Connecticut western news., 1897-05-06
GREAT HARRINGTON.

Charles B. Benedict whose four. feed and grain store at the head of Railroad street was burned in the great fire last fall, has contracted with Evans Brothers for the erection of new building on the old location. The structure will be of brick, three stories high with twelve inch chute connecting with the railroad track so that grain can be discharged directly from the cars to the cellar. From the cellar an elevator will carry the grain to the first, second or third stories as desired, The work on the foundation of this substantial block has already begun.
 Rev John H. Keep and family, of our neighboring town of Afford, are great ly afflicted in the death of an only son, Samuel Hollis, at the early age of two and half years, This sad event oc. cured last Thursday at the parsonage in that village. The disease, which proved to be incurable, was diabetis. The funeral was we'll attended Saturday from the Methodist Episcopal church of which Mir Keep Is the beloved pastor. Rev M. B. Snyder. of Great Burlington, delivered beautiful address and Rev O. B. Conro, the new pastor of the Methodist church at Egremont, made a prayer. At the conclusion of the ad- dress selected choir sang "Asleep with Jesus" The same afternoon the body of the little one was placed in the receiving vault in this village. and on Monday morning was taken to Hartford l for burial in the family lot in Cedar Hill cemetery. At the funeral at Al ford the bearers were Willie D. Warner. Robert Black, Charlie Milligan and Raymond Freighn, all young lads. Be sides the parents, the deceased child is survived by an infant sister, grand mother and other relatives. Some of the latter reside at Hartford.
 If the people of this village expect to enjoy the usual number of band con. certs the coming summer they will have to be more liberal in their financial SUD- port of their band. These remarks are made for the reason that Friday evening the band gave an open air concert at the band stand and later they furnished music for dance at the Town Hall. The entertainment was gotten up fol the benefit of the band but the patron age was so meagre that the receipts were only sufficient to pay expenses.
 Judge Justin Dewey, of Springfield D. W. Morrison, D. B. Childs, Col. w l.. Brown and several others, of New York, are preparing to open their sum mer homes in this village.
 O. A. King, of Lynn, who as near ss can be determined is the ninth editor oi the Berkshire Courier since that paper was established in 1884 by John D. Cushing, entered on his duties Satur day. We bespeak for him hearty welcome in his new position.
 The court of probate was held in this village yesterday, and, among other business of like nature. the will of the late Merritt Seeley was admitted.
 All the books of the Free Library have been called in and this week they will be moved to the new quarters o the library on Main street. The rooms in the Town Hall which have been oc cupied by the library for several years will be used hereafter as the town office which heretofore has been up stairs II the same building.
 A meeting of citizens was held at the court room Saturday evening for tht purpose of aiding the proposed Hudson River and Berkshire railroad. H. O Joyner was chairman and o. J. Burge secretary. Resolutions in favor of th, road were adopted and committee ap pointed to appear before the committe, of the legislature at Boston.