Connecticut western news., 1897-02-25
NORFOLK.

Lyman Hedge and two gentleman friends from the Hotchkiss School were guests of the Misses Eldridee from Sat urday until Monday.
 Mir and Mrs E. H. Stevens and daugh- ter Martha are spending few weeks visiting diff,rent places of interest in the Southern states.
 The Norfolk Lyceum held a much en- ioyed banquet on last Thursday evening iustead of debate.
 The sleighrides to Winsted and Tor rington were numerous last week and the fine suppers at the principle hotels in each place were thoroughly appre- ciated by the sleighriders. The Misses BAlch and Platt, of Win sted. were guests of Miss Nellie Caul Monday.
 The ladies of the Norfolk Club gave one of their always enjoyable receptions at the Eldridge Gymnasium on Wash ington's Birthday to a number of invit- ed gnests. Dancing was enjoyed and light refreshments served. The ladies were all attired in pretty white and deli cate tinted costumes and the gentlemen in full dress suits. Mrs J. O. Kendall photographed the group before the grand march commenced with her flash light camera Miss Marcells Morgan represented Lady Washington and wore black mitts which have been kept fr nearly century. Messrs Parsons. Mo. Gregor and Hyde, of Winsted, furnish. | ed the music.
 Miss Ruby Norton, of Winsted, IS 8 guest of her sister. Mrs Melvin Snow.
 Erwin Garfield and William Thomp. son, of Torrington, visited friends in town over Sunday.
 The Misses Spaulding. of South Ga. uaan. were guests of Miss Mary Per. sons', at Erastus Burr's, over Sunday.
 Thomas Owens, son of Mrs Rosa Owens, aged 31, died on Wednesday night of last week after suffering with consumption for many months. Funeral at the Church of the Immaculate Con ception on Friday morning at 9 o'clock Rev Fr Heating officiating.
 The Kings Daughters of the M E. Church, accompanied by their pastor and wife, took sleighride last Thurs day night to Winsted and attended the prayer meeting at that place. | Principal Wells Wilcox, of Center school. spent Sunday in Riverton.a gues of his uncle, H. W. Wilcox
 Miss Mabel Sage, of Winsted, is to as sist Myron N. Clark as bookkeeper. botf at the bank and at the store of Clark Curtiss
 Miss Hattie Bell. of Hartford. visited her parents from Saturday until Mon day.
 Benjamin Bell, who has delivered tho milk from the Eldridge farm to the diff ferent patrons about town, has resigned the position and a Mir Barnard of Cole brook takes his place.
 The store of Cone & O'CoAnor wa! burglarized early Tuesday morning, bu all the stolen articles were recovered, a. MT Cone and his assistants caught the burglar in the basement as he was try ing to escape. About o'clock Tuesday morning MT Cone heard the store burg lar alarm. He and his nephew Joe, anG E P. Darrow and Charles Pulver armed themselves and went to the store. Jot and Pnlver took positions outside while Cone and Darrow entered the atore IT the basement they found man whom Cone covered with his revolver and wht immediately surrendered. Deputy Sheriff O'Connell was summoned apG locked rhe man up He gave his nam, as Jerome Parsons, of PouRhkeepsie, N Y. He had secured Sl7.12 and som, miscellaneous articles, but was of courst obliged to relinquish them. The mar was taken to Litchfeld jail in default O $500 bail.