Connecticut western news., 1910-01-27
"REMINISCENCES
 OF BY-GONE DAYS
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1872
George Francis Train Here General
 J. R. HawIeY in SaIisbury-Stage
 Route Discontinued Other Happen inus of This Section 38 Years Ago.
JANUARY. 1872

ings of This Section 38 Years Ago.
 JANUARY, 1872
 1-Married: At Canaan, John Lepyon to Miss Fannie TenEyck.
 l-Married: At Sheffield, Adelbert J. Murphy to Miss Emma J. Rote.
 1-2- Philip Phillips sang in Falls Village and North Canaan.
 2-Train ran into COW at Ore Hill and "pretty generally smashed her up" 3-Excursion from Lakeville, Salis- bury and Chapinville to Hartford, 88 talk ing the trip.
 3-David Spellman was assaulted by ''some drunken Sheffield niggers," in CnunGn, who attempted to carve him with razOrs.
 3-Married: At Cornwall Bridge, Everitt Dunbar to Miss Helen Swift. 4-Four negroes who assaulted David Spellman were taken to Litchfield jail. 6-H"nry Belcher, Lime Rock, died, age 75.
 6-Married: At North Canaan, Chas. M. Dean, of Canaan, to Miss Nellie Can field, of New Hartford.
 9-Passengor train on Conn. Western rallroa1 ran into rear end of freight train at Canaan. Eugiae damaged but no one hurt.
 10-Married: At Falls Village, Isaac B. Cohen, of Great Burlington, to Miss Llbbie Herman, of Falls Village.
 10-Norfolk people raised $25 to pur- chase clock for locomotive "NorfOlk." 1O-Second Adventists prognosticated the total destruction of the world to take place in 1873. 1O-Excursion from Canaan to Hart ford; patronized by 112.
 11-A. J. Spur placed $500 monu ment in Salisbury cemetery.
 12-Mrs Johana Morgan, Lime Rock, died, age TO.
 12-John Main, Cornwall Bridge, whipped Cook Lapman with an OK whip. complained of himself and paid his fine of $1.
 12-Work commenced on tin shop and dwelling for W. E. Cutting, Salisbury. 13-Excursion from Simsbury to Mil lerton, with about hundred on board. 13-Spencer Addison, Lime Rock, died age 70.
 14-Samuel Sheppard, Norfolk, died. 15-Elias H. Joslen, former resident of Salisbury and Wetaug, died at Mon terey. Mass, age 83.
 15-Three illegal liquor sellers in Chapinyille were brought before Justice Tupper and fined 1920 each case with costs" 15-"Lawyer Peet's son Frank" backed horse and buggy off the steep wall near Benjamin's s shoe shop, Lake vile.
 19-EW w Spur purchased half acre lot of Tupper 6 Wood, Lakeville, on which to establish branch of his lumber bus mess.
 19-Col Lorenzo Tupper was agent at Lakeville station.
 19-Watson Beach was depot agent at Norfolk.
 19-George Francis Train, notorious politician. event up the Housatonic road few days since, dressed in black silk velvet from chin to toe, which made him shine like glass bottle"
 22-David Mallory, Chapinyille, died, age 70.
 23-Frederick Harrison ard Miss Martha E. Harrison married in Corn wall-first marriage i'll Cornwall proper in 27 years.
 23-Surprise party to John Pierce, of Lime Rock.
 24-William Lyons, of Sheffield, brake man on Conn. Western railroad, killed at Salisbury.
 24-Excursion of about 200 with band, from New Hartford to Millerton.
 26-Donation visit and lecture in Sharon, for benefit of Rov. Robert Hunt, netted about $200.
 26-UniOn Shear Go. and Madison 6 Co.,, West Cornwall, are grinding out shears as rapidly as their works will do it."
 27-Clark Heady, Norfolk. died, age 50
 29-COnn. Western railroad began carrying mails from Hartford to Miller ton-four mails day.
 3O-Horse belonging to MT. Conway of East Canaan killed by cars. 3O-William Preston, Falls Village, was accidentally shot by Almond Thorp, of Lime Rock, while fox hunting. 3O-Annual meeting of HOusatoni,: Valley milk association held at West Cornwall. 31-DoDatiOn party met at house of D.