Connecticut western news., 1882-10-18
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.

The total gate receipts of the exhibi- tion of the Housatonic agricultural so- ciety were $3, 663. 31, and from the su- perintendent of the ground, for rent of stands and shows. $785.
 Neal Lamont of West Stockbridge, 25 years old and Housatonic railroad brakeman, accidentally shot himself through the breast last Wednesday even- ing, while stepping out of wagon after hunting expedition, and will die. He leaves wife and two children.
 Henry W. Snow of West Stockbridge drove from that town to Pittsfield, the other day, in 54 minutes and back in 56, on bet that he couldn't do it in 45 each way. He not only lost his bet, but was arrested for cruelty to animals On the latter charge he was acquitted.
 The crucible in the Japan room of the Terry Clock company exploded Tuesday afternoon, and the boiling fluid was thrown over the body of John Soublon, workman. His injuries were terrible and his sufferings for the few hours that he lived were intense. He died during the night.
 Sheriff Cutting of Lee summoned the officers of the Monument mills compa- ny and the selectmen of Great Barring ton to the district court last week, for obstructing the highway at Housatonie The cases of the selectmen are continued till Friday, and that of the Monument mills company till the first Monday in November Both complaints were crim- inal.
 It is the report of those who ought to know that the sale of the Berkshire con- solidated gold and silver mining com pany's mines to the English capitalists, as mentioned in the Sun recently has been consummated this week, on terms very satisfactory to the local stock holders. The mines are found by the English expert to be all they were rep. resented, and that the prospect for those who have capital to work them is very promising.
 The total receipts of the Berkshire ag- ricultural society will be about $47OO, including the state bounty of $60O. The gate receipts were $3575, an increase of 5000 over last year. The expenses and premiums will aggregate less than $4O00, and balance of about $500 will be left, which the executive committee talk of expending for grand stand, repairs and painting the buildings. The society started the year with balance of about $2OO.
 The trial of the Smith paper company of Lee, for maintaining 8 nuisance in its dam across the Housatonic river at Pleas ant Valley, near Lenox, began at Pitts field, Tuesday, before Chief Justice Brigham of the superior court. The in dictment, which has four counts, alleges that the dam has set back the water over an expanse of low, fiat country which land the water alternately overfows and leaves bare, causing stagnant water tc gather in pools, from which deleterious, unwholesome, noisome stenches and smells arise, which have been the cause of fever and ague that has for three o1 four years past infected the neighbor hood. District Attorney Waterman sta ted, in opening the case, that there had been, since 1878, the number increasing every year, 326 cases of fever and ague in population of less than 800. Pre-. vious to the conditions caused by raising the dam and overfowing of the land the oldest inhabitants never had heard ot malaria in that vicinity. The dam, whicl was originally built some 80 years ago has been twice raised, the last time il 1871, and now overfows some 700 acres The first cases of malaria were noticed in 1876.
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