Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
FALLS VILLAGE.


 E. W Spur and family went to New York Thursday. remaining over Sun- day.
 Whiting 0. Miner is quite indisposed and attended by ph, sician
 Miss Ella Conssdine went to Hills dale Saturday. Miss Mary Joyce. of Os- naan, attends the telegraph office dur ing her soiourn.
 Henry Ruiger was home from shelton a portion of last week
 Several couples from here and others ~ho were not coupled, end, t ,e dedi- catory ceremonies of tu- new nall and public installation of officers of Mont gemery Lodge at Lakeville last triday night.
 Ralph Butler has been ill for week or more past.
 Dr Q. A Sanford turns up in a hos pital h Denver Dol. with Q stropg pencbant to return east again.
 The decorations at the Congregation al church were without doubt the finest for several years past, The evergreens were entirely composed of running pine wound upon ropes gracefully festooneu from the ceiling to such portions as would appear the prettiest aud the tune required in winding upwards of two hundred feet of rope can well be im sgined. There were two trees of gifts for the juneviles who gave recitatious, and with the choir gave concert.
 The Methodist denomination gave the Sunday school a supper Christmas eve and also had a couple of trees on which oranges and confectionery were placed fnr ho o.sh in fha A long string of bells reaching across the back of the pulpit was one of the noticeable attractions in the trimmings of evergreens.
 Mrs Joseph Smith, of Ct Harrington, was guest at her husbands parents a part of last week.
 Ralph aud Robert WoodIn were in Torringtnn over Christmas.
 Will Kendall, of New York. was a guest at Myron Fipkls's last Wednes- day.
 Mrs Joseph Thompson and son were in town Monday from Norfolk.
 Minnie Bsrnum, of Ct. Burlington, spent the holidays at Wm Millard's.
 Charles Pulver went to New Milford N ,nday to attend the jewelry store for J. B. Ospron for a few days.
 The village was greatly aroused by telephone stating the residence of Mrs Guiou was on Are Monday evsning The clerks at the G, w. Hall store with the proprietor started with great speed to subdue the fiery element, when on ar irving 1t was found that 1t was pile of old shingles by the depot which had been purposely set on fire to destroy and the fire was reflected on the win dows of Mrs Guiou's house.
 Louis Odell and Fritz Nonamacher moved their goods and families to New Haven last Thursday.
 The family of Richard Moore moved into Charles Ford's house recently.
 Mrs Lundy moved to New Haven this week. Mrs Leverty intends to oc- cupy her dwelling during the summer months hereafter aud remain in Bridge port through the winter.
 The lawsuit which has been in the courts for two years or more brought by John K Hoysreut against Jeremiah Bushnell. both living near Ohapinville, WAS carried to the finish here last week, taking up three days. The bone of contention wac over child being bit ten by large dog owned by the de- f,ndent and known to have been & vicious brute by it's keeper. The plea of the defendant was that the boy fell of si old dilspidsted Buckeye machine making the deep gsshes in the boy 's cheek The expert testimony offered by the veterinarian Dr Heath of Win. sted had no weight with the jury There were also Drs Church and Burch, who were vigorously cruss-q questioned by the lawyers. The attorneys fo, the plaintiff wer- Donald T. Warner, Howard Lsndon and l.. J. Nickprson, for the defense A T, and J. Il Rnra- back. The jury elected 0 E. Bald win as foreman and were out only half an hour when they filed in and deliver ed in writing the verdict to the clerk which was in favor of Mir Hoysr-ut and awarded him bill for damages Of three hundred dollars. The closing srgu- ment was spicy aud the pnngent re- torts by the opposing lawyers made it interesting to disinterested parties in the hall The case was tried before Judge Arthur D Warner, of Woodbury, whose charge to the jury was plain and unbiased The judge dismissed but did not discharge the jury from further service. A tobacco case from New Milford is the next on the docket which will bc tried here in two or three weeks