Connecticut western news., 1903-05-07
THURSDAY, MAY z, 1908.
LOCAL NEWS

Engineer Lewis Hester is now g benedict. See marriage column.
 The schools in this village observed Arbor day with appropriate exercises. -Dr. Turner of Winsted operated on 4750 horse in Lakeville last week for chronic catarrh.
 Miss Mary Shuckerow returned from New Milford last Friday and will remain hero an indefinite time. During the week ten more electric street lamps have been placed within the fire district. making "A all told.
 Rev. J. Lewis Evans and Mrs EvHns of Falls Village were guests of Mr and Mrs O. B. Adam on Tuesday.
 The agent of The Browns Anodyne . Co. was in this village last Saturday distributing free samples of medicine. --Mrs Hannah Stewart is gradually improving, and rested better Tuesday night than at any time during her long illness.
 MT and Mrs A. v. A. Felten have rented . room ct E. R. Lorraine's and will take their meals at the Warner House. -LAndlord Langs of the Warner House left town yesterday for few days visit to his mother at Brantford, Ontarlo, Canada.
 Rev. A. H. Wyatt and wife of Huntington, L. l.. arrived at Pine Grove on Tuesday aud will occupy their cottage there until June.
 Rev. E. 0. Gillette exhibited fine bcquet of potato blossoms last Monday which he picked on his premises that morning. Can any of the farmers beat that.
 "A social dance will be given by the Olayton Amateur Dramatic Club at the "Old Hotel" in Clayton, Mass, on Friday evening, May 15. All are cor diAlly invited.
 We thought that laat Friday, May l. wss . severe day until we were re- minded that on May 1, 1874, there was foot of snow on the ground here and the sleighing was good.
 The tAx collectors book, owing to tho illness of Collector Rhoades, has been put in tho hands of the town hSasursr, F. R. Collin. All persons wishing to pay their taxes and so pre- vent interest charges can do so at the tressnrer's office.
 -Horace E. Holt has agreed to pur- chAse the house on Granite avenue re- cently owned and occupied by the late / Miss Katharine o. Lawrence. F. M. Cooke and family will not move in s.. 0. Cummingp' house. but will move into tho house on Orchard avenue which MT Holt and family will vacate.
 There has been complaint made to the selectmen that the sidewalks are being used by bicycle riders to an ex- tent that endangers pedestrians. The law, section 2O61. is very plain in the case, and all offenders are liable to prosecution and fine of $20. Anyone can prosecute the offenders any time within 15 days of the offense.
 The will of Mary Wilms late of ths village of Millerton was admitted tt probate May 4th and letters testamen tAry granted Platt N. Paine. The es tate is valued at g. 600 personal prop erty. Tho will bequeaths to the follow ing named residents in Millerton tn sums set after their names: Elmer Nun son, 3735; Alice Niver, $2l0; Deli Nunson. &1O; Eunice A. Paine. $10 Seven grand-nieces and grand-nephew receive small bequests. ts.-Poughkeepsi Eagle.
 On Monday William Garfield put iorce of men at work tearing down tn Warner Annex (the old hoteD on Mai 0,1osk Mr Garfield will erect 8 moder buniness block on the site of the ol building. This ''old Warner House hno quite history. It was built abol 16lo onS onStho.-~-=---s-"a,Sr~ -o'-~i------ rgrn's s store now stands and wi 4pied as store by DeForest ThOtp. They sold out to Frederic RlunbsItCo., who wishing layg building. moved it to it's present loc ton between W. H. Camps and H. [ Humphreys. I. P. Stevens bougl the building and considerably enlarge it and opened hotel in it. He sold to Charles Kellogg and Griswold Hun phrey who rented it to Mir Newcon and later to Mrs N. W. Metcalf vi conducted select" schools there.
 was used IS store by John R, Full and P. o. Cummings respectivel Nicholas R. Van Deusen bought it ar his son Robert used it ss . dwellir 1e6E mt was sold to Walter Warn in 1870 and passed into the possessit of his son Edward w., who reopened n hotel All these former owne and lessees, excepting E. W. Warne are now deceased. B. w. Warner su Oequently leased the hotel to B.
 Bradley, Fl. Smith and Edward Oak in turn. Mir Warner returned fro Hartford in 1877 and ran the hoi until 1888 when he bought the Steve House, the present Warner House, al the old hotel has been used as an a nex and part of it rented for store F. R Collin, jeweler; Mrs Kittie Whi NArr, and George Fl. Van Deusen t 4- nk. Ea~l~y kkfa ~,o