Connecticut western news., 1902-02-06
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1902.
Local News.

The Bordens began harvesting ice again from their pond here Tuesday afternoon.
 MT and Mrs Jacob Schermerhorn paced the nitisth anniversary of their marriage yesterday.
 Miss Lizzie Joyce has entered the training department for nurses at the Bridgeport hospital.
 Miss Mabel Watson of Hartford, stopped at the Warner House from Sunday until Tuesday.
 Nm William Palmer of LAkeville waited her parents. Mr and Mrs Wm. Drumm, here last week.
 The high wind on Sunday night blew down snd completely demolished tho windmill at St Austin's school on Frink Hill, Salisbury.
 The constitutional convention at Hartford will take . vote on Tuesday next at p n. on the question of town equality representation.
 ID. J. Purdy of Delhi. N. T., one of tho officers of the Borden Milk Co. arrived in town Monday and has been spending few days in this section.
 Rain Sunday morning, snow Sum- day afternoon and evening. but not enough of ''the beautiful" to make good sleighing. Almost zero weather the last two days.
 The following Connecticut post mastsu have been re-appointed; J. H. Roraback, Canaan; ". Fl. Marrigold, Bridgeport; Hubert Williams. LAksville. Beth Pratt has been appointed post master at Litchfsld-
 -Goorge 8. Fuller says that the wind blew stronger on Granite Ave. last Sun- day night than at any time during the twenty years he has resided there. He thought the windows on the north side of his house would certainly be blown in, but they weAthered the gale.
 "A large proportion of our villagers will be saddened to learn of the death of ittle Lloyd Morris of diptheria at tho homo of his parents, Ar and Mrs William Morris, in New York on Jan. 27. Many will remember the bright little lAd when the family were here in tho summer of 1898.
 Louis G. Guernsey of Poughkeep- sie. N. r., for two seasons tho pitcher of the Canaan base ball team, has sn- toned tho Brown University and il . member of tho freshman class. He will bo candidate for the Brown base ball team. Guernsey has brother on the Yale team, and Lon had some ambitions for Yale, but his brother advised him to go to Brown. where his chances in athletics would be greater.
 About twelve years ago Mrs Henry Ives fell down . short flight of steps iDjuring her knee 60 badly that she vas unable to walk muoh for quite awhile. Some three weeks ego she wrenched the knee as she supposes and it has been troubling her quite little since. and At lirst it was supposed to be rheumatism. On Monday she vent to Hartford and consulted Dr. Sweet He said it was not rheumatism but proceeded from tho injury received long ago, and that the tendons were greatly inhamed. He has advised her not to use it moro than is positively necessary and not to go up and down stairs until it gets decidedly better Consequently Mrs Ives will belong to the .tshut ins" for . few weeks.
 On Tuesday the NEWS received copies of the Huntington (W. Va Ad. vertiser of Jan, 28. % and 30 which contain . notice of the sudden death oi Major Ely Ensign. . picture of Nil Enign and sketch of his career and n account of his funeral. From these papsrs we learn that MT Ensign va stricken with spoplexy . few minutes before ten o'clock on Monday evening January 27. while playing chess in hi own house At Huntington, W. Va. M Ensign was playing chess with Rober Watt, and remarked that his head wa causing him pain. He arose from th' table and vent to . nearby wash stand and dampening . towel held it to hi forehead. The pain became more ex crutiating and MT Ensign barely hat time to reach chair nearby when h, fell back into the same and in less thai minute was dead. MT Ensign hat been enjoying unusually good health fo some time past. The day of his deatt he went to the car works early and dit not return until in the evening, an hou later than usual, probably six o'clock He ate . hearty supper and had beel engaged at chess about two hours whel the end came. Mr Ensign was born il Huntsville, Conn, December 19, 184O and located in Huntington in 1871, an' with William Fl. Barnum began tn manufacture of cars and car wheels tho style of the firm being the Ensig1 Manufacturing Company. Mir Enaign' funeral was held at Trinity church il Huntington on Jan. 30, at 2 p. m. Tn church was filled to the doors with q audience that was fully in sad sympath. with the exercises. During the SGT vices the stores, banks and other busi ness places were closed and busines quite generally suspended. The cit hall vas draped with national colors il honor of the city's former chief execu five. The body was laid to rest in th beautiful Ensign buriAl plAes q eprin RM 0onstss3.