Connecticut western news., 1886-06-23
GREAT HARRINGTON.

"Sabbath Breaking was the subject of the discourse at the Methodist church last Sunday evening.
 Charles R. Brewer has the foundation laid for fine house to be erected on one of the lots where Brewer & Sons lumber yard has stood in the south part of this village. The lumber yard will be removed farther south, away from the main street, near Brewers steam saw-mill.
 Mrs Bishops new house on Dresser avenue approaches completion.
 The annual meeting of the Mahaiwe gun club occurred at the Berkshire House last Wednesday evening.
 Marcus H. Rogers, ex-editor of the Berkshire Courier, is at the Berkshire House with his wife,
 William H. Mansfield, formerly and for 15 years agent for the Housatonic railroad at this station, has been in town the past week.
 Another effort will be made to-mor- TOW to sell the Union House property on Railroad street, where David B. Me Auliffe, the landlord, died this spring. The sale was adjourned from a week | ago. There is mortgage on the property, including the accrued interest, of some $62OO. At the auction last week one party bid $1425, while an- other party cried S1450. As no one would make an advance on the last fig ure the man last referred to, who evi- dently did not want the property with drew his bid. The party who bid the less amount then withdrew theirs, and the administrator of the estate found 1t was no sale, and for this reason an adjournment became necessary. i Stephen D. Smith, the Railroad street groceryman since 1859, has had a new floor laid in his store the past week.
 Several acres of tobacco are raised an- nually in the west part of this town and the growers have had favorable time to set plants.
 The carpenters will finish their part of the work on the creamery of the Egremont Cooperative Creamery asso- citation on Egremont plain this week and 1t Is expected the work of butter mak- ing will commence in July.
 The military drama, ''The Spy of At lanta, will be played at the town hall tomorrow evening.
 The bridge leading over tho Housa- tonic river direct to the Catholic church is being taken up and wide one fo1 double track and footway will take its place. The new bridge will be furnish ed by the Berlin, Conn.,, bridge com pany.
 Harry Y. Leavitt and Ralph I. Fay Tor have had a building erected at the Berkshire soda springs. So says the Berkshire Courier.
 The roof of Church block, corner oi Main and Railroad streets, was painted Saturday by man in the employ ot Seymour X Robbins.
 Dr Albert Norton and wife, formerly of this village, are here for @ visit They will also go to Monterey in encampment for week or more.
 A burglar or burglars attempted tc enter Bakers store at Van Deusenville one night not long ago, but found the door bolted as we'll as locked.
 Jomes Parker and Boardman Toby are home from college for vacation. Robert Higgins, the carpenter, re : turned Saturday from Florida.
 A track fve-eighths of a mile around for athletic sports is being built on til, grounds of the Sedgwick institue. Al old house has been taken down to mak more room.
 Johnson's Cyelopedia and the Ency clopedia Britannica were placed on tn shelves of the free library Saturday Two new book cases of seven shelve each were placed in the library. Ther