The Berkshire County Eagle from Pittsfield, Massachusetts • 2

VOLUME XLYIIL 29. BERKSHIRE COUNTY EAGLE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1877 tion and all statutes of imiiortancc, and Tho Census ol 1S75. i tiei al 'HORACE SMITH I III UK. In the year Wl-jor thcronlioiits, TnuMx uml' L'tiunti). St I I HIHK vttvur.

The grand jury completed the hearings tin: ll was ihe shall have to do so again, but their inade- inacv is no excuse for their infraction, ancr The ritulield National Bank pay a the criminal ho is brought up for punish at the the fea-4 of The iintl. did themselves much tnreof prof. an Granger which in the cases prepared for its investigation last Thursday forenoon, and reported to the court the following indictments. The live per cent, tin idend, beside, flm Usual the mil ment is not excused lor breakme a law ace V. Smith, a young man of about years ol age, was overseer nt the jail shoe then run by Messrs.

Wellington Wilcox. When-that firm sold out to les, this week. iK-eause he could not otherwise achieve the end he aimed at. We are a law-abiding Law ver Spaulding.of West Stoekhridge, rirrsriKi-n, mws. mi h-iiay ArrKRN-xjf, j.sr.uv i- parties were arraigned and pleaded: ill assist.

Mr. Jovner. ill the defense of Uobbins Kellogg. Smith was retained Mtlfi (I. Wmi'lin, of Tvrinjrlinm, fir Ism-iiv of toi'l IVnm ifiiilly IIhi-'V Wilson nml wm.

Mnviim-'l, ol unrrinic- iods, the Otis murderer. F. H. Kernoehiin, of tlws limn, ha reived a patent for a compound vahe for loii, (ilea Hot tfuiltv; Krjnik nml Ml. tish'iiiiftmi, for m-llitiK jieople, and ill favor of justice being done to all.

but no more favor now tlie deposition of the blind goddess on account of the temporary distresses ami grievances of clasoe of people, than nur fatlier did in th times of Shay' rebellion in Massachusetts, and the whiskey insurrection of f'euns svlvania. Alius of over twenty iu the Colby (iuuldtookiip Ihe bayonet exercise last evening under Fiettt. Thompson. The drills are all well attended and Iho new arms are expected to-day. W.

S. Kiitland, the veteran merchant tailor." will remove this week from the rooms he now occupies in Howe Read's block, corner Fenii and North streets, to the handsome and piwloiis store on West street in Bowerinau block, lately democratic head -quarters. Ashley Pond has been lowered, by pumping, two feet below its natural level and below the bottom of the dam. A good deal of trouble has been experienced iu conscqeiiee of the trough, which is set on piles, driven In the soil, riiueky bottom of the pond, settling and leaking. About three feet more can lie pumped without changing the location of the I he town has been supplied by pumping since in oflice, ami so remained nntil a new frm succeeded to the business, hen he as thrown out of employment.

About two years ago he returned to the eastern part of the state, and was hired by tlie Eastern hn- lo iliitiitv ni ItHrles Sentl mill lii'i-akoiff HUM i')i- ism. trrinir iMiililinir ol IVU'rt linWti', ilt-a guilty; ltev. K. O. Ilartlelt, formerly of this town, now rosiding In Greenfield, has re ived a call to the Conrreiralioiial church win.

Mrl Hrltiy, el Iav, for lius-eliy ni jtnlil ivau It from Knink lllnckli-y, iIih iniiily I'nlrii sullivnn alius I'illslli'lil', for iis-iuitl itli a iHintilcr on II. II. I iiivi nml ssniotll on Hlli'-er Fuller, iili-n not sii'hy (out KK'hy; Alexioiil-r Viilton, of ilHaiu-low for n-suult ilh knife, nlt-H not Ifiulty; Walter Moon1, of Ailnm-, for liin-etiv in Railroad Com pan v. For a time he as Every one remembers the excitement got up in the summer of 1870, when the Census man was. abroad among tin' and eolleitting his missives that required tlie most philosophic skill to answer the questions they contained, and many of which eveu philosophy could hardly analyze, and some of which were of very slight importance if answered.

But, euriuu many of the questions were, we. believe tlie people, a a whole, answered them "according to their best knowledge and Consequently lln'y did all that coul 1 be required of Ihcin. If there were errors in the text, tho St) or mora men one we supiiose in every town, at least, ought to have hail energy enough to have seen them corrected, for facts were the fhinjj called for. Vain supposition would not obtain the objects claimed to be in view or warrant an equivalent for the expeuse of all the training and drilling attending the grand parade. A TUB POOU.

Having lately given the reader of the Eaci.e an account of how tho paupers were cured for at the almshouse, we decided to look further into the town's relations ith those ho are compelled to a-k for aid, mid accordingly, lust Friday, we accompanied Selectman Goodrich in his visiliiig tour among the poor. There are in town about sixty families more 'or less dependent upon the public treasury for the mean to keep soul and body together, and the number is continually increasing. Some of the families manage, by hook or crook, to get food sufficient to keep them alive, but have no means of procuring coal.and yet that from the town others who have fuel in some need eatables; some families arc holly dependent, and have nothing except what the tow furnishes. In every case visited the story was the same ant of work. "We wouldn't ask for a cent if we could get anything to do," was the made over and over again.

