Connecticut western news., 1900-07-26
GREAT HARRINGTON.

A Catholic fair will be held in the Town Hall the last week in August for the purpose of raising money to build new Catholic church.
 A nine from Egremont defeated the "Clippers" here Saturday in match ball game at score of to 2.
 Joseph Arthur of Housatonic was found guilty in the district court Satur- day on charge of illegal sale of liquor Arthur is employed at the Rising Paper mills in Housatonio by Rivers & Young who have the contract for the stone work, Arthur boarded some 20 Italians in small cabin and has sold them beer Other wcrkmen have also purchased it of him. Judge Sanford found him guilty and fined him $50.
 The Misses Atwater of Derby, Ot., Dalzell of South Egremont and Robbins of Ct. Harrington and Messrs J. S. Stone, G. l.. Taylor, 0. E. Culver and Fl. M, Whiting, chaperoned by Mrs H. M. Robbins, are camping at Lake Buel.
 Lieutenant George VanDeusen's fam fly have returned to New York.
 Fred Turner has returned from 8 va- vation spent at Peru, Vt.
 
 age one, and one and one. half years, were committed to the state institution Monday. The evidence showed that Mrs Watkins locked them in room on Saturday June 23, at her home in Shef- field and that she did not return until the following Tuesday. Their grand mother, suspecting that something was wrong, made a complaint and the offc- CTS found the children.
 Miss Minnie Selkirk gave a very ln- teresting card party last week at her home on South St. The first honors were awarded to Florence and Clare noe Sabin.
 Mrs E. A. Sabin has gone to Ocean Grove for few weeks.
 D. I. Mackie has resigned from the governing board and vice presidency of the Wyantunuck Golf club. Mrs Mack ie has also resigned from the enter tain ment committee. J. R. McComb will fill the vacancy on the board and O. H. Kerner, Jr., will succeed MT Mackie as vice president. Miss Gretchen Tefft was elected q member of the entertain ment committee Tn place of Mrs Mackie. John Corcoran returned to Montreal, Canada Monday after spending few weeks here.
 The golf tournament here Saturday was won by G. s. Studwell, Jr. The first tee was in charge of Mira Caleb Ticknor, Mrs o. H. Kerner and Mrs T. H. Kerr.
 Frank Dennis of North Egremont re- gently caught six pound brown trout. Joseph Coey, baker for Gill & Cro- min. was quite badly scalded on the right hand last week by overturning a can of boiling water.
 Mrs Henry Cushing and son Fred have gone to their future home at Wal lingford, Pa.
 A horse owned by 0. Percival who is spending the summer with Warren Crissey, ran away Monday and broke the wagon and harness in many pieces. The animal was hitched in front of Dr Smiths place on the Egremont road when he suddenly jumped back as if | stung by bee. The harness broke and the animal soon freed himself from the wagon and ran to Sheffield before be was caught.
 Emerson Loomis of Richmond, Vir- ginia, has arrived here for few week s stay.
 Many invitations have been issued for the Corthell-Dewey wedding which will take place at 6 o'clock this (Thurs- day) evening at the Baptist church in Egremont.
 Chester Darling, colored. who was ar. rested for disturbing the peace last April by Officer Geer of Sheffield, at "New Guinea" and who appealed from Judge Sanford's decision, was sentenced to three months in the House of Cor rection, Pittsfield, by the jury before Judge Robinson, last Friday. Francis Cooke, agent for the Singer Sewing Machine Co.,, was arrested last Thursday on seventeen counts of em- bezzlement, preferred by the company He was tried before a jury Friday, found guilty on one count and sentenc. ed to five months in jail.