Connecticut western news., 1899-08-31
GREAT HARRINGTON.

The chief social event of the week was the marriage, early Saturday morn ing, of Pierre J Frien Ph. D., the youngest son of Mir and Mrs Joseph Frien, at the Frien home on Mahaiwe street to Miss Emma Blanche Macleod of Hollister, Cal. Rev l.. D. Bliss, of the Congregational church, was the officiating clergyman and only relatives were present. After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served and then the worthy couple left on the 8 07 express for California where Mir Frien has been given the chair of languages in the Leland Stanford University. The bride, who is a graduate of Cornell. has been for some weeks the guest of Mir and Mrs Jules l.. Mignerey. Prof Frien is graduate of the high school in this village and of Williams college After graduating at college he went to Honolulu and was teacher in tue American college of whish Frank A. Hosmer, formerly of this to wn, is presi dent After this and for the past few years Mir FrIen has been teaching in John Hopkins University.
 Hobart RI. Mason, whose summer residence is on West Avenue has pre- sented Hope fire company with @ check for $100 and like sum to the Parish Aid society of St. James Episcopal church.
 Mir and Mrs Seneca Nodine, the par ents of the we'll known Printer Nodine, left Saturday for visit of three weeks at Winsted, Naugatuck and Torrine ton. William Stanley who owns the fine farm near the Green River on the road to Egrement where Mir and Mrs Joseph Frien once resided. has given orders for the erection of two cottages of stone on the place. The large mansion house will be built at later date but the con- tract for this has not been let Edward Shaw will superintend the erection of | the cottages.
 The work of paving Railroad street will soon commence and the contract | with New York firm calls for it's com pletion by Sept. 20 The material is t, be asphalt blocks 8x12 inches and inches thick
 The total receipts at the fair of St James Episcopal church last Thursday evening were about $500
 Prof. Estey of Amherst college is ex pected to address the Thursday Morn ing Club today. His subject will be "Tides."
 | The dramatic and musical entertain ment closing with dance was much enjoyed at the Berkshire Inn Monday evening. The musical comedy, "Tht Box of Monkeys" was we'll rendered. | Albert Ambach, clerk who under went an operation last Thursday fol | Co .kaI I,1. Monday evening and hopes were ex pressed of his recovery.
 Labor day will be observed on tn, fair grounds Monday with varied pro gram of sports and races. Neil Alcyon CT, the guideless wonder. will be speed ed to break the track record of 2.14s.
 Rev Fr. Taylor, the much beloved priest of the Cburch of the Blesse Sacrament, New York city, is stopping with his sister Mary at the Berkshir, Inn. Last Sunday he officiated at tn, morning Mass in St. Peters church ant preached from the gospel of the day a both masses.
 Fred Black, the two months old sol of Mir and Mrs James D. Black 0 Bridgeport, Ct.. died at the h ouse of it grandparents, Mir and Mrs Harrison Calkins in Afford, Saturday morning 0 cholera in:antum. The funeral was at tended Sunday afternoon.
 Mrs J. J. Bailey, the mother of MT Jared Bradley, died of heart failur Monday at the home of her daughter O. Pine street in this village. She wa about " yea,s of age and came las spring from Canaan, Ot.
 About 20 citizens met at the cour room Monday to discuss the question 0 an electric railway to various places The sentiment was in favor but no gen eral action was taken.
 A press dispatch says that Eugen
 Cullinance wealthy mining man WE
 murdered about two weeks ago in Dee Lodge county, Montana, and that by hi
 will (which has been admitted for pro
 bate) his sister, Mrs Fannie McCarty (
 this place is bequesthed $20OO. Ther are six other benefciaries who live i Connecticut.