Connecticut western news., 1913-06-12
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week CuIled from The News Files.
 1881.


 October 5. The town election resulted in victory for the democrats by an aver age majority of 40. The following of ficers were elected: Assessors, Wm. P. rick Bronson, Patrick Fitzgerald, John B. Reed; town clerk, registrar and treasurer, Jacob B. Hardenbergh; collector, Charles H. Briggs; board of relief, Henry ]. Mead, Hiram Briggs, James L. Bragg | constables, Albert A. Hubbard, John C. Richmond, George E. Beebe, Charles H. Briggs, Thomas O'Neil, James M. Shultz, G. B. Gardner; grand jurors, Jeremiah s. New, Horace Holt, Patrick Lynch; school visitors, Miles B. Tobey, Alberto T. Roraback; registrars ofvoters, Henry J. Mead, Robert VanDeusen; auditors, Joseph w. Peet, Edmund D. Lawrence The town voted for license, 57 to 47 1 George Parmelee moved his family to 1 Clayton.
 l N. C. Ward was elected director in the National Iron Bank at Falls Village | Timothy Britt and Thomas Riley were working at bridge-building in Black stone, Mass.
 "The school board have voted to adopt Patterson's Spoilers in place of the ones now in use in the public schools"
 Myron Decker got third prize at the Great Harrington horse trot. .-t
 'The town has voted to rent suitable room for the holding of justice courts" | Eugene Root brought to the sanctum potato weighing 2H pounds, of the | Brigham Young variety
 H. H. Cogswell was painting in New 1 Preston.
 ] "A hue burst in the boilor of Engineer ! Seeley's locomotive on the Fl. R. R. at the depot Monday forenoon, sending the steam in dense volumes into the cab, 1 slightly scalding and nearly suffocating the engineer"
 "At the town meeting Monday, E. D. Lawrence, Rev. il. I. Bodley and Charles Briggs were appointed committee to confer with the selectmen and librarians as to the best means to be adopted for an increase of public interest in the Douglas Library"
 At meeting of the school board in Lawyer Roraback's office, Nj. B. Tobev was elected chairman; D. l.. Freeman, secretary; E. S. Roberts and C. H. Briggs, examining committee, and D. l.. Freeman and M. B. Tobey visiting com mittee for the ensuing year. Appropria- tions were voted as follows: District No. I, 5000; No. ?, s ,o5o; No. 3, $500; No. 4, $500; No. 5, $500.
 Julia Johnson, of Sandtown, shot August Boinay through the arm as he and his brother, Aleck, were passing her house Saturday night. A second shot grazed the cheek of Casimir Boinay, the boys father, who had come out of his house to see what was going on. She was arrested, and series of suits and counter-suits ensued in which both sides | figured prominently.
 "Winsted has voted for license after three years of temperance"
 "George R. North, of the West Corn wall band, now talks through his trom- bone in Grilley's band of Thomaston, where he has taken up his abode" Falls Village-William Leavenworth, of Wallingford, formerly of Falls Village, was visiting in town. Harmon Finkle had given up his position as switchman in the Amesville yard. MT. Bartlett Owen, of Lakevile, moved into the house vacated by F. Mundry. Falls Will lage voted for license, Sc to 78. Eugene Wolf, of Brazil, Ind, was in town for visit.
 Berkshire County-"Lee wants hook 1 and ladder company-to put up and take down mourning decorations" "Lcts of bass and pickerel are taken from Stock bridge Bowl and put into Stockbridge kettles" "VanAmburgh's circus pays Seo for the privilage of taking in North Adams next Monday" Roland E. Bur bank, of Pittsfield, who had his leg shot off, got $Io week from the Travellers Insurance Go. "Reuben Flood, of North Adams, stole knife of John Sherman in Sheffield last Thursday, and then broke into Alonzo Gordon's house, but was captured by plucky Mrs. Gordon who delivered him up to the authorities"