Connecticut western news., 1894-05-17
Local News.

Local News.
 Major Bennett is out of town on a visit.
 Mrs Jerome Holcomb, of Scranton, Pa, Is in town.
 Edmund D. Lawrence starts to-day to visit friends in Binghamton, N. I.
 Daniel Connolly and family have moved into rooms in Mrs Patrick Lynch's house.
 You have a right to fish for trout now but you have no right to lie about what you catch.
 Mrs Olcott of Albany N. Y. has rented Sam1 A. Eddy B furnished house for the summer.
 Don't spray your fruit trees while they are in blossom. if you keep bees, for 1t will surely kill them all.
 Why are not women who desert their husbands punished the same as men are for deserting their wives?
 -Mrs l. J. Reyes, of Millerton, N. T., was the guest of her cousin, Mrs Albert Edelman, yesterday.
 Mfrs George s. Gillette, of Troy, N. '. is visiting at Rev F. W. Barnett's and will be at the Warner House after a few days.
 Some people do not want to do the proper thing because they can do it. If they could not they would be braking their necks to try to do it.
 Section Boss Goodwin and his gang were busy till ten o'clock Tuesday night putting out fire in the woods by the railroad south of this village.
 Prof Goodnough. of Columbia col lege. New York city, is building S40,- 900 mansion on the Oakley farm in the south part of Norfolk. which he recently purchased.
 Mrs Charles Nicoll and little daugh- ter. and Miss Roeella Tuthill, of Wash ingtonville, N. Y. are at the Warner House. Mrs Nicoll is sister-in. law of A. W. Nicoll.
 An exchange says that when a man discovers an absolutely good thing he works it alone; when in doubt about it ho organizes stock company and gets himself elected to salaried office.
 In the game of base ball at Winsted last Saturday between the Winsted and Waterburys only eight innings were played but it was a long and tedious game with score of 20 to 14 in favor of Winsted.
 John Griffith, of Ashley Falls, lost . valuable farm horse lately. The animal which was attached to harrow, reared up and fell back onto the harrow piercing its back in several places. It died of lock-iaw.
 Village Lodge, No. 29, F. and A. M of Collinsville, celebrated on Tues day it's tooth. anniversay with sppro- priate ceremonies. The parade of bands, lodges and communicates was viewed by thousands. Five hundred people were at the banquet.
 -Dr Berens. of the New York Post. Graduate Medical school. was at the Canaan Academy several days last week and while here he performed number of delicate operations for throat diseases at the office of Dr Church. Dr Berens is orother-in- law of Mrs F. Thompson.
 Next Saturday afternoon at o'clock base ball game will be played on the Winsted ball ground between the Wall ingford and Winsted hines. The boys from Wallingford are nicely uniformed are gentlemen and good players so { fine game may be expected. Fare fol the round trip 80cts.
 It is reported that Mrs Dr Adams large black New Found1and dog named "Roy" ran mad last Friday and attacked the little dog named Dainty" and bi it so that it had to be killed. "Roy' vas then tied up with rope but or Monday he chewed the rope in two an6 escaped and IS still at large.
 Quite frost on Saturday and Mon day mornings but on Tuesday morning there was Q genuine freeze" whicl formed ice and killed tender plants il gardens. Yesterday morning there wa also light frost, but it has been bean tiful sunshiny weather and moonligh nights although rain is needed.
 The selectmen give notice that al dogs in thls town not already registered must be registered immediatly or th dog owners must pay the hne establishe, by law. There are at least 50 dogs il this village. or about 49 too many fo comfort and safety. The town has re gently paid $40.OO for sheep killed o injured by dogs.
 "A week ago last Monday nigh William Finkle, of Norfolk. and Lanso Freeman (colored) were stepped as the were driving along the highway nea the Whiting fill by Eugene Dietlen. c Norfolk, and James and George Pen dergast, and Fred Shores of Canaa Valley. The object of this attack wa to collect bill of $460 which it wa clamed Finckie owed to Dietlen fo blacksmith work. h the course of tn affray much violent and threatenin language was used and Freeman WE knocked down. Finckle finally pal the bill, which had never been prs sented before and was for work don