Connecticut western news., 1898-07-07
NORFOLK.

Miss Elsie Rood of Hartford has been the guest of Miss Aura 3eardsley for the past few days.
 Miss Francis Phelps, teacher in the CollinsvIlle school is home for the sum- mer vacation.
 Miss Lillian Marvin is spending few days in Canaan as the guest of friends.
 The Laurel Chapter, Eastern Star Lodge, held a banquet at the Academy Hall last Wednesday evening
 At the social given by Mrs F. s. Dem ms at Tamarack Lodge, last week We'd nesdav for the benefit of Mir Cheesbro, the pastor of the Methodist church at North Goshen; over one hundred dol lars was obtained.
 Mir Burridge of London, Eng, who has been g1est of Mir Geo. Stevens for the past few days returned to New York yesterday morning.
 Mrs Dr Osborn and Ruth, who have been the guests of Mrs Eugene Darrow for several weeks, left for California yesterday where they will spend the next few months travelling.
 Mir and Mrs Edward Swift of New York spent the Fourth in town as the guests of the Misses Eldridge.
 Geo. A. Marvin has presented the Norfolk Library and the new Memorial Library at Winsted with the Chimes for 1898
 During the past month at the Norfolk Library, owing to the summer patrons, there has been a large increase both in circulation and visitors. For the mouth of June there were 2,5l1 visitors and ], ,l29 volumes were drawn. July first ended the first half of the current year and showed total of II, ,174 visit ors and a circulation of 5l9 volumes. During the past month 69 volumes have been added to the library, of these ten were gifts.
 There Is a rumor, and your corre- spondent has reason to believe that 1t is correct, that handsome hotel is to be erected in the near future in the south part of the town. The project is being backed by wealthy summer residents. It is planned to build hostelry which shall not have rival in elegance in the Berkshire Hills.
 Owing to the kindness of Mir and Mrs Carl Stoeckel twenty one young men from this town who are members of the Independence Club were gwen an ex- cursion to Savin Rock on the Fourth. A fine shore dinner was served at Hills, famous shore hotel, patronizsd by Yale students. The party arrived in Canaan on the New York express which was nearly an hour late and from that place drove to Norfolk.
 A party of seven youug ladies spent the Fourth at Tobey Pond as the guests of Miss Lila Johnson.
 Rev MT and Mrs Todd and several members of their congregation spent the Fourth at Twin Lakes.
 There were several beautiful displays of fireworks in the different rayts of the town on the evening of the Fourth. The most beautiful was that given by the Misses Eldridge in front of the church. There were pretty displays at Dr Duncan l.. Bulkley's and David Hollands summer residences in the north part of the town, also at the Hillhurst and at MT Matthe W CIarksou's. In the south part of the town Prof. F. J. Goodnow sent up largo number of balloons. There was alsol pretty dis play at Dr E. $. Dennis summer hon @.
 On the evening of the Fourth Mrs F. $. Dennis entertained nearly forty of her friends at Tamarack Lodge. The verandas were handsomely decorated with Japanese lanterns. There were games and dancing; refreshments were served.
 Mr H. H. Bridgman left for New York Tuesday evening for few days.
 Mrs Whitehead and daughters Flor ence and Edith of New York are among the recent arrivals at Mrs Blodgett's.
 Attorney Robbins Stoeckel returned to Hartford Tuesday. MT Stoeckel has an office in the Thurston block which Is open every Saturday.
 The sewer meeting last Thursday evening adjourned without doing any business as the engineers were not ready to submit plans.