Connecticut western news., 1881-01-12

Pittsfeld's engine company, No. 2, has it's l annual ball about Feb. 10th. h
 The Ct. Harrington shirt manufacturing company is about to be organized.
 Rev. Mason Noble, Jr,, has resigned his pastorate of the Sheffield Cong. church.
 Tho annual meeting of the Housatonic az ricultural society is to be held this week.
 Mt Washington sinners are being convert- ed by evangelist Ira D. Smiths labors there. Tho Mahaiwe national bank of Ct. Barring ton has paid $340, 1000 in dividends since 1862, | Maurice Murray of West stockbrdge was fined $50. for the illegal sale of intoxicating ! liquors, last week. II. H. B. Turner was chosen president of the Housatonic bible association at it's annual meeting last week. | Ct. Harrington team owners have been no- tified by the officials that all teams must be
 equipped with bells.
 James Wickham of Lee was fined $l0O.
 and costs for keeping liquor nuisance, last
 week. He appealed.
 At the Gt Harrington station there were
 sold during 1880, 14,453 tickets, for which lSlS,596 was received.
 Rev. J. H. Carroll of Newburgh, N. Y. lec'
 tured In Lee Monday night, on "From the
 Blarney Stone to Vesuyius."
 Luther Williams was before the district
 court last Friday, charged with incest with his eleven years old daughter. f John S. Wolfe is president of the Berkshire
 Overall Co. at Pittsfeld. They expect to
 make 5000 pairs of overalls weekly. Two passenger trains collided in Hoosac tunnel last Thursday, considerably damaging
 both locomotives but no one was injured Irving Ferguson has returned to Housaton- Q ic with his bride, and has settled down to en " ioy his honeymoon. May it be long one!
 Sheriff Holmes of Ct. Burlington has just # received reappointment, making his 33d l. year of service as deputy. He is 8l years d old.
 Edward Nugent of Pittsfeld was seriously l- hurt in the face by the rebound of hammer ]. with which he was breaking 0 piece of steam l, pipe.
 e The PittsGeld Sun turned over new leaf
 by discarding it's o.d dress of type, and az ,f bearing, with the new year, in the latest and n most approved fashion.
 e Sam Arnold, conductor On one of the Il. d R. R. night freights, has purchased a build
 '-~ tot at West Stockbridge, and will build :
 lne '''"" in Chs spring. k nest for his birullna "A. ,,u,,,s s w. H. Hawley's team hauled 5,OUv |. d of feed from Williamsvlle to Sandisfeld the r. other day This team took third premium at Il Ct. Harrington cattle show last fall.
 Frank Peasley and Dwight Collins of Otis n who stole wagon, harness, robes, etc. some 1T time ago, and absconded were brought back n from Vermont by sheriff Day last week. > A bridegroom fell down the cellar stairs a u his wedding in Berkshire tho other night, as
 he was searching the house for book to ge e- the proper form for the marriag, ceremony 1T A Lenox man was recently arrested fo T driving sleigh without bells. Shortly afte he appeared on the street with his sleigl y elaborately decorated with large, noisy GOV
 bells.
 IS Pittsfeld is getting alarmed about the wa 'e ter supply. It IS estimated that during the > recent cod snap, 6nt % gallons of wate IS was wasted by consumers leaving their fau 'r cets open to prevent freezing.
 Pittsfeld's debating club argued the ques m ton, "Resolved, that Gen. Grant has injure It his reputation by his course in the past fou t. years" They decided it in the affirmative le The club has since disbanded. 'l The annual report of the county comms ~ sioners and treasurer for last year shows tha N the total receipts foot up $l33,G46, and OK
 penditures $73,829, leaving balance in tn at treasury of $59,Sl7 The total debt of til, 1y county is now $335, TIT. The expenses c IS the house of correction last year were $I3 OK 767, about $500 less than the previous year e. -Repu6yicon.
 ~ " The suit brought by Miss Fannie Mar ~ and Miss Agnes Ronald of Thompsonville, Ct against the town of Ct. Burlington, of $2, 50 c each, for injuries received at the falling (
 the bridge in the Bung Hill district, in thi
 town, in August, 1879, was compromised b ~ the selectmen of the town, sometime since o. for the sun of g, 800, Ne claimants dividip 1 that sum between them.s And now the su o' of Mrs. Mary Benjamin of Egremont, fo '' $4,O0O for injuries to her daughter May. ha D' been compromised for g., 2,6O0, without actio ~ ever having been had. This last named SUI x also covers all claims which Mrs. Bepjami 7u might mako for the death of her son, Son 'F mers Benjamin, who was killed at the time C io the accident. The whole cost of the towr '' including counsel fees, care of the injure N' persons at the time of the accident etc
 amounts to about $500. Miss Benjamin '' still very much affected by severe nervou
 ailments arising from the shock to her sys ~ tenn, and one of tho Thompsonville ladies it i '' feared is permanently injured in health as e result of the accident, while the othesone ha 'u entirely recovered.-C Courier. .. 's si o0RrEsroNDEacrI < .o Falls Village.
 Mrs. Lee D Brewster IS reported i'll. is Harvey Dresser bookkeeper for the. Lim ge Rock Iron Co, goes to Richmond. Mass, t
 occupy a similar position.
 Wm. E. Sheppard has returned to Hart
 ford to resume work in the employ of the H