Connecticut western news., 1880-10-13
BERKSHIRE COUNTY

The next farmers institute is to be held in Lee.
 Lee merchants now close up their stores at 8 p. m.
 The Stockbridge savings bank has elected it's old board of officers. The Pittsfield and Lenox rife clubs had a rife match last Saturday.
 Eels are being caught in Otis reservoir, weighing 10 pounds each.
 The best horse in Pittsfield livery stable has died with the epizootc.
 Congressman Robinson addressed the republicans of Lee last week.
 The superior court, October term, begins about the 25th inst, at Pittsfeld.
 About 100 names will be added to the North Adams voters list before election. Lee has new hose cart and company, the cart being presented by Wellington Smith. A Pittsfeld man now in jail as a common drunkard, has just received $75O. back pen sion.
 The Lee Cleaner reached us three days late last week caused by the breaking Of the news, paper press.
 Thomas Siggins, clerk Of the Ct. Barring ton district court, died last Thursday morn- ing, aged 52.
 John Viner and Sophron;a Assing were ar rested by sheriff Kellogg of Pittsfeld last Fri, day for adultery. A Cheshire boy fell between a platform and moving train and narrowly escaped serious injury the ether day.
 Mrs George Roraback sustained broken collar bone l1 the recent collision of two teams at Lee recently.
 The licensed liquor dealers of Pittsfeld have agreed to prosecute every man who sells cider without license. A forest fire broke out on the mountain near North Adams last Saturday and burned over more than 500 acres before it was check. ed
 A Pittsfcld inventor claims that the Sic mems armature an arrangement for the electric burner, is an infringement upon his own in- vention and patent | The State Line House between TIilsdaIe and North Egremont was burned by an in | cendiary fire last Sunday morning; loss | S2. Ou0, no insurance. John Barry of Pittsfeld recently died in | Denver Col , and as the expense of bringin> h,s remains to Plttsfield would be S340., he was buried in Denver. | The New Marlboro seectmen offer a reward of $500 for the arrest of the persons who set | fire to the barns of Frank Holt in North Nor | folk. Holt offers au additional reward of $250. At the Pittsfeld cattle show last week a | little boy was leaning against the wheel of a livery wagon, when the driver jumped off and kicked the little fellow in the stomach so brutally that it took him some time to recover. l The Gt Darlington water company have elected the following officers for the ensuing year: John L Dodge president, H. T. Rob- Rims clerk, F. T. Whiting treasurer, Marcus i H. Rogers F. Hollster, A. l.. Hubbel, M E. Tobey, and Henry McNeil directors. | Changes are already being made in the new Pittstield daily Fowler, the editor is about to retire, taking his money with him.' It is ! reported that joint stock company will be 1 formed to purchase the paper, together with the Eagle, and that the two offices will be consolidated.
 At Tanners machine shop in Lee the other day, 2O00 pound lade of melted iron slip ped and fell down among the workmen, spat- tering over them but none were seriously burned If it had dropped minute sooner it would have dropped directly on them. The intense heat set the roof on fire, but not much damage was done.
 A drunken man at the Gt Burlington fair crawled into the cemetery close by, to sleep himself sober. When he awoke, and was going from the grave yard policeman saw him, and asked, Where are you going ?" "WelP' said the fellow, T saw where was and thought I'd get away seeing they hadn't
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