Connecticut western news., 1888-02-29
BERKSHIRE COUNTY

Twenty three women in Lee have paid poll tax. <.
 Great Harrington, Lee and Tyring' ham are agitating the subject of form ing granges. .... ~ s~ ,s~
 The Episcopal society of Lenox in tend to dedicate their new church edi flee June 14th.
 Rev J. D. Haeger, after twenty years of service, has resigned the Lutheriar pastorate in Pittsfeld.
 :" The Worlds Verdict" by MarA Hopkins, Jr., is attracting much atten ton at Williams college. .=';- -.
 ' l.. l. Brown, of Adams, is said tos be ono of the most wealthy paper mann; lecturers in the United States.
 o. K. Hopkins, nephew of the late millionaire, Mark Hopkins, died o1 small l-pox at San Francisco last week.
 An interesting article on "An Un known Nation" by Miss Anna Dawes appears in the current Harpers. !
 The firm of Burns & Cooke, bankers of Pitts6eld, dissolved Friday. :, M, Rollin Fl. Cooke will continue the busi- ness.
 Several prominent men of Lee art contemplating the erection of 8 build ing to be used for hotel, first-class ir every respect. s.:
 All accommodations. at the South Berkshire house at New Marlboro are said to be engaged for the coming sea son.
 The institute held by the Berkshire agricultural society at Lee on Friday was we'll attended and of much interes, to farmers. ., II
 Fifty-five tons of paper were recently made in one week at the. Valley mill in Lenox Furnace. This is the mills best record. .s .s...
 The criminal costs of the county fo, six months amount to nearly $7,000, an increase over many years for the same time. s.. : Rev Robert Hunt is quoted as saying he has found the business men of Lee good aud true and he will leav4 the town with regrett. ..... +t,..~e:s
 Former residents of Southern Berk- shire, who are now living in New York city, have formed club to be. known as the South Berkshire society. '.s>5
 The organ recently placed in the new Episcopal church at Lenox is the gift of Mir Chas Lamier, of New York. 8 summer resident of Lenoa. It has 1882 pipes and 32 stops. :.y.g:
 The 50th anniversary of the estab. fishing of the astronomical observatory at Williams college will be celebrated next summer. This observatory was one of the first to be built in connec. tion with college. s.,.s'..''s;;::
 H, A. Peck, of Lee, has, recently re. ceived by mall warrant appointing hlm sergeant in the 9th regiment o, New York cavalry, which served with distinction in the civil war. It: wal dated April 3, 1862, and no reaso1, fo, it's long continued delay can ;bo ascribed
 The Lake hotel, situated about three miles west of Pittsfeld, on the wes, shore of Onota Lake, was destroyed bJ an incendiary fire Sunday night. It wa. summer resort and was not kept oper in winter. The property belonged t the Abraham Burbank estate. The los, is estimated at $5,000. * Wonderful Cures.
 W. D. Hoyt & Co.,, wholesale ani retail druggists of Rome, Ga., say w. have been selling Dr Kings New Dis oovery, Electric Bitters and Bucklen' Arnica Salve for four years. Have neye handled remedies that sell as we'll O give such universal satisfaction. Ther, have been some wonderful cures effect ed by these medicines in this city Several cases of pronounced Consump D tion have been entirely cured by use. o a few bottles of Dr Kings New Dis covery. taken in connection with Elec tric Bitters. We guarantee them always Sold by w. H. Camp. 1:,