Connecticut western news., 1882-11-08
BERKsHlRE COUNTY.

Joseph Butler is under arrest at North Adams on the charge of indecently as- saulting his three nieces, the oldest but 10 years old.
 The state authorities have suspended Engineer Watson, charged with being responsible for the recent North Adams disaster, from service in Massachusetts
 James Welch of New York, has been given the contract for building the new Catholic school at North Adams, for 1926. 625. The building will be of brick, three stories high.
 An engine, improperly handled, burst through the rear of the Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western round house at North Adams, Wednesday, taking out a section, 15 feet square, of the brick wall
 James M. Barker, Esq, of Pittsfeld, has been appointed Judge of the Su- preme Court of Massachusetts. MT. Barker is native of Pittsfeld, about Az years of age, and one of the leading lawyers of Western Massachusetts.
 The Stockbridge Methodist Society are to issue 8 circular this week among other churches of the denomination in the Poughkeepsie district, asking for assistance and subscriptions to their building fund. They say that the so- ciety has been in existence 40 years. A few wealthy men of the denomination have moved into the town, and one woman has given $1, 800, besides smaller amounts. For the credit of the town, the denomination want to build a church costing about $5,0OO, and they need about $2, 900 more.
 We'll, the great malaria trial is over, 7nh 1>o pointed at the result, there is general satisfaction that some conclusion was reached, and that it did not end in a disagreement of the jury, as the general expectation has been that it would. The case has been very ably conducted on both sides, and Messrs. Waterman and Dewey for the. prosecution, as well as Messrs. Pingree and Barker for the de- fense, have won new laurels in their profession by it. Chief Justice Brigham presided with dignity and impartiality, as was to have been expected, and alto gether the case will enter into history as one of the causes celebres of Berkshire county. If the malaria continues to prevail at New Lenox, it is very prob able the citizens of that town will try other methods to get the Smith Pape1 Company's dam removed, but it is quite certain that until the causes of malarie are better known and more clearly de- fined than they are now, there will be no more criminal prosecutions of this company, or any other, which maintains dams for manufacturing purposes Eagle.
 Deputy Sheriff Humphrey, of Great Harrington, has been arrested by { United States officer, and Deputy Sheriffs W. W. Norton, of Great Burlington, ano Roraback, of Lee, are to be arrested fol breaking into the cider brandy distillery of A. W. Curtis, at Sheffield, on the night of October 13. The town O. Sheffield granted no license this year and the officers heard that Curtis, who distills cider brandy there and has { government as we'll as distlllers license was selling brandy at retail. The depu ties seized 30 packages of cider brandy besides some 200 gallons of the Octobe, product, which had not been gauget and was unstamped. The whole wa taken to Great Harrington. Collector Tinker was notified and caused tht prosecution of the officers, the penalt, for carrying away unstamped liquors be ing 8 fine of from $200 to $5,00O, ta1 double the ordinary amount tin this cas- 4,0OO), imprisonment for from thre' months to three years and confscatio1 of the building holding the liquor anc the team used in carrying 1t away. Bu 1t is doubtful if the officers are severel, punished, as they offended througl gncxance.