Connecticut western news., 1881-05-18

States, and New Jersey besides.
 Yours Centennially, ew46 JOHN M. MILLER.
 BERKSHIRE COUNTl.
 1O,562 cars went through Hoosac tunnel in April.
 A $l,5OO stallion belonging to Dr.. Brack- in died last week.
 Northern Berkshire doesnt claim any new cases of small pox.
 Housatonic has literary society called the Hawthorne club.
 Pittsfield has $7,000 license fees, which covers multitude of sins.
 Fenn street in Pittsfeld is situated Sin front of the Journal office."
 The Pittsfeld veterans will observe Dec oration day on Sunday, the 29th inst.
 The Lee creamery is an assured fact, and the capital $2,5O0 has been subscribed.
 Thomas Allen and family, of Pittsfeld, start for Europe next week, to imbibe the "Cou1try" air.
 Henry Frsbee of Pittsfeld got a finger blown off last Sunday while fooling with pis- tol that wasn't loaded,
 The Ct Harrington Methodist ladies gave a sociable last Friday night, to pay for re- pairing the parsonage.
 Dr Woodford of Pittsfeld has kbeen ap pointed town vaccinator, and the town is rolling up it's sleeves.
 The cullud population Of stockbridge held Mayfower ball last night and it is safe to say It was gorgeous affair. Joe. Bastion, the veteran engineer of Pitts field switch engine, has resigned and is suc- ceeded by his son Joe Bastion, Jr. Conductor Sam Arnold Of one of the night | freight trains is reported seriously i'll with diptheria at his home in West Stockbridge.
 Timothy O'Brien of BelAir went to a funeral last Thursday, and on his return home, went to bed and died in few hours. l A Pittsfsld landlord was arrested last Sat. urday for false pretepses. He pretended he was going to pay for harness that he bought
 Edwin Hurlburt of Gt. Burlington bought the we'll known trottitg horse "Wilkea Spir it" in New York last Saturday, for John A. Cone.
 A saloon has heen opened over the pos office in Williamsburg. and majority of the male population expect letter every hal hour.
 The assessors have commenced the valua ton of real and por'on'l property in Pitts field. and the insurance agents are on the lookout for "confictions. "
 Just read Huhhelps new adv in another column, and see what grent bargains ht offers You are sure ofs good thing when ever you deal with Hubhell.
 Wi,iamstown College ie to have a new rewepaper. This is gratuitous feature o colla~n tuition. designed 'o demonstrate tt the student editors that "Poverty is 8 weary thing.o
 200 employees of Pomerov's Pittsfeld fac tory were vaccinated last Thursday. Vac 1 cination however. doesn't insure against l( hours work day, nor guarantee an increase ot wages.
 A ten years old how in P;ttsiel fell out O a third story window last Friday, and broke his arm. scratched his face. and learned { useful lesson about sitting on third story window-sills
 The breast of the Pttsield savage is to be soot ed once week with muslc by Becker'f fine orchestra on baud stand not yet erected built with cash not yet collected, on site moi yet selected
 . A little boy got into a boat on Silver Lake the other day, and pushed out with no oars, . and hut for the efforts O. some men working near, he would have got into swift water and probably drowned.
 The Ct Harrington shirt factory has sus- pended operations, after running but little over month It will probably start up when the Berkshire shirt wearing season opens, next October.
 The North Adams base ball club waxed the Williams College nine, with score of Is l to 8 last Thursday It was ''brute force" vs. science and white stockings, and the latter came out second best. | Bridget Morrison's ''place' at Berkshire was raided ny the lice last Friday, and a | considerable quantity of liquor was taken for judicial purposes of course. Bridget is held in $2OO for the July criminal court. York State horse thief named Henry Scriver, was arrested in Hartsville the other day, but discharged because the horse would n't swear that he was the one that stole it, and nobody else knew anything about it. George Mellsn, a railroad employee at Pitts field has been missing for several days past, and no trace of him can be found. It is feared he has committed suicide on account of despondency brought ou by recent troub. les.
 George Morse tramp who was permitted to stay over night recently, with French man in Becket, sh9wed his gratitude by steal ing $40. in cash from his host He was ar- rested and sentenced to six months in the house of correction.
 Herbert Kent. of North Adams, who has been courting Miss Elizabeth Moile for the past eight years, appeared before the judg ment seat of the district court last Saturday to tell what he knew about her new born child. He was held in $400 bail for the June term of the superior court.
 The Sun and Journal editors and compost tors are to have match game of base ball soon. Fowler and Nichols will cut for deal, and somebody's bound to get licked-the only question will he, where is the beer mon- ey coming from, and will the best man be willing to own up that he whipped the other fellow?
 A couple of young men in Pittsfield recent ly engaged a young magried woman snd another young lady to go out riding. and hired hack for the purpose. but just as the ladies were mounting the vehicle the husband of the married lady appeared and postponed the trip on account of the weather. After he got the partner of his bosom home he started out on the war path with a pistol to find the fellows, but they had faded and gone.