And wo found many miserably poor. A in l'utnum, Ct. ist ant baggage master, but latterly lie Senator Kellogg as in his place hi has been employed as messenger in the The Argument. To most people who have not studied the. constitution and the theory of our government, it oems that there must be aonie wronjr done to Mr.

Tildonin not declaring hi til nt iw the tievesful candidate, when lias reeeiveiF, or is represented as ceiv nig, Ci! majority of the popular votes rist. Ai-imiinj; thathe has received indirectly micli a majority, it by no means follow that hp i to lie Ihe next president, or should be because the election of the thief magistrate of tliiit republic not by the jwtoplfi at large, hnt by tho Rta'e. I Lcoimrn i nil vtT, eii-n 1101 iriiinv: i.fivm the Senate for the lirst time this session, on Boston oflice of the company, ami in the Monday, and will probably be able to continue Ins legislative duties. Krii'man, of I ijilton, lor lin-iikhijr ri Duliou, pica (ruilly: Pennis (I'llrii-n. of s'letlii-lil.

for lurei1. nv of fi-wi'ln fttnl moin-v Irom Owiirht Mem fl-M, pleft not ifinltT laliv, liei kel. lor lari'cny ol tnoni- from lln ilu riling hoime ol hi fnlher. fileii course of his duties has had the handling of money packages. One of these, cmi- The extra meetings at the M.

E. air of Yanki-e IKkhK-o seemed a pn-jw-r re-K)nse to Ihe 'sentiments ottered by the lecturer, and IntVgtmnt eve uittv of tie band when they found themselves mentioned, they were in la-t mi-k'i Tic i iipsrti.il reader however, ill red j-i-V" them harshly; thinking Hot if it i I''i" crfor a church to be opened f-r a it -p, t-able lecture on vilUig'' iuipro'. mumls. it will be difficult to condemn the plaiinjr in ciiiirvh of the scmi-pion tone f-f Ycnkee Poodle. It is well that remain incog, a he might HilTrr feme inn ux, u-Icm-e if he displayed hini-olf.

As it is, a friend, hanj la-en considerable of ln ing the correspondent and condemned without a hearing, ha taken grcxt risk. The pir-son like to ti ll a good jt -ke, even at his own expense. Bundled tip pretty chisel one cold morning lately he started to cull at hi next, neighbor and had gone haif wav when he tep)d out into the do steiw- to let a sleigh pass. The tlrixer, elderly man. an utter tninrt-r, greeted him ith pleasant reniai on the strength of which he took a back scat in the lony and almost empty sleigh, and rcmaikcd on an iittfaniiltnr.

inbiecl, the weather, to The Legislature. Tl Hrnnlwmhlp Th Antlllor's Hfport Vital Htatiillo Report of hief lo-trcjlve. Sjws-ial Currcspofntenr of the KAOI.E. liosTOV, January At lxst there is "light in the for all the "sailor" politicians, and many of tliem are neriously thinking of leaving the "jioor, old, ftranded wreck, and pull for the shore whereon stand the follower of Hoar or whoever may be the lucky hurch still continue. Thirty-six pctsi ns taining he absconded ith on lues-dav of last week, and was not found until have joined the church during the past two Dec.

12th. Dr. Marshall, with Inhalation and his months. new dins remedies, cures asthma, bron Thero are 18 medical practitioner in noiB-iiilty; l.nrkin Wilcov, ol I.niiisMiro, forriitn'-hiit hiiv from homft hn hell, for tlie iur-si ol etTeclinir ft eliunlesllne innrl-inee, jilen guilty; Hnine, for ciilii-inji l.yill ineliejl from lionie l-ir Ihe of iimstitnuon, ilen not tfuiltv Miirlin kelly nml Michael Hlieriiliin. of Pituilelit, tor ir Villl'-er rtHshlv, pleu not irnlllv; llfirhi r.

of inilaor, for as-ault will) a knife on llurliank. elea not foully of for lireakni)f and nilcrin shop of M. J. ilolilen and Utreenv, filea not gnlltv; PHtriek It-m- chitis, consumption, catarrh, deatiiess. apprehended on the Boston Albany railroad, between this town and Huntington, by detectives Mead and Itoger.

Accom vet another one wa In. town The immediate election of the paralysis, heart, liver, blood, skin, and other" severe diseases, at his olliee in Pitts- ist weeking looking for room suitable for an office. i to be made by the titnic in tli-ir politi field. Bui-bank hotel, room 19. Consulta arc led to these remarks on noticing Mr.

Sanford Blackinton, of Adams, it I'lllsllelil, two initieimeiili lor Rnull tt nu tion and examination free. Now I tho panying him ill his flight was a young woman of very attractive npicarance, and richly dressed, who gave her name a some gross blunders or inexplicable ab inix. tut one of the oldest and best known business uile ou Tulnn nml lien. Matthews, plea surdities in the reported "selected occu- not utility; ellhiirloii runt, of 1.1. Ilarrinifton, men in Ihe county, i very ill and it is fear time to cure those coughs and throat diseases, which, if neglected, generally end in consumption, but unfortunately, many cal charae'ers," wa the language of those who framed the constitution, and in ease tho election should be thrown into the Hoiks of Representative, the votes ar not to be those of individuals, hut in this ot the inhabitants ot tow ns in the llm-e milii-nnenu lor larceny ot a horse Irotn lisniel K.

