Connecticut western news., 1911-07-20
FALLS VILLAGE

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 Miss Bertha Graham, of New Haven, is visiting Miss Hallock, at "The Pines" 1 Mrs Frank Reed has returned from protracted visit iD Brewster. Miss Olive Hart, daughter of Mrs. Reed, is spend- ing her vacation with her mother.
 Miss Catherine Augusta Hunt, of Worcester, Mass, is guest of Mrs. F. M. Olin.
 J. s. Brewster, of Hiiburn, N. Y, has been visiting at F. H. Hanchett's. i Mir. and Mrs. George Durham, of Suf- fern. N. Y, were guests of Mrs. Emma L. Kellogg Saturday and Sunday.
 Miss E. May Willard. the nurse, is en- Fjoying vacation at Marion, Mass, near Buzzard's Bay.
 MT. and Mrs. J. W. Busche, Jr., of Hartford, are visiting Mrs. Busches sis ter, Mrs. o. H. Gillette.
 Mss Pauline Brown, of Toledo, Ohio, has returned home after a two weeks visit with her aunt, Mrs, w R. Hubbell.
 Miss Blakeney, sister of Rev. MT. Blakeney, returned to her home in Mount Kisco, Tuesday, after afortnight's sojourn at the home of her brother.
 Real Estate Agent Baird has a couple of important deals about ready to close. He has sold thirteen extensive pieces of property thus far this year.
 MT. and Mrs. John H. Taylor returned Monday from their bridal tour. They started Tuesday for their future home in New York.
 | Robert H. Bloomer, who has for some time been mentally unbalanced, attempt ed to strangle himself to death with a pocket handkerchief. last Friday, and it was deemed best by the authorities to confne him in the Hartford retreat. He was taken to that institution by Consta- ble Hornbeck, Friday.
 A party of five gentlemen from Hill burn, N. Y, came to town by auto last week, and were the guests, over Sunday, of the Bartle Camp contingent at Twin Lakes, their hosts being Messrs. John Bartle, Thomas Bartle, Walter Kellogg, Frank Hanchett. Emil Heinz, Walter Roth and George Ayres. The day was agreeably passed at the lake. and sumptuous ashore dinner" was served.
 A large number of automobile parties stopped at 1.-The Inn" during the past week
 M 0. Dean, of South Canaan, lost one of his fine oxen by death, last week, as a result of the extreme heat. It was a valuable animal, and it's driver and care taker, John Smith is inconsolable over the loss.
 Two deaths, at practically the same time, of friends of Senator CIV. Barnum, occurred last Friday, when A. P. Mo Donald. of Albany, N. Y., and Gus" Mott, of New York, passed away. Both were frequent visitors to this town and to the Hollenbeck Club and were popu- lar gentlemen.
 A Canadian lake trout weighing B
  half feet in length has been in cold stor- age at The Inn and attracted consider able attention. It is the property of Ed, J. House, sexton at the Hollenbeck Club, and was consigned to him by Wm. B. Dlckerman, a member of the Club, who is on fishing expedition in Canada. It 1 is MT. Houses intention to have the big fish served up at banquet to his friends.
 MT. House has procured four more 1 head of those choice imported Jersey cows referred to last week, making nine now in his herd.
 John H. Belden and family, of Hart | ford, who are here on vacation, drove Tuesday to Cornwall Pond. for a day S outing and picnic with friends sojourn- ing in that locality. MT. Belden, by the way, having sandpapered and sounded the old public sign-post, and pulled all the tacks out, has decided that it is too far decayed and punky to warrant re- painting, and has partially but not pos itively-determined to erect @ new one in it's place.
 A hearing is dispossess case, against Sarah Peasley, was had before Justice Miles H. Blodgett, Tuesday forenoon. Real Estate Agent Baird having sold the property occupied by the defendant known as the Wiley place, for Mrs, Wiley, the present occupant was given notice to vacate, which she declined to do, claiming she has a verbal lease. The case was settled by Mrs. Peasley agree ing to yacate, and plaintiff paying her BIO for loss of her little garden.
 John Cudney and his chief Lieuten- ant, Adslbert Blass, are making great progress in the Improvements about George w. Halls Tucker block.
 On Wednesday, July 12, at the coun- try home of the brides parents, MT. and