Connecticut western news., 1888-04-25
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.

H. T Oatman, of the Pittsield Eagle, will deliver the Memorial day address at Otis.
 At the Troy conference the North Adams church reported $465 contri- buted for missions.
 The North Adams gas company will make large additions to it's plant, treb- ling the capacity of the works.
 Hon Wellington Smith, of Lee, atten- at Boston last Wednesday evening.
 The young people of Pittsfeld are arranging for 8 series of tennis tourna- ments to be played during the summer.
 The Arnold print works, of North Adams. are preparing to erect two large brick buildings adjoining their factories
 It is rumored that General Greedy, chief of the signal service -eather bureau, will spend the summer ill Fittsfeld.
 Rev W. H. G. Temple, of Shelf Id, IS delivering course of sermons on the history of the different religious denomi- nations.
 The selectmen of Adams have deci- ded that proprietors of saloons must take first aud fourth-class licenses, at cost of S25O.
 F. A. Partridge, of Lenox Furnace, has purchased building lot in that place and it is rumored that he will soon erect a house on the site The new Hurlbut paper company at Lee has organized with capital of $50. GOO, and it is expected that opera tiOns will commence at the mills about May 1st.
 Some person disposed to be mallci- ous hurled stone through the cab of the afternoon train on the Housotonic road on Monday of last week, and the engineer narrowly escaped injury.
 The Clarke prize of s4OO in the New York academy of design, has been awarded to H Siddons Mowbray, for , merly of North Adams, for his picture exhibited, "Evening Breeze" | A peculiar state of affairs exists in Adams, the town having no place to bury it's dead. Every lot in the ceme- tery is sold and several bodies are in the vault waiting for burial. The select men are trying to buy some property next the cemetery, and failing in this will buy lot elsewhere. .-[ Republican
 Gen and Mrs Schaff. of Pittsfeld, gave & reception in honor of Miss Maud Banks on Thursday evening ot last week. A warm fridship exists between Gen Schaff and Gen Banks, the father of the actress. Miss Banks appeared ill "Her Evil Genius" in Pittsfeld on the same evening.
 The commencement exercises at Williams college will begin June 24th, and President Carter will deliver the exercises will be held in celebration of the tiftieth anniversary of the founding of the old observatory, which is distin- guished by being the first observatory for astronomical purposes erected iu this country. Rev Dr Phillips Brooks, of Bost ,n. will deliver the address be- fore the Y. M. 0. A. of the college
 The Springfield Republican amour. ces in its Pittsteld news that
 "E.litnr H. M. Rogers. of the Btrk- shire County Eagle, is talking of selling his paper for personal reasons. and a syndicate of local republicans are talk. ing of purchasing the property. Since Mir Rogers bought the plant last fall, he has added a new press and new type and has enlarged the paper to an $ page sheet"
 Editor Rogers has been highly sue. cessful in his editorial career, and the newspaper fraternity greatly regret his departure from their ranks. After disposing of the Eagle he will spend some time in travel, and contemp plates , tour around the world.