(oililinirs, IrniikK. (O'lilhnrs and A. Tlckuor. ed he wU not recover. woman who has been sick two months, and is expecting to be shortly confined.

State, and as we. In Berkshire, are inter- man. The vote, to-day, howed that Senator IJoiitwell ha no chance of a re-election unless a miracle is wrought In his favor. Hi most ardent advocates claimed he. would lead Hoar by at least 20 vote that hi minimum would be 110 votes.

On the contrary he led Hoar just seven votes, and aggregated but 90. In the Senate he Mary Hammond. The olliccrs and Smith and Mis Hammond lodged at the Bnrhank hotel on Thursday night, and returned to Boston by the owl train Friday Mr. Brandow has resigned the charge wait until it is too late. ted the things of Berkshire, we take lay iu a grimy bed, and her only attend of the town clock in the steeple of Ihe Bap Gen, Bartlctt's will has been present the county as our standpoint.

ants were three little children, the young Berkshire county contains ia its limits tist eliurcn, and requests us to say that he i not resMmsible lor its recent lime-keep ed for probate. By it he gives whatever may be left of his estate alter a settlement thirty-one towns. There are returned in pfirtn-ular act those representative are to lc thrown into the form of individual delegations, from so many distinct and co Iilea not guilty in. Trie-y, of llrtrrinx-tot), lor iin-i-iiy ol moiK'V liom A ii'trew Con-orim, plert iml enillv siilnev Winters nml KUrn ('. Iionnnn.

of 'I'vriiiKli-ini, for adultery, jilen not (ruilly Slid-I'iv, of for liireeoy of from Thonei iirner. plea not guilty Kilear M. Sh an, of n-li-ineion, for Inni-ny of Imminent ami chains front Hit lilitek-milll ultop of .1. N. Ilartratn, pica not iriiilly: in.

A. linker, of Inrkshurir, for lan-eny of horse from clnreiK-e Hall, pica not guiltv; Isaac .1. Wit-den, of Ifi'-lnuond, for offet-iiiir to lloMion A Alhfiny II. It. lor tritn-portittioi! ft pounds of Oniit powder uoi properly murked and packed, plea not guilty.

morning. Officer Sdon was called in to take charge of theJfyrlnners during the night, and from him and front others who saw the party we gather the following par ing irregularities. of his business matters, holly to his wife. this county sixty-seven clergymen, all lo est a mere babe. 1 he Iiusliaml lias tieen a wild spendthrift, but we were told he as doing better now, and she said, with a manifestation of a good deal of pleasure.

hit the driver paid no heed, and the The Grand Jury's silling of the cases With a beautilul manifestation of confi ad 17, Hoar 12, Abbott, the democratic cated in 1:1 towns, leaving 18 towns "out in the cold," without the benefit of clergy. dence he names her a executrix, asks that ticulars: that he "staved home with her evenings candidate, 7, and Uieo 4. In tho House, on the second ballot Boutwell had "9, Hoar A fine field, according hi tho showing, lor no bonds be required from her, and; makes upon which pel-sons were in jail for trial has already relieved that institution of some of its guests. The number is reduced from about to 10(1. again." 'The clnper little widow of Sani- missionary labor! For aught we know then1 no special beiiuests to Ins children entrust Abbott ikj, Uice to, Scilye and Cullink may have been towns Ihe county in uel -Jackson, a hlithe colored chap lormer-y in Col.

Welter's employ, we found occupying snug apartments which a friend ing trie entire administration of his affairs to her, knowing that she will do lor the fatherless little ones the utmost ho could which they were so unfortunate as to have no four each, and Sanford one. There ill the complete list of officer elected by clergyman 18,, but we do not know probably be two ballot to-morrow, when have devised for them in tho will. here they are. We do know that there were towns to which no credit is given, the South church at its recent annual meeting is as follows: Clerk. Geo.

Shipton treasurer H. M. I'cirson Jiurch committee, Daniel Day. Frank Walker, T. To- II.

D' Churchill's insanity is of a mild had lent her, rent free. But the larder was utterly empty. She had sought for work day after day and tried to keep "off the town," but she found her child crying for something to cat ono night, and she hadn't Hoar will probably gain some 512 or 15 votes, and be elected upon tho ballot of Thursday. Such is the present expecta whore faithful and efficient pastors labored The trial jurors assembled on Monday, and were organized as follows First Jury, S. K.

Howe, of Pittsliold, foreman; M.J. Bmokins of Fee; II F. Bliss of Savov J. A. liurbank, of Pitts-field; J.

