Connecticut western news., 1894-03-29
FALLS VILLAGE.

MT and Mrs B. l. Dudley, of Bridge port. were in town last Thursday.
 R. s. Barker, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, was guest of his sister, Mrs N. H. Brmton, over Sunday.
 Mrs Jabez Brewster has moved to Bridgeport where "Jabe" has had g job for some weeks at painting.
 Sidney Reed has had his office moved back even with his barn and has the foundation commenced for an addition on the north wing of his residence.
 Mrs Betsy Cady has sold her place to Wm. Sullivan and will soon leave to live near her sister in York state.
 Charles E. Ford has sold out his drug business to George Frink, who Is getting experienced in the business previous to his taking possession.
 Edward Burke, clerk in the car de- partment, has moved from New Haven into the Long honse. His little six year old boy in playing with others near the river ventured too near and fell in above the bridge. but as the water was still at that spot he succeeded in pulling himself out
 Mrs Milo B. Frost recently purchased the Fitzgerald cottage. She is very ill and has required watchers of late. Her niece, Mrs Deusenburg, of Philadelphia, is attending her at present.
 So warm and spring-like Las been the weather that some of the farmers com menced blowing last week.
 Joseph Wickwire has had his dwell- ing house painted white, which with the emerald green blinds. when placed in position, and the spacious new piazza extending along the whole east front, will give 1t both very neat and attract i've appearance.
 "Dunk" has hired .; barber to assist him. His new barn north of his resi- deDce Is completed.
 The D. NJ. Hunt school commenced the spring term Tuesday. Mrs Guiou moved into A. 0. Randall's tenement house last week.
 The Amesville schools closed the win ter term last Thursday for 8 ten days vacation. Miss Sheldon retires from the management of the higher depart ment and will be succeeded by Miss Nettie M. Caul. Miss Mary Goggin will continue in the primary depart ment.
 Thomas Fraser caught German carp at the ''big bend" last Friday that weighed St pounds.
 Mrs Weeks and daughter, Hester, of Brooklyn. have been guests of Mrs Weeks sister, Mrs Samuel Butcher, for a few days.
 Easter services were held at the Congl church, Sunday evening, including a concert. The potted plants were nu- merous and occupied the whole front of the altar.
 Rev L. A. Robbins preached fine sermon Easter Sunday. Several pots of fine plants graced the altar and the oc- casion.
 An addition 26x4O feet will be built on the west end of the O ngregational church. Work on the foundation has been started and the carpenter work will be commenced very soon.
 The prize balloons sent up Monday evening by A. G. Baker, the Hawleyville furniture man, were a novelty and the ascension was witnessed by quite a crowd of people. The first one or wind tester sailed of n southwesterly di- rection. The second one, about six feet tall, caught in the telephone wires and burned up, nearly oyer the photograph gallery The third one, notwithstand- ing strong wind was blowing at the | time, came down about 50 feet from where it started, landing near the post office. Louis Stone secured one of the prizes, psrlor chair. Seth Morris se- cured the other prize, an oak table. The failure of the ascension of the sec- ond balloon is said to be due to Q boy who threw stone through the balloon in order to have the balloon descend quickly and thus the prize could be ob- tained at once. This may be sharp practice but it is hardly fair treatment At the auction sale of real estate at the Butterly homestead last Friday the farm situated on Sugar Hill. forming a part of the Butterly estate, was struck of to D. T. Warner, Esq, of Salisbury, we understand.