Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
Gossip of Days Gone By
News of the Week, as Cu11ed from The
 News Files of Dates Given.
1880

in this vicinity. The old upper furnace at East Canaan is being rebuilt and will be run to it's fullest capacity, and other improvements to facilitate the business are being made. A line of telegraph wire is being constructed along the South Canaan road to connect the Huntsville furnace with the East Canaan furnaces by telephone. and the line is to be continued to connect the works at Lime Rock, Cornwall Bridge, Ore Hill, Salisbury and Sharon.@
 Charlie Fuller, having trap set for coons in the mountains west of Dwight Andrus' in Sheffield caught wildcat in it. He killed the animal with club. It weighed 32 pounds.
 Montgomery Lodge F. and A. M. Lakeville, adopted resolutions in mem- ory of the late Dr. H. M. Knight.
 The Salisbury dramatic society was preparing to produce a play for the benefit of the Irish relief fund.
 John A. Decker, a worker in the car wheel foundry at Lime Rock, got par
 
 hot metal, aud it was feared he would loose the sight of the eye. Dr. Averill saved it, however.
 The Literary" at Sidney Reeds, Falls Village was we'll attended and the papers, edited by P. B. Burnett, Mrs Parmelee and Miss Abbie Kellogg were well written.
 On the authority of Pat Sparks, the Falls Village correspondent, "Idlewild' learns that "the rumor that R. P. Rogers, clerk at the American House, Hartford, being married, is without foundation"
 Born, at Ashley Falls, Feb. g, son to L. D. Moore. At Clayton, Feb. IS, daughter to L. Scoville.
 March 10-Miss Ida Caswe1I, who lived with her sister, Mrs. Charles tHinkley, removed to Bridgeport. H. H. Cogswell planted peas March 5. :' 5Wm. Noonan moved to Winsted.' H. Merchant of Twin Lakes was to occupy the Noonan Farm. .''.
 Rev. Robert Hunt delivered tenn perance lecture in Ashley Falls. Dr. Francls P. Whittlesey decided to practice medicine in Great Harrington
 The Housatonic Railroad Co. fitted up one end of the old freight house in Railroad street as an ioes house, and stored several carloads of ice tbere.
 At the auction ot property of the Salisbury Savings Bank, the Barnard House was bid back for $2, 500 and the Frank Richardson place for $500.
 "Ozias Root, aged 85, who has lived on Canaan Mountain near the pond for the past 62 years. says this is the first year during the whole period of his res idenoe there, that the pond was clear of ice at this season.
 Gus. Caldwell captured live coon last week which he confined in barrel and intended to tame; but it refused to eat, and the other morning Gus. looked into his barrel and found the deadest kind of a dead coon"
 A portion of the bridge over the Housatonic river near George Bartholo- mew's, at Ashley Falls fell into the river as result of the pier being under mined.
 Miss Ellen D. Peirce, of Canaan, and Mrs. Clarence E, Vroman, of Millerton, were married at the brides residence the home of D. L. Peirce-March 8. "The happy couple went to Bridgeport and other cities on their bridal tour.''
 M w. Prescott sold his wood lot to MT. Edwin Barnes for $2,OO0.
 The annual meeting of the Canaan Village Improvement Society held at Roraback's office, elected these officers President, George s. Fuller, (vice John B. Reed, who declined reelection for a fifth term ) vice president, D. L. Peirce; secretary, A. T. Roraback; ; treasurer, W. G. Humphrey executive committee, Miss Sarah W. Adam. Miss Frances Full Ter, Mrs. D, L. Peirce. Mrs, George s, Gillette, Mrs. G. W. Peet, Mrs. P. o. Cummings, J. B. Reed, z. T. Adams, Joseph W. Peet, Dr. Chas. W. Camp.
 William E. Cutting died in Salisbury March 7.
 Salisbury correspondence We had an instance of the remarkable working of Providence last Monday. As D. T. Warner and Hubert Williams were driv- ing from Falls Village to thls place, the horse stepped through sluice, throw ing Mr. Warner out of the wagon, striking on his head, in the ditch. His life was saved in the most miraculous manner by MT. Williams, who, with his ordinary agility, jumped from the wagon and caught the reins and saved MT. Warmers life-simply by not falling on him as might have been expected"
 Cornwall Bridge W. F. McNeil. who has been employed by the Cornwall Bridge Iron Go. for the past 12 years, as bookkeeper, has resigned his situation and goes to New Haven. Russell Bierce Esn.. will fill the vacancy, and if Russ