Connecticut western news., 1888-05-16
GREAT HARRINGTON.

Nicholas Race, who died at the resi- dence of his daughter, Mrs J. l.. Mill ard, in Egremont, last Wednesday, aged 82 years, was for many years resident of this town, living on farm about half mile west of the South Berkshire cheese factory, where his father, Abram, lived and died. He was descended from one of the old-time families who settled in Egremont at an early period. The old Race house, which stood D little east of where David Willard now lives, on Egremont plain, was taken down few years ago and in several places the supposed date of its erection, 1745, was found scratched on the tim bers. The Mir Race now deceased was in his prime merchant in Egremont, the firm being known as Lester, Atwood & Race at different period of his life Mir Race kept store at West Stockbridge Four corners. In 1865 and '66 Mir Race was one of the vice-presi- dent and 8 member of the executive committee of the Housatonic Agricultu- ral society, and afterwards president of the South Berkshire cheese company. His funeral occurred last Friday after noon, and the burial in North Egre- mont. i. The Young Peoples society of Christian Endeavor held an interesting meeting in the Congregational church yesterday afternoon, but we close this letter too early for tue proceedings. -. Rev John H. Murphy, pastor of the Catholic church in this village, sailed from New York, in the City of Berlin, last Saturday morning for Liverpool Mir Murphy has gone on vacation to Ireland The residence of Mrs Har- riett Pyncheon, on River street, where the new primary school house is to be built, was sold at auction last Thursday for ssO, to Henry T. Robbins, who will remove it to his lot in the vicinity and make tenant house of it. Rev s. J. McCutcheon, pastor of the NJ. B. church in this village, went to New York Mon day to visit the general conference now
 
 this week. John Hughes, who board ed for two or three years past in this village, d1ed at Mount Washington last Thursday, aged 70 years. Before his health failed he worked on his farm of 93 acres at Mount Washington. He was 8 member of the 57th Mass. volun teers in the war between the states, and being wounded, drew pension for his services His body was brought to this village and buried in the upper ceme- tery Friday. He leaves two or three sons There is 8 great deal of criti- cism in town regarding the special town meeting held last Saturday. It will be remembered that at the annual town meeting last March the town voted to accept the report of the selectmen lay ing 8 road for John E. Noxon on the east side of the river, through land of J. w. Morgan, Mark Humphrey and Mrs Hopkins Searles. MT Noxon was to pay the land damage and build the road at his own expense, as 1t lead to his building lots, where two houses had already been built and are now occu- pied by their respective owners. Acting in good faith, and by authority of the town, MT Noxon engaged men and had good road built but the counsel and agents for Mrs Hopkins Searles and Mark Humphrey, who do not like MT Noxon, because he would not sell his land to Mrs Searles, were determined to deprive him of the road to his land, and so the special town meeting was called by justice of the peace and out of 900 voters in town GA were present, and after prolonged and bitter debate, by majority of eight the vote was to dis continue MT Noxon's road. After the lawyers for Mrs Searles had paid, what they evidently supposed was high tri- bufs to tho richest woman in America, cd bna oxto11Dd her above al otheKs in