Connecticut western news., 1881-03-02

The life of Postmaster and Editor Chicker. ing, of Pittsfeld, is despaired of.
 Over 40 couples attended 8 calico neck.tie party in Monterey the other night.
 Mrs Mary Benjamin and daughter of South Egremont are sojourning in Florida
 The H R. R. trains were somewhat delay ed by SHOW drifts last week. near Deweys.
 Charles Corbin of North Adams has been arrested for circulating obscene literature.
 Stockbridge has an unusually large num- Der of first class houses to rent this spring.
 Timothy Winchell of West Otis and MT. Crippen of Egremont have swapped farms.
 James Maxwell of Monterey has just re ceived back pension to the amount of $36O. The Wilson hose company of North Adams had grand ball and supper last Thursday night.
 The stockbridge Congregational society paid out $40OO in charity and expenses last year.
 The West Stockbridge water company has just declared semi-annual dividend of eight per cent.
 Rev. Chas. Lynch of North Adams has freed the Catholic church from debt, with a gift of $5OoO St. Stephens church in Pittsield has ex- tended a call to Rev. Arthur Lawrence oi stockbridge.
 Housatonio is afflicted withI scarlet fever, whooping cough, measles, humps, runaways, and weddings.
 Two young boys were taken to the lookup in sadly intoxicated condition, in Lee on g recent Sunday.
 Landlord Strickland of Lee was found dead in his bed last week Monday morning; heart disease is supposed to have been the cause. Walter Curtis of Windsor was "sent up,' by the Pittsfeld court last Wednesday, fol five months for stealing gun, mittens ant boots.
 | A Ct. Harrington party numbering about 35 strong. took sleigh ride to Lee, and gave Henry Jackson surprise party the other evening.
 | A Housatonic man has in his possession sword bearing the date 1866, and powder horn which was carried through the revolu tionary war;
 Miss Blanche Oles and brother Hiram, o Tyringham, formerly of this place, gave abou 35 of their young friends social party tn, other evening.
 Mrs. Mark Hopkins of San Francisco, whc summers in Ct. Harrington, was in town las week, giving orders for improvements to be made in her premises I The sum Of $532 has been voted to Mrs Alexander Hyde of Lee, by the legislature as the salary and mileage of her late husband for the entire session.
 A little boy fell on the ice at Housatonit the other day, striking on his head, near the temple, and narrowly escaped brain fever il consequence of the concussion.
 H. J. Garfield and family, of Stockbridge
  who have been sojourning in Chicago fer tn, past year, are soon to return home, as tn, climate does not agree with the ladies.
 At the Farmers institute at Ct. Barringtol last Tuesday, the "Diary interests of Berk shire County" was discussed, and an interest ing paper read by James L. Grinnell of Green field,
 Several horses have been injured in sryin, to get through the drifts on the stage rout from Mill River to Hartsville, and bill 0 $l0O. damages has been handed in for tn town of New Marlboro to settle.
 The Cleaner says that Lenox fishman re gently caught in one day 22 muskrats weigh ing pounds each, and the day following h. caught A weighing pounds each. If h, keeps on at that rate he'll soon have ever 8, many awful big muskrats.
 As Amos Butler of Otis was cutting woot the other day, his little boy came up unob served, and reaching out his hand to hi father, the quick descending ax cut the arn nearly of just below the elbow. A docto was at once sent for and the injury properl, attended to, and the boy is now doing well