Connecticut western news., 1905-02-09

The condition of Mrs. N M. Clark, is somewhat improved.
 The second round of the duplicate whist tournament was played at the home of Mir. and Mrs. s. A. Selden, Monday evening The final round will be played off at the gymnasium next week. The contest has now narrowed down to Mir and Mrs. M E. Snow, Dr. A. w. Pinney and Miss Clara Clarke.
 William Dyer, who is employed by A. P. Curtiss, was summoned to Red wood, N. r., Sunday, by the death of his father.
 Wm. Chopper of Pittsfeld, Mass, was in town, Tuesday, on business.
 Mrs. Edward Scoville, who died in Southfield, Mass, Monday, is well known in this town. She was the sister of Mrs. Henry Parrott and aunt of Mrs. Carrie Wilcox of this place.
 Edward DeMars, of the Waterbury Republican, was in town, Tuesday, in the interest of that paper.
 Arthur Thompson has resigned his position in New Britain and has return ed to the home of his parents here.
 Robert Stack, who froze his feet last week, has been sent to the Litchfield County Hospital. It is thought it will be necessary to amputate one foot and the toes of the other
 Miss Isabella Eldridge and Miss Mabel Cowles attended performance of Les Hugenots " in New York last Friday.
 Rev. w. F. Stearns preached in East Canaan last Sunday in exchange with Rev. O. w. Hanna.
 The condition of E. O. Stevens re- mains unchanged.
 As Lincoln Day falls on Sunday this year the concert provided annually by Mrs. H. H. Bridgman on this day, will ! be given on Tuesday, the f4th. Owing b the limited seating capacity of the Eldridge Gynasinm where the concerts have been held in former years, and since so Yany people from the neighbor- ing towns take advantage of this fine musicale, it has been decided to lease the Village Hall for this popular event.
 Owing to the storm, the lecture on the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, which was to have been given in the Eldridge Gymnasium, Monday evening, Feb. 6, by Joseph H. Vaill of Winsted was postponed until next week. MT. Vaill was secretary of the Connecticut com mission at the recent worlds fair in St. Louis.
 William 0. Porter, 18,year-old son of Dr. William H. Porter of New York, well known in this town, was the victim of mysterious accident at East Hampton, Mass, Monday night Young Porter is senior at Williston Seminary, and at the time of the accident, or i'm mediately following, North Hall, in which the young man roomed, was damaged by fire to the extent of $20, 900. Attracted by cries of agony, several other students rushed to the third floor of the building and discovered the front section in flames. Young Porter was found unconscious on the floor of his room. He was first thought to be suffer ing from burns and overcome by smoke, and was removed to residence near the school. Dr. Oliver O. Cobb was sum- moned and after an examination he announced that Porter was suffering from the effects of some sort of injury in the pit of the stomach. Young Porter remained unconscious the greater part of the night. Tuesday morning he : stated that while studying in his room an unknown person entered and knock ed him down with blow on the head. He grappled with his assailant, who hit him twice in the stomach, and finally a lighted lamp on the table was knocked over, causing the fire. The Porter family have summer residence here, and are well and favorably known among our summer residents.