Connecticut western news., 1881-10-05

Jim Johnson, formerly connected with the New Milford Ray, is now ''city editor" of the Brockton, Mass, Advance, a sheet about as big as postage stamp, and we never fully realized what an unprincipled land pirate he was until last week, when we began to ex- change with him. Last Fridays issue of the Advance was made up from the NEWS vicin- ity paragraphs, distorted to apply to Brockton and vicinity, and not credit mark was to be we'll burn up the box of ''patent galley lock- ups' which he left in this office for safe keep ing last camp meeting.
 William Henry Punkinthrasher and his 'doxie," from the wids of Kent mountain, went to the New Milford cattle show last week, and as they stood in front of the pea nut stand munching their gingerbread and watermelon, he suddenly punched her in the ribs and pointing into the crowd, said excited ly, ''Say Suky, dye see that black mustache comin' this way, dressed in cane and a cigar?" "Ayah," drawled Suky. ''Waal that's Erwin of the New Milford Gazat." "Oh. my ain't it too bad how long has he been so 2" murmured "doxie" as she answered significant glance from the subject of the conversation, with delft flirt of her handker. chief which William Henry didn't seem to notice. 'About so long" snarled William Henry, as he detected another cross eyed lu,ip1 ;p'o poaip pt hum right away, too, fore he makes up his mind that you're another cousin of hisn come on" and taking her by the hand he pulled her through the crowd, and toward the | "exit'
 Following is list of cases to be tried be- | fore the Superior court for Litchfeld County, at the October criminal term, at Litchfeld: | Tuesday, Oct. il, Charles w. Hobard, Lawrence Yorker.
 Wednesday, Oct. 12, William Graham, John Jones, (2cases), George Jennings, John Broadnax, e cases), Oscar Van Nostram.
 Thursday, Oct. 13. Jefferson D. Traver, 6 casesL Mary Dwyer, John Monaghan, FL bridge M. Curtiss, Lyman Doolttle, John Abesohn.1
 Friday, Oct. IA, Frederick Bailey, John Tanning, Thomas Mullin, Lorenzo D, Galpin, Henry Freeman, ct al., Richard Lane.
 Tuesday, Oct. IS, Charles J.. Soudant, (4 cases) Henry Johnson, alias Palmetto, An drew Nancy, G. w. Hubbard, John o. Riley,
 Ella De Witt Leonis Royce, ct al, Simeon Pollard, Q cases).
 Wednesday. Oct. 19, Theodore Owen, Fred erick Knox, John Bourke, @ cases), John
 Donley, Henry Elty, Edwin Halsted Frank
 P. Warner, Phillip Shelley, 6 cases).
 Thursday, Oct. 20, Wm. T. Garrity, (4
 cases), John Finn, 6 cases) Conrod Rarreu-
 ther, u4 cases), Timothy Canty, 6 cases).
 Fol. remainder of term, Frederick Long,
 James Stack, Q cases), Albert Lake, Andrew
 Lake, George St. John, John Donovon, GA
 cases), John Grinnin, 6 cases), John Dono-
 van and John Grinnin QO casesl Edward
 Dolphin, 6 cases), Wm. Dolphin, Patrick
 Kelley, ct ux , e cases), Geo. E. Marble, 6 } cases), Henry Cota, Ethan Bosworth Daniel
 Taylor, John Clark, Fletcher Conditt. JAS. HUNTINGTON, State Attorney.
 BERKSHIRE COUNTY. The Detroit base ball club were in Pittsfeld l last week.
 The North Adams police made 56 arrests last month.
 Ammi Schanck is the euphonious name of 6 soourner in Lenox.
 Savoy has bear, and the natives are after him with sharp sticks.
 Pittsfeld has a campaign club called tht
 James A. Garfield club. A nne-years-old boy in North Adams fell distance of 30 feet last week, and died. q Lee wants a hook and ladder company-tt . put up and take down mourning decorations e The Lee creamery is nearly ready to begil
 business, and is anxiopsly waiting for b & rain
 y Lots of bass and pickerel are taken iron y Stockbridge Bowl, and put into Stockbridg 2. kettles.
 y VanAmburgh's circus pays $9O. for tn ] pFlFueSe ol IdhHtS III NULL AudulS HeA
 Monday
 1T Ct. Burlington officers have captured tn ). fellow that stole Lanesboro mans money of short time ago.
 e The Ct. Harrington good samaritans are re n lieving the Michigan sufferers, with bee e quilts and tracts.
 Emeline Vine of North Adams had an a W tack of love-sickness recently, that "struc > in," and she is violently insane. . The Berkshire agricultural society's cattl " show and fair began yesterday at Pittsfel,
 with prospects of big attendance. '' The endowment of 8 Professorship at Wi
 Hams College, to be called the "Garfel le Memorial Professorship' is talked Of. 'l Lepox boarders do so much driving ths =. they frequently lose articles. Among othe '0 things they sometimes lose their way. ,+ Roland E. Burbank, of Phtsfeld, who ha ,+ his leg shot off last week, gets $l0. wee
 from the Travellers insurance company. Mills, of the Pittsfield Journal, has discoN oe cred that it takes three glasses of lager o take the taste of one fried bull-head out of at fellows mouth.
 ,e The Fittsfald atheneum has two bales z.. Texas cotton, one bale being ''ginned," an ,e it is amusing to see Harding come around an Is smell of the latter
 1t A new tannerY is to be put up at Adam! l. It will probably be built on a corner lot
 that the corner loafers and loungers may | ,o made useful as well as ornamental. Id A strange acting man was in Hinsdale tl