Connecticut western news., 1897-01-21
GREAT HARRINGTON.

While splitting wood Friday, William Kilcourse caught his axe iu Q clothes line under which he was standing and as the axe came down severe gash was cut in his forehead.
 A dancing class has been organized in this village with Miss Hattie Sheridan as teacher.
 J B Hnll, IT,, of Stnckbridge, has between Main street and the railroad for the pnrpose of opening a coal yard,
 Gilbert Muuroe and Edward Shaw have bought building lots of Mrs E. A. Leland on Grove street
 The milk men and ice dealers have been gathering ice ten to twelve inches thick the past week.
 Mrs Caroline A. Wilson, who under went an operation early in the week for tumor, died Friday morning aged 66 years. Her maiden name was Luddine- ton and she was the second wife ot James Wilson. Her. funeral was attend ed Snndav afternoon frnm the Metho- dist Episcopal church with burial in the Water street cemetery. Rev M. B.Sny- der off1ciated.
 There appears to be no end of the or. eaniEa,ion snd reorganization of social clubs in this village. The latest is the Winter ciuh, which met for the first time last Thursday evening at the house of MT and Mrs Russell T. Dewey. The Parish Aid society netted $13C from their annual turkey dinner as the Town Hall last Thursday. Revival services have been held by Pastor M B Snyder at the Methodist church the past week.
 Luther B Brusie has received g, 00( | or the full amount of his insurance fol his bnilding on Railroad street destroy ed hy Are last fall.
 Henry Jackson has purchased ne~ cottage of Robert Higgins on Higgins l avenue.
 The Thursday Morning club to-ds, will be entertained with sketches o Rnskin. Gladstone and Turner. Under the auspices of the Woman Christian Temperance Union. the Meth odist ministers of the Housstouic Valle, will hold temperance convention s the Methodist church in this village th, second Tuesday in March. The ohjec is an effort to create such a sentimen that the annual town meeting will vot, for DO license.
 | Henry Bnck. who resides with hi family in that part of the town called North Plain, and works for Noble B Turner in drawing logs. came nes being killed Saturday while goinl down hill at the entrance t, Q. R. Brewers lumber yard on Soul Main street. The axle of the waeol broke and the load as it went over turn ed caught Buck in snch a way as t break one of his legs and bruise hin badly on almost all parts of his body. | Mrs Charles Watson, who has beel qnite ill for week or more, is some what better
 The 42d annual ball of Hope Fir company will be given at the Town Hal the night of Feb. Is
 The first and final dividend of eigh teen and one fifth per cent on the es tate of Orren O. Houghtailing, an in solvent debtor formerly of Great BsI ringtou, is heinz pail by the assignee
 Frank H Wright. The total amour of claims proved against this estate wa
 more than t~entv thousand dollars.
 Rev s. Hartley has been elected t
 membership in the Victoria Iustitute c Great Britain, a philosophical societ
 having TOT it's object the investigation c important questions of philosophy an, science. especially such as bear on hol script ures.
 In the Superior court at Pittsfield o
 Tuesday Robert h. Knight, of Ct Bal rinRton on trlal for sanlt and battery r-tracted his plea of not guilty and wa sentensed to pay the fne of $50.