D. Carson of Dalton; D. F. Dunbar of Fenox Few is Fmnions of New MarllMiro j. II, Francis of I'ittsfield W.

K. Fuller of Stockbridge John F. Gnrdcn of Laneshoro A. K. Ilarrisof West Stock-bridge; John S.

Nit hols of Kichmotid. sort, but it is evident Ihe movement of his relatives to have him placed under diligently and acceptably not only that, bey, Henry Furchcs. but in previous years, and will probably guardianship is wise and He late The late C. B. Uedllehl held a life in tion.

The democrat hope to have tht it to give, and then she asked for aid. "If continue to labor for year to come, not ly disposed of some property ow ned by withstanding the census men "threw them 1 lout well men offer them Judge Derons, ex-Gov. ISulIock, or Gov. llioe as a com him and, taking a large share ot the pro surance policy of if liH.nl in tho Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company of Springfield, which has paid the fami she could have a dollar a week allowed her she could support herself and child ell on that," she said. Alter groping in out of court." ceeds.

went to New York where otlieer equal bodies jKjiitic." In other words, in choosing president by the House of Representatives, the rotes shall be taken by Ktatea, the representation from each State having one Vote." Art. XI Xow to revert to the elei--lion of the president by electors as provided by the constitution." These doctors are to be appointed as directed in article second of tlie constitution, in such 'maimer a each Slate, through It legislature, shall direct, and formerly in Massachusetts lit legislature selected two out of three persons nominated by the people in each congressional district, with two at large. The electors appointed meet in their respective States, vote by ballot for president and vice president, name in their ballots the persons Voted for, make distinct lints of all person voted for and of the nimilier of vote for each, hich Mists they shall sign and certify and transmit sealed to the seat of government of the Cuited States, directed to the president of promise candidate; but their hope will Then, in Ihe matter of physicians, the Hatch, who wa sent iu ouest ol him. fount the gloom of a narrow, winding hall, in ly nv lliu company agent, C. It.

oleolt census locates sixtv-nino the county, Second Jury, II. A. Smith -of Adams, foreman Samuel Aniidon of Adams C. him spending his money like a prince. He of this tow n.

hardly lie gratified to a very great extent. and huddles them into ten towns, accord- another place, we found a corner room occupied by a young-colored woman and a was boarding at the St. Nicholas hold at The citizen of West Stockbridge feel to tho showing, leaving tw-eutv-one Knch a r-ompromise may be attempted but probably Hoar ill gain most by it. Tlie child. 1 wo chairs and a tame comprised so confident that the firu which recently all tlie furniture except a little stove.

The lestroyed several of the village stores was towns destitute of the dispensers of the healing art. With this dark show ing for the people in the hour of ache and pains Iterkahiro county men, to-day, voted as follows; For Senator lioiitwell, tsenator bed, a mere heap ot stuff, as on tlie HooH of incendiary origin that a reward of. oo 1...., 1....... 1 .1 i has been ottered iu a corner ol the room. Another colored Kellugg of and lU'preseiitatives for the arrest anil conviction of the criminal.

woman had four children. he had been parson supjosed tiie iml 'prevented tiie passnge ot the sound to the north. It was but a moment, however, before the neighbor's was reai bed and ju-t as the tnron xvas about to alight the follow ing conversa- tion began Drixer "People generally a-k for a ride when they want ono." Parson. foot "Well, Sir. on Ihe strength td your pleasant remark, 1 hopped in to ride-to this house.

I am very much obliged to you, and if you will coino to church inn Sunday I will try preach ymi a pivl'y good sermon in payment for my ride." The driver said not a word. Mis Mack closed her school on Friday, ith a public examination, which was very creditable to the scholar and satisfactory lo the patron. After a short reees. she ill resume uml. the direction of the Trustee of the Bradley Fund.

By the way, the b.wu cut down the appropriation for schools from fl.joii, and the children ar to experience tho benefits Iho county report of the doif money rexeals Ihe that Ihe inhx'H-itaitt of thi town, pay "more for Iho hoard and Uxo of their dog's, than Is raised for church expenses. Mr. It. W. Field ha purchased a farmnt Shelbume FslKw hither lie will soon remove, after a long residence here.

He is at proM'tit. scha tmaii, school committee in intn, tax collector, secretary of the library associalion, secret.arx of the grange, also of the Congregaltifioil society, and actively cngag-cd in niimeroii other "good works of a public nature, besides carrying on Ihe large Pluiikctt farm of acres. He has I teen your efficient correspondent, and supplied the Springfield Itopuhlican xvilh most of it al-uablu 'information from this interesting region. Ai.c. UALTOJI Many families -ii Dalton are -obliged to melt snow fur water and other hire It and severe diseases, cannot recommend to any aspirant for medical fame to pull up 'ole, ol llliamstown, Anthony ot Adams, and Dewey of Great Harrington; for Geo.

deserted by her husband, wo had gone Smith talked quite freely about his crime, and made no concealment of any part of the transaction. Ho said that be had been drinking, nnd hen tho money was put into his hands the temptation came upon him to take it. Ho did so, and fled to Portland, from which place he returned to Boston again on Tuesday night. He had made arrangement with or Mrs. Hammond, for he said she was a idow, ith ono child, to accompany him to the West, And they ere to leave Boston on a certain train on Wednesday, lie was in some ay hindered from reaching the train, but she came on and he telegraphed to her, through the conductor, to await him at Springfield.

