Connecticut western news., 1880-06-30
BERKSH7RE COUNTY.

The Lee Water Co.'S capital stock is to be $50, ,0OO. -'
 Lake Buell. is to have ''big blow out" July 9th.
 The new census gives Pittsdeld a popula- tion of l3, ,l06.
 Hartsville ate green peas and new potatoes two weeks ago .,
 Register, or we shoot say the Lee select. men to dog owners.
 Two men were dangerously sun-struck at Pittsfeld last Saturday. ....
 Lenox farmers have been having for some time, and report light crop.
 Otis has lots of summer boarders potato bugs, humps, and Adventists. , Senator David Davis stopped few days at Pittsfeld wiGh relatives, last week. A North Adams lawn party cleared over l $l00 for church purposes last week. A disabled Hinsdale soldier gets $l979 pen sion, and SIP per month for the future.
 Jared Mansir, Monterey's oldest inhabitant died suddenly, in his 90th year recently. Pittsfelds St. Joseph's church parish picnic is to be held on the Island in Onota lake. F. The Berkshire Paper Co.'S new chimney at Mill River stands 85 feet above the ground | w. F. Milton of Pittsfeld is to build Q Queen Anne villa near Coltsville, to cost $20,. 900.
 The graduating exercises of the Lee high school took place in Memorial hall last Friday night.
 Hon. John H. Cofing and Rev. Mir. An. derson of Ct. Harrington are visiting in Chi. cago. .-
 The Boston Albany R. R. Go. have in creased the wages of their employees 10 pel cent.
 M s. Pratt, the popular head clerk of the Miller House, Ct. Harrington, is enjoying g vacation.
 1 The Pittsfeld selectmen will allow no cam- paign flags suspended across the streets by either party.
 The New Marlboro South Berkshire Insti ute closed it's summer term with an exhibi. | tion on the 18th.
 1 Pittsfelds five census ennumerators want to bet $5 apiece that they haven't made ten errors in their returns. The Pittsfeld democracy fired salute etc on learning the result of the Cincinnati Con. vention last Thursday. .s
 A H. R. R. train struck deaf and dumb man near West Stockbrldge last week, but he escaped almost unhurt.
 ! Mrs. Jay Pixley of Hartsville killed rat. tie snake in her hen-coop recently, measuring three feet long with 10 rattles.
 A Pittsfeld republican offers to bet $500 on Garaeld's election, and the democrats haven't got the spunk to take it.
 Nine milk white grubs were recently taken from the ear of Mill River man, who strange ly enough complained of ear ache.
 A pickerel was caught the other day in Otis reserveir measuring 26l- inches in length, and weighing five pounds. ..
 J. L. Colbys steam saw mill at Cheshire was destroyed by an incendiary fire last Sun. day morning; insurance about $6,Ooo.
 The Pittsfeld republicans hold g meeting for the purpose of forming big club to-mor row night. There will be big speeches by big men. -...
 Three young Mill Riverites were imprison. ed over Sunday and fined $500 each in Ct. Harrington last week for fast driving while in. toxicated. .' ......
 The Monument mills Co. have purchased 1 for $l5, 900, the ."Alger's furnace" property and also the Stockbridge iron works, neal Housatonic.
 Oliver McElwain's saw-mill, turning shop and machine shop at Beckett was consumed by fire last Tuesday morning. Loss $s,ooo; insurance $1 ,OOO. l A Savoy three years old boy climbed into an unoccupied stage coach recently and start ed the horses on run, and was thrown out but sustained no serious injury.
 A six years old Irish boy while watching ( game of base ball in Pittsfeld last Saturday night, had his arm broken in two places by 6 bat in the hands of a careless player.
 Bash Bish is building a new summer hote which is nearly completed, and will be run by John M. Benjamin of the Miller House Sheffield, who will run both houses.
 While James Clark of Otis was driving a double team the other day, one of the horses l fell dead from heat and over exertion. The l same man recently lost Q valuable OK. Temperance principles were severely taxed at North Adams during the recent cholera ep l idemic, when the situation was looked upon as, Brandy and life water and-the belly. ache. One of the foorings in the central shaft in Hoosac tunnel at North Adams was loosened l by falling rock, precipitating the whole upon 1 the track and causing delay to trains oi about four hours. Aurora Moore who for 65 years has work ed in the Ct. Harrington woolen mill without sustaining an accident had two fingers of his right hand badly smashed in earding ma chine the other day.
 A Mount Washington COW recently stepped
 stake in such manner that It passed on -A +hA uddsr, into the bod between the leg anu v4.~,. '~: .f@i dy, foot of it breaking off in the boay: A-.. Gordon of Copake Iron Works extracted 1t by cutting the flesh near thes backbone ana drawing it upward.