Connecticut western news., 1917-06-21
"REMINISCENCES OF LONG AGO
Interesting Happenings Cleaned from
 the Early Files of The News.
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Holley of Lakeville, died June 20, aged 15.
 The Worlds Peace Jubilee was held in Boston in which chorus of 20, 900 voices took part
 John Demesey of Lime Rock, aged II, was drowned in the river at Corn. wall Bridge on June 2I.
 Charles Worden of Lakeville was arrested for throwing stones in the car windows.
 Jabez Brewster of Falls Village was thrown from wagon and broke his collar bone twice.
 A son of Charles Harvey of Ames. vile fell and broke his arm.
 George Wheeler of West Cornwall died June 2l, aged 56.
 Augustus B. Swift os Cornwall Bridge died June 20, aged 59.
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 Forest fires were raging on Mt. Riga.
 The governor and members of the legislature visited the school for imbe- ciles in Lskeville June IS. They came by special train.
 E. L. Gaylord erected coal sheds in Norfolk.
 The Housatonic railroad began pub. fishing the picture of their repair shops on time tables.
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 Work was begun on the Catholic church in Sheffield.
 Mrs. John Curtiss, Jr., of Clayton attempted to commit suicide by jump ing off bridge into the river but was discovered and rescued by Newton Adams before life was extinct.
 pr. Scoville's house, occupied by Blacksmith Dunbar and two other families in Ashley Falls, near the rail. road crossing, caught fire from defec. tive flUe.
 John Rodemeyer's house in Canaan was in process of construction and nearly finished. ...
 J. Munroe Clark of East Lyme and Miss Sarah A. Hutchinson of Salisbury were married. e
 James Bird of Lakeville sold his farm to James M. Jamieson.
 Maple Shade hotel in Salisbury was burglarized and the money drawer stolen. .
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 The new hos in process of construc- tion by I. N. Bartram in Sharon was nearly completed. 1t was to be known as the Branch House and was leased to Challes Futile of Amenia. ...
 A corpse was buried in Ashley Falls cemetery in a grave containing two other coffins, one of which had been there thirty years. Three in one grave was considered one too many by the authorities who ordered the top one removed tc another grave.
 At a special town meeting in Sharon it was voted to rehaild Swift's bridge, if Cornwall would ,io its part. -
 Edward Jones of Lskeville, aged 23, shot himself in his fathers store.
 Abel Eldridge, aged 52, died in Norfolk June l9.
 T |. Watson of North Canaan and Miss Josie s. Brews CT of Falls Village were married June II. ..#
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 MT. and Mrs. Levi Beebe of Falls Village celebrated the 25th anniver. sAry of their marriage.
 Walt. Spencer, brakeman on the Housatonic through freight, while waiting st Ashley Falls station. climbed the 70-foot mast of the derrick at the quarry and stood on his head on the top of it. ra'
 Fifteen young men from Lakeville stole big cannon from the Chatfeld Mining Go. in Ore Hill and hauled it home in the night, in preparation for the July 4 celebration. ...
 On June 10 Sheffield celebrated the one hundredeth anniversary of the town meeting at which the people "solemnly engaged with their lives and fortunes to support the indepen- dence of the American colonies, should it be declared".
 The Cummings block in Canaan was raised and covered.
 The firm of Winckworth & Bunnell, Lakeville, was dissolved.
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 John R. Fuller of Canaan died June 2l, aged 57.
 John Jones of Ore Hill descended shaft sunk on the Bushnell place near the Chatfield ore bed, was overcome by gas and died. .. I
 A terrific wind storm, almost equal to the hurricane three years ago this month, accompanied by large hail stones, did considerable damage in Ashley Falls.
 Reports of seeing panther were the ruralites of Huntsville.
 Falls Village people were entertained by an exhibition of the California Polo Club at Union park.
 w. G. Kellogg's new barn in Falls Village was raised.
 w.. M. Deming of Canaan located his portable photograph gallery in