Connecticut western news., 1894-05-24
GREAT HARRINGTON.

The first quarterly conference for the present year was held by the official members of the Methodist church Sat urday evening. Presiding Elder R. Fl. Travis preached Sunday morning. The subject twas Patiently waiting on the Lord"
 The graduation exercises of the High school will occur at the Town Hall June 22. A class of IA expect to receive di- plomas.
 A horse barn with 12 box stalls is be- ing built at Charles kernier's stock farm.
 Joseph F. Lawton, the veteran but now retired cheese maker, is having a large addition built to his residence on Egremont plain.
 Henry Rowley, only son of Judge James Rowley, is having good sized tenement repaired on his fathers farm and will make it his place of residence.
 A feast of flowers was given by the ladies of the Congregational church at the chapel last evening. Supper was served from 6 to 8 o'clock. The most attractive delicacy was strawberry shortcake. The exercises closed with a mu musical entertainment.
 Dr John Beebe, son of Dr Richard Beebe of Afford, has located in this vil- lage. There are now seven doctors In this village besides two that make fra quent visits here and yet the nndertak- CT has plenty of business.
 The Thursday Morning club will continue their discussion of magazine literature at their meeting today.
 The Farmers Market Day Associa- ton will hold another large auction sale at the Miller House yard Saturday. The arguments in the electric light hearing were made at the Town Hall Monday.
 Mrs Samuel Newell in the west part of the town had 13 sheep killed by a dog one day last week.
 This village was the scene of tragedy at o'clock Saturday night which re- suited in the death of an unoffending perpetrator, if not to..the gallows, to the state prison for long term. Edward John Carroll, aged about 9, who had been indulging in intoxicating liquor to excess, while in front of the saloon of James Crotty on Railroad street struck George Duvernoy, a Frenchman. such heavy fist blow on the jaw as to knock him down. Duvernoy fell to the sidewalk and striking on the back of his head never regaIned conscious ness. He was taken to his home in one of Burget x Watson's tenements in the rear of Main street, where he died at 8.30 o'clock Sunday morning. After striking the fatal blow Carroll gazed on his victim for moment and fled. He was at once pursued by Officer McCor- mick and after hot chase was caught near the Catholic church. The prison CT was lodged in the lookup where he remained until Sunday when he was taken to the county jail at Pittsfeld. Monday morning he was brought be- fore Judge Sanford in the District court room. A long document charged him with killing MT Duvernoy was read by Clerk Coleman. The accused plead not guilty and the hearing was continued to May 2S, at 10 a. m. An autopsy bv the murdered man was broken and his skull fractured for four inches back of the right ear. Carroll, whose widowed mother lives on Water street. is a grand son of the late John Carroll, once no ted paper manufacturer of Mill River. The young man worked at Waterbury until some time last winter when he came home and has since been drink ing heavily. The deceased leaves 8 wife, three daughters and one son. The children are all under IS years of age Carroll is spoken of as hard character and but week previous it Is stated he knocked down a man with whom he was conversing.