Connecticut western news., 1878-10-23
BERIxSHIRE COUNTY.
South Lee has mission school.

South Lee has mission school.
 -Dr. Small of Ct. Burlington removes his office to sheffield.
 Lee has greenback clab, with J. P. Quigley as secretary.
 -Map!ewood Institute at Pittsfeld closed for the season, Tuesday.
 The average is seven tramps Light in the North Adams lock-up.
 Harry Miller is holding two weeks tenn peranco campaign at Adams.
 -Ex-tu nkey Gardner of the Pittsfeld jail mas opened cigar store in Darlington.
 The story is that Pittsfeld's Academy ot Music is to be remodeled and run as hotel.
 The Pittsfeld tack factory has started up on full time, having run two-thirds during the summer.
 A fireman on the Boston X Albany R. R. fell under the tender of hls locomotive the other day, and lost leg. Photographer Hall, of Harrington, has seven cases of his work on exhibition at the American institute at New York. An imposter has been collecting money in | Pittsfeld, for the purchase of a coffin for hit lead child. He collected about six dollars, which he probably spent for rum. Though the Stockbridge bell-tower is lone, the chimes will not be put in for time. | md it is now on the programme to have them
 ing for the first time on Christmas morning. The Housa tonic road think of changing the time of their early up-troin, so that it will arrive in Pitsfield about half an hour la- ter, which will make it at o'clock, instead oi 1 7.17 now.
 The new iron bridge at South Lee is finish | ed, and better means of preservation, the selectmen are giving it an additional coat oi paint. The old mill cellar near the north-end
 being filled up.
 A colored woman at Stockbridge, so years | old, and obliged to walk with two canes, | 5rudged nearly mile through pouring rain l to sec "Uncle Toms Cabin" the other night
 t being the first play she had ever witnessed. E. M. Washburn of Lenox, has sold to Kentucky parties two Holstein COWS and | ,earling bull, being the third lot he has sent Vest this summer. He is said to have the largest herd of Holsteins left in Western Mass achusetts.
 Edwin S. Martin, an adopted son of Vim. Martin of North Adams, attempted suicide last Sunday by cutting his throat, caused by des- oondendy at his inability to pay note which vas becoming due. He says he will yet take nis life in that manner.
 Mrs. Johanna Ward, a 45-ycar-old widow md an empoye in the Ballou house, Nortl Ndams, got drunk Monday afternoon and fell in her room, cutting a horrible gash in tn, light side of her head, and would have blcd so death but for prompt medical assistance
 -Hous atomic is gaining the reputation oi being the busiest village of its size in th, county, and bids fair to outstrip the village end of the town of Great Darlington in thrift and industry. All the mills, especially th, Monument and Conc's, are running full time, and they have many orders with which to be- gin the fall and winter trade.
 At the meeting of the Berkshire South conference of Congregational churches, held at LenoX Wedne sday, these officers were ,hosen for the ensuing year: Moderator Dea. NJ. s. Bidwell of Monterey executive com mittee, Dca. Thomas Wells of Stock bridge, J. l.. Kilbon of L, e, and T. w. Crissey of Great darlington scribe and treasurer, T. w. Crissoy pf Great Harrington auditor, w. J. Bartlett of Lee. In the afternoon an interesting ad- iress was delN cred by Rev. L. S. Rowland of Lee, upon the topic, GA Revival of Practical Righteousness, the Great Need of our Church. es, and several other clergymen of the con terence joined in the discussion which follow ed. The other subjects brought before the conference, 'Our work for the Winter" was opened by Dea. M. s. Bidwell of Monterey. In the evening Rev. A. F. De Camp ofSouth Egg remont preached taking as hls text, "Before Honor is Humility"