Connecticut western news., 1898-08-11
GREAT HARRINGTON.

United States Senator Geo. F. Hosr of Massachusetts, with party of friends after taking a carriage drive through this part of Berkshire to Mount Wash ington, left last Thursday for Stock bridge and Pittsfeld.
 The macadam road through Main street will be built this season as far as the Congregational church.
 Miss Caroline Burghardt of Washing ton, D. O., who was active in the care of sick and wounded soldiers during the war of 1S6I-65 and now holds a clerical position on the lighthouse board, has been stopping at the Hotel Miller the past week. She is descend ed on one line from Dr John Budd, . great-grandfather, who was lieutenant in the Revolutionary army at the csp- ture of Burgoyne and as early as 1780 settled in this village where he died in 1904. Farley A. Russell and family have gone to Nantucket for months outing. Several farm houses in this town are well filled with summer boarders. Charles s. Wilbur, who it is alleged is W anted at Chatham, N. T.. on three complaints of forgery, was captured in this village Friday evening by Chief of Police Pilon. Notice was at once sent to the police et Chatham and chief Seymour of that place arrived on late train. Wilbur was delivered up and taken back to New York state without requiring requisition papers. It was stated that the accused forged three checks, one for $26 and two others of $8.
 A horse matinee which is being got ten up by Col. Multi g of New York will be held on the fair grounds August 22. It will be remembered that when Col Nutting was boarding at the Berk- shire Inn some five or six years ago a successful horse show was held at the fair grounds and a number of choice horses and fine turnouts were displayed. The matinee is not gotten up for the sake of making money but is for the amusement of city guests and the peo- pie of this vicinity in general.
 Burton B Messenger of Sandisfield was brought before the District court, Saturday for cruelty to horse. The | arre st was made by James Anderson of Springfield who is agent for the proven. tion of cruelty and Deputy Sheriff Day | of Stockbridge. From the evidence 1t appeared that Messenger was driving one horse and leading another. The horse being led did not go fast enough and Messenger got out of the wagon and beat the poor animal severely The accused on pleading guilty was let off with g fine of $5. It may be of interest to some people in Connecticut to know that a geneal. | oey of the descendants of Thomas Fair child who came from England and set tied at Stratford, is soon to be publish ed. The material is being arranged by Annie Fsirchild Plant of Milton, Vt, There are descendants of the first settlers in this town, Afford and Egremont. Hiram Dings and son, Adelbert, who own the farm where the parents oi Judge Dewey, resided for many years, sold last Friday a valuable four year | old registered Jersey COW, to Pratt Tobey. Mir Dings also sold not long | ago two COWS off the same breed to Lawyer F. H. Wright of this village. Augustus Buguon, aged IA years. who peddles milk for Frank Lobby, farm or of Monument Valley, was thrown from his wagon by runaway house Sunday morning and suffered painful | injuries. His left wrist was broken, several teeth were knocked out and his head severely cut. The horse became | frightened from some unknown cause and ran through Castle and up Main street where he was stopped in front of the Courier office. The wagon was completely wrecked and the milk bot ties were broken.
 Willis J. White aged 37 years. died Monday morning. The burial will be at Ghent where he once resided.
 About 200 guests are registered at the Berkshire Inn.
 AN AWFUL TRAGEDY.
 On Monday evening while Fred Web ster of West Stockbridge was eating supper with his nephew and nieces his brother George came in and bid his children, who were eating supper with him, goodbye and said he would not come back again.
 In few minutes, however, he came back again and, picking up 8 double barreled shotgun that was standing in . corner, shot and instantly killed hls brother Fred. He then took up the gun nuo hhiOu ulAocil, uls CuiluHou UoluS spectators of the awful scene.
 Fred was paroled from state prison last March, after serving IF years of a 31-years sentence for several crimes which he committed, the principal charge being for assault on Chester Goodale of Egremont. He was captur. ed, after 8 hard ch ,e, under barn in Chapinville. He has been an industrious man. however, slnce leaving iail, while his brother has been rather shiftless. Since leaving jail Fred has been a model man and has tried to make his home pleasant one for the children of his brother George, who all lived with him. They have both borne good character. neither of them being ad- dicted to the use of liquor. and no cause is known at this time for the awful deed. Fred Webster leaves one daughter, Mabel, of Housatonic, aged 22. His wife married again during his imprison- ment. George Webster, who committed the murder and suicide, leaves one son. RnlIC onoI 17 and kwo Iounhkaro nnra