Connecticut western news., 1881-06-29

the workmen. Some think the explosion oc- cured in one of the tin dinner pails belong ing to the eml loyces.
 Fowler of the Journal went to the circus last Saturday, but couldn't get Foot away from the most attractive attraction in the whole business and it wasn't peanut stand neither.
 The Sunday evening meetings held by the SToman's union in Pitts6eld are to be dis continued, as there is no further use for them, all the drunkards having been converted by the screen law.
 Pittsfield is to have celsstral laundry, con- ducted by Wing Ying Loony. The christian name is sufficient for any man who is loony enough to attempt to get living by washing Pittsfelders' shirts.
 A North Adams house was set on fire on the roof last Tuesday, by sparks from the foundry close by, but not much damage was done. This is the third time the same house has been fired in the same way.
 A Lee priest was presented with valuable gold headed cane for making a speech in Pittsfield recently before the land league. Ii you want any more speeches up there, Mr. League, just give us a chance at it.
 A North Adams jewelry firm keep care
  | which they get $l. each or over and they re gently aegistered their 10, booth watch. They say they have repaired about twice that num- | Der. In card from the managers of the Great Barnum show, published in the Pittsfeld pa pers last week, they explain that they can not exhibit the giant steer, which is one o the features in their advertisements, because son account of his tremendous size and un. \ wieldy shape has become inexperienced for railroad travel, hence we have been compelled to turn him out to pasture," etc. Very true He was ''pastured" about six feet under ground in Bridgeport about month ago, hay. ing retired from both public and private life The North Adams board of health in reply to criticisms of citizens for driving on street Sunday with the boy Shea, who was sick with | small pox, say that there was a crowd o nearly 15O about the house that night Wher | they removed him, and that one officer hao | to go ahead of the team and another behind | to keep the crowd from surrounding the wag on; that for two hours they drove about towr to get some one to take the boy to the pest l house, and finally one man was paid $4 to dc the job, the Freeman company giving the use of their team. They intend to remove small
 pox patients to the pest, house as soon as possible, but they say it must be done in ths day time as teams cannot drive to it in thu
 night. The pest-house on their arrival wa'
 cold and unfurnished except for two mattres
 es, and there is no water there. Yesterda,
 the board of health were looking in vain fo
 a physician and nurse.-Repu6ttca7, 22no
 Pittsfsld was "fairly black with people
 last Monday, thousands of people being at
 tracted thither by the great Barnum- Londo1
 circus and menagerie, which is justly enti
 tied to it's appellation of the greatest shoy
 on earth" To attempt description of thi gigantic consolidation would be as unneces
 sary as it is impossible The ''Only Biggest
 is household word, and everybody has hear
 of the immense number of attractions offere
 by this combination this season; the gorgeou parade, the Chinese giant, the big horse, tn
 baby elephant, and the thousand and on
 other big things that go to make it unques tionably the most magnificent exhibition the kind in the world. Some idea of its mag nitude may be learned from the fact that } employs $50 people, has BIO horses, 269, % l yards of canvas, with a capacity for seatin 7 15, ,OOO persons. The daily expenses amour , to $4, 800. In Pittsfeld last Monday the yas tents were to all appearances full, excursio 3 trains being run on the H R. R. and B. l A. R. R. which came in crowded to owe f flowing. A very interesting novelty was tt @ absence of the ubiquitous hucksters of pe j; nuts, prize packages and lemonade durir e the performance The best of order was pr y served by the gentlemanly ushers. and un i form courtesy and politeness characterize h their every motion. MT. D. s. Thomas, u j., genial press agent, kindly took the knights O the quill and paste pots under his charge, a, 0 piloted them personally through each ar e every department of the show. and thus s e cured the good will of the press, who are ne 1t CT content to be shown favor without [ e paying four-fold