Connecticut western news., 1916-10-12
"REMINISCENCES OF LONG AGO
Interesting Happenings Cleaned from
 the Early Files of The News.

 section covered five square miles and over 1900 buildings were destroyed.
 A new locomotive, the "City of Hartford" made its first trip over the Conn. Western road.
 A new ore crusher, capacity 100 tons day, was installed in the Davis ore bed at Ore Hill.
 Mrs. Susan Sparks, Salisbury, fell down the cellar stairs and fractured her skull.
 Henry Ostrander, Salisbury, was fined $S and costs for assault and bat. tery on T. A. Styles
 Baseball-the "Spavins" of South Canaan played the "Creepers" of Ga. naan Center and wallopped them 5S to 5.
 Captain John Dewell died in West Norfolk
 The Conn. Western road finished lay. ing rails through to Hartford.
 Francis Knickerbocker, Lime Rock, died, aged 63.
 Mrs. E. Stevens, Canaan, died, aged 32.
 Mrs. Jesse Stanton, Sheffield, died, aged 69.
 Forty -four Years Ago This Week-fS72
 The basement of town hall, Canaan, was being fitted up for meat market
 The new schoolhouse in Ashley Falls was ready for the scholars desks.
 Union depot in Canaan was nearing completion, and was said to be "ope of the finest in the country"
 Ed. Negus fitted up boot and shoe shop in Salisbury.
 Forty-three Years Ago This Wesk-fS75
 The Graphic balloon" started from Brooklyn for Europe and landed in East Canaan, Oct. 6.
 Jacob Liners barn in Sharon was burned with all its contents.
 The Gold Sanitary Heating Go. West Cornwall, were employing 20 men.
 M. Beers 6 Sons store in Cornwall and the Furnace store in Cornwall Bridge were burglarized.
 pr. Benjamin Welch, Lakeville, died, aged 75.
 The Cornwall Bridge Mining Co.,, was formed to work new mine of magnetic ore in Ellsworth. Forbes Adam. East Canaan, was visited by burglars. but they get uoth. ing.
 Forty-two Years Ago This Week-f874
 The first snow of the season whitened Mt. Riga.
 Goshen was out of debt and had $4.. TOO in the treasury. The tax laid for the next year was five mills.
 Salisbury boasted of three cider mills doing business-Selleck's Whitbeck's and Dexter's.
 Manley Wickwire bought Judge Bradford's cottage residence in Shef. field.
 s O. Beckley raised the flag of cash down or no sale" at his store in Ca. naan.
 Mrs. Julia A. Ford, Falls Village, died, aged 49.
 Forty-one Years Ago This Week-fS The Congregational society at East Canaan were preparing to install a new S700 organ in the church. The HousatonI, railroad was laying steel rails ill place of the old iron ones. Rev. pr. Reid, Gov. Holley and Dr. Knight of Salisbury and Lakeville, re. turned from trip to Europe.
 The Miller house in Lakeville was sold to Homer Gibbs of Ore Hill.
 The foundry building of J. Mallin- son in West Cornwall and occupied by the Gold Sanitary Heating Co. was burned down.
 Mrs. Frederick Holley, Lakeville, died, aged 47.
 Milo Harris, Chapinville, died, aged ST.
 Forty Years Ago This Week-fS76
 The top of Salmon Bsrlow's still blew off and scalded him.
 The Canaan Congregational church rededicated its chapel.
 H. O. Crandall. West Cornwall, leased the City Hotel restaurant in Bridgeport.
 Deputy John Richmond "gobbled up three thieves" in a week, one in Ham, mertown, one in East Canaan and the third in Canaan.
 MT. Wheeler of Ore Hill took mor- phine for quinine, by mistake, and died.
 Miss Emeline M. Dauchy, Chapin. vile, died, aged 72.
 Harvey Bowen, Ashley Falls, died, aged S4.
 George L.. Parsons, Canaan, added line of boots and shoes to his stock. Thirty mine Years Ago This Week-f877
 The old town hall in Salisbury was being demolished.
 ttTarrihla ru,n sallinp,' was carried on in Sheffield.
 Mrs. Samuel Shepard sold her resi- dence in Norfolk to Miss Anna Battell for parsonage.
 R. l. Crissey built fence of stone pos ts and iron rails in front of his place in Norfolk.
 Frederick A. Daucey, Salisbury, died, aged Fl.
 L. Foote, Canaan, was advertising sGpal,n loaf m attrassasp nada Tn ordar