Connecticut western news., 1882-02-15
RERKSH1RE COUNTY.

A little Pitts6eld boy fell through the ice on Silver Lake the other day-whiie splitting kindling wood for mamma, we presume.
 An employe in North Adams mill fel' in. to the raceway and foated down stream POO yards, before he was rescued, last Thurs. day.
 Home talent will present Ten nights in a barroom' in North Adams next Saturday night. North Adams talent can handle that old play to perfection.
 The gross results of the Ct. Harrington Methodist revlval are 30 souls saved, netting the church Is new members to date The Housatonic revival has resulted thus far in 100 conversions
 A Pittsield man started for New Orleans to see the Sullivan Ryan prize fight last Tues day, but wher. he got to Chicago his pocket book torsook him and fled, and he came back just as happy as if he'd been there and bet or Ryan.
 The ladies of the Sheffield Cong church will give an oyster supper and festival in Town hall next Wednesday evening (Wash. ington's birthday It will certainly be sue. cess, as the ladies up there never do things by halves.
 A horse shed in Ashley Falls was the scene of terrific prlze fight last Monday night, in whi, h blood, hair, hide and toe-nails strewed the ground. The combatants were Paddy Miller and Bully Sullivan. After three rounds the referee declared both the winner as each sported an elegant black eye for fl- ture reference. The fight lasted about ff teen minutes, and more than two bushels ot jack-knives plugs of tobacco and steel watch chains changed hands on the result of the tight.
 Jimmy Bryan. the aesthetic Tyre of the Courier, whose muse frequently becomes un manageable, and causes him to slop over into unasthetic prose ia giving vent to his out bursts, seems to be relying wholly upon his imagination these days, which, by the way, is as far reaching as a checker players vision. The next thing on the programme, ladies and gentlemen, will be musical effusion. entitled "Baby's Got Tooth, or What is Home with. out Paregoric Bottle" with observations from personal experience, by the Courier's poetry maker.
 | The Hudson Register of last Thursday night contained the following letter from a . Craryville gentleman :-"In late issue oi the Register you give an account of the mur. der ot man by the name of Vandercook. The fact that little of his antecedents seem to be known in the vicinity of h's late residence. in connection with other circumstances men. toned in your report. point to the conclusion that he was identical with gentleman who
 resided for some years in this vicinity He
 WIS brought to Wlllowemoc, in this county
 to develop property supposed from outward
 indication to abound in coal. Although he
 was very reticent in reference to his family
 affairs, he represented himself to be a married
 man, having home in Seneca county, but
 during the two or three years he was here
 have no knowledge that he ever sent or re
 ceived a single line of correspondence except
 with his business associates. He was 8 msl
 of varied information and acqurements
 which he exhibited and brought into use with olt ostentaIIon, and had evidently been. il prosperous circumstances and in manner wal : gentleman He was, or seemed to be, es pecially posted in reference to the manage
 ment of the State canals. He failed to Rn, coal, without doing which he was to have n, l remuneration except hls board the patienc, l, of those who furnished the funds was ex s hausted, the search was abandoned and h, left here in indulgence, except 8 few dollar : contributed by his friends When next hear,
 ot he was 1n the vicinity of Kingston Ulste County, still searching for coal, and excep through unreliable reports, that is the las
 we heard ot him. In appearance he was TO bust, somewhat forid in complexion. addict f ed to smoking, and would probably now be i, , the ne,ghborhood Of 50 years old. Part 0 , the thumb on the left hand was missing. 1 l Tn any subsequent number of the Registe there should he anything by which his iden- , try with the murdered man could be nor . certainly eStab lshed, l will thank you t, f send it to me-"