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THE H. P. GERALD ESTATE. What Assignee Johnson Says About the Matter. Brookfield, Feb. 21.-Hon. George W. Johnson, assignee for the insolvent estate of Hiram P. Gerald, says as soon as the dividend sheet comes, he will pay the second and final dividend of $189, which is three-tenths per cent. Mr. Johnson is also receiver for the defunct Brookfield Savings Bank. He says the final settlement of the bank affairs is delayed to ascertain the value of a small claim in the hands of Lawyer Gardner of Springfield. The final dividend will be from 24 to 25 per cent, and will be paid as soon as allowable. AT MOULTON'S FACTORY. Fourteen upper leather cutters went to work at C. H. Moulton's factory, this morning. One thousand pairs of samples are to be cut. The sole leather department go to work Wednesday and the other departments will go to work in order as the work comes. THE NEWTON ESTATE. The three administrators of the Newton estate will meet at the house, at Rice corner, tomorrow, and will post bills for an auction to be held Saturday, when the cattle, horse and poultry will be sold. The administrators are Sumner Holmes of North Brookfield, Timothy Howard of North Brookfield and Deputy Sheriff W. E. Tarbell of East Brookfield. The property was valued in the tax report of 1897 at $1265. DEATH OF HARVEY S. OLDS. Harvey S. Olds passed away Monday morning at the home of his niece, Mrs. Larned Laflin. Mr. Olds was stricken with paralysis about two weeks ago at the house of Mrs. Marcy, where he had been boarding. He was immediately taken to Mr. Laflin's, where he has been most tenderly cared for. He was born in Brookfield, and has spent the greater part of his life here. His age was 84 years and 9 months. He leaves no family. EFFECTS OF THE STORM. The severe rain and sleet storm that started early Sunday morning lasted all of that day and all of Monday. On Sunday the town clock stopped at 9.50 and the faces of the clock are encased in ice. There was a small attendance at the churches in the morning and services in the evening were suspended. The trolley cars were running late, but with some regularity. Large limbs blew down from badly decayed trees, and made the sidewalks and roads impassable at times. The storm continued all Sunday night and the wires about town hung heavy with ice. The limb of a tree fell on the west end of the Warren, Brookfield and Spencer electric railway, and made a short circuit, which delayed the cars from 6.45 to 10.30 a. m. before the trouble was found and remedied. The cars containing the passengers going to work were the ones stalled. All of the schools held sessions despite the storm. All of the schools held exercises appropriate to the memory of George Washington. The schools will have a holiday tomorrow.
