that her sister, Mrs D B. Con ner of Bridgeport, was in critical con dition, left for that city, Friday, to at tend her. She has the pneumonia and has had council of physicians.
 Miss Bertha Wickwire took her de- parture Saturday for Bridgeport, where she has entered the Bridgeport hospital for few weeks with view of taking . two years graduating course to become 8 trained nurse.
 The funeral of Mrs JohE w. Barnum. who died last week Tuesday morning, was held at the Methodist church Fri day. Rev L. A. Robbins officiating She was 57 years of age and was MT Barnum's 8 second wife. She had been i'll for many weeks and medical talent and good care failed to save her. The burial was at Grassy Hill cemetery.
 Messrs N. Slingland and John Hen nsy of the Consolidated Co.'S. shops Ut New Haven, came up here to the Ames- vile shops last Wednesday to regulate things" and will continue to regulate till matters are satisfactorily adjusted.
 William Sullivan, the blacksmith, has bought farm at West Stock kbridge, Mass, and intends to sell or rent his shop here in the spring..
 The prospect for sleighing Monday night was fair and many are having pleasant anticipations at the prospect of change from carriage riding.
 Mrs O. H. Guiou started the present term of school under most fattering prospects, she having 50 pupils now and more are expected this week.
 Miss Ella Consadine has returned from her vacation at Hillsdale, N. Y, and Miss Williams resumes her place at Cornwall Bridge.
 The Amesville schools commenced the winter term Monday after 8 two weeks vacation. Misses Jacobi and Hayward are giving the district good school we judge, for we have heard no words of discontent from any scource.
 One or two who had not filled their ice houses prior to the thaw of last Monday cut and drew from the river the fore part of the week.
 Work was suspended on the stone work of the arch bridge last Saturday. The south abutment is nearly finished and the trench Is dug ready for the north one.
 Ivanhoe Lyman, foreman of late at pointed supt. of the motive power of the shops at this place by Messrs Sling land and Henney and took the place Jan. 9th vacated by Henry Ryder, who will soon move away.
 Miss Louise BrintoD was most agree ply surprised few days since on re- ceiving from her brother Charles, for a Christmas gift, one of O. G. Conn's eel ebrated Bb comets. It is an elegant silver instrument, gold lined and mount ed and richly ornamented.
 Miss Ida Spur was in Hartford a couple of days last eek.
 At the annual election of officers for 1893 Housatonic council O. U. A. M. the list comprises the following named persons: Councillor, Bartlett Owen vioe-councilor, Wm Hayward; recording secretary, George Ayres; assistant sec- retary, Wallace Sparks; financial secre- tary, Walter J. Lord, inductor, James Williams; examiner, Edward Burkett; inside protector, Eugene Burkett; out side protector, Irving Gillette; junior ex-councilor. Richard Moore; senior ex- councillor and trustee for eighteen months, O. w. Hanna.
 Henry Tierney, 8 fireman standing extra at present, while shoveling coal in the tender as they were rounding a curve on approaching Housatonic re- gently fell off, and, strange to say, re- ceived no injuries except slight scalp wound. One of the passengers saw him fall and notified the engineer who backed up, his train having gone about a mile, and took him on again and the next day he was ready to resume work. The train was running from 30 to 3s miles an hour