Connecticut western news., 1900-08-23
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Sister Mary Elizabeth from St. Jos eph's convent, Paterson, N. J., is visit ing her brother Daniel O'Connell and family in this village.
 Miss Eliza A. Sage spent Sunday in Winsted, Ct., with her friends.
 Mrs Henry VanDeusen of Pittsfeld, Mass, and two daughters, visited part of last week at s'The Meadows" Tn Ash ley Falls.
 Mrs E. Field and daughter Miss Frances Field are spending the week at Pine Grove camp in Canaan, Ct.
 Miss Alice B. Sage with others left Saturday morning to spend short time ct the sea shore.
 Mir Walter Decker late from Johanes- burgh in the Transvasl, South Africa, has been visiting his old friend Mir A Bells. Mir Decker had been several years in South Africa and was among the Utelanders who were forced out of Johannesburg last year when war was de- clared. He relates many interesting things of the situation of affairs there and of the il-treatment of the Uteland- CTS by the Boers. His svmpathies are with the British, who he thinks will win in the struggle. He was 56 days in travelling from the gold mines of the Transvaal to the United States. He is a native of Columbia County, N. Y. A party from this village visited the marble quarries at Ashley Falls last week. It is worth trip there to see the process of saving those huge blocks of stone out of the solid mass, some of them weighing twenty tons. Through the courtesy of the gentlemanly fore man and engineer we were shown all the workings of the qusrry. Last Thursday afternoon Q lawn fete and fair was held on tho grounds of Ed ward Andrus in charge of the Misses Mildred Hoadley and Annie O'Conno, aided by their young friends, for the benefit of "Pine Knoll" Park fund These young Misses deserve our thankt and hearty commentators for this of fort. Miss Mary Devins is spending hel vacation at Madison, Ct.
 MT Walbridge ard family spent Sat urday at Lake Buel.
 The Misses Swift have been visiting their friends at MT James Cassidy's. l Frank Stanton's horse became fright ened at white COW on the road to tho saw mill, and ran, doing considerabl. damage to the wagon.
 One day last week Mir Gray with { party of friends, enjoyed climb to thu top of Mt. Washington. It was a hart climb. but the view from the top amply repaid all the trouble.
 Ohas Lloyd was arrested Saturda, night for abusing his wife and also fo drunkenness.
 The Epworth League Fair Tuesda, afternoon proved quite an attraction fo our city guests.
 The Congregational Sunday school i to have their promised picnic at Lak Buel, soon.
 The ditch, to draw off the surplus o our city water, is nearly done.
 The union praise service was well at tended Sunday evening.
 Mir Geo Waterhouse is staying for short time with Mrs M E. Cowles
 Margaret Little has returned fror her visit.
 Frank Monks has been taking g vacs tion in Hartford.
 The Epworth League realized $11O.0 on their fair which closed Tuesda night.
 Samuel Johnson and William Ferr were arreste1 Tuesday night by Cor stable Geer for assault with intent t kill Peter Cassidy of Sheffield Plains MT. Geer had four warrants against tn men when arrested. Mir Cassidy ws seriously injured by the drunke brutes. They will be bound over t | the Suparior Court for trial