This she did. He followed her' by the next train, and she met him at the depot. They took rooms at Hayiio' hotel as husband and wife, and remained in the city until on During the day. Smith visited the luniks and exchanged tho stolen money, which was in small bills, for bills of a larger denomination, and ho also purchased a suit of clothes, a gold watch. some jewelry and a revolver.

They left Springfield for Albany at Meanwhile the detectives had got on their track, tracing them as far as Springfield. Thence sonio officer went to New York on the hunt, while Mead and Rogers came thi wav. They happened to take the samo train the fugitive were on, nnd Rogers, who had seen Smith in the offices at Boston, recognized him. The arrest wits made and of the money found in Smith's satchel. USiiiith sav of the woman ho was traveling with liim that she belongs in Fvnn.

and that he formed her acquaintance at her uncle's, in Boston, where she ha been visiting. He represented to her that ho was worth ami he says she knew, nothing of the jobbery-" "-He intended to take her no further than Albany, while he should go west as far as Omaha, and even The Young Men's Dramatic Associa F'. Patenian of Williamstown Fovi lioyce of Shellicld Tholnas JSabiii of Willianis-town; J. F. Sanford of Harrington; Shaw of Windsor: N.H.

Shullis of Clarksburg Dexter Smith of Adams Oscar Sted-nian of Monterey; M. Temple of Adams; Fzra Traeey of Hinsdale. Supernumeraries, Ceo. S. Willis of Pittslield E.

K. Millard of Adams; K. D. Jenks of Adams D. D.

Kendall, of Cheshire J. J. Gardner of Iincsboro. I.arkin Wilcox pleaded guilty to enticing away a young girl for the purpose of mar old stakes and come tins way expeeta on to Csmnecticut, and had there re-mar r.Ilour, Senator Uartield, ot l.ee, and tion of finding unoccupied territory to a day, paung for a private box at the theatre every evening and having bouquets placed tit his plate at meal limes. There is a depth of fully 3 feet of snow and ice, on North street, and our main thoroughfare is consequently that much higher than the curbstones, making sad promise of overflowing sidewalks when the thaw cornea, if it ever does.

The merchant have bravely plied their snow shovels during the winter, the occupants of the old 1'. S. Hotel block being good examples of what industry and perseve-ranco can accomplish in keeping the sidewalk dour, and they are entitled to much lli-liresentative Kamum of Cheshire for invite squatter sovereiinitv, for we Indie ried. She kept two of her children at school, but they were thinly clad, and their shoes so broken that their toes were tion ol tin town have in rehearsal the play of the "Octoroon," which they will present to the l'ittstield public on Ihe 20th and 27th inst. This association has in its various representations displayed dramat the whole land is now possessed, and every 1.

ti. Aobott, Keprnseutauve lnmnam, oi rittstield, liarton ot Dalton, di-oss, ol lee in the snow as they walked, and "every town supplied, some of them perhaps to satiety. What nonsense to convey the Canlield, of Sto kbriilge, and Freeman, of day they came home crying with the cold idea that these 21 towns, some of them alarlboro; lor ex-tiov. lmllocK, itep- ic auniiy oi a uigii ortier. She begged for shoes tor her children rcsentativo Ing.ills, ol Adams.

Tlie riltsfield Xalional lkuik elected with a population of'2000, are ithout the ho far all is done under and by State authority, and it it to be presumed that each Statu is responsible for the cor feet, and of course they wore promised her The auditor has-iucludcd in his annual She gets one day's work every week, and these olliccrs, on Tuesday l'resideiit, Julius Rockwell vice president, John V. report, tin Year, nianv very interesting In these "selected the mer is paid for her service by a basket of viet Barker: directors. 1 heoiore lonicrov, uals. and thus she and her's are kept from chants and trades in the county arc limit ed to IS towns. How iu the face of com matters now collated lor the lirst time Although the public debt, January 1, 177 starvation.

Visiting a Mrs. Williams we rect action of it appointees, and that any irregularities must le corrected within and by the State. All that Congress has done by emu'tmciit to further the intent of the Henry Stearns. John West, Thomas (. Carson, Henry Colt, J.

M. Barker and Z. Crane, Jr. mon sense can any one suppose that the found she had also boon deserted by her was there as still a net reduction of Nearly remaininjr sixteen towns have to go out of husband, leaving on her hands three chil tow for their ginger and pepper, sugar. will lje paid this year, ihe whole amount Only local freight trains are running dren itud her mother to siervport as best she paid from the revenue in 1S70 was on the Boston Albany railroad.

Ihe wild. Ihe mouths to fill and the bodies tea and molasses If so, they have fallen into a great mistake, and this blunder is New York Central is so blocked up with to clothe were too many for her earnings i Id against $5, ill and considerably less than in any year since 1 constitution, for it has no power tu change it. Has been tu provide as to Um time when these State appointees shall be chosen, and when they shall meet to vote, so that the sustained against facts by an official doeu snow that western freight cannot reach and though she had kept a comfortable ment sent abroad at the expense of the and it is hoped that the reduction will lie Mbany. But wont there be a rushing quantity of furniture, the wolf was at the materially increased each year. Among state.

when the business does liegin again. action be uniform in all the Slates. Ev the various lunds having balances in the St. John the Baptist Society give door, and only corporation assistance kept him from the hearth. At one house visited, Ihe family consisted of mother and daughter and the daughter's baby.

