Connecticut western news., 1900-03-08
NORFOLk.

Miss Helen Kendall, daughter of Dr J. O. Kendall. is ill.
 John Root has been visiting his sister, Mrs Bunnell of Pouehkeepsie, N. Y, and his uncle, Mir Root of Spring6s Id. Mass.
 Rev Wm. Stesrns and Mir Crissey will attend the installation meeting at Tor rington this week.
 A peddler while travelling south on the Litchfeld Road, stopped at house, leaving his horse in the road. Think ing it trustworthy animal he left it un- hitched. The horse took advantage of his position and dashed off down the road. After running about a mile the horse cleared himself from the wagon and was stopped near MT Mansfield 8 house. The wagon was quite badly damaged.
 Rev E H. Todd, pastor of NJ. E. church, will leave in the spring, accord ing to the rules of the Church. A re- ceptlon was given to MT and Mrs Todd by large number of their friends at the home of Mir and Mrs s. D. Garfield.
 Miss Hannah O'Connel has returned to Winsted.
 John Shea of Hartford has been in town for few days
 Harry Tobey and Edward Cooney have returned to Winsted.
 M. F. Grant. Joseph Bruey and R. I. Crissey have been appointed appraisers on the bankrupt estate of F. NJ. Riggs.
 Miss Mary Curtiss is visiting friends in Great Harrington.
 A number of our conservative pro. fessional and business men have been victimiZed by the United Law aud Ad- justing Agency of Hudson, N. Y, and owing to their negligence in signing a contract without reading it, or at least without understanding it, have become members for the ensuing two years of the above named collection agency al the cost of S25 each. The nine gentle. men who have been feeced of their money signed a contract with repre- sentative of the agency, giving them a number of bad debts to collect at fifty cents on the dollar. The contract con tained several provisions, which if not complied with on the part of the agency's clients would compel them tc pay $25 each and entitle them to two years membership in the said agency. A few days since a man representing himself as O. s. Hill, adjuster of the United Law and Adjusting Agency call. ed upon the agency's new clients and demanded from each S25. Of these eight paid. and all are sorry that they allowed themselves to be inveighled into the scheme. MORAL: Don't sign cast iron contracts without knowing then contents. but give. your claims to ar honest local lawyer. That money might have better been given to the Village Improvement Society or some other worthy organization. Mrs Harvey Johnson has sold hel house on Emerson Place to John Ar | hold and will live with her son, Lymar | Johnson.
 Geo. E Atwood is spending few days iu New York on business John B. Smith of Sharon has beer | appointed trustee of the bankrupt estate of Frederick M Riggs of this place. The annual manual of the Church o Christ, Congregational, for the year end | ing Jan. 12, 1900, has just been issued The mem bership of the church numbe I 275. An historical sketch is included in the manual, and as this church is ont of the oldest in this part of the state having been organized in 1760, the matter contained in the new manual il of unusual interest
 Bronson Bros. of Winsted have com menced work on large lumber job 1T the north part of the town, which vii require two months at least to com plete. The lumber will be shipped tt the Bronson mill in Winsted.
 Owing to illness John Foley has beer obliged to give up his studies at tn, Troy Polytechnic Institute at Troy, N Y.
 There was landslide near The Will lows weighing several tons. It com pletely blocksded the road. A land slide similar to this one occurred abou twenty-one years ago.
 Mrs Walcott of New York Mills i the guest of her mother, Mrs Welch. 4 Edward Perkins is visiting in Water bury.
 East bound passenger train due her, at 23 was two hours late last Thursda, night owing to landslide at Mulville' crossing. Michael Costello was walk irg the track and discovered the ob struction and Jagged the train in tim to prevent any damage.
 Mrs Homer Hutchinson has sgail eloped with Robert Bailey and went via Winsted. Seven times now has thi young woman of 28 ran away from he husband.