Connecticut western news., 1912-11-14
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week, CulIed from The News Files.
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1881.
 March 9. "Barnes' photograph build ing was removed to Falls Village on a couple of OK sleds Wednesday,"
 Frank B. Lindsey, of Col. Harden bergh's law office, took the agency for several insurance companies.
 Conductor w. B. Curtis resigned his position on the Danbury Branch, and came to his home in Canaan.
 Miss Anna Casman, who had been liv- ing in Falls Village for some time, re- turned to her home in Canaan.
 "Fred Spaulding, of Norfolk, is otficiat- ing at the telegraph office in this place as substitute for Miss Hattie Wilcox, who is laying off"
 Martin w. Prescott came to town for the first time since Christmas, having been laid up with rheumatism.
 The venerable mother of Hon. Geo.W Feet died at her residence in Falls Will lage, aged So years.
 Charles C. Calender leased the Frank Cummings house on Church street. Dr. P. C. Cummings has promised to see what can be done toward erecting a band-stand on his large building, for open air concerts by the band" "AbOut $I 900 worth of the late JOhn A. Beckley'S notes were sold at auction in front of the Warner House, by K. l. Munson, for SIPS.
 "Neil Lynehan of this place, who is fireman on the locomotive of Conductor Cummings train, fell from the running ,,,-I f .l,., on his hip and bruising it so he was laid up for a few days"
 Sidney Spencer, "the youngest con ductor on the road" was appointed to run the passenger train leaving PittslicId every morning for Bridgeport.
 Geo. w. Hall at Falls Village had 500 bushels of potatoes to sell.
 The bankrupt estate of Alexander Waters, of Winsted, formerly of Canaan, was advertised to be sold at auction.
 Col. H. P. Harris, of Lakeville, was ap- pointed quartermaster-ge general of the Putnam PhalauX, of Hartford.
 A Pittsield man has invented a fire alarm.
 Two big sleigh loads went from Mill River to Ashley Falls, the other night, and had a jolly time at Edward Van Deusen's."
 Great Burlington was suffering with an epidemic of the mumps..
 Pittsfeld entertained 26 tramps and made Io arrests during February.
 Landlord Vinegar, of the Great Bar rington Miller House, was in Kentucky. buying horses.
 ''North Adams had 'high-toned cock fight in the upstairs parlor of a North Adams hotel recently"
 President Garfield was expected to at tend the inauguration of Prof. Carter as president of Williams College.
 A Great Burlington party of fishermen caught on Mt. KiscO lake the other day, 75 pickerel, averaging over two pounds each.
 Thirteen freight engines were blocked in all night by snow drifts between Rich mond and State Line.
 The following officers were elected for the town of New Marlboro Town clerk, 5. Pease; treasurer, D. Stanard; Select men, c. Gaylord, A. l. Freeman. I. N. Futile; assessors, NJ. Sheldon, N. Granger, C. E. Barnes; school committee, $. w. Wright, w. C. Underwood, E. D. liar mon; town agent, A. Smith.
 Editor Henry Chickering, of the Pitts field Eagle, died Saturday, aged 6I. He had been postmaster at Pittsfeld since Li
 The West Cornwall school was closed owing to the illness of Miss Agnes Doyle, the teacher.
 Miss Mary Perkins, music teacher of Falls Village was married to MT. s. Wooster, of Woodbury.
 A daughter was born to Marshall C. | Dean, of Falls Village.
 Norfolk talent was preparing to present The Octoroon," with music by the Ca | naan orchestra.
 George Hall had just hired George Dean, making five clerks in all, at his | Falls Village store.
 Rev. MT. Moore, of Falls Village, was thrown from his sleigh while returning from Cornwall, and as the sleigh, which 1 had run against a stick of wood, was smashed, the minister had to walk home. |
 South Canaan-"There are to be sew eral changes in the neighhorhOOd, MT. | Wm. Callender having hired the parson- age, and MT. Gray, of East Canaan, hay ing rented MT. James, wagon shop and part of Mrs. Cooks house"
 MT. A. H. Holley, of Lakeville, was adding a spacious school room to the l Lakeside House, for the accommodation of Rev. MT. Reid of Canaan, who was to conduct a boarding school there.
 Dr. Robert Knight, of Lakeville, at tended the inauguration of President Garfield, in Washington.
 Died in Falls Village, March 2, Henry Turpin, aged s. In South Canaan, Feb. TO- John W. James, aged 69. In Canaan Valley, March 7, Alma Blake Sardam, aged ST. In Sheffield, March 5, of epilepsy, Lewis Lindsey, aged ST.
 Born in West Cornwall, March 5, a son to Ransom F. Smith