Connecticut western news., 1881-09-28

Wm. O'Brien of Lee, paid $12. in the police court last Tuesday, for assaulting selectman Fenn.
 There were 13 births in Afford in less than | two months. That's what you call a thriving village.
 Rev. E. H. Roys of Egremont exchanged | pulpits with Rev. MT. Dana of Afford last Sunday.
 Housatonic claims to be the healthiest town in the market and explains that lager is healthy.
 Nearly all the Berkshire churches held memorial services for President Garfield last Sunday.
 Rev. G. H. Vibbert of New York state, is exhorting Adams to temperance. He has struck good field.
 Bishop O'Reilly administered the rite of confirmation at the West Stockbridge Cath olic church recently.
 The Berkshire paper company at Mill River are buying 1000 tons of straw, for which they pay SIG per ton. The Berkshire Courier was printed one day earlier than usual this week, to enable the staff to attend the fair.
 Clarence Johnson of Ct. Harrington. for spearing fish in Lake Buell., was fined $5. and costs the other day.
 A "valuable COW" belonging to Mrs. James Reynolds of South Lee, broke her leg the other day, and was killed.
 Thomas Heaphy of Lee has sailed for Ireland, where he will visit his native place, in Gonna, for few weeks. Lanesboro has new village improvement | association, and the citizens are turning out in force, building sidewalks, etc. The Lenox Furnace Methodists have suc- ceeded in raising the necessary g., 500 with which to build their new church.
 A classmate of the late President Garfield, Rev. Dr. Flint, preached in Hinsdale last Sunday, on the Life of Garfield"
 N. A Waters, for over thirty years post master at Stockbridge, has resigned, and will spend the winter in California. Charlotte Kay, of Adams, took Paris green and arsenic last Thursday, and died. When will people learn that it isn't safe to mix their drinks?
 Morris Mahoney of Adams, indulged in drunken brawl with everybody he met last Thursday night, and was arrested by two | constables.
 John F. VanDeuscn of Pittsfeld knows who poisoned his dog, and he's going to make it hot for him, or perish in the attempt. He will probably hang him in effgy.
 The Lee delegates to the State Convention were nominated by ''an enthusiastic caucus of ten spirited republicans. The convention at Worcester renominated the old republican state ticket
 The VanAmburgh circus visits Lee next Saturday, and the Cleaner says that that day twill undoubtedly see large crowd under the tents" Great Scott is that the way Lee folks get into a circus A forest fire on Mt. Washington, recently drove some large rattlesnakes from their dens, which were killed. Rattlesnakes are not enumerated in the catalogue of the at- fractions of the Berkshire hills.
 There is a bonanza awaiting the genius who will furnish substitute for church bells in Housatonic. Courier. A dinner horn will double discount all the church bells in town in popularity. Hand over your bonanza.
 Rev Dr. Eddy preached memorial ser mon in the Cong. church in Sheffield last Sunday, that was pronounced by all who heard it, a magnificent discourse, and the audience was said to be the largest ever con. gregated Tn the church.
 Frank W. Wright and John F. Noxon, who have been reading law in Justin Dewey's office in Ct. Harrington, have been admitted to the bar, and are now on the lookout for victims Both are brilliant young men, and their many friends predict success for them. Roland E. Burbank of Pittfeld was ac. cidentally shot in the right leg by 8 compan. ion, while shooting at mark last Tuesday, and the doctors found it necessary to am. putate it just below the knee. The most remarkable part of the proceeding was the fact that the fellow who fired the gun knew it was loaded, but it went off prematurely.
 A Lee correspondent of the Courier says that the loss on the Tanner & Faxon mill, which was recently burned. has been satls. factory adjusted, the company paying nearly the full amount of insurance, distributed as follows: s4,727 on building, $7,924 on machinery and $2,OOO on stock. The mill will be immediately rebuilt on an improved plan, affording greater facilities and much better accommodations.