Connecticut western news., 1912-10-10
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week, CuIIed from The News Files.

Week, CuIIed from The News Files.
 1881.
 Jannary I2. Jacob VanTassel fractured his foot while loading ice.
 Miss Fannie V. Benedict was teaching school in Huntsville.
 "Grove Knickerbocker has leased Roraback's wagon shop, and is now pre- pared for business"
 "Clark & Ives, the young merchants O East Canaan, are to retire from the mer camille business in the spring, and vii be succeeded by Wm. Adam & Son."
 "Fred s. Spaulding, of this place, has for few days past been acting as sub stitute for Charlie Wood, in Snperinten dent Stillson's office in Bridgeport, dur. ing Charlie's confinement with infiamma tory rheumatism"
 The 'tin wedding" anniversary of Mir and Mrs. Peter Hicks, at Wetaug, wa, largely attended, more than So guests be ing present.
 Col. S. B. Sumner. of Bridgeport, slip. ped and fell on the ice and broke his right arm in two places.
 John Howe, of Huntsville, committed suicide by slashing his arms with a razor Lenox was having an extensive relig- 1 ious revival.
 "Sheriff Wellington, of Pitts6eld has ordered that all his deputies shall appear in uniform"
 Rev. Mason Noble, IT,, resigned his pastorate of the Sheffield Congregational church.
 John S. Wolfe is president of the Berk- shire Overalls Go. at Pittsfeld. They ex- pect to make 5000 pairs of overalls | weekly. ......-....z-t
 Irving Ferguson and bride returned from their honeymoon, to Housatonic. | Sheriff Holmes, of. Great Harrington, ST years old, had just been reappointed l for his 33d term as deputy. Pittsfeld's debating club argued the question: "Resolved that General Grant has injured-his reputation by his course in the past four years" It was decided in the affirmative. .'+ Willie, youngest son of N. I. and Mary E. Clark, of East Canaan, died, aged g years. '.
 January Io. Dewitt Curtiss died from the effects of shock.
 Gershom Fitch died in Clayton, after a lingering illness.
 Harry Sedgwick, formerly of Corn. wall, travelling salesman for Boston con. cern, was in town.
 Gardner, the Canaan jeweler, estab- | lished branch agency at West Corn wall.
 Mrs. Flayia Gillette, aged 84, mother l of the late George $. Gillette, was ser iously ill at the residence of her grand. daughter, Mrs. N. M. Brown.
 Railroad Mail Agent George M. Han chett, of Falls Village, was married to Miss Mary WetherelI, of Huntsville. Newton Reed, of Armenia, an old-time school teacher in Canaan, called on friends and former pupils, while visiting at Wm. Adams.
 Lucian Frazier, of Barkhamsted, com mitted suicide by cutting his throat with butcher knife. .. ...s@
 "Two of the elephants had a chill, at Bridgeport, the other day and 1t took four gallons of whiskey each, to brace them up"
 Ice was gathered in Adams "A inches thick. | 1"West Stockbridge is now connected with Pittsfeld by telephone.
 "Chief of Police Walden, of North Adams, in on trial for ,incendiarism. 1 .' Representative Alexander Hyde, oi | Lee, dropped dead in Boston, while com ing from the capitol.
 "W. s. Ferris has been elected presi. dent of the Sheffield association for catch. ing horse thieves; B. N. Clark, vice president; A. Leroy, secretary, and Geo Blodgett, treasurer. When a member loses a horse the president is notified, who calls out the riders for thorough search, and If the missing horse is not re. covered, the association pays for it."
 Ben J. Bradley was running store in Falls Village.
 The Falls Village Congregational Sun. day school elected, Superintendent, P. B. Burnett; assistant, Myron H. Dean; sec retary and treasurer, Lee P. Dean, and | librarian, Charles E. Ford. ' Marshall C. Dean purchased the Chester Holcomb farm occupied by Her. 1 man Smith, near Falls Village. r. Friends of Rev. F. J. Belcher,' of Falls Village, gave him donation party that netted $I86.7S.
 The "handsomest monument in the Norfolk cemetery" was just put up for Capt. John A. Shepard. Walter Holmes, of Chapinville, died aged S.