The rying her against the consent of her guardian, and was sentenced to 1 year in the state prison, the lowest penalty allowed by statute for this ofVonse. It apiiearcd that the girl, a daughter of Mrs, Winejiel, of Kgrc moid, as living in the family of Mr. Jacobs, of Laueslioro, where Wilcox made her acquaintance, lie told her he was very wealthy, owned business blocks in Albany, that his health was poor and that ho had come to Fanesboro to work on a farm for the benelit of his health. lie is a one-legged man of about 40 years of ago, and ho told her he had lost the limb by au accident. She was a girl under IU and credited his stories, and she left her home ith him.

Officer Crosby wa put on the track of the fugitives, and iu tho course of three or four weeks he arrested Wilcox, who had nieanw bile sent the girl home; from Wcstlicld. It came out that he lo-t his leg hile an engineer on the Boston Albany railroad, and that the accident happened while he was drunk. It was also With regard to matters beyond this schedule of "selected occupations," we have nothing to say. Perhaps they ill nlbing else of any suhstanc Iris been left treasury, aretheso: Troy and Greenfield railroad sinking fund, Troy and their annual ball at Armory Hall on the to the States to do, ami let us stop here for evening of Jan. The Sieietr's an praise lor their good work, menu of the confectionery and fruit store, has cut a graceful flight of stairs opposite his by which customer may descend from the street to the sidewalk, which attract much attention and admiration.

A number ol gentlemen interested in breeding and raising poultry, met at the town hall this morning, with Alexander Ilvde, of l.ee, in the chair, and took steps toward the torniation of the Berkshire County Poultry Association. The follow-in" were appointed a committee to draft a constitution and by-laws, which they will report at a meeting to be hejd at th town hall. Pittslield. Feb. 8(h, at 1 1 a.

m. W. G. Backus, Pittslield; J. A.

Decker, Fee: Noah Haskins. Ninth Adams; A. lliibbell, Harrington; J. A. Rovee.

Fanes-boro; Clinton Oilmore. Fenox Dr. S. M. Reynolds, Richmond; Dr.

W.JC. Yerniilye. Pittslield C. G. Merrill, SouthI.ee.

All interested are cordially invited to attend the next meeting, at the time and place above stated. The S. W. Morton Engine Company' concert and ball, at the Iturbauk Opera Greenfield railroad iund, 1 10, ton bounty sustain themselves on investigation. We tually buy a Nebraska farm and settle down upon it.

We understand, however, that husband had work aud could provide for a moment and see if Congress has anv an Ihorily to go behind these return and (pie himself and wife, but the lady was his loan sinking fund, hospital and prison loan sinking fund, school nuals heretofore have been very successful and enjoyable ami the iimiing one will not be an exception. Music by Becker' orilie-tra. hope they will. If they do not, our census is worse than a failure, calculated to do more hurt than good, for the very idea it luud, Danvcrs lumitic hospital loan, ifoji. l.j; Worcester uosintab loan communicates is, that the majority of ihe brought a considerable dislunee in barn for culinary purposes.

The Cram nS cutting splendidly thick ice from their private pond near Mr. Z. M. Crane's residence. The Cranes, who for more ihiu a half centuiy, manufactured bank nolo paper for tho government, arc running one mill as much as water will permit.

Mrs, James Wilson who xx as accidentally josth-d ou the kidewalk in Springfield dcjiol' two For the accommodation of subscribers iu Dalton and thereabouts, Mf. W. B. hosbital and state prison loan town in the county are deficient ot occu tion tiieir validity. They are now In the hands of the president of the Sennte, the custodian appointed by the constitution, and no prox inion has been made as to any authority to examine the validity of these return by undress or anv other tribunal.

nations essential to their prosperity and Clark has consented to receive subscrip The estimated total expense for 177 9 1.771..10O, while tho estimated revenue is leaving a deficit go to make the most essential elements prosperity. This blow, to make its fore more aggravating, falls on the smalle towns, and operates directly to their ii the lady said, in conversation nt the hotel, that slio was also going with Smith to Omaha, and that somewhere rn route they were to be married. Smith hail provided for her a handsome travelling suit, and thev had adopted the name of Sargent. Mr. Smith has a wife nnd two children living in this town, on liurbank street, and she was sent for by her husband on his arrival here, and 'thev had quite a lengthy interview.

He told her all there was to be told concerning the affair, except that there was a oman in tho case, and that he tlenied. She ha since learned this fact, however, and it has naturally lessen which will require a state tax ol 1 '1 he rule of law "crroAiw vMiu.t, rxrlttsin hile the average since lxiiihas been ti' utteriun, is applicable here as well as that other rule founded upon tho tenth article During the last fifteen year the lurv. ho, in looking over the census can be favorably impressed with a town of of "amendments" tlie powers not delegated to the I nited Suites by the constitu second ile and he did not fancy providing for the children of her lirst husband. The son, a youth of 10, he turned out of doors. Tho lad wandered about in the streets homeless and friendless.

