Connecticut western news., 1911-03-30
Gossip of Days Gone By
News of the Week, as Cu1led from The
 News Files of Dates Given.
1877


 Rudd, P. Turner, W. D. Reid, P. Mundry.
 John, D. Joyce of Chapinville was critically i'll with typhoid fever
 Mrs. Hannah Lahey, while ''minding her cows," had occasion to chase par ticularly fractions one, fell into ditch and was. severely bruised. .s , Rev. Robert Hunt of Canaan was preaching once in two weeks at Clayton.
 The ladies of the Congregational church of Sheffield met and organized sewing society for the benefit of the church treasury.
 The members of the Board of School Visitors, the,public school teachers and all interested in organizing society for the mutual benefit of teachers, were re- quested to attend meeting at Academy Hall in Salisbury. .' --
 Landlord Dudley added two bay win dows to his hotel at Falls Village.
 A little son of Watson Barney, Falls, Village, was ill with lockjaw, the result of running 8 nail in his foot.
 
 Thomas Loomis, an employe of the Housatonic railroad, died at Falls Vil- 1age of consumption,
 John R. St. John of Cornwall Bridge died from bilious cohc, aged 24.
 Rev. W. Kellogg of Sheffield suffered paralytic stroke.
 The post office at Sheffield was re- moved to Little's store.
 At Canaan, N. Y., John Van Horn of Stockbridge and Miss Emma O. Beebe of Falls Village were married by Rev. Henry Smith.
 Sylvester Barnnm died at West Corn wall aged "A.
 Two sons of Michael Cain, aged five and three years died at Mill River.
 May 25.-"The Continental Opera and Concert Troupe gave performance in Town Hall, Canaan.
 The Village Improvement Association set out dozen shade trees on School street and added three street lamps to those erected the previous year.
 Watson F. Beach and family of Nor folk left town for Kansas. a..
 Judge Sedgwlck of New York with lis family arrived at his summer home near Haystack Mountain.
 An Ice Cream Party at Levi Beebe's in Falls Village netted the Oongrega- tional Society $S0.
 Frank E. How'd of Sugar Hill was ill with quinsy.
 E. J. Hornbeck, one of G. w. Halls salesmen, of Falls Village visited his home in Kingston, N. Y. { MT. Wm Shultz of Clayton moved from the house owned by Robert Taft to the Smith District #"
 The Curtis family held a reunion on the occasion of MT. o. Curtis eightieth birthday in Sheffield. f
 At Norfolk daughter was born to MT. and Mrs. Lyman Moore.
 Mrs. Alexander Allen died at Norfolk. aged 61. ...@-
 The first observation of Decoration Day at Salisbury consisted of decorating the soldiers graves in the different cemeteries in the town, public exercises in the Congregational church with sing ing, Prof. D. F. Stillman, conductor. music by the Lakevills band. speeches. Dinner served at Academy Hall. Cooley James was President of the day. ' Contractor E. R. Lorraine advertised his house and lot in East Canaan for sale. a =. .
 June 1.-The Village Improvement Association held strawberry and ice cream festival in the Methodist church parlors.
 After several days of exceedingly warm weather with sudden drop in the temperature, snow fell in several places in this vicinity, and about three inches fell in Pittsfeld. .. ..
 G. w. Hall opened branch store in Amesville, with John H. Belden, man. ager. e.t .-. z-
 MT. O. J. Camp of West Winssed, D. J, Warner, Esq, Salisbury and MT. E.. T. Butler of Norfolk were among the directors appointed by the Connecticut Western Railroad %. at 8 meeting of stockholders, held at Hartford. .
 Emma Georgis, the three-year- old daughter of MT. George and Mary Cap- ron of Falls Village died of congestion of the lungs. "s+
 The funeral of Capt. Charles Burrall who died at Falls Village was attended at Che chapel. E
 Summer boarders were arriving in Sheffield, the Misses Train from Boston were stopping at Mrs. Hamlin's.
 Mrs. Frederick Hoadley of Waterbury was visiting friends in Sheffield.
 June 8.-Camp's drug store was adorned with 8 new sign.
 The Washinee Woolen factory in Salisbury was leased to 8 New York firm for the manufacture of cloths. r-I-o t,o5x, oF polsoor of Fa a