Connecticut western news., 1913-07-10
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week CuIIed from The News Files.
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1881.
 November 2. "Mrs. s. C. Beckley and son have returned from a months visit to Dover Plains, N. Y" "Mr. N. Ham has rented portion of his house to MT. Schutt. ot Copake Iron Works, who is now moving in"
 M. B. Mead was preparing to open a book and stationery store in Watson's block.
 "Mr. Horace B. Stevens, of East Ca naan, has rented the Curtis house on West Main street, and will soon move into it'
 "W. H. Camp has taken the agency for Empire rubber mixed paints"
 "Here's conundrum which the Rev. Dr. Eddy submitted, in his lecture on Push and Clear Grit, last week: "How does ray of light get through a dia- mond? Why, it hues its way through"
 Mrs. C. M. Deming suffered paralyt- ic shock and grave consequences were feared.
 "Dr. C. w. Camp has purchased the farm and buildings belonging to the late George s. Gillette, near the Methodist church, and with occupy the premises in a short time"
 "Mrs. Franklin has disposed of her high-strung bay horse, and bought fine mate to her brown one, and now Frank Hitchcock says he has as handsome ard serviceable team as can be found in this region"
 Mir. Frederick Plumb, father-in-law of Congressman Miles, died at the age of S3.
 "A MT. Schutt, of Copake Iron Works, has leased the rooms in Watson's block, formerly occupied by Miss s. P. Norton as a millinery establishment, where he will sell sewing machines and his wife will conduct millinery and dress-mak- ing shop"
 Mir. Frank Goodwin, of the Sodom district, and Miss Mary Cook, of Auster- litz, were married.
 The minstrel and variety show to be given by the Canaan cornet band was assuming shape"
 "Some unprincipled miscreant killed fine two-years old heifer belonging to Frank Goodwin few days ago, evidently by shooting. The scamp had cut the animals tongue out, and portion of one cheek. The carcass was not discovered until about week after it was killed, when 1t was badly decomposed. Frank has his suspicious of the guilty one, and is keeping a weather eye on him."
 Howard Smiths singing school opened with about so pupils.
 Miss Fannie V. Hinman, of Lime Rock, was married to George N. Hall, of Colebrook, by Rev. ]. Lee Gamble.
 Falls Village-Edward H. Langdon, of Lee, opened drug store in Dr. Averilps block. MT. O. Hosford was building two piazzas for John Drum. Mir. and Mrs. ]. F. Millspaugh and Miss Stella Mills paugh returned from an extended visit in Illinois and Iowa. Miss Fannie Bartlett was given a birthday surprise party by 20 of her friends. The long shed opposite the courthouse was being repaired, to be occupied by ]. D. Egles- ton as coffin ware-room and for an up holstering shop. Mir. and Mrs. Irving Sparks, of Norfolk, were visiting Falls Village relatives. The Congregational ladies aid society met with Mrs. Lyman Page.
 The democratic senatorial convention, for the Ioth district held at Falls Village, nominated Milo B. Richardson for sena- tor. The delegates from North Canaan were, N. c. Ward, l. w. Peet, c. w. Camp, ]. B. Hardenbergh. Falls Village delegates were Daniel Brewster, A. P. Chapman, Lee. P. Dean, Stephen Brigner. Cornwall, Ingersoll Reid, ,Solon B. Johnson, V. c. Beers, Sebra Wells. Salisbury, H. P. Harris, O. Benjamin, George H.. Clark, Porter s. Burrall. Sharon, I. N. Bartram, Isaac w. Weed, E. A. >Deming, Baldwin Reed 7d.
 The republican senatorial convention, held at New Milford, nominated Col. Charles D. Blinn, of New Milford. Col. Blinn declined to stand for the campaign and the committee named Ralph E. Can- field, of New Milford.
 East Canaan had a singing school. under the tuition of Prof. Swinton, of Stuyvesant Landing, N. Y.
 Hezekiah Ostrander, of Winsted, and Miss Fife A. Woodin, of Canaan, were married.
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