Connecticut western news., 1895-10-17
GREAT HARRINGTON.

The funeral of MrS COfa B. SaRen- dorf. the daughter of Mir and Mrs Geo w Andrews, whose death was mention ed last week, occurred Friday afternoon from the Methodist church. The at. tendance was large. The choir of the Congregational church at Housatonic, of which she was organist nearly i've years. were present Rev A !. Bene- dict, of that church, and Rev M B. Snyder, pastor of the Methodist church in this village, officiated. The burial was in Elmwood cemetery where younger sister. who died about a year ago, is buried The deceased was granddaughter of the late Thomas Nor gan who in his day kept book store in this village aud was we'll known in this and adjacent towns as pedhler of religious books and stationary. He was singer in church choirs and religious meetings, and promi' ent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Last January Mrs Sagendorf had the mis- forture to fall on n slippery sidewalk at Housatonic and so injured her spiue that she never recovered. She Is sur vived by her parents aud a ten-year. old son.
 The selectmeu will hold meeting at the Town Hall Saturday for the purpose of hearing the property owners and fixiog damages for land which it will be necessary to take for the proposed now street under tho railroad track in the rear of the Sumner property, thence to Brainard's avenue and Castle street.
 The elegant new drinking foustain which Col William l. Brown has giv- afa fs,t tf,xy ln1 nd nlt T. cated last Thursday afternoon in the presence of several hundred people, of this and other Berkshire county towns The exercises began at 2.30 p m. with music by the Great Barrington band. Rev s Hartley invoked the divine blessing on the fountain for all the coming years The fountain was unveiled by Miss Minnetta Brown. The fountain was then presented to the town by the generous donor, Col. w l.. Brown. The gift was accepted on behalf of the town by H. O. Joyner who made an able ad- dress Selectmen A. l.. Hubbell pre- sided. and. after the address of accept ance, brief speeches were made by. General McMahon, Austin Corbiu, Charles A Dana, editor of the New York Suu, Wellington Smith of Lee, and Farley A. Russell of Great Barring ton. Among others ou the platform were: Hon. Byron Weston. of Dalton, High Sheriff Crosby, of Pittsfeld The fountain is IA feet high. The base, and the block contaiuiag the main basin are of blue dolonite. The column which stands on the basin is of Quincy grau- An l,t t-kl lw Nxlf n. f-. A .. Q bronze lions head from which water runs for horses. In the rear and sides are pockets for people who wish to drink, and for dogs The fountaiu is surmounted with bronze statue sf a newsboy selling copies of the New York Daily News, Col Browns paper. The sculptor work was done at the monu- meotal works of Nj Lux in this village.
 In the District court of Southern Berkshire last Saturday, George Oar. ling (colored) of Sheffield, was sent 10 jail at Pit sfeld for five months The evidence showed that while drunk Oar. ing stopped train on the railroad south of Sheffield
 The second annual meeting of the Young Mems Christian Association vas held Friday eveuing. These directors were elected for the ensuing three years: Benjamin D. Ticknor, Sanford l. Cutler, Edward J. Van Lennep, aud Robert Higgins. H. D Parrish was elected for two years The financial affairs of the association are in good condition.
 Mrs Lena Keifner has purchased 22 acres of land of Frederick Abbey on Christian hill.
 The Republicars of the 9th Berkshire District held their couveuti ton at the Town Hall Monday forenoon. Erwin Barnes, of West Stockbridge, who rep resented the district at tho last session, was again placed in nomination He received 15 votes to II votes cast for Frank H. Briggs, of this village.
 Frapklin l.. Pope, of this village, died | Sunday evening. For some reason the not work to his satisfaction and he converter is located, to remedy the tle- feet Shortly after members of the family heard him fall and the lamp ex- plode. He was found lying O, the floor hfeless, and although Drs Camp and Small at once did everything posSi. ble to revive him, it was useless In some way he had come in contact with a live wire and oyer 5000 volts of cleo tripity had passed through his body. Mir Pope's death is keenly felt here and has cast 8 gloom over the whole town. He was born 56 years ago in the same house in which be has met his death. It is an old brick house built in l766. perhaps the oldest house in town. It is commonly known as the "old Pope house" and had some years ago been converted into an elegant resi-. dence by Mir Pope. MT Pope was au electrician of worldwide fame, an cleo. trical inventor. writer on electrical subjects and editor of The Electrical Engineer. With Thomas A. Edison he invented in 1870 the one-wire print ing telegraph or ticker" much used in brokers offices He also invented in 1872 the rail circuit for automatically controlling electric block signals on railroads He leaves widow. one son, who is an electrician, two daughters and two brothers. His funeral was held at his late residence yesterday after noon, Rev Dr Hartley, of St James Episcopal church, officiating
 Howard 0. Wheeler and Charles II. B oth started for the Atlanta exposition