Connecticut western news., 1895-01-31
GREAT HARRINGTON.

The state census of Massachuset it's, with statistics relating to the agricultur- al products and all the various indus tries, will be taken from May | to June I. The selectmen of this and other towns have been requested to appoint competent men for the work. As for this town there will be one man ap- pointed in precinct A. and one in precinct B.
 The annual concert and dance of Hope Fire company will be held at the Town Hall the night of February l4. Weidenhemer's orchestra, of Bridge port, will furnish music and Prof Buckley, of that city will act as promp- ter
 The Current News club met Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs Edward Evans. The subject for discussion was Napoleon Bounaparte.
 Samuel Sanford has sold his grocery business to Michael Gill and John Cronin. MT Cronin has sold his farm at Egremont to his sister, Mrs Timothy McGee. r... The annual meeting of the Farmers market day association will be held Feb | 5 The total receipts from all the auction sales are S17 500. The sale Saturday was successful though the forenoon was stormy.
 The engagement Is announced of John l. Burget,a clerk at the St Dennis hotel, New York, and Miss Nellie Harloe, of that city. Mir Burget is a son of Town Clerk Charles J. Burget, of this village.
 Seth G. Pope. of Alexandria Bay. N. Y, with his daughter, Mrs William H. Weston. has been visiting here during the week.
 Lawyer H. c. Joyner and most of his family, Secretary of the Y M o. A Garfield; Principal Sanford Cutler and his assistant. O. G. Russell; Walter Lewis and others have all been on the sick list, chiefly with grip, during the week.
 Mrs Eben Stone and child, of New London, Ct, have been visiting Tn town during the week.
 The Parish Aid society of St. James Church were entertained at the home oi Mrs W. P. Small on Castle street last Thursday.
 Rev Frederick R. Marvin, for up. wards of 8 years pastor of the Congre gational church in this village, rendered his resignation Sunday. This action will be considered by the Church at the regular prayer meeting. It is under stood that Dr Marvin resigns the pas torate because of poor health. Before coming here as the successor of the late Rev Evarts Scudden he had preached at Portland, Ore,, and other places.
 Miss Catharine Norton, of Lee, graduate of the Westfield Norma school, has been secured as teacher o the second primary school in place o Miss Florence A. Barnes. resigned.
 Seneca Nodine, of this village, aut his brother-in-lsw, Benjamin Talboys, o Naugatuck, Holyoke, Boston and Prov idence.
 Rev Freeborn G Hubbard, D. D, o Clifton Springs. N. r., died at Roches ter. Sunday, aged about 84 years. H' was the last survivor of eight sons O Rev Billy Hubbard, and was born a New Rochelle, N. Y. Iu 1929 he began his ministry, at the age of IS, ou tn, old Pittsfeld circuit. His colleague were Revs Cyrus Prindle and Charles F Pelton. In 1881 he travelled Dalton cir cult with Rev Noah Bigelow. He sls, travelled Petersburg circuit which em braced appointments in New York stat with Hancock, Adams, North Adarl and other places in Berkshire county Dr Hubbard was we'll educated .mal and the author of several works, tn, best known being "A History and Geog raphy of Palestine" and Hubbard ol Baptism" He was a brother of Mir John Hatch, of Brooklyn, N. T., for merly of Great Burlington.