Then ha stole a pair of mittens and got into jail and, as his mother said, with almost a chuckle of satisfaction, "ho was thus provided for for the winter." The daughter, 17 or Is years old, had been living at Northampton, here she had been led astray, and wa now home with a baby, fatherless in law. Tho aid was solicited for her daughter and the infant. On third street a widow and four children live in a cellar, whore they can kaep wann easier than in any oilier part of the house. The place is damp, dark and Unhealthy, but it is warm. On one of the village lanes a widow lives who manages to earn per week, which is a little loss than the reit amounts to, and she has to care for a sickly daughter and miners, laliorera and teamsters, ithout statu paid utitKcr taxes of a wail average ot agafnst le clergy, physicians or traders? The valtu tion, nor prohibited by it to the States, are of real estate stand low in tiie face such comparisons, and as a matter than for the preceding tfveyears reserved to the Mulct) respectively, or to Ihe people" that the constitution shall be construed strictly in all cases where the The ftriclly ordinary expenses of the state tions for the F.vui-K.

and those now on our list, a well as those who liecome new readers with the new year, may tranae the business ith him. We are under obligations to the American Lead Pencil Company for a sample budget of their phonographic cncils. and we are tree to say that they are ithout exception the best eneil we ever used, in every respect. We commend them heartily to the trade, professional and business men aud we know they ill give tlie liest of satisfaction. "There r' honest drunkards in the world." argued Mr.

Wolcott. in his defense of Peter Johnson, on Tuesday. In fact you can't make a drunkard out of a small-souled. narrow-hearted, mean, despicable fellow," a declaration at which lieiu-h, bar. ed the sympathy she felt for her husband course population will diminish in favor more populous places.

See Census Heport lor the same period averaged only Ho has been in tow hut seldom since he shown that he had served a In months' in Albany jail for stealing, and was a man ithout means or character. 't he first scase tried by jury was the indictment of Dennis OT.iieii, of Shellicld, for stealing pki in moaev, ami jewelry to the Value of: from tlie hou-e of Mr. Merrilit'ld, by whom he was employed. He took the property hile the family was absent, and lieu they returned he tuld them two men had done the Mealing and that in attempting to stop them he had rights of tlie States mav be drawn in ques while the exceptional expenses amounted to fi Thus if will be pages 4 i 1 to oi I inclusive. tion or are involved.

it is tlie paramount House, on Friday evening promises to be altogether the bet entertainment of the kind the company has ever offered to its friends. On the concert programme ate a trombone obligato, by Mr. Collin, a clarinet solo bv Mr. Ciurbo, and the leader of the band, Air. Austin gives a comet performance, I-a Tvroliene, with variations, written by the famous Levy and one of bis pet cornet brilliants.

There are six 'numbers on the concert programme and 28 on the programme of (lances, guaranteeing a full night's terpsichnrean revelry. The seen that the expenses of the state have in right of the Stales to elect the president ami to have the electoral vole of each Slate Tildes ami Grant. The man who creased enormously since 1H00. the rVxtd'-o hf.iit counted tii awl returned lw ft. tteHurn, gets down into the gutter to threw mud has no right to complain it tlicoljierlcuow week ago a h.u km-in.

and fell sustaining internal in juries in her side, has been routined to her bed tno-l of the lime since, but is noxv able to sil up. The young married people of tho village will bring out the drama of "The Victims' after Iho week of prayer. new iern house will be used if finished In time. Double the amount of freight can lie fimn the depot to runesxille by tho liexv road than could lie by the old road in given lime. Thoinas Wiilncr, ho.

a mouth ago, tell in Carson Brown mill and -n ked his arm, has been not only disabled since, but, from the "setting in" of malignant erysipelas, hi life as despaired of. hero is now hope of his recovery, Mrs. Warren ho enjoy Ihe di-liitcti-iii of having lived in Dalton longer than any other (preent-resident Woman, where she xvas born 71 years ago and has alxxaxs lived, died on Inst. The town is taken aback by the marriage Monday evening of a man year lady '1 he Ilcid'row company have shut down their warp mill altogether till tin ro is and neither Congress nor any other power is authorised to question or subvert this of the state has grown, since 1801. from St.W17.1i'7 to The whole left here, the last time being on Christmas, lie wits also here in November, when he came to vote, but found lie had not lieen registered nnd therefore his trip was useless.

Mrs. Smith is highly sjxikcn of.nnd though her husband has occasionally sent her money, she earns a largo share of the support of herself and children by sew ing. Smith's last letter to her, which she fe-cieved the morning after his arrest, was full of affection and devotion, and was probably written hilo he was planning the elopement with the bew itching right. gets down too and Uirows back. There is au instance of this sort of retribution going on in Washington as well as in New York A brief reference to the proceedings of amount of aid by cities and towns to sol the convention which framed the coustitu diets, sailors, and their lamilics, since now, which is well descrilH'd by the cor lion, will confirm this view.

