Connecticut western news., 1882-07-05
BERKsHIRE COUNTY.
Coal is $6.5o a ton in Pittsfeld.

Coal is $6.5o ton in Pittsfeld.
 Pittsfeld's healthiest woman weighs only 33O.
 Eleven person were admitted to the Pitts- field South Church last Sunday.
 Mrs, John Allyn of Richmond, has fuch- sia with 206 buds and blossoms upon it.
 The class of 's2 were graduated from Maplewood Institute last Thursday evening. A man was badly kicked by horse at the Pittsfeld Pleasure Park last Wednesday.
 Rev. Dr. H. M Field has returned from Europe and will spend the summer in Stock, bridge.
 Ex chief of Police Thomas Mallory, who disappeared from North Adams about a year ago, has returned
 Fowler $ Birney Williamstown grocers re gently disappeared leaving behind them s12OO but never" resource.
 c, A Sumner, formerly of Great Barring ton is the democratic nominee for congress- man.at.large in California.
 Mrs. Hopkins coachman fell from a load in Ct. Burlington last Thursday and now has three broken ribs to mediate over.
 Chaffee & Callender. of Glendale, have built substantial iron bridge across the Housatonic river to the R. k. track below their mill
 Mr. J. L Colby's iron furnace at Lanesboro was burned a week ago Sunday. The loss is estimated at something over s75,oO0 h. surance $41, 100.
 The memorial window to the late Presi- dent Garfield, to be presented to William s college by Cyrus W. Field is upon exhibition h New York. It cost s4,OO0
 An attempt was made to blow open the safe in Moffat $ Reeses office at West Stock bridge Wednesday night, but the thieves, who had bored two holes in the safe door, were frightened away.
 Two women of Ct. Burlington were each fined SlO and costs by the District court Thursday for selling feathers for ladies hats thereby violating the law prohibiting the sale from house to house.
 The Gt Burlington committee appointed to buy new steam fire engine, have purchased steamer of l.. Button 6 Son of Waterford, N. Y. to be delivered by the 25th of Septem- Der. when a trial of it's work will be had
 Alfred M. Fletcher, formerly professor of music at Maplewood, Pittsfeld, and now an associate of Prof. Blodgett at Smith college, Northampton, was married at Englewood, Ill.,, Thursday, to Miss Bessie M. Hunter
 On Tuesday evening, June 27th, MT. and Mrs Albert c. Nettleton of Stockbridgo enter tained large party of friends at their home situated on the hill road leading to North Lee the occasion being the fifth anniversary of welded life.
 An Egremont man who visited the Beckwith cabin in Afford last week Monday found buried under the place where Beckwith's bed stood the skull and some other bones of the victim, Vandercook. It was noticed at the inquest last January that the skull was miss ing, but it was supposed that it had been | burned.
 An unknown man entered the store of E.. s. Thatcher at Housatonic last Thursday night. Thatcher and his clerk who were asleep in the store, were aroused by the noise. The glare of the thief 8 dark lantern so blind ed their eyes that they ,could not see him. Revolver in hand the thief demanded their money or their lives. The dog asleep under | the counter was then called out and set upon the rascal, fastening his teath in the bare foot of the robber, who soon beat hasty re, treat, leaving his booty. Mir. Leavit's place in Ct. Burlington is at present quite an attraction. On entering the grounds one sees scattered over the lawn a number of young ladies with their huge straw hats and thin white dresses. They form in themselves quite pretty picture. They arc all artists, three of them being quite remark & ble-Miss Whtlock, a neice of MT. Leavits Miss c. E. Marshall and Miss Emma NJ. C. w. Reid,-the two latter having lad several paintings at the exhibition of the society oi American artists held in New York last spring. They are pupils of J. Alden Weir.-G Cleaner
 There was serious trouble in a we'll known Pittsfield family one day last week, on the husbands finding that his wife was indebted to local dress.maker to the tune of several hundred dollars. This calls to mind little case that came near getting into the courts 6 few weeks since. but was settled on the ad vice of sagacious lawyer, which had the Ire
 
 loving wife, at the bottom of it. These ale private matters, but husbands might lealr essons and wives take warning from the credit books of some of the local dress-makers.- Eagle