Connecticut western news., 1896-11-05
GREAT HARRINGTON.

Charles Watson has sold his share in building lot on the south side of Rail- road street to Edwin D. Humphrey, his partner in the same property before the great fire. The price n Iceiyed is Sl,- 300.
 After an illness of four weeks with typhold fever. Mrs Nellie l.. Mallory. wife of William B. Mallory. died last Thursday evening, aged g years. A husband and four small children sur vive.
 John Daly, an old resident of the town, died last Thursday. aged 76. The death of Albert J. Goodale, aged 24, occurred last Thursday evening at the residence of Mrs F. s. Marsh in the south part of Stockbridge.
 The young women students at Housa- tonic hall gave Halloween party Satur- day evening to number of friends of the school.
 A camera club has been organized in this village and will occupy room in the Mahaiwe block,
 The woman's auxiliary of the Chris tian Association gave we'll attended and very enjoyable reception at the as- sociation rooms Friday evening. Papers on how to increase the efficiency of the work were read by Sanford Cut Ter, Secretary Watson, Robert Higgins, MT Bigelow and Charles Platt. Several solos were sung by Clara Stanley. Min. nie Barnum and Hattie Snyder gave duets and there were a number of banjo selections.
 Only about 15 voters were present at the special fire district meeting Friday afternoon. Merritt I. Wheeler was chosen moderator. A report by Chief Engineer l.. O. Raifstanger showed that 900 feet of hose was burned or cut al the recent fire. The meeting voted S650 for 1000 feet of new hose and the engineers were instructed to make the purchase at once. An appropriation oi Sl25 was also made for ladders. The bills of the Housatonic hose company, S33, and of the Stockbridge hose com pany, S75, were approved. l.. c. Raif stanger. NJ. I. Wheeler, Ward Lewis NJ. T. Huntington and P. A. Russell were appointed committee to investi gate and report at the next annua meeting. plans for making the fire ser vice more efficient. W. B. Sanford and L.. 0. Raifstanger were appointed tc present bylaws and rules for tue better control of the district. The committed of five will also report on site for new engine house, and the cost of { strong pair of horses able to draw the steamer up hill or down-in case of
 fire.
 The barn of Charles E. Gorham or
 Elm court was destroyed by fire Satur , day noon. The fire was discovered , about 12 30 o'clock. The hose company
 came out and succeeded in keeping tn,
 flames from the adjacent houses anC
 barns. The fire is supposed to have f caught from bonfire lit by boys nea , the barn. A few hundred dollars vii
 cover the loss on the barn but there wa
 no insurance; while some hay and grail ' with goods of Legrand Gorham, store, there since the great fire, were also de f stroyed. Had 1t occurred in the nigh the village would have suffered anothe severe loss of property. The fourth anniversary of the organl
 zation of the Current News club wa observed Friday afternoon at the hom of Miss Ellen Pixley.
 Kemp X Co.,, who succeeded O l Houghtaling, will remove Nov. 15 t Rockville, Ct.
 s Col E. J. Bliss read paper on None B at the meeting of the Thursday Mornip f club last week.
 3 The young men of Sedgwick Institut l made an excursion to the dome of Mi , Everett, Friday. Principal E. J. Va e Lennep went with them. D O. 0. McAuliffs is soon to build 40 l 50 barn at his place on the east side 0 - the village.
 t Mrs Harriet R. Pynchon, aged 9l . the oldest lsdy in town, and one of tn
 best known, died Sunday evening at
 o'clock at the home of H. 0. Woodi B where she has resided for several year ' past. She was the oldest living men b Der of St James Episcopal church :. Her funeral was held on Weanesda |, afternoon and Dr Hartley officiateG
 She was the daughter of Major Samut
 Rosseter who died several years agc ' Mrs Pynchon was the wife of the lat
 George Psnchon an old merchant i ], town.
 e George w Mellon, of Great Barring
 ton, democrat, is elected as represent, n tive to the Massachusetts legislature b IS a majority of over 300. His republica }. opponent was Farley A Russell.