Connecticut western news., 1881-11-30

traction of the Berkshire hills-''the Switzer- land of America"-next season, when they will have grown into fulifedged buffaloes.
 Joseph Bagley of Waterbury was arraigned in the district court Friday for breaking into H. s. Taylor Sons store Sunday morning, and pleading guilty, he was held in $7O0 for the grand jury. He pleaded not guilty to en- tering John O'Kanes jewelry store, and for that he was examined Tuesday. Bagley is but l6 years old, and was arrested as soon as he returned home, his parents thinking he had been looking for work. His colored compan- ion Gordon, who was captured Tn Sheffield, Bagley says, is really one Eli Carpenter of Greenwich, Ct, who has served term in pris- on for accidentally killing man, and has been in jail at other times, and is wanted in Waterbury for entering Fl. &. D. Wells's store, some of the goods being sold at apawn. shop Pitts6eld. He was also mixed up in 8 New Haven burglary and 8 reward was offered for his capture. Bagley has known Carpenter for some time, and says both were recently in this city, going from here to Pitts.
 field. He says that the colored man arranged the Pittstleld jobs, having been there once before, and having once robbed 8 Weststreet
 fruit store by going over 8 transom. The Bagley boy is considered in Waterbury a hard character of his years. = Republican.
 The Housatonic railroad, with the Boston 6 Albany at one terminus and the New York and New Haven at the other, is literally be- tween two fires. If the trains are late on the Boston & Albany. the Housatonic must wait for them, and in consequence get all the CUTS ing as the belated trains move onward, over their own road bed. And the same is true, when the trains are behind time, as is often the case, on the New York < New Haven road. The Housatonic road is now steel tracked almost It's entire length, has an ex.
 cellent and we'll kept road bed, is well off, cered and managed, and gives good service to
 the general public, both in it's passenger and frsighting departments. >' The recent addition road which leaves New York at 3:43 p. m,
 and which was put on for the purpose oi
 bringing out the cars of the Housatonic, the l NaugatuGk and the New Haven and North.
 ampton roads, will doubtless remedy much ol | the evil of belated trains, as it will not be SC
 heavily loaded as to prevent it from making good time between New York and Bridge. port. This train only goes to New Haven l stopping only at Norwalk and Bridgeport.
 The o'clock Boston train has become so
 popular, and consequently 90 heavily loaded | that it could not make time with the Housa
 tonic, Naugatuck and New Haven and Northampton cars attached The trains or
 the Housatonic road have been comparatively prompt and on time since the new arrange
 ment went into effect on the 7th instant, and
 we see 70 reason why they should not con tinue in the same manner throughout the
 wiater, so that fault finding on thls score vii I be largely done away with in future. w may now and then, perhaps, hear some swear
 ing about the passenger and freight tariffs
 but we are opposed to the use ofprofane Ian
 guags, and SO don't listen to it when we car
 help it. It is neither pretty or polite, ant
 besides it is often known to. hurt other folks feelings. Berkshire Courier.