Connecticut western news., 1904-04-07
GREAT HARRINGTON

The Misses Bessie Stephenson and Margaret Clarey have been spending a few days in New York.
 The board of registrars met last week Wednesday evening and recounted the ballots in the tie vote cast for selectman at the town meeting the previous Mon- day and found that AT ballots had been cast for Noble B. Turner and 470 for George w. Mellen, thus electing Turner by one vote.
 On Friday evening ill the Congrega- tional church, "The Crucifxion," a meditation on "The Sacred Passion of the Holy /Redeemer," with music by Sir John Stainer, was sung. James Arm strong of Pittsfeld and Joseph Hunter of North Adams sang the tenor and bass solos, and the work of the choir sustain ed the enviable reputation for good chorus singing, which this body of singers has obtained.
 Mir. and Mrs. Franklin Dabney of Dixondale, Va, have arrived in town for the summer.
 Miss Katherine Dacey and Miss Agnes Loftus are visiting MT. and Mrs. M. E. Gibbons, in New York city.
 Northrup Clarey, who is attending Williams college, is at his home here for the Easter vacation.
 The oversoers of the poor have or ganized with E. E. Barnes, chairman; Howard M. Whiting, treasurer, and Dennis c. Killeen. secretary.
 MT. and Mrs. O. N. Gilbert and Miss Marion Clarke returned from New York Friday.
 A number of the women of St. Peter s Church parish met Friday evening in the Catholic Total Abstinence society rooms i'll Southworth block and formula ted plans toward the organizing of a s 1cial club.
 The Leland Manufacturing company has taken possession of Hammer Bros. plumbing and stove business which they purchased last week. Clark T. Durant [ is to be manager of the company. The marriage of J. Dodge Peters of this town and Miss Ethel Kerner of New York will take place on Wednes- day, May IS, in Grace church, New York.
 Miss Bessie Miller, one of the teach CTS in Searles high school, left Saturday for few days visit in Boston. l Miss Erma Perry is visiting at her home in Greenfield. | Rev. J. A. Curtis, formerly of Hart. ford, Conn.,, has been appointed pastor of the local A. M. E. Zion Church and missionary pastor of Southern Berkshire MT. Curtis preached his first sermon in Zion church, Great Harrington, on Easter Sunday.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley and daughter Miss Clara Stanley, have returned from few months visit in Virginia. | The Harrington Building company have contracted with Mrs. c. T. Durant to make extensive repairs on her farm buildings at Van Deusenville.
 Mrs. Bruce and son, Kenneth, o1 Waterbury, Conn. have been the guest' of MT. and Mrs. H. E. Foote. @
 William Gould of Worcester has beer spending few days in town. l NJ. P. Foster, the new editor of th, Courier, intends to move here iron , Bridgeport, Conn. as soon as he cal find desirable residence.
 The Berkshire Courier has been solc by J. E. Clarey 6 Go. to Maitland P Foster, who took possession April 1. Mir Foster began newspaper work IS year ago as reporter on the Syracuse, N. Y. Evening Herald. For some 15 year prior to 1901 he was connected witt Massachusetts papers, being for 10 year editor and publisher of the Wakefield Citizen and Banner He had been fo the past three years secretary, treasure. and general manager of the Marigold Foster Printing Company, which own and operates the largest printing estab lislment in Bridgeport, Conn. MT. Cla rey is to continue in the newspaper busi ness, although his future lpns have no been made known q .fnitely. Mir. C,arey is to engage in the conducting of dail, paper, he acting as manager.
 Dewey Haywood was in court Monda, charged with non-support of his wife Judge Sanford placed him under S1), bonds and ordered him to pay his wifi BIO month.
 Robert Nelson Parrish and Mabel Ethe Lawrence were married at the home O the brides parents, MT. and Mrs. Georgr N. Lawrence, Monday afternoon at 2.3( by Rev. Leon D. Bliss, pastor of the Con gregational church.
 William Stanley and his sister, Mis- Clara, sail for Europe today.
 Mrs. Harriet Walling, 75, died Tues dly at Housatonic. She is survived b, three children: Mrs. Royal VanAlstyn' and Mrs. Frank Adams of Housatonic and James Walling in Wisconsin. | -