Connecticut western news., 1886-01-20
GREAT HARRINGTON.

AL tAo duuuA1 u1cct1uS OA tAo hOue6" tonic agricultural society, held at the Town hall Tn this village last Thursday, the following officers were elected |: President, Charles E. Slater of Tyring- ham; vice-presidents, Henry w. Smith of Afford and John B. Walker of New Marlboro; secretary, Henry T. Robbins; treasurer, Frank Fl. Wright; superintend- ent of the fair ground, w. w. Langdon of Great Burlington; new members of the executive committe, Pratt l.. Tobey of Great Harrington, l.. V. N. Blake man of Egremont, Flint Smith of Shef- field. The treasurer reported that he had received for the year ending Janu- ary l, $7,0O2, and expended $6, 6O5. There has been added to the permanent fund during the year $1O5, and the total amount of this fund is $1, 169. The meeting was brief one and but few votes were passed, among them being the offer of premiums on Devon cattle to be exhibited at the fair. The e1ecu-
  changes in the premium list: Vegeta- bles are divided into two classes-one to embrace the varieties of vegetables in- cluding potatoes, and the other all oth- CT vegetables. Premiums on wheat are omitted, and premiums of $3 and $2 are offered on market gardens. The pre- miums on butter are $5, $5, $5, $4, $4, $4, $3, $3, $3. Grade sheep are to in- clude all crosses The class of hair and feather work is stricken out and in place of these have been made a class of mis- cellaneous fancy work.
 l.. B. Brusie, Railroad street saloon keeper, was found guilty by the district court last Friday of keeping liquor nuisance and was fined $1OO and costs, while his bartender, R. F. McCurdy, for selling to Q minor, suffered penalty of $50 and costs.
 Great preparations are being made for the Firemen's annual ball at the Town hall, Thursday evening the 28th instant. The hall will be elaborately decorated. The Wheeler & Wilson orchestra of Bridgeport will furnish the music. Everybody can consider themselves cordially invited to attend.
 MT and Mrs Frank l.. Pope recently sailed for Europe in the Cunard steamer Gallia
 Rev Evarts Scudder, pastor of the Congregational church in this village sails tomorrow (Thursday) by the Ham burg line of steamers for Hamburg. He will also visit the South of Italy. He will be absent about three months. A generous friend defrays the expenses of the trip. If friend would pay our expenses for similar trip we would quickly bid goodbye to the Arctic weather of Berkshire for at least three months and scud-der for Italy.
 We hope that Sheriff Humphrey will be iberally rewarded for discovering the hiding place of the murderer Beck with and bringing that criminal to justice. Humphrey expended $4O0 of his own money in tracing out the crimi- nal, but as the case now stands, Hum phrey has not received cent of the re- ward offered, and the Columbia count, officials not only want all the rewa1d but also all the honor of experimenting Beck with. We'll, they cannot have both, and perhaps not either. They have al ready lost the honor and we hope they will be compelled to disgorge part of the reward.
 MT Allen Mansir, one of our police men, died last Monday morning very suddenly.
 Mir Longsdorf who has been quite sick for several weeks was out on the street last Monday for the first time in more than 8 month.
 Miss Grace Whiting, the head sales woman in MT Moore's store, is off on a vacation of two weeks, and will view the sights and scenes around the White House in Washington, and perhaps shake hands with the president.l The Rev Horace Winslow will occupy the Congregational pulpit during Rev MT Scudder's absence.