Connecticut western news., 1882-05-10
, RERKsAlRE COUNTY.

RERKsHRE COURTY.
 Several summer boarders have already ar trived in Leno1. =
 fs,-sJoseph Tetley, Jr.. of Pittsaeld, iails for,
 England soon. i The Richmond Iron CompaayFef Van
 Deusenville are erecting new wheel house: i': Fifteen members of the Troy polytechnic
 institute visited the Hoosac tunnel last week. Pitts6eld reports an unsavory scandal,
 duplicating 8 prominent young man" who
 has disappeared, and young woman who is
 in delicate condition. -..--v
 A scale beam used at the New York cus-
 tom, house in IT'S, is now on exhibition at
 vanDeusenville. It was bought by John c.
 Cofing, and was at one time used at the fur
 mace in Lakeville. -~... ::
 Sheriff Cutting has warrant for the arrest
 of Sias A. Mitchell, colored man, recently from Great Burlington, for improper con
 duct with the nine-year-old daughter of Ed ward and Lucinda Wooster of Great Bar
 rngton Mitchell came to Lee recently, and
 wanted to preach in the colored church oyer Ewhlch Rev. Mr. Cloyd is pastor: Failing Tn this he attempted to divide the congregation. fand has been source of g good deal of an
 noyance and trouble. The girl referred to 4 tells of the most disgusting conduct on the
 part of Mitchell, which, if true, ought to put him where he will not have another oppor. ] tunity to give vent to his propensities in some time. The following letter, written by the parents of the child give as much of the } story as is proper to print: , Great Harrington, April 26, 1882 ,. | Rev. Mr. Cloyd II take this opportunity = to write you few lines concerning Silas A ,.l Mitchell, who is now, suppose, preaching
 in Lee. He has been guilty of the most dis graceful conduct toward my little daughter les9 than nine years of age, taking shameful , liberties with her person amounting:t to crim ing all sogts ot filthy conversation to her, anc acting like 8 base libertina It Is only OF 3 he- account that keeps him out of state pr son
 If he has the audacity to come to Great Bar
 rington to preach we shall have him arrested suppose he is imposing on the people o E Lee by preaching. II he is, tell them he ii 3 no more 1t to preach than the worst scamp , they have in town. We have been hii
 friends ever since he came here, suppo>inf
 he was good man. He has really made il his home with us, and l have trusted my four llttle children with him whilat hsvs g i:been away t6 work, ahd he has been carrying ] on his Wiokedpess for lRontha and did no 7 know t. until lately. Please make it knowr !, 1n Lee.
 EDWARD AND LUCINDA WOOSTER Up to the present time Mitchell has no : been SpPfehended. He left town Wednes }, day afternoon. Sheriff Cutting started in pur suit this morning Lee Gleaner, 4th.
 The corporators of the Great Harrington T T Savings bank met Wednesday afternoon a their banking house, and elected these trus ? tees: Dwight Boardman. W. B. Peck 3 George Church, John A. Cone, F. T. Whit ,pg, H T. Robbins, Justin Dewey, Rober li Girling, A. ". selkirk, A. s. Fassett, s. W a Wright; president, BgbeFt Hollister; vice : presidents, II. H. B. Turner, Afford Peck clerk M. l. Wheeler. The trustees meeting . elected Charles J. Taylor treasurer, anG
 George Church, John A. Cone. Robert Girl
 ing, Justin Dewey c. J. Taylor as the board
 ofinvestmept. The treasurer presented te the corporators the following report of tht financial condition of the bank: Liabilities
 due depositors $9t4, 66s,65; interest col lected, $l5,O3O,3s; guarantee fund, $9.4s9,
 35. Total, $23s, ,16S, ,33 Assetss, publia funds, $1, 900; bank stock, $74, ,5Os. 53; loant on bank stock, $l.29O,66; loans on real es tate; $l0s, ,os; loans on personal security . $4s,77s,l6 leaus to banks on interest; $2,
 0l2, Is; cash, $l,7O8,77. Potal. e233, ,168.
 B. Since the last annual report two div dends of per cent per annum have beer made to depositors amounting to $7:To,72
 and two additions, each of per cent, of de pos,ts have been made to the guarantee ftnc
 amounting tc $kls,s6. The amount ofde' posits received including interest credited te s1 lepositors is &67, ,O56,6o, and the amount o > payment to depositors is $b2 7s4 es; the .in crease of deposits in the year has been SIS.
 52O37; the number Of new accounts opened , is 2s2 and yhe number of accounts closed if , LIT; the present number of deposttors isl :. l66, or an increase of 65 for the year. The bank has now nominal surplus, consisting fof interest collected and of the guarantee , fund amounting to $ls,449,6S with which to protect itself against future lasses and shrink.
 age of securities -l1ournai ,.. SH' \