New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-25
Is THE BERKSHIRE Hills.
rrvANcrS OF pITTSEIELD.

FINANCES or pTTSFlELD
pnsn,ld. Mass. Dor 81 Specialization George
V Learned has made up his figures In rc'"rlce -
Tho finances Of the city for the last year. Tic ap
lamentations amounted 10 S255s75, and the eNpendi-
r,rss for the wear haze been S225.oo4 leaving
su-nlus OF almost SCI OOO. The largest expense was
$4,000 for the public schools. Repairs OF hGA"aN'
have COS, So 600 new schooihonSes and repairs upon
school build ugs, S17,cOo; the am,house and ont'd'
,ocr $1,000: soldiers relief $500 repairs on
wat.r,yori, $1,000. Work on the new sewerage
ertern which IS not Included in the above expense
has cast this wear s13J.34O. There has been $l01OoO
borrowed for the parpose of completing th' year
work. and about Is much Will need TO be spent next
wear IN tie proposed extension OF the sewer on the
wcst side Of the town.
Tho dcs3,i.crs Of '.ic SochbrGgc Savings Eank arc
mYcn Pleased that they lih"y 10 recev" another
o,vdond ~ Receiver Hobbs Ia, pctltiOucd the Hu-
p-.1ne Court 10 make q dividend Of II IL Per cent.
This viii make three dividends, a@GreGa'4ne ~ l =
Der cent NJ Hobbs has boon rather severely Grill
cl,ed because he has not worked mp these DIVIDENDS
ro,c rapidly but this ia> lccn Impossible as great
part Ct The property belonging 70 the bank has been
lr TIE form Of mortgages T"ai estate. 1t Will take
some time vet to settle up the affairs OF The bank
tut Il looh, now rs if tie dcpositnrs would in tine
receive nearly all thc.r dues fre N the bank.
Many College mon are in town for III" HOLIDAYS.
Among then, arc William W. Rockwell from Harvard :;
Edward Eotv0o1 Samucl Colt ana Arthur II. WOOD,
from Yale: j. II. Peck and Clarence Russell, from
Williams and Harry Russell and Harry Barker, from
Amherst Young women from Pennington who are
homo for the holidays are Miss Mary Barker, Mi 5
Flames Crane Mss symeS and MIS- Edith Earlier
from, ST. Agnes school, IN Albany. There are likely
10 DC many dances and other entertainments
during the holiday week Mr. and Mrs. Noill vii
son have issued Invitations for IN evening Of private
theatricals and dancing al their home on Wendell
ave Tie Nettle" and The ii,sioon" will be
given by members OF the Lucky Thirteen Dramatic
Cllb.
Great Darlington Mass, Dec 81 (Speca.l.-Mr.
Grow, Of Ncw-Yolk. Will have "a party OF New York
people at his residence here, known as hrookslde.
during Christmss week. NJ. John y. Cockerill has
already arrived, and making arrangements for thir
reception. There will be about twenty young people
In the party. The time win be pleasantly spent In
sports app opIia,e 10 the There IS no snow
here YET that scish-ridng is Of the pleasures
that cannot be enjoyed but the skating is excellent
on the rivers and ponds
y. q. Teft, Of New-Y York. has closed his country
house for the winter. He will be up frequently,
however, during the winter months. Colonel Brown.
Mr. M0rrissey and other summer residents are fire.
quently here.
DR.. and Mrs. Delaney Rochester. who have been
here for month or two at Broadmead farm Lave
returned 10 their home in Buffalo.
About thirty men have been discharged from the
Richmond Ironworas In West stockbrIdge. Tho reason
given for their discharge that there IS large amount
OF orc on band ard the expectation that the tain
Will be removed iron The iron mines through
out this county have been the first 10 feel depression
In q business way Orders do not come In rs tLcy
did before election, and unless there is conf
dence In the business In the future some OF the
mines Will probably be closed.
The farmers an this part Of the county VIII hold