Connecticut western news., 1912-12-19
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week, CuIIed from The News Files.
 1881.


 1881.
 April 6. Reuben Mcintyre, baggage master at the depot offended bride groom who came down on the stage with bride and baggage, by asking where he was going when he asked to have his trunk checked. "None of your darnt business where Pm goin'; you check my baggage" he demanded. And it took five minutes to make him see the point.
 "A pr. Gallagher, from Mill River, was before the court in Great Harrington for assault. It is said there is woman in the case"
 Wesley L. Stall, of Ashley Falls, died.
 April B. Miss Sarah Eddy has re- turned to her home in this place, from school in Amherst, Mass.
 Mrs. Gallagher died at the residence of her son-in-law, F. Pequigney, aged S8.
 MT. Marvin Haskins died in South Ca naan, of pneumonia, after six days illness.
 The work of putting up the first poles for the telephone line between Canaan and Ashley Falls, was begun.
 ]. O'Brien, a Sheffield painter, moved into the Conway house on West Main street.
 "David Walter, the meat market clerk has moved his family from East Canaan to the Ferris house on Elm street"
 Alvin Ferguson, of Canaan, joined "the working gang of Barnum only biggest and shook the dust of Canaan off his feet last Thursday"
 A new iron bridge was ready to be placed over the Blackberry river on the Housatonic railroad just south of the depot.
 "The remains of Walter VanDeusen, formerly of this place, and brother of Robert VanDeusen arrived in New York last week from RioTaneiro, South Amer ica, where he died over five years ago. The law of country requires that a body must be buried five years before it can be removed from the country. It was inferred in Woodlawn Ce l-etery, New York"
 "At the meeting of the reading room association the committse reported $83 collected, which, with the So realized from the sale of the periodicals, will un- doubtedly insure the carrying on of the room another year. H. M. Adam was elected president, and J. L. Bragg, vice president"
 A crowd of Falls Village fellows went up 10 Sandtown Sunday, "and, filling themselves up with cider, proceeded to make themselves obnoxious to the resi- dents, smashing in the windows at Coon $ house, and also at Steadmans. Mayor Hall should take immediate action to- ward stopping such disgraceful proceed ings."
 Hobart Watson, brother of Mrs. Frank lin, of Canaan, and auditor of the Housa- tonic railroad, was elected alderman in Bridgeport.
 Frank Goodwin, our skillful and suc- cessful sheep raiser, who lives up in Sodom, takes the front seat this spring, in the increase of his flock. He has 32 ewes, out of which he had 3o lambs, there being seven pairs of twins among them"
 "Governor Hubbard and wife will spend the summer in Europe"
 Bishop Williams confirmed I2 persons in Litchfield.
 "The Millerton Hotel, G. Clark prop rietor, is now a temperance house-quite a novelty for Millerton."
 "A correspondent solicits the prayers of New Milford's churches, for the city of Hartford, which is afflicted with the legislature"
 "The widow of the murderer, Edwin Hoyt, of New Milford, who was hanged in Bridgeport last summer, has dried her tears and married Avery Beeman, of New Milford"
 "Editor Hickox, of the Inquirer, has been elected president of Litchfeld, hay ing received a majority of the 46 votes cast in the election"
 "New Milford has a new bakery, and now it is hoped the bachelor Gazette man will stop going around with that pitiful hungry expression that gives him away to every observing person."
 Superintendent ]. T. McManus, of the Hartford division of the New York & New England R. R. resigned, after 27 years service.
 "Bethel has robber chief named Black Andy, the mad highwayman, who draws a revolver and commands to stand and deliver with exquisite grace. Dime novels furnish the Sunday school reading in Bethel"
 "An Ore Hill fellow named Mcdonald recently got drunk on Millerton whisky and stole Squire Hubert Williams horse. blanket and some groceries out of the wagons under horse shed in Millerton, then left for parts unknown"
 The changing of the name of Wolcott- vile to Torrington caused no little incon- venience. "It takes five days for news paper to travel from Thomaston to Tor rington, whereas it could go to Wolcott- vile in half an hour"
 pr. Morse, of West Otis was suffering with the measles-the second time he'd had the disease.
 Two dogs got into barn in Pittsfeld and killed six sheep.
 "A Pittsfeld prohibitionist who stood at the polls last Monday, with placards exhoTting the voters to vote no license, was driven off by the police, and he was assaulted with mud by the of the place"
 Christmas Shopping.