Connecticut western news., 1882-06-14
RERKSHIRE COUNTY.
,ltsville is to have a post office.

Coltsville is to have post office.
 The Pitts6eld first church was re-opened last Sunday.
 PittsAeld paid her police $56O for the month of May.
 The selectmen Of Lee have prohibited ball playing in the streets.
 Barnum, Jumbo and the rest of the troupe will be in Pttsfield July 2s.
 Summer boarders are rapidly filing up the hotels in Lenox and vicinity.
 The Pittsaeld Journal nominates for At torney- General, James M. Barker.
 A Savoy Centre man was struck by light ming the other day, but will recover.
 The Berkshire Teachers Association held their annual session at Pittsfeld, June 2nd and Sd.
 There were Is marriages and l5 deaths in Pitts6eld during May. One about balances the other.
 William Darbe a former hotel keeper of stockbridge died at his home, June lst aged 72 years.
 F. I. Whiting of Ct. Harrington is pos sible candidate for county commissioner in this county.
 The Smith Paper Co. of Lee turned out leo tons of paper last week and didn't try very hard either.
 The old gravestones in the Ct. Harrington cemeteries, are beng cleaned and set up at the towns expense. A Pittsfeld woman is gaining quite anoto. riety by running oyer children who happen to be in the road,
 The Halder < Doyle insolvent case of Pitts field for the past three months has cost $l,65S
 The Father Mathew Temperance Society oJ North Adams go to Saratoga July 4th, on an excursion.
 Agnes Fender of Bel Air, Plttstield, while removing stove sustained injuries from which she died, Wednesday.
 The Piltsfield Sun office has been newly equipped with two new job presses and new boiler and engine, and wants lots otl elbow room now.
 Freghting business on the Boston & Al. bany road is light at present. Eighteen men were discharged from the yards at Pittsfeld, last week, on this account.
 Some Scotchmen of Williamstown while drunk assaulted and undertook to drown their foreman who was rescued by party of Irish laborers The ring leader was arrested.
 The selectmen have contracted with the corrugated iron bridge company of New Der. lin, Conn, for an iron bridge at the Wabeck mill at Housatonic for $500.
 About 250 teachers were present at the teachers institute h Pttsheld. President [ Hosmer addressing them on School Disci- pline," Several papers were read by different teachers.
 The town of North Adams has purchased at an expense of $l2,5OO building wh,cl will be converted into a high school. The building is l5Ox5O feet ard storles high and each floor will accomodate 25O pupils.
 The grading for the new depot at Leno7 , station, few rods north of the presen l building, was begun Thursday. It will b a commodius building, something after tn
 one built last year at Housatonic village Twenty-two workmen employed on tn water works at Pttsfeld, struck for al v advance of 20 cents day. They were re il ceiving $l,75 day. Their demands wer # not acceded to, and new men took thei g places. ,r The Western Massachusetts Telephon
 Corporation have raised the rent of their 1T
 strumeuts from $40 to $50 for business place s s and from $34 to $40 for residences Tn Il Pittsfield druggists are to have their instr, ie ments taken out.
 While Hattie and Max Dafenkolb, tw .. German children, aged and respectlvel, ,a were playing on the iron bridge at Adam! last week Thursday, the boy fell into tt
 water. The sister in trying to save hi 10 was drawn in too, and both were drowned
 All entries of gardens must be sent to u
 secretary of the Housatonc Agricultar ~ society on or before June Is the premium ' are: Best vegetable garden by hired garde 'O CT, $5, 4, 8; vegetable garden by competit,
 not professional, $5, 4, 3, ?, flower gar
 en, by professional or hired gardener, $4, y, 2; ladies' flower garden, cared for entirely ,p the competitor, $5, 4, 3, ?, l. ,r Dr. George F. Smith, who died at his re n dence in Stotsville, N. Y., last Thu ,d day morning, was we'll known in Sout De ern Berkshire. He was brother to Dr. ,s H. Smith, of Sheffield, with whom he studio ee afterwards practicing in Southfeld. He di of of typhoid pneumonia, and was 3s years nd age. The funeral was attended from the r es dence of his brother in Sheffield, Sunds to Rev. F. Hermance and Rev. P. Germond he fciating.
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