Connecticut western news., 1891-08-13
GREAT HARRINGTON.

The death of Mrs Mary D. Thorpe, the beloved wife of Daniel Thorpe con- ductor on the Housatonic railroad, oc- cured last Thursday at the age of 27 years. The funeral service was largely attended at St Peters church Saturday forenoon
 Henry l.. Fitch, colored, of Williams vile, for beating his wife was brought before the District court Friday. After paying costs of prosecution he was put on probation for six months.
 William Stanly, Jr., who recently purchased the John Cone property, on Maple Avenue, has begun improvements on the place by removing unnecessary trees and fences. Work upon the in terior of the house will soon commence. Ralph I. Taylor of this village, agent for MT Stanly, has charge of the i'm provements.
 John Hawley, Turk, who has been tramping through Southern Berkshire as peddler of Yankee notions and who wore fur cap on his head the hottest days in July, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Clafin at Sandisfeld last week for peddling jewelry. The Jew or Mahomedan, whichever he may be, was brought before the District court Thurs day and fined $1O.
 The water in the reservoir of the old water company has been so low the past week that not drop is allowed to run at the hydrant on the corner of Main and Railroad street where thirsty people have so often drank.
 The suit of Miss Jessie Hopeman, of Hudson, against the estate of the late Theodore G. Worthy, of Sheffield, was tried before Justice Bixby of Adams, as auditor in this village last week We'd nesday. Miss Hopeman who was grand niece of Worthy, went to work in the family in 1927, when IA years ol age, and continued to do general house work of all kinds for 10 years, when her health failed and she was obliged to leave. Worthy promised to remem- Der her in his will but when he died in Feb 1888, and his wife committed sui eide, year later, not dollar was left Miss .Hopeman. She therefore sued the administrator of the estate for $l20O. The auditor will send his de- cision to the Superior court.
 Edward E. Barnes and A. s. Fassett have engaged rooms together and ex- pect to attend the dedication of the bat tie monument at Bennington, Vt., Aug 19.
 A 10 pound daughter was born Fri day morning to MT and Mrs Enos Swartz in the west part of this town.
 The Chatham base ball club suffer ed the worst defeat of the season in their game against the Great Barrington's, Saturday afternoon on the Fair grounds. Score Ct Harrington IT, Chatham o.
 As Henry Winters, a laborer, was walking down the track of the Housa- tonic railroad early Monday morning, he found by the coal bins of tue rail road company, few rods north of the station at Ct Burlington, the body of man with his brains dashed out. Notice was given to Medical Examiner Small, who soon viewed the body, which was then taken to the undertaking rooms of B. B. Culver. The skull was split in two and the brains were strewn on the track. For two hours or moro it was not known who the man was, but on the arrival of Patrick Quinn at the morgue he recognized the body as that of his son, Michael, Is. The young man had been on visit to Housatonic Sun day and was returning on the sleeping car which arrives at Ct Burlington at Il p. m, and it is supposed he jumped from the train, as the place where he was killed is some rods nearer his home than the station. In Jumping from the cars his head struck the iron post of & coal bin with dreadful results.