Connecticut western news., 1881-06-22
BERkSHIRE COUNTl.

"An exchange says. ."-Patsfeld Journal.
 Monterey is nourishing some Indian boys from Hampton, Va.
 Miss Louise Dewey is teaching Sheffield misses how to cook.
 Rev. A. N. Benedict of Southfield preached in NTeriden last Sunday Charles Putnam of Pittsield is on trial for rape or Agnes Revod
 Pittsfeld jail has a new cess pool, and yet the inmates are not happy
 Bryan Morrissey of Pittsield has just re- ceved $l, 800 back pension.
 Pttsfeld has four legged chicken, with facilities for laying two eggs day. Montereys roads are being greatly i'm proved, which is great improvement. P,ttsfeld had a "chamber concert" last | night. It wasn't held in Bachelors Hall. E. Johnston was arrested and fined in Pittsfeld last week for brutally killing a steer.
 A new ball has been ordered by South | field club. This fact will tickle it's compe- titors.
 Main street in Ct Harrington IS being re. paired l7 teams being employed hauling gravel.
 Rev Dr. Eddy took the revised Testament as the subject for his discourse Tn Sheffield last Sunday.
 St Joseph's church in Pttsfeld is holding a ten.days mission, under the charge of foul Jesuit fathers.
 Seekonk has well that is dry in spite oi the late rains. 1t must be built on top of 6 church steeple.
 Ct. Harrington has llO6 polls. and vaIua on of S2.s7I,793; the total tax is BPS, PAS, at the te of 20.
 valuable horse belonging to Mrs Cook in Sheffield, was killed by lightning in pasture last Tuesday afternoon
 The first public session of the Housatonc Valley Preachers assoclalon was held in Ct. Harrington last Monday.
 A wonderful Eugle clock, the eighth wonder of the world IS making the eyes of beautiful Berkshire stick right out l c H. Lillie and Hiram McNel of Ct Bar ! rington are jurors for the June term of the superior court in Pittsheld. l Judge Albion w. Tourgee, author ot "A Fools Errand, lectures in Lee, his former home next Friday evening.
 The recent Ct Burlington Methodist straw berry festival cleared $1O7. which makes glad the heart of the minister's wife's miliner. | The trot at Ct Harrington next Saturday | promises to be of considerable interest as 1 there is some lightning" in that vicinity. \ Three Whalens from Beckett were arrested l for stealing wood last week but were dis charged on account of insufficient evidence. | Eli Hawver is to carry the malls between Ct. Burlington aud Avord, for the coming year, which will make his fifth year of ser. vice.
 The South Berkshire cheese factory re- ceives 3, 500 pounds of milk daily, and this amount will soon be increased to 1000 pounds.
 Frederick Steiner of North Adams was sen fenced last week, to six months in the house of correction, for cruelty beating little girl 7 years old.
 Frank Curtis and Nellie Bryant of Lee, have been arrested for improper conduct during the past three months. and are held for the grand jury.
 An incendrary fire near Goose pond in Tyringham last week, destroyed the barns and l2 tons of hay belonging to George Can non; no insurance
 President Garfield and party will go to WillIamston to attend Commencement exer- ,'ises, by way of the Troy X Boston R. R. m Vanderblts private car.
 Ct Barr,ngton has quite a large number of summer boarders already. The Hills and Homes of Berkshire" in which Canaan was studiousy ignored, dId the business.
 Plttsfeld is going to take dancing lessons of Mss Burke o' Boston With a Boston editor, and dancing teacher Pittsield ought to be sufficiently culchawed in short time to go into society.
 The soectmen of Pittsteld think the rum sellers 'deserve credit for immediate obedi | encc" m conforming to the laws. Now that | they talk "credrt." they can sell all the H. rcnScs they've got.
 Edward Bosworth. leading dry goods merchant of Lee has failed, with liabilues oI S30, GOO, and assets, mostly book accounts and stock of $25,000. A creditors meeting will be held July l7
 The gooseberry land of Beckett, whose in 1abiants never grow weary nor old until hey reach their l5Oth yenr has pond, from which a pickerel was caught the other day, weighing tour and one half pounds
 A I3 years old French boy named Henry irand Jean, was drowned in Williams river rear VanDeusenville last Sunday. He went o batbe, but sank in the deep mud and be. ore help could reach him, he was beyond the ccd of it. Hereafter the Lee Cleaner is to be issued n Friday instead ot Wednesday as hereto ore Brother Golden is moking a splendid z +Ieaner for his readers and it's firm hold will f arr it safely on, lwithstanding Friday is { n unlucky day. II Sheriff Humphreyof Ct. Burlington recently l oltscated a couple of large nets, measuring | InI,o