Connecticut western news., 1900-03-01
NORFOLk.

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 Mrs Bullard of Bridgeport is spend ing few days here, and her daughter, Miss Alice Bullard who is attending & boarding school in Simsbury and has also been spending few days here, re- turned Tuesday.
 Miss Marion Gillette of Goshen en- several of her friends Friday evening. Refreshments were served.
 Prof Goodnow and family of New York, who have been stopping at the Stevens House for few days, have re- turned.
 Dr Dennis and MT Rowland of New York have been in town for few days
 The dance given given at the Village Hall by the Twentieth Century Cluo last Friday was success. Music was furnished by Camps orchestra and John Girard of Winsted.
 Mir and Mrs Fred Decker have return cd from Granville, Mass.
 MT and Mrs E. O Stevens and their daughter have gone to Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Miss Marcella Morgan is having i'm provements made at her residence on Maple avenue.
 Miss Wehen has returned to her home in Newark, N J.
 The report that Mir Thomas Carroll died Thursday was mistake. Mir Car roll was very low at the time, hence the report of his death. He died Saturday night. Mir Carroll was a prosperous farmer. Althou busy man, he took interest in current events and was per haps one of the best read man h Nor In politics he was Republican and was known as one of the most active work CTS in his party. At the time of his de mise he was a member of the Town Committee. Although oxen have' al most entirely disappeared from our hills MT Carroll still retained two or three sleek pairs which he used for the procuration of farm work. So success fulwss he in breeding perfect animals. that few months since, Prof Dielman, president of the National Academy of Design, New York, affer an unsaccess. full search through New York state, se- lected one of MT Carroll's oxen for a model for cartoon for a large mosaic, of a magnificent OK.
 The Rev. J. O. Goddard of Salisbury who has a large circle of friends in thls place sailed for Europe last week. Mir Goddard will spend the en uing three months in Egypt, the Holy Land, Italy, France and Salisbury, Eng.
 Mir Frederick Riggs who for some time has been financially embarrassed has made voluntary assignment in favor of his creditors. The situation was somewhat hastsned by attachments which were served by creditors who had advanced MT Riggs money. Mir Riggs owns one of the largest farms m South Norfolk and is we'll known through this vicinity, It is said that the liabilities are in access of the assetts.
 It is said that friends of Chas. Hart the young man who for several months was held in the county jail on the charge of threatening to kill members of John Greens family, have commenc- ed proceedings to have the person who caused Hart's arrest punished. Owing to the efforts of Mir Carl Stoeckel new Choral Union was or ganized at the Gilbert School building Winsted, Wednesday of last week. The revival of this organization is certainly most commendable, as Winsted has al ways had large number of very fine singers. The Choral Union starts out with mem bership of about one hun dred and will rehearse under the direc. ton of Prof R. P. Paine of New Britain. Work has been commenced on the oratorio "The Holy City" by Gaul. II is planned to present the sacred cantats little later in connection with the Nor. fold Glee Club Under Prof. Paine's di rection there will be alternate rehearsals weekly in Norfolk and Winsted, and occasionally there will be com bined rehearsal of the two organizations. The new express train which the man ,gement of the Central New England railroad plan to run from O snaan tc Hartford this summer will only make five stops between these places, one oI which will be Norfolk.
 A hearing for the dissolving of tho temporary injunction restraining Timo | thy Coy of Colebrook from cutting tim her on the Coy estate was held at tht Common Pleas court last week in Win sted. The petitioner, who IS Mrs Mary rwinin9 of this place, is sister of tht respondent.
 Norfolk Is without doubt Pro Boel town and the plucky fight which tht Boers are wsging for their independ snce is favorite topic of conversation The heroic attempts of England tt force benefcient civilization upon th, unwilling Boers in the interest of man kind is looked upon as only an excus, for England to sate her thirst for con quest and gold.
 Mrs Cora Adams of Canaan is th, guest of Mir and Mrs A R. Collar.
 0. l.. Stevens and family have re turned to their home in YOnkers, N Y
 John B. Green of the north part O the town was brought before Justic, Wilson E. Hicks of Salisbury at th, Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon ant charged with selling cider illegally Green pleaded guilty to the clever counts against him and was fined S5' and costs amounting to S238. The off cers confscated about HOO gallons o cider, and on Friday, March g. at Il ]. m. the question of condemnation o the cider will be decided. Green wa
 fined $50 op each of the eleven counts bnt judgment on five of ten of tn counts was suspended for one year. A teachers meeting will be held Il
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 Thinking. (2) As an Obstacle | Thinking. Andrew D. Meloy, Naugs tuck.