Connecticut western news., 1911-01-12
Gossip of Days Gone By
News of the Week, as Culled from The
 News Files of Dates Given.
1876

1876
 July 2. The stage mail route between Salisbury and Falls Village was discon- tinued.
 The Soda Springs Hotel in Sheffield kept by MT. Peck was totally destroyed by fire.
 MT. and Mrs. S. H. Barnum, of West Cornwall, celebrated the fiftieth anniver- sary of their marriage.
 Wm. Sims died at East Canaan, aged 76.
 July A. The News began it's sixth year.
 Hen. Ayers. of Salisbury. sold his 'colt forty-two years old. for thirty-five hundred ceuts.'
 Mercury registered nearly loo in the shade for several consecutive days.
 Lightning struck the residences of MT. Samuel Elliott in Lakeville and MT. Shimald of Lakeville and did consider able damage.
 Misses Ettie Calkins and Anna Yut- zler. of West Cornwall, while rowing on the river had a narrow escape from al owning by the boat being carried over the dam.
 B. s. Nopes, of Sharon, produced from his garden a strawberry that weighed 586 grains, or over 11soz. and measured 714 inches in circumference.
 The famous old circular building on the Battery, known as Castle Garden was completely destroyed by fire.
 At Clayton daughter was born to MT. and Mrs. Calvin Barnes.
 M Kellogg Belden. of Canaan, and Miss Roena A. Welsh. of Falls Village, were married at Millerton. by Rev. ", A. Mackey.
 July 21. Merchant R. O. Taft, of Ashley Falls, built an addition to the south side of the Thurston store build ing.
 I. N. Bartram, of sharon, had the en- tire superintendence of the changes made at the state prison at Wethersield.
 Mrs. R. M. Hubbard and children of Sandusky, O, spent the summer with her mother, Mrs. J. P. Brewster on Cream Hill.
 Charles w. Camp M. D. and Miss Josie B. Granger were married at Ca- naan by Rev. E, Whittlesey. t.5 Mrs. H. P. Tracy, of Elmwood, H., visited her mother, Mrs. E. A. Sedgwick in Cornwall Hollow. j.. The Washinee Woolen Company of Salisbury advertised flannel sheeting, cloth, waterproof and yarn" made to order
 July 28. The first wire was extended across the East River, preparatory to the construction of the great bridge that con- meets New York city with Brooklyn.
 Twin Lakes becoming known as a favorable place for camping parties.
 During a severe storm, lightning set fire to the barn of Abel Stevens on College Hill, and entirely distroyed it.
 R. P. Rodgers, of West Cornwall, moved to Colebrook to engage in black smithing.
 Rev. Samuel Scoville, of Norwich, N. Y, delivered lecture on Fashion" ill the church at North Cornwall.
 Abram Lee and Hattie Mallinscn started for Sheffield, England, for a visit to relatives and friends.
 Daniel White. of Whites Hollow, killed a pair of rattlesnakes, one had ! twelve rattles, the other eleven.
 Charles Phillips, of Great Burlington, died from injuries received on the fourth of July, by the premature explosion of cannon used in celebrating.
 A son was born to Hon. and Mrs, J. B. Hardenbergh at Canaan.
 At Canaan a son was born to MT. and Mrs. N, O. Ward.
 Mrs. Chariot Lawrence wife of Will liam died at Canaan age "A.
 North and West Cornwall, held a Centennial and Semi Centennial anniver- sary. It was centennial with regard to their revolutionary and other old time history, and semi-centennial to that of the erection of their church, which was built in 1926. T. s. Gold was president of the day. Among the speakers were ; Chas. F. Sedgwick, of Sharon, Nathan Hart, Rev. Samuel Scoville, R. R. Pratt, E. D. Pratt, Rev. M. Beach, Rev. F. Lobdell, Rev. Tomlinson, F. Miner of Texas. T. L. Hart. Harry sedgwick, Albert Wadhams. Original hymEs by Mrs. B. O. Baldwin and Mrs. A. s. Rogers were sung.