■A seminary for young ladies will open in Amherst under the direction of Miss S. S. Strong, the first term consisting of thirteen weeks, to commence the third Wednesday in January. All branches will be taught that are usually attended to in the most distinguished female seminaries in the country. Young ladies may be provided with board in the same building where the school is taught.
■Notices of the marriages, deaths, accidents, remarkable occurrences, etc., that take place in any town where our paper circulates, will be cheerfully published in the Hampshire Gazette, free of expense — reserving to ourselves the liberty of correcting or curtailing such notices.
■Henry N. Brewster, aged 73 years, one of Northampton’s best known plumbing merchants, died at his home on Maple Street, Florence, at 11 o’clock this morning. He was in business for himself for 36 years, the firm being H. N. Brewster & Co.
■Mrs. Calvin Coolidge entertained about 50 friends of her sons, John and Calvin, Jr., at a party in the White House yesterday afternoon. This is the first social function for young folks to be held in the White House for more than a decade.
■Ronald J. Darby, 80, of 48 Munroe St., former principal of Northampton High School, died Saturday at the Cooley Dickinson Hospital. In 1937, he became principal of the high school, a position he held until his retirement in 1964. He was one of the most popular school administrators in the area.
■The State Street Fruit Store and adjoining property is to change ownership Tuesday after having been owned and managed by the Camposeo brothers for 50 years. Included in the sale to Russell Cooper of 35 Strawberry Hill is the store, a barber shop, three houses, and a parking lot. All are on or near the corner of State and Center streets.