The great l('il, amounts to $1.1,310,72, of which respondent ot the Spnioyii Ju jiutiliemi been tired nt, the bullet passing through his hat and cutting a swath iu his hair. He showed the -jierforatcd hat and the place in his hair lu re the bullet had passed, but the trick was "too thin," and he finally ow ned up that he had a hand in the robbery and pointed out where the property was hidden, lie. was found guilty and sentenced to two years in the hou-e of correction. He has been in jail hetire. contest limn tlie outset was hetween State 1 1, has been re-imlmrsed from the Ihe republicans in mis vicinity are 'gt ami National sovereignty, and the small state treasury.

It is mteivstiiir to note ting even' ith those democrats, who, for states were determined to have an equal that the amount of this aid given yearly is years, have been fond ol reporting den voice in Ihi' choice of Ihe executive, as Grant as a hard drinker and much of tlie decreasing. Among assets of the state is sitO. 000 due from the United Stale for well a- in Ihe national legislature. and there time in a slate of intoxication. They sert that Mr.

Tilden has Wen intoxicated 7fvrKMve, lirjirti-l. The full report of Win, Ileum ureroflhe Berkshire County Bibb Treas. Soeie. was great opposition to (lie election by tin people of the members of the House of moneys sHjnt upon coast defences, early in the last war. The auditor reports the Vi in.

Iracey, a tramp, as tried lor attempting to rob a money drawer in Cor most of the time during the last six eeks; thai he has quarrelled ith some of hi Kopreseutatix os ol Massachusetts finances of the state in a very satisfying tv, is as follow and Sherman of Connecticut opimsing condition generally, and its iionds among coran' grocery, (it. Harrington, iu Octo-ler last. He had been drinking at Corcoran', and hile Corcoran ent to another best friends, including Mr. Hewitt that he Int. si s-, Jan.

S. To hnlrtnce in Tr'l with vehemence. tVcxv Jersey and South the choicest securities abroad. is dejected over the loss of so much uione more water Charles Booiiey sull'in a severe fracture of an arm Saturday hile helpii-ig handle a large -tone at Wetoii' new mill. Carolina sustaining these views, and the One of the interesting annual reports is during the presidential canqiaign, and so on! Some of these rumors come down to part of the store Traeey opened the drawer and grabbed several silver pieces.

Cor delegate freui Connecticut anil Delaware dividing. How the members of the Scnatt details, aud assert that Barnum and Gwin that relating to tlie VITAL STATISTICS of the slate, includingthe births, marriage A ah ii i'ii tt. should be chosen was equally hotly dis beat him to tlie amount of over a million of coran took the money from him, and the would-be thief was arrested. He was found guilty and sent to jail for one year. the daughters child, which we saw running about the room with only a single garment upon it.

Its mother was crouching over a smoky wood fire in a broken stove. A woman ho had given birth to a child two weeks ago. had had no tire in her room during her sickness another was dependent on neighbors almost as poor as herself for needed little attentions and help in her illness. It has not been generally kiiiiwn, probably, that there were such cases of poverty and so many of them in the town. Indeed, the tour we made with Mr.

Goodrich was a revelation of more helplessness and misery than we had suspected could be found in proud and prosjierous I'ittsfield. Every street had its needy, every alley and lane its poverty-stricken home. There is opiirtuuity fur charity and a call for benevolence on every hand, and it is to aw aken sympathy for these suti'ering and poor and naked that we have cited these cases. The selectmen do all they can to relieve want, but held as they are to a rigid economy, and ith the frow of tho angry taxpayer threatening them if their disbursements even "look large," they must confine their charity to the narrowest limits. Their hearts are much larger than the appropriation at their command, and they cannot fill alt the wants of the respective cases.

Much should be done by private charity. Fiery section of ifio town should find out its needy, and a very little kind-lies can be made to cheer and encourage many a poor mot her au I her little ones, in the sorrow and distress of this bitter cussed, but here the States party carried dollars for campaign expenses, and that On Tuesday Jan. 'Jd. too di and deaths. This hole matter is now re the day, and it was at length conceded Mr.

Tihlen, if he loses tlie object of his ant Alexander ruitoii, ol liiiamstowu. indicted for assault with a kuile, pleaded that Ihe election of these no uilicrs should duced to a science, and the result of the investigations is very interesting. This bilion, ill soon 'dtnik hnusell to death 1 suppose, of course, that live-sixths guilty to a simple assault and was let off lie by tho State legislatures. Then came a nut less easily cracked r-ord has now been kept by the state au in paying 70 line anil costs. Frank these stories are false, but as Gov.

l'ilden is no teetotaler, but likes strong drink full Two alutrc I Ii. IL Oollcjie, by I'ervy 0" So. WillinnwtuwnConir. I It. I.

I'nif. l'erre ID Sliellield I.v M. iii lv Mr. Hod. 1 Mi Cnrtise Hie liv Mr.

Itc-ku ith it) ml lloii-ntoiiic Ih-oomiorv W. Alnllory, i IX Riltort lir. try in tie Menir'scertfC I luid tut 