Connecticut western news., 1899-07-13
THURSDAY, JULY 13. 1899.
Local News.

Miss Eagen of Hartford is visiting Miss Mary Finnegar.
 Miss Dorothy Bennett of New York is at Mrs R. 0. Newton's.
 Ice cream and cake at M. E. church parlors Friday evening" to 9.
 A. F. Brightman of Bristol was a guest at L. J Roots over Sunday.
 Rev w. W. Ellsworth of Unionville preached in Christ church last Sunday.
 Alfred Stomberg and wife have moved into the rooms over Camps drug store.
 70. NJ. Humphrey and family are visiting friends in Woodbridge for a few days.
 Mrs Hattie Finder and daughters of South Norwalk are spending week or two in town.
 Charles Emmons was taken sudden ly and violently ill on Monday evening but is improving rapidly.
 MT Charles Marvin of Worcester, Mass is visiting his sister, Mrs s. M. Humphrey, for few days.
 Mrs Fl. D. Humphrey and daugh- ter Beatrice are visiting friends in Chst- ham. N. Y. MT Humphrey will join them today for short stay.
 w. Fl. Camp has bought the farm which belonged to the estate of the late Dr I. Fl. Smith, eituated about midway between this village and Clayton.
 -Trackmen on the Berkshire Divis- ion, N. r., N. H. & H. railroad, are lay ing heavier rails. On Sunday large force were working between here and Pine Grove.
 The Berkshire Courier recently added new equipment of presses, type and ''Simplex" typesetting machine and fast week the paper was enlarged one column page.
 HI. D. Humphrey is just issuing from the NEWS office some Distance Cards" which will be very handy for bicyclers and other travellers. You can have one for the asking.
 Art Wooster. formerly of Ashley Falls. WAS arrested on Sunday in Union vile for m attempted a,sault on Miss Alice Kinsella, an estimable young lady of Lee, Mass. some days ago.
 -s.Neil Alcyoner," the guideless wonder who appeared at Ct. Harrington race track July 4, broke his own record at nion, N. r., July 2 and. accompanied by a runner, paced mile in 2.06}.
 Eugene Sharp, 19, colored, who stole bicycle in Torrington last week, and whom the officers were looking for here, was arrested in Lee, Mass. and the wheel returned to it's owner, John Grant, colored
 Rev Dr A. K. Sanford of New York occupied the pulpit of the Metho- dist church last Sunday morning and gave an interesting description of the work of the Five Points Mission, oi which he is the superintendent. Dr Sanford's friends in Canaan were very glad to meet him again and learn that his health is better than in recent-years
 Horace E. Holt met with an acci dent while rebuilding the Hume at the sash and blind factory Monday after. noon. Several heavy posts suddenly fell down and one of them struck Nil Holt on his shoulder lnficting pain ful injury. Mir Holt went home and [ physici an was summoned. At first i was feared the shoulder was broken, bu it did not prove to be. However for number of hours Mir Holt suffered in tense pain.
 People reading the sketch of Hon George ". Julian may think it strang that in mentioning the name of hii children, Otis does not appear. Nil Julian's death has caused the genia Otis to announce to his different friends who did not already know it. that hi name is Otis Turner and that fourteer years ago when the theatrical partner ship between Frederick Julian ani himself was formed the firm was called the Julian Brothers, hence he is only { professional brother aud of no blood re lation.
 The Weare Stock Company played to poor business last week and got into financial difficulty, but managed tt straighten up we'll enough to leav, town Monday for Falls Village. Thei presentation of "East Lynne" was tht only one of the performances we wer able to witness, but that was played il first class shape; especially MT and Mir Rowland as Archibald Carlysle an, Lady Isabelle, the death scene of tn last act bringing tears to almost every one in the house.
 Saturday morning some childrel picking berries were run out Of a lot b. Hardenbergh's bull. The berry picker ran for the bars, dropped them and raj on, the bull of course following for short distance. A number of Harden bergh Bros. cows followed the bull ou on to the Housatonic tracks and wer there when the 40 train came down The engineer whistled but the COW huddled together right on the track an, the train had to be stopped and tn COWS driven of. Again in the evenini someone let the COWS out again bu they were driven back before the train were due.