Connecticut western news., 1875-01-29
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At Salisbury, Dec, s1st, Edwin A. Sherwood, aged 3 years, months and days,
 21at. James Collins, aged fl years, months and
 At New Milford. Jan. 18th, Louise Hoffman,
 At Gaylordsvile, Jan. 18th, of consumption. Mary |. Wooster, aged IT years.
 Horsford formerly member of Congress from Liv- ingston county, N. Y. He married a eister of the late Deacon Lewis M. Norton of Goshen.
 At New Milford, Jan 18th, Martha Weller, wife
 At Morris, Jan. 18th, Mrs. Almira Gaylord,
 At Milton, Jan. 1sth woolsey Wooden, aged 4s
 At New Hartford, Jan. 1lth. Mary, wife of An At Pine Meadow, Jan. filth, Chaa R. Thrasher,
 At Riga Station. Jan. 18th, of scarlet fever, At Thomaston, Jan. 9th, Andrew Beach. At Wo:dbuay. Jan 1lth, Phiio Trowbridge; At sharon, Jan. 18th, Mary Ann. vie of Sam uel J. Prindle.
 At New Hartford. Jan. 9th, Riverius Douglass, | AL Norfolk, Jan. 18th, MT. Horace Munson. aged 1 a3 years. Mir. MunPon was a veteran of the wal of lS19, pensione= and member of the Masonic
 At Lee. Mase.. Jan. 16th, samuelA ugustus Hull bert. aged 7S years.
 The Berkshire County Eagle alludes te Mir. Hubert as follows:
 Mir. H. was born at Salisbury, Conn.,, auG when about twenty years old moved tt Lee. In company with his brother ht started the carriage-making business, and for nearly thirty years carried it on sue cessfully. Soon the old mode of travelling by stage was superseded. Railroad projectI were in contemplation to meet the wants ot the manufacturing towns along the Housa- tonic valley. MT. Hubert, being then { prominent man in local affairs, his counse and services were called into requisitiOn and he was twice sent to the lower brancl of the Legislature and again to the Senate He obtained 8 charter for inc StOckbridgt and Pittsfield branch of the Housatonit Railroad, and with his assistance the new road was soon in running order. The car riage shops had to give place 10 the new line of road, and then the brothers dis solved partnership, when MT. Huber formed partnership with the late Alexan- der White, bought the ''Crow Hollow Pa per Mill, and for nearly fifteen years mad, a first-class article of book and news paper Then as we'll as now, that trade had it's up and downs, and hey suspended operations Since then Mir. Fl. has lived as a retired gentleman. During his experience as legislator he became acquainted with som of the most eminent men of the state. som of whom now hold high places ln the cOun cils of the nation. MT. H. was twice mar red. his second wife Ca sister of the Hon T. F. Plunkett. surviving him, with fou sons and one daughter. His oldest son now a wealthy merchant of Boston, wa one of the firm of Plunkett 6, Hubert about twenty seven years ago the leadinI mercantile house of Pittsfeld. Two othe sons are prosperous merchants in Nev York, and the youngest is engaged in pape manufacturing in South Adams. Mir. B ) was high minded and liberal. friend o humanity and education, noble specimen of American citizen, powerful man men tally and physically His funeral tool place on Tuesday of last week, from tn Congregational Church in Lee, of whicl he had been a strict, faithful member fo fifty-four years, twenty two of the later a deacon. A large circle of friends conveys the remains to their last resting place.