Connecticut western news., 1913-04-24
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week Culled from The News Files.
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l ager of the Franklin farm died, aged 43.
 "The Catholics of this region had 1 picnic in East Canaan last Monday"
 "Gcorge and Robert Fuller are drink ing in the Niagara Falls this week"
 "Charles Moore is driving fine new team, having exchanged with Whitney, of Sharon"
 Messrs. E. D. Lawrence and II. C. Barnes were soiourning in Saratoga.
 Rev. Wm. G. Peirce, of Champaign, H., was visiting his brother, MT. D. L. Peirce.
 Frank VanDeusen was elected school committeeman in the Wetaug district.
 The young people of Ashley Falls were arranging for a harvest ball in Leroy's hall.
 "Conductor Emmons, of the Housa- tonic R. R.. is taking vacation, and will pass the greater part of it on Pine Grove | Camp Ground, where his family are now living"
 "The Monday morning New York train is a paying institution. Last Mon- day morning there were upward of TO passengers on the train when it left this station"
 The Falls Village band discoursed sweet music while going through Ca naan, on the way 10 Norfolk where they gave an open-air concert.
 "Arthur w. VanDeusen, son of Robert VanDeusen of this place, is now in Fl Paso, Texas. He found New Mexico altogether too romantic" .-.
 "Col. ]. B. Hardenbergh and Mir. N. C. Ward are Manufacturing on the famous Il isI frD,- fa,.- iF ;s Fa suppose the blueish, sharks and sea- serpents have to take it. If they can only be induced to tell their fish stories when they return-well, they'll be long ones, if they're all porportionate to the length of the fishermen"
 "About fifty of the citizens of this place and Ashley Falls indulged in a clam bake at Twin Lakes, Friday afternoon, and report glorious time and fine day. 1 The big bake was under the supervision of Russ Peck, of Ashley Falls, and was just lovely Mrs. Myron Decker has our prettiest acknowledgements for some fine speciments of the finny tribe, which she caught 'on purpose that afternoon"
 The Canaan Cornet Band were march i ing and serending Saturday night. They l played in front of D. l.. Peirce's, A. T. Roraback's, Camps drug store and the 1 Warner House. At Mir. Peirce's a short 1 speech was made by Rev. Wm. c. Peirce, of Illinois, who is visiting there, and who invited the boys to "call and see him if they ever come to Illinois"
 The West Cornwall cornet band were planning to picnic at Parlor Rock.
 The wheel of a loaded grain cart passed over the neck of Richard Hogan, in Sufield, and killed him instantly.
 "James and Walter Malley were ar rested at New Haven, Saturday, charged with murderipg Jennie Cramer, who was found dead on the beach, and are lodged in the county jail. They took their ar when there was nothing to laugh at." (The trial was long and famous one, : over which Judge Granger, of Canaan, 1 presided and resulted in acquittal, owing ] to insufficient evidence. The mystery of | Jennie Cramer's death was never solved.l
 Judge Origen $. Seymour, ex-chief l justice of the supreme court, died in Litchfeld, aged 77.
 The marriage of Miss M A. Spur, daughter of Mir. Norman Spur, of Sails bury, and Prof. L. NJ. Underwood, of the University of Illinois, at Goshen, was at- tended by number of Canaanites, in- cluding MT. and Mrs. A. T. Roraback, who presented card receiver; Mir. and
 
 and Mrs. l. c. Richmond, pair vases; bouquet holder, Miss Ida Roraback i; crochet work, Miss Sarah J. Roraback; tidy, Mrs. J. B. Ives.
 "A Pittsfield darkey piccolist was fined $I7.7o for beating time on his sisters head.''
 "A Pittsfield gentleman was so pleased when the Germania band stopped play ing, the other night, that he gave them his check for $7o."
 The Briggs marble quarry in Sheffield was sold at auction to John l.. Dodge for I,5oo above the mortgage.
 III. C. Warner, of Great Harrington, correspondent of the Pittsfield Journal, sued ex-Editor Fowler for back pay, and | in the district court the suit was settled upon payment of $35 and costs by MT. l Fowler"
 Judge James D. Colt, of the supreme court of Massachusetts, who presided at the trial of John TenEyck, the murderer, shot himself through the head, Tn his office in Pittsfield. He was oI years of age.
 Falls Village-Lee P. Dean returned from a trip to Kansas and Chicago. Lyman Munson was planning to open a livery stable "making four liveries in this village" Master Mechanic Slingland attended his sisters funeral in Paterson. "Fred A. Bartlett went to Guilford to assist in type-setting at the Item office." Officers of Cascade lodge of Good Temp lars were installed as follows: w. C. T., N. O. Briggs; w. VT, Mrs. Frances Brazie-; secretary, C. H. Preston; F. sec., | ]. Winterbottom; treasurer, Miss Ida | Sylvernale; chaplain, w. G. Kellogg; marshal, Edward Kilmer; ID. M., Miss w. Stephens; k. S., Miss A. Kellogg; l.. Preston was appointed postmaster at Pine Grove during camp meeting.
 Born, at Ashley Falls, Aug. I2, a daughter to Raymond B. and Isabella D. | Garfield.
 His Higher Station. It was during the rush hour last Sat-