Connecticut western news., 1900-02-15
NORFOLk.

ing his brother over Sunday has return ed to his home in Bridgeport.
 The dance given by the young people st the Eldridge gymnasium Monday evening was success and was enjoyed by all. Music was furnished by William Camp and Miss Rosa Johnson.
 Roy Cole, who has been in Hartford at the hospital for the past six weeks, has returned home somew hat improved. Mir Cole had au abscess on his ankle and had four operations.
 The lecture given by Mir Eliot of New York on "Sonstas" Friday afternoon to the pupils of the Robbins School and their friends, was very interesting. Mir Eliot rendered some very fiue selections at the Glee Club in the evening.
 The Rev Mir Goddard of Salisbury and Grove Johnson of Winsted have been in town this week.
 Mir and Mrs Grove Dean of Waterbury who have been visiting their parents, have returned Miss Madge Dean has also returned with them.
 Frank Bruey and his cousin who have been here for the past few days ou fishing trip, have returned to their home in Waterbury.
 The dance given by the Royal Area num in the Village Hall last evening was enj yed by all present
 The funeral of Mrs John Glasheen vas held at the Church If the Immacu- late Conception. Fr Keating officiating.
 Word has been received by A. E. Cobb in letter from his son Albert, who is in the Philippines. tha. he was with Gen. Lawton's soldiers when the Gen. aral was shot.
 It is said that Dr E E Gorton of Thomaston expects to open an office in this place for the practice of dentistry.
 Librarian William Corbin of the Nor folk Library is spending the week in New Jersey and New Haven Mir Cor bin Is taking post graduate work in the English department at Yale where he hopes to obtain the degree of Ph. D.
 The new station which was obtained through the efforts of Tho Chimes" last summer. is to be called the "Nor folk Summit" and will appear under that name in the new time table which will be issued in the spring by the Cen tral New England Railway CQ
 Miss Elsie Rood and Miss Katherine Hamilton, who have been spending a few days with Mrs Leo Curtiss, have re. turned to Hartford
 Mr and Mrs D. Reyes have return ed 10 their home in Philadelphia.
 R. O. Burr is spending few days in Pittsford, Vt
 Rev Mir Birdsal of North Goshen is in Millerton.
 Dr G M. Stoeckel and Orrin Beck of New York were in town over Sunday.
 Mir and Mrs H. A. Camp have return ed from their visit to Bridgeport and Stamford.
 The growth in building on the Litch- field Road within the past few years has been phenomenal. Ten years ago there was only an occasional farm house along this road. Today several of our finest summer residences grace this beautiful irlve which give proof of the taste which our summer residents show in architectural matters. Early next spring the Rev John Dozen of Bridgeport. Dr Moses of New York and Winthrop Cone of this place plan to erect autiful houses At present a rustic station is m process of erection at the summit four correspondent learns upon good authority that another summer home is 10 be built near t5e summit. Geo. k stevens of Yonkers, N. Y, who for sev- eral seasons has occupied Wm. Spauld- 'ng's house has negotiated with Mir Spaulding for site on his land. The Iced for this property will be drawn providing arrangements can be made with the Norfolk Water Go. to bring it's main to MT Stevens prospective build lDg site, which about one and half niles from its southern terminus. The gNH ,f h.x IL. af laying main to this point at about 5000
 Charles Hart who has been in Litch- field jail charged with threatening the lives ot mbers of the Green family, vas discharged from custody Saturday, States Attorney Warner having nolled the case for lack of evidence.
 The Citizen says: If present sie ns can be taken as criterion the Norfolk water company is threatened with Q law suit. It is understood that people in Falls Village have strenuously objected against the dammiug of stream of water on Canaan mountain, by tue loc ll company and unless the obstruction is removed the Falls Village parties threat en to institute prJcee iiugs.
 Friday and Saturday were great days for fishermen at Wood Creek. over four hundred pickerel being caught during those days.
 Fire broke out early Tuesday morn- ing in house occupied by John Clash cen, an aged man. and William Kenne- dy who lived with Glssheen. Since the recent death of Mrs Glasheen, the two gentlemen were the only occupants of the house, and when Kennedy awoke he found himself surrounded by flames. He found Glssheen overcome by smoke and he pickei him up and carried him out just as the roof fell in. Kennedy was somewhat burned.
 The senior dancing class gave & most enjoyable cotillion at the Eldridge Gym. nasium on last Thursday evening from 5 to 12 o'clock. Twenty five couples participated and Prof Bsckley and Miss Rosa Johnson led the figures of which ten were danced including a very pretty opening march. Mrs Bridgmsn's gen. erosity was anywhere manifest; in the provision of the orchestra (Prof. Bald wins of Ct. Barriugton) who played ex- cellently, the provision of the floral dec- orations and the favors which were from New York and were whips and fans for the ladies and boutoniers and candle sticks for the gentlemen, which were highly prizsd as souvenirs of this very successful social event. Frappe was served. The class bsgin the second term on next Tuesday evening.