Connecticut western news., 1900-02-22
NORFOLK.

returned
 Mrs John Root has returned from Aucram, N. Y, where she has beer visiting with her cousin, Miss Emma Backman.
 Miss Mary Curtiss, who has been clerk for Collar Bros. for the past few years, will resign the 1st of March. Austin Wooster's little daughter Ger ,rude is very sick with influenza. Thomas Carroll, who had been sick for some time past, died at his home Thursday. The town has lost a goou citizen and staunch Republican. He l has represented the town and was assessor for number of years. Fred. Riggs of South Norfolk has gone into insolvency.
 Herbert Holt who is helping his faith er this month, will resume his duties | the 1st of March with Collar Bros. Saturday. as the o'clock east bound | train passed the Norfolk Summit sta. | tion, sparks from the engine set the | leaves and grass on fire. Miss Gillette, | teacher of the South Middle school near | the summit, saw the smoke and then the blaze, and fe airing the station would | be burned she notified some of the | ueighbors who extinguished the fire. Undoubtedly if it had not been discov- cred the station would have been burn ed, as the fire was creeping nearer and nearer to it.
 John Hollister, son of Charles N. Hollister, has been hurt by timbers falling on him.
 l Dr Gustave Mozart Stoeckel of New | York. a son of Gustave J. Stoeckel | Af ak al | University, died at the home of his a short illness. Dr Stoecksl was gradu- ated with high honors from Yale in the class of 1871, being one of the 16 mem bers of his class who was chosen to de | liver the commencement oration. He also took an active interest in athletics, being 8 member of the Yale nine and also an oarsman. He was an accom- plished pianist and one of the founders of the Glee Club which has become in recent years so famous. Among Di | Stoeckers classmates were Charles Hopkins Clarke and William K. Town send, judge of the United States Dis. trict Court. Upon the completion oI his studies in the Academical depart ment at Yale, he spent year in the Medical School and then continued his studies at the college of Physicians and Surgeons in New York where he took his degree. Subsequently he was g house surgeon at Bellevue Hospital and at Children's Hospital on Wards Is land, New York. Later he went tc Europe where he took degrees from the University of Vienna, Austria and the University of Paris, France. After his return he established large practice 1T New York city. Dr Stoeckels funera was held at his fathers house Friday morning.
 The article under the caption ol John Brown" which appeared in the NEWS of Feb. 15 was read with grea interest in Norfolk. The movement which has been inaugurated to pur chase and restore the John Browr homestead is laudable one and with out doubt will receive material aid froa everyone truly interested in perpetra ting 8 historic memorial of one of the most unique characters in American his tory. Litchfield County has produced more distinguished men than any othel spot in America of the same population and her citizens have never failed to dt them honor when the call came. Nor folk as we'll as Torrington should have deep interest in this project as Johr Brown spent portion of his life in tn, south part of the town and escendant of a collateral branch of the family ar, numbered among our we'll known towns men The last scene ia the old hero eventtul life formed theme for Whit tiers pen, and later a subject which wa
 reproduced on canvas by Hovendel known as the Hanging of Johl
 Brown" For many years this famous
 work of art belonged to the valuabl, collection of paintings owned by tn
 late Robbins Battell. few years sine, it was presented by Mir and Mrs Gar Stoeckel to the Metropolitan Art Mu scum. The picture of the birth place o
 John Brown which appears in this issu' is reproduction from a photograph b,
 Mrs J. o. Kendall, and was obtained through the courtesy of the editor O
 'The Chimes
 On account of the sudden death o
 Mrs Johnson the dancing class will no
 resume their lessons until February 27 The invitation ball for this evening ha
 been cancelled also. Mrs Johnson wa a member of the dancing class and NJ
 Johnson one of the promoters of tn dance for this evening.
 Augustus Munson of Canaan noun
 tain recently endured shock but he i
 very ill, He is " years of age. SAD DEATH.
 Annie H., wife of George T. Johnson the druggist, died suddenly on Monda,
 afternoon after few hours illness witt heart failure with which she had suffer
 ed considerably in the past. She wa 43 years old; was born a Perkins ant
 adopted and reared by Deacon Jame Humphrey of West Norfolk. She wa
 married on Jan. l, 1879 to George T Johnson and besides her husband. daughter, Lila H., and two sons, Fred , J. and George D., two brothers ant
 two sisters survive besides tn Humphrey family of three brothers
 Mrs Johnson was true Christian won an and also most popular woman witl , people of all ages. She was compan ion to every member of her family ant entered into their pleasures and sor ! rows without regard to her self comfort ! With Mir Johnson and her children sh, , had planned to attend several socia
 events of the present week. The funera service was held at the house yester la,
 afternoon, Rev MT Stearns of the Con
 gregational church officiating. Univer } sal sympathy is expressed for the sor rowing family.