Connecticut western news., 1911-01-19
Gossip of Days Gone By
News of the Week, as Cu1led from The
 News Files of Dates Given.

have read as follows: l
 Mrs. Chariot Lawrence Adam. wife of William, died at Canaan, aged "A.
 A 1876 ..t Aug. 4. Charles Olmstead, of Chapin vile, was seriously injured by falling from 8 load of oats.
 The telegraph office in Ashley Falls the railway station. ... , 4..
 The firm of Whitford and Hyde, of West Goshen, was dissolved by mutual agreement, the business being carried on by Rufus Whitford.
 Aug. II. Five pupils in the lower de- partment of the graded schools were neither absent nor tardy Mary Rayns ford. Alice Hutchinson, Marcia Parsons, Ella McCauley, Charlie Carley. Ella McCauley received prize in spelling, and Alice Hutchinson for credit marks,
 The Nautilus Club. of Lakeyile. with invited guests started for the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia. They went to Bridgeport by the Housatonic road, and sailed in the schooner Katie J. Hoyt, which had been arranged for their ac- sommodation. The party were Surgeon General Knight, Commodore Stillman and wife, Purser Fisher, Commissary (of hash) J. Brinton and wife, MT. Tom Norton and wife, Miss Phelps, Carrie Bostwick, Miss VanAlstyne, Miss Bar nun, Miss Ophelia Williams, Henry Dewey, Wm. Landon. Douglas Owen, Charles Wood, Gilbert Bryan, MT. Nash, Messrs. Saunders, Chaplain Vail joined the party at Bridgeport. ... c. H. Oldfeld, of Lee, Mass. suc- ceeded H. c. Crandall as station agent at West Cornwall.
 Lyman Dunning, of East Canaan, built an addition to the west side of his store. 1a ss Dr. Sanford, of West Cornwall. was thrown from a carriage in Falls Village and considerably injured. .t
 Alderman Ives and family, of East Canaan returned from Bay Ridge, l.. I.
 Willie D. Lawrence, son of Leonard Lawrence, had one of his fingers cut off by moving machine r.J.N
 At Sheffield son was born to Edgar and Sara Cooms.
 E. s. Roberts, of East Canaan, put 8 cider mill in his old wagon shop and was prepared to extract apple juice tor any one who might favor him with 8 call.
 Aug. IS. Mrs. Wainwright. of Pal myra, Mo. wife of a former pastor of Salisbury visited Mrs. Albert Moore in town.
 Rumor of Charlie Ross having been found at Sharon
 Katie Riley 15, a maid employed by Levi Boardman, of Sheffield, was drowned in the river while bathing at that place.
 John Munson's s farm at Sheffield was struck by lightning and entirely des- troyed with all the contents, hay. grain, and three valuable horses. ''
 Charles Paul and force of mon from Canaan built sewer through several streets in Great Burlington. <
 The Misses Thompson and Miss Mattie Cochrane, of Cream Hill, visited the Centennial. f ..r..- z A daughter was born to MT. and Mrs. Geo. Barnum at Ashley FallsA ..'
 Aug. 25. A severe snow storm ragged at Mount Washington. Three and a half inches of snow fell in an hour. , Rev. J. G. Oakley delivered lecture in the M. K, church, Lakeville, on his travels in Europe. ..:..
 The Pine Grove Camp meeting was in session. Lawyer Enc, of Pine Plains Judge TolIman, of Poughkeepsie, and Rev. MT. Nash, of Curtisville, each built new cottages on the ground. A post office was established with MT Willie Beebe, of Falls Village, as postmaster. The large boarding house was managed by Messrs. George Strong, George Par sons and Henry Mead, of Canaan.
 At Ashley Falls son was born to Mr and Mrs. William Scoville.
 Sept, l. Fifteen hundred watermelons was the record oflW. H. Blodgett's farm for the season, at South Canaan.
 I. N. Bartram. of Sharon. contracted for building the new savings bank at New Milford.
 Ezra M. Rowland, of Brookf1eld, was killed by the cars at the Falls Village depot.
 0. P. Huntington, wife and daughter, of New York city, visited in West Corn wall
 Sept, 8. E. B. Gillett, of South Ca- naan, lost valuable horse with infiam- matory pneumonia.
 The house, barn, and other buildings of Frederick Cooper, of Cooper Hill, were destroyed by fire with all their contents.
 Rev, J. F. Gleason was installed pastor of tbo OoDprauationa1 church ak Nor