Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05
NORFOLk.

MT Greasy of Hartford has been in town this week.
 The school board met Monday to de- eide whether the South Middle school should be continued. The school will commence next Monday.
 Harvey Andrews, who hos been visit. ing his aunt, has gone to Winsted for few days.
 The South Norfolk school commenced the spring term last Monday after va ca ion of two weeks.
 The Robbins school opened for the spring term last Tuesday.
 I. c. Duncan expects to move to Wassaic. N Y.
 The Kings Daughters gave very pleasant reception to Mir ard Mrs Todd last Thursday evening. Mrs Todd gave brief account of the work of the socie- ty. NIT Todd also gave short talk . Rev Wm. Stearns after making many pleasant remarks about Mir and Mrs Todd presented them with purse con taiuing SS3.25. Mir Todd preached his farewell sermon Sunday to large con- gregstion. Mir and Mrs Todd and Rev Mir Birdsell left on the 8 o'clock train Monday morning for conference.
 Two fiocks of geese have been seen flying toward the north which is sign of warm weather.
 The local telephone poles are being cut down.
 Burton DeBell has changed his plans. Instead of moving to Afford he has moved into the Edward Gaylord house.
 Mrs Samuel Vail was found lying un- CO., scious on the floor at her home last Saturday. Her son harles Vail and his wife are with Mrs Vail. LATER Mrs Vails died Tuesday afternoon. Flu neral will be held Friday at II a. m. at tLe Methodist church.
 Miss Botell is spending her school va- cation at her home in Cromwell. Paul Garfield has returned to Wes- leyan college.
 Prof F. J. Goodnow of Columbia College acted as one of the judges at the Yale vs. Harvard d, bate which was held in New Haven last week. Prof. Good now is the owner of fine summer home in the south part of the town. The will of the late Edward l.. Gay lord was admitted 10 probate last week Monday. The household goods and l S2000 are given Mrs Gaylord absolutely. A life estate is given Mrs Gaylord in the residue of the decessed's property remainder to MT Gsylord's son, Edward E aud daughter Sara P. Through the efforts of Postmaster l.. J. Curiiss a special order has been is- sued by the postal authorities whereby & mail pouch will leave Norfolk every morning except Sunday on the 5I west bound train. Mail will then reach | New York at II 20 a. m. Everyone congratulates the Norfolk Electric Light company upon the favor able terms which it received for it's tele- phone plant. The questions that inter. est the people here are first, will the present rates be maintained now that competition has been removed. and see- ondly will the Southern New England company remove the present line of uu- slightly poles which carry the lines re- gently controlled by the local company. The new directors who have been elect. ed in place of the local directors of the Norfolk Electric Light company are B. B. Baker. general superintendent ci the Southern New England Telephone company; E. B. Baker, Jr. of Msriden and F. P. Lewis of New Haven, both of ! whom are connected with the same | company.
 We notice that it is reported that Ly. man N Johnson is planning to tear down the house he now occupies and erect new one on the same site. This IS one of the oldest houses in town and is of some historic interest, having been built for tavern before the Revolution. sry war.
 l Dr G. W. Jenkins of Morristown, N. J., who occupied the Humphrey cot. tage last summer, was in town last week looking for rent for the coming season.
 At a recent meeting of the school board it was reported that every scholar attending the North End District had been present every day for the past thousand days, except one who was ab. sent one half day.
 The Norfolk post office is now an in, ternational money order office.
 Bishop Alexander Waters of Jersey City, president of the National Afro. American Council, has issned an appeal to every colored church, school and so. ciety to hold public exercises on May 9 next. the one hundredth anniversary oI the birth of John Brown.
 Otis Turner, the actor, has rented the Niver farm on Canaan mountain and will occupy it on April 9.