Connecticut western news., 1881-09-21
BERKSHIRE COUNTY,

Pittsfelds Baptist Sunday School has 4l5 members.
 Pittsield had professional boxing and wrestling match last night
 The Pittsfeld district court had nine cases of drunkenness last Monday.
 A Mill River COW belonging to James Me- Cormick choked to death the other day.
 North Adams is disturbed by drunken rows every night-that is, the sober portion are.
 W. H. Phelps and James H. Rowley are the Egremont delegates to the Worcester conyention.
 The Gt Burlington Weavers ''skunked' the West Stockbridge club with score of l3 to nothing last week.
 Timothy Curtin and another fellow from Mill River were damaged somewhat by the running away of their horse last Saturday.
 Pittsfeld attended Lucey's Rockaway ex- cursion 33o strong last Thursday night, ar- irving home in time to peel potatoes for dinner
 The Lenox club will have some "unique races," a correspondent says. Must be the participants are going to pledge themselves not to whine "'tain't fair"
 North Adams town clerk is summering at Saratoga. North Adams has learned by ex- perience, to keep posted in regard to the whereabouts of her public officials. A New Marlboro farmer dug potatoes all day recently, but produced only two bushels, which goes to show that he s an awfully lazy man, or else he found ''small potatoes and few in hill."
 Pttsfeld is making up a box to send to the sufferers from the big Michigan fires. The contributions will not include candidates for public office. of which Berkshire general. | ly produces an abundant crop. | MT. John N. VanDeusel IS to conduct one of the eating houses at the Ct. Harrington | fair next week, and will also run a convey. ance between the depot and fair ground Those who attend the fair from this region will of course patronize their old friend John l R. Girling, the enterprising clothier of Ct Burlington, makes his announcement of fall clothing, in time to arrest the attention o cattle show goers, who will further their owr interests by calling on him at his emporium on Railroad street. He has good goods ant is sure to give his customers fits.
 Berkshire county towns send delegates t( the republican state convention in Worcester | Beckett 2, Cheshire 2, Clarksburg 1, Dalton Egremont 2, Florida 1, Ct. Burlington 8 Hancock 1, Hinsdale 2, Lanesboro ?, Lee 8 Lenox 2, Monterey l, Mt Washington l New Ashford l, New Marlboro ?, Nortl Adams 6, Otis I, Peru l, Pittsfeld 7, Rich mond l, Sandisfeld ?, Savoy l, Sheffield stockbridge 2, Tyringham |, Washington l West Stockbridge 2, Wllliamstown, 3, Wind sor l.
 The Courier of last week gives the follow ing particulars of the Sandsfield drowning ac cident:
 sad and fatal accident occurred in tn southeastern part of Sapdisfeld, last wee Thursday, where Mrs. Stillman of South luSlOu, OGs was FlSlGlIlS lleI uduSuCS1, MIS Charles French. Mr. French lives but short distance from the outlet of Simons ponG where Mrs. Stillman and her daughter, Mrs French, went for the purpose of bathing, an having waded out short distance. the moth CT, not familiar with the situation, was sue denly preciptated into place where the wa ter was of much depth and went down. Tb daughter hastened to rescue her, when he mother in her struggles clung to her in
 manner which rendered her incapable of ae complaining her object, or even of extricatin
 herself, and they both went down. Ther
 were two children standing on the shore who, by their screams, aroused the attentio |, of some Frenchmen on the opposite side CT gagged as colliers, and they hastily reached tn
 pond, procured a boat and rowed to the spc where the women had gone down. and con menced searching for the bodies, but whe found life was extinct. MT. French, who a very worthy young man, and has man warm friends, was married not quite a yea
 sInte This melancholy event is blow Y deeply feels, and he has the sympathies of tn community. The funeral occurred at Cole 5 brook River, Ct., on Saturday last.