Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
Gossip of Days Gone By
News of the Week, as Cu1fed from The
 News Files of Dates Give1.
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1871
 March 30. A. T. Roraback was ap- pointed postmaster in Canaan to succeed B. o. Beckley, resigned.
 The remains of an unknown man were found in the Housatonic river, by boy who was fishing, and buried in the cemetery at Ashley Falls.
 The Misses Benedict of Sharon re- turned from the west, where they had spent the winter.
 Mrs. K. Sears and Miss M. Chapman of Sharon visited in Washington, D. O. The Academy at Salisbury was fitted up for select school to be taught by Miss Grace Warner.
 A few friends gathered at the home of MT. Geo. Kellogg in Sheffield to witness the marriage of his daughter Nellie to Levi Boardman, Jr. ~ MT. and Mrs. Frank Bronson who had been recently married, visited MT. Bronson's father in Sheffield.
 O. Benjamin of Lakeville erected a shoe shop opposite Centennial Miller's harness shop" .-ts
 J, R. St. Johns store, near the depot at West Cornwall was broken into by burglars aud about $2O0 worth of goods of various kinds taken. - The school at Cornwall Bridge closed for three weeks vacation. Maggie Dougherty won the prize for perfect lessons. Hannah Linnens, Maggie Dougherty and Thomas Mahoney were awarded prizes for spelling, Junius Bierce, Georgie Beers for Reclamation. The services of the teacher, Miss Julia Buckley, were engaged for the next term ~ ... t1 .-. ..~
 Mr. Isaac Wedge died at Cornwall. His funeral was attended by the Masonic fraternity from Bridgeport. Kent and New Milford. "AmosC. Waterbury was busy as four quarts'o of bees, getting out ties for the H. R. R! Co." a. .tt.
 Squire Roraback who ''had noticed for some months that his flock of poultry was growing beautifully less,' traced g dozen of them by stray feathers to the house of Bill Rooster" where Mir. Roraback and Sheriff Richmond found them being prepared for the pot. The cullud gentleman said couple of other s.darks, y had stolen the chickens and on promising that it should not occur again he was allowed to Ego on his own re- 'cognizance." a<# 4
 April 13, Issue of April missing from the f1le).-A. Sturges of South Canaan exchanged his farm with H. E. Howe for the hotel property in Hunts ; vile. a
 E. O. Stevens of the Beardsley House, Winsted, arranging to take the Scoville House in Waterbury, to be succeeded by Charles B. Andrews at the Beardsley.
 Foley house on the road from Canaan to Falls Village destroyed by fire.
 Guy Family booked for an entertain ment in Town Hall ..
 O. P Huntington offered $1 ,000 toward fund for erection of a chapel in West Cornwall, provided citizens raise $l, ,50C or more and build one free of debt. Mrs. H. M. Holmes opened millinery store in West Cornwall, with Miss Lizzie Oldfield as assistant.
 Plot on foot in Sharon ito move the postoffice but the plotters are foiled fol once. MT. Gillette IS the right kind of { man for a postmaster and let vel enough alone. "
 Samuel X. Anthony, colored, fined $1( and costs in Sharon, flor getting drunk on cider and abusing his wife" Franklin, part negro and part Span iard, found dead in Kent. Foul pla. was suspected.
 Born in Canaan, April 6, son to Dr Charles w. and Josephine l., Camp anC grandson to Hon. M. T. Granger. April 2O.-W. Mcintyre and son wen to Blackberry river Monday evening ant in short time caught about bushel O fish.
 Rev. J. W. Selleck assigned to Fall Village Methodist church.
 Deacon Sage ''deposed from the offic of deacon of Sheffield Congregations church solely on the ground that it wa not for the interest of the church to con tinue him in that office. No charge were brought against him at this time.
 ''Mr. G. B. Gardner Of Kingston, N. Y has leased a window in the store o Merchant Parsons"
 Limit expiring for proposals for build ing the uew Canaan school house.
 Mrs. William Moses of Southfiel badly gored by a savage COW.
 Burglars attempted to burgle tn residence of Squire Warner in Salisbury
 Samuel Owen opened hotel ill Lake vile.
 Kent correspondence: i've are gla' to see W. H. Camp, the gentlemanl and popular clerk, in his old position a MT. Couns drug store"
 Landlord Ferris of Ashley Falls build