Connecticut western news., 1881-03-30

Norrls Sweet IS to open livery stable in { Housatonic. Nc Now maple syrup is selling in Pittsfeld at 80 cents gallon.
 A woolen factory is talked of, to be estab- lished in Pittsfeld
 P. A Russell of Ct Harrington is sojourn- ing at Fortress Monroe.
 Rev. Dr Osborn of North Adams is in Cal. ifornia seeking health.
 The Pittsfield farmers club discussed ''small fruits" yesterday.
 Pittsfeld Methodists had @ maple sugar festival the other night.
 The Ct. Harrington Cong. society, holds | it's annual meeting tomorrow.
 A "sleigh ride on wheels' was an event in l the history of Lee the other day.
 A Pittsfsld firm announces 'big opening l in corsets this week." Tut tut |
 Housatonic asks the town to put receiv l ing vault in one of her cemeteries.
 Lewis Martin fell from staging at Lee last week Monday. and broke his collar bone.
 A Lee Dr. has bought $500 gold watch | which varies only 12 seconds a month.
 A Stockbridge man and wife are to open 6 meat market and millinery shop in Chatham.
 Elizur Smith of Lee, purchased a number of fast, blooded horses in New York the other lay.
 Adams is talking of establishing evening schools to be supported at the expense of the town.
 Monterey's singing school closed it's term ast Friday night by taking partners for a quadrille. William Babcock of Dalton has received s97l, back pension, for injuries received dur ing the war,
 A. F. Dickinson, formerly of Curtisville. has just died at Chicago, where he was 3 prominent citizen.
 Charles Fay, naughty boy from Otis ha> gone to the reform school for stealing money 1 from the post office.
 The personal property belonging to the late F. D. Cone and wife, of West Stockbridge, is sold at auction to-day, A philanthropic lady living in Stockbridge | has been making about IS suits of clothes fot Hampton (Va) students. | A: A. Jones of the American House. Pitts | teld, is to take charge of the Mansion House it Williamstown April lst. l Junius Adams, formerly clerk at Girling's l O.. P. store in Ct. Burlington, has connected himself with Taylor < Rogers ! The poles for the new rapid telegraph line nave been distributed between West Otis aud Hudson, distance of 39 miles.
 Mrs. P Tanner of Lee, died suddenly last Tuesday, from the effects of injuries re ceved in falling few days before
 A 60 horse power engine has been bough' ny the Konkapot paper company at Mil River, from Dalzell & Co. of Egremont.
 The howery Courier has discovered more first harbingers of spring" in the pussy wil
 ows, brook sides and dog wood bushes.
 A Lee debating club has taken it upon it self to decide the vexed question as to wheth er the Bible shall be retained in public schools
 Housatonic R. round trip tickets at reduced rates are now on sale at PittsfelG ticket office for all points in Berkshire Coun- ity.
 ] All the Pittsfeld Masons with about 50 of the fraternity from Albany had blg dance in the Pitts6eld Masonic rooms last Tuesday night.
 The Fitchburg railroad employees are to
 have grand ball at North Adams April 7th.
 which is to be attended by the Governor and
 Council.
 Rev Mir. HermaEce and Mrs. Martha
 Wheeler of West Stockbridge have been sued
 for slander by Miss Estella c. Woodruff oi
 that place.
 Rev. J. w. Macomber of the Methodist church Ct. Burlington "must go," having been stationed here for three years, which is the outside limit ):'s } Gt Harrington wants to be teleobonically
 connected with Stockbridge, Lepex, Lee Pittsfield land the rest of the world,' which isn't worth mentioning. | A Tyringham 55ov named Powers, recent! ran away from his employer, tc whom be waf | "bouad out " and was captured and taken tc , Palmer by the state agent. MT. Clark w. Bryan of the Courier Paper B World, and Manufacturer has been rendered ] the position of edi,or-in-c chief of the Spring field Unlon which he declined. Geo Barnard brakeman o1 the Fitchbure 1 R. R. fell asleep on the track. and was rul over and killed the other night, his body
 being mangled beyond recognition. Dr. Samuel Camp ofGt Darlington, whose ', life was at one time despaired of. is now wei l on the road to complete recovery, from thu ! most dangerous type of pneumonia. A "cane rush" was one of the amusements
 at Williams college the other day, betweel
 the Sophs and Freshmen, and several blacl eyes and bloody noses was the result. R G. Walden. who is charged with incen
 dsrism at North Adams and who was former ,r ly prominent and respected citizen, ha' . been released from jail under $9.5Oo bonds. "Mind your own business" was Rev MT y l Winans' theme at Housatonic on Sunday thu 10th. This injunction is for universal appli catlon-excepting in the case of newspape men of course.
 Acting postmaster w. F. Osborne has beer annointed postmaster as successor to the lat' = at Pittsneid, and large pum AE. r1:, N- "awspape
 her of candidates including Iue ~
 fraternity are out in the cold
 George W. Roraback is a candidate for deputy sheriff in Lee, which would make three deputies. The other two are getting
 two deputies are all that are needed
 Patrick Murphy of Sheffield who has passed the greater part of his fife in jail and states prison and who has just served out a five years sentence, was taken again for 90 days stay to the Plttsfeld jail last Thursday, to- gether with two Sheffield negroes, by Sheriff John Smith The parties had been indulging in sort of celebration, with clubs and fists etc.
 l C0RRESP ONDENCE. | West Cornwall.
 Mss Mary White, the popular dressmaker, is busy at MT. D. L. Smiths for few days
 Miss Laura Hall is visiting friends in New Milford
 MT Geo. c. Harrison arrived home from his southern trip last Wednesday evening. Irving Scovile of Cream Hill shipped an. l Of of