Connecticut western news., 1891-08-27
HERE AND THERE.
Great Harrington is said to have 1000 summer boarders in town now.

Great Harrington is said to have 1000 summer boarders in town now.
 A big snake story comes from Ham, burgh, in this state, and is said to be 8 fact. Jerry Garfield, sawyer, while at work at his saw carriage the other day was surprised to see a rabbit dart out from the bushes, jump over the log he was saving and disappear on the other side, directly at his heels came an i'm mense black snake of the white throated racer species. The snake coming in contact with the saw, 8 portion of it's tail was cut off. The pain seemed to anger it. and turning it coiled around Canfeld's legs, throwing him below on the braces and stringers of the carriage pit, the iron trundles of the carriage passing over his legs, injuring him severely. The wheels also passed over the body of the snake killing it. From the tip of the nose to the end of the tail that was severed 1t measured eleven feet and three inches.
 The Courant's Winsted correspond ent writes: 'The hay crop of Litchfield county is of superior quality, but not of so great 8 quantity as last year. 1t IS however, a good average in quantity. The oat yield is large and so IS the yield of potatoes. The pear crop is heavy, the trees being loaded down, and the apple crop may be said to be fairly good average crop, notwithstanding pre- dictions. The blackberry crop on the wild, mountain lands of Colebrook IS very heavy.
 Charles A. Messy of Bridgeport was fined $25 and costs for selling liquor nic of the Eaton, Cole & Burnham re- lief association on the 14th.
 Gross Bros of Lee, Mass. have been awarded the contract to supply the gov erment with 15, 900 soldiers headstones. This contract and the other headstone jobs, notwithstanding the fact that the capacity of the headstone shop is to be doubled, will require about eight months for completion.
 MT Bennett, the c. N. B. & W. station agent at Salisbury, Conn.,, was recently called to the main office in Hartford to act in the capacity of assistant train dis patcher.
 It is said that the Bridgeport Odd Fellows were so we'll pleased with their visit to Pittsfeld that they will visit there again next month. Besides an outing they will work g degree or two for one of the local lodges.
 As soon as warm weather departs, Senator Dawes of Pittsfeld will officially visit the Dakota Indian tribes, and later will take an extended trip through the Indian territory.
 H. B. Wellington of Pittsfeld has 8 chair which was formerly the property of Jonathan Edwards.
 The Connecticut First Heavy Artil- lery Association are to have reunion in the shape of an excursion to their old battlefelds, starting on the 18th of Sep tember and going to Gettysburg, Chan cellorsville, Spottsylvania and the Pe- ninsula.
 John F. Arnold, one of the best known and esteemed citizens of North Adams, died at his home there August A, being 76 years old. He was engag- ed largely in manufacturing.
 w. F. Banks, for nearly three years in the employ of the Housatonic as tele- graph operator at Botsford, Newtown, Hawleyville and the superintendent s office at Bridgeport, resigned, Monday, to become electrician at the National electric works at Milford.