Connecticut western news., 1909-05-27
ASHLEY FALLS

Miss A E. Snyder was in town a few days last week, returning Saturday.
 James Gu le of Egremont visited his sister, Mrs. w. T. Saokett. Saturday.
 B. A. Peirce shot his horse Friday after it had been sick for long time.
 George Hall set up a monument for Charles Humes at Salisbury this week.
 Don't forget the strawberry festival (Friday) evening.
 Mrs. Laura Miller of Lakeville spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. E. l.. WoodfOrd
 MT and Mrs. R. P. Lee attended the funeral of Roy Gordon in Chapinville last Sunday.
 The stork stopped at MT. and Mrs. Swan Johnson's honse Thursday aud left fine baby girl.
 Mrs. John Daley was called to Hunts vile, Conn. recently to care for a patient with broken leg.
 Fred Smith returned Friday from Brockton where he has been for the past several months. He reports business dull.
 The teachers and pupils of the Ashley Falls school wish to express their sin- cere thanks to all those who so kindly assisted in making their entertainment such a success.
 The reorganization of the Home Cir cle" took place at the chapel last Thurs day afternoon, when the following execu- tive committee was elected: Mrs. Nellie A. Lee, Mrs. Susan Horne, Mrs. Emma Bowen; officers: Mrs. Mary Ives Clark, secretary; Mrs. Louise c. Wood, treas urer; Mrs. Cora c. Hurlburt, special com- mittee on fancy work.
 Tho inventory of the estate of Frank King, late of Sheffield, shows personal property $3,274.39 and real estate $2,- GOO. This last consists of home farm, $1 ,500, and "hill farm," $500. The per sonal estate is farm utensils, stock on the farm and three deposits in bank $937 in Lee Savings bank, $255 in the Bereshire County and $1,738 in the Great Harrington Savings bank.
 There came near being a family trag- edy at the home of the Spragues, col ored family living near Clayton, few days ago, when young Frank Sprague, twelve years old, suffered from brain storm of some kind, and snatching up butcher knife ground to razor edge proceeded to make an attack on his mother. His father Is cripple and could be of no assistance to Mrs. Sprague. The latter succeeded in evading pursuit long enough to get into the house and | lock the door behind her. The youth then proceeded to vent his wrath by throwing stones through the window.
 H. Candee, of Sheffield had horse killed by northbound freight train on the N. Y, N. H. 6 H. K. R. Monday. MT. Candee was unloading some milk cans from car and drove the horse and wagon beside the tracks. While he was busy ill the car the freight train ap- preached and the horse became just suf ficiently frightened to start across the track in front of the train. The latter struck the horse squarely and killed it almost instantaneously. The front wheels of the wagon were stripped off the axle and the wagon Itself badly broken up. There was no one ill the vehicle at the time.
 The entertainment given in the chapel Friday evening by the school pupils was a great success. The chapel was crowded to the doors by interested spectators. Many stood up in the rear of the chapel and quite number were unable to find room. The program was carried out as printed ill THE NEWS last week and the children acquitted themselves very cred itably with songs and recitations. The proceeds from the entertainment, after having deducted all expenses, were $44.50, which amount will be added to the fund for the organ in the school. The teachers, who arranged the enter tainment and drilled the pupils, received many congratulations on their effective work.
 Beginning this week the Ashley Falls Marble Company has begun to work nights as we'll as days. This is due to the increasing number of orders and general betterment of business condi- tions. Only recently rwo large orders have been received for trim work on two apartments at Springfield now being constructed by contractors Gagnier & fingers. The company has just received two blocks of white marble weighing twenty tons each from Alabama, also eight blocks of Italian marble, making in all twenty blocks of that valuable stone on hand at present. The company now carries in stock Norwegian, Grecian white and green, Italian and native marble. Large contracts for interior polished Italian marble work are being filled.
 
 estlng letter from Miss Bessie Bartholo. new, who sailed short time ago from New York on the Prinz Friedrich Will helm for Europe. The letter was writ ten on shipboard and in it Miss Barthol- omew states that she was not as yet . troubled with seasiokness, but was enjoy ing life on the briny deep very much in deed. There was a large shipload of passengers and everything combined to , make the trip pleasant one. The ship : landed Mss Bartholomew and her com panion at Cherbourg, whence they pro- , ceeded to Paris. Their address there will be 31 Boulevard Haussman. At the request of THE NEWS Mss Bartholomew has consented to send some account of her travels on the Continent from time to time, and these will be anticipated with interest by her many friends, all of whom hope that her trip will be highly