Connecticut western news., 1888-08-29
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.

Progressive lunches are popular at Lenox.
 Typhoid fever is epidemic at North Adams.
 Senator Dawes is at his home in Pittsfeld.
 F. s. Gross, of Lee, lost fine young horse, valued at $1, 500, last week.
 A parachute descent from balloon was made at North Adams on Saturday.
 The sum of $17, ,936 75 is distributed among the GAO pensioners who reside in Berkshire county.
 Miss Susie Parker, of Pittsfeld, will sail for China in September to enter the field of mission work there.
 It is stated that thirteen of Lenox' 8 summer residents represent property to the amount of $150, 100000.
 Editor Bolles, of the New Milford Gazette, with his wife has been enjoy ing trip through Berkshire.
 A large delegation from North Adams will attend the grand cantonment of New York state held at Utica.
 Dr Lorenzo Waite has presented the Atheneum in Pittsfeld with an original bill of sale of slaves in Virginia in 1745.
 w. B. Green, a leading dry goods merchant of Adams, is very i'll in California, in which state he has been sojourning for time.
 Gross Bros., of Lee, have contracted to furnish one hundred car loads o1 marble for the new Linden street school house at Pittsfeld. Editor Owen, of the North Adams Sunday Express, has resigned to take g position on the editorial staff of paper published in Bangor, Me. strike occurred among the work men on tho Lenox sewer, and an ad vance from 1,75 to $2,OO per day was demanded, but met with refusal
 A man was stationed near the new fountain in the Pittsfeld park, to ascer tain how many horses drank there ir one day, and found the number to be 297.
 It is estimated that tho street carl between Adams and North Adams cause loss of $2O,OOO to the trade at Adams by affording the inhabitants the facility to go to the larger place.
 The safe in the office of Rufus A. Feelings flour mill at Pittsfeld was blown open last Friday night and robbed of $2OO in money and $500 in checks.
 W. H. Phillipss new paper, publish ed at Pittsfeld, made it's appearance Saturday. It is called the "Berkshire Hills," and presented neat typographi cal appearance -[Springfeld Republi can.
 Count Louis Fourche is a guest al the South Berkshire House in New Marlboro. The appearance of a bache Tor count in their midst is the cause ol much delight among the eligible young ladies.
 Mrs Hopkins-Searles purchased many fine paintings while in Paris to adorr the walls of her mansion in Great Burlington. It is estimated that $25O, 900 were expended by her in this manner.
 Congressman Rockwell, of Pittsfeld was "paired" with Judge Granger. o Canaan, Conn.,, while at his home at tending to matters connected with the estate of his father, the late Judge Rockwell.
 The Lee Cleaner is consistently en deavoring to inspire the citizens of that town with sufficient enthusiasm on the subject of 8 new hotel to organize committee and decide upon it's feasibili ty. Certainly the project is good one and frst-class hotel would be O. material advantage to the town.
 Superintendent Wurtzbach, of the pulp mills at Lenox Furnace. wal recently attacked while descending thu stairs from his office at night, by two Germans who had long sought for a1 opportunity to execute their many threats upon his life. The superinten dent eluded their grasp and was soor aided by an employe who was in the mill. Chief Pease was notified and tn, prisoners were detained and taken t, Pittsfeld for safe keeping. The cas. will be tried in the superior court a Pittsfeld.