Connecticut western news., 1911-12-07
Gossip of Days Comedy
News of the Week, as Culied from The
 News Files of Dates Given.
1879


 laid in the telegraph off ce.
 Miss Odeu was adding new show window to her millinery establishment MT. and Mrs. David Draper of Great Harrington were visiting at Mrs. H. W. Franklin's.
 A valuable horse in Stamford was frightened to death by the sight of two perform ing bears.
 Engineer John Greer, of the CIV .R.R. locomotive "Winsted," !" moved into the George s. Gillette house. Dr. King, of Bridgeport, former Ca- naan physician, came to town to treat Mrs. Lawrence Gillette. The old wing of the state hospital in New Haven was damaged $4 900 by fire from spark in the operating room.
 At a democratic caucus in Cornwall, Solon Johnson was chairman and Chas H. Preston secretary, These delegates were elected to the 17th district senato- rial convention V. F. McNeil, Philo Kellogg, lngersol Reed, Robert N. Coch- rane. Three burglars. who made their head quarters on the Great Harrington fair ground, were arrested and taken to Pittsfeld.
 J. 6 N, o. Scoville were building new fences, remodeling and painting the homestead at Chapinville, and improving their Landon property.
 n ALc nAoA AsNxA speech when the employees of the H.RR. gave Superintendent L. B. Stillson an elegant picture of Mrs. Stillson, who had recently died. the Lyceum and Globe theatres, Trinity church and the Palace hotel, bankrupting Sam Watkins, Julius Steadman and 8 host of others. An appeal for help will at once be issued by Mayor Hall"
 The Danbury News reported: "A large and strange animal was seen on Candle wood mountain. The animal, or wild man, is vouched for by reliable persons. It resembled man, but ran along the ground like monkey"
 Miss Ella Judd, for nine years clerk at the West Stockbridge post-ofice, was detected tampering with the mails, and confessed her guilt. She had also. from time to time, abstracted sums of money from the drawer.
 Fuckers cornet band. of Falls Village, gave an open-air concert on the balcony of the Warner House, Canaan. Great quantities of iron were being shipped at Village, from the Hunts Lyman Go.
 Landlord Dudley, of the Falls Village hotel rebuilt the reservoir to the house, and has water just as handy as can be. in case of fre."
 George A. Randall, Falls Village clothier, had received big stock of fall goods.
 Bishop Williams confirmed class of nine, in Kent.
 Alpheus Owen died suddenly in South Canaan.
 Norfolk offered to pay premium of $10 to persons who will run wagons with wheels three inches wide and over.
 E. H. Holt of Norfolk contemplated trip to Kansas to visit hls father, H. J. Holt.
 "Jeweler Gardner, of Canaan, con- tinues to make his weekly trips to Norfolk"
 Rev. Samuel Scoville, who had just received 8, ,000 call to Stamford. made visit to his mother, in Cornwall. Married, at Lime Rock. Oct. Is, by Rev. F. J. Beloher, Charles Lee of Kent to Miss Ida Phillips. At Ashley Fails by Rev. H. | Bodley, George R. Ives Esq, to Miss Maria H. Jones. MT. I've! died the following week. a. 4 October 29.-Mrs. Ovid Gillette wen to Amenia to visit her parents. The Putnam Phalanx had targe shoot at Lakeville. Conductor William B. Curtis was run ming the Conn. Western R. R. grave train. a..@s
 "Out of so boys in Pittsfeld school 85 between the ages of Il and Is, us tobacco" --.sr
 Frank P. Barnum was in charge o the 0. ". R. R. picnic grounds Twil Lakes.
 A peach measuring nine inches in ciI conference, was picked on the old War farm.
 .There have been 7,5oO cases O5O Gons) of tobacco sold at New Milford Danbury and Bethel this season."
 The house of Misses Gaylord in No folk was robbed by burglars, who too e100 worth of silverware and china.
 Dr. Knight of Lqkeville leotured East Canaan.
 George L. Parsons will soon begi the erection of house on the buildir lot recently purchased by him on We Main street"
 Henry Howe of South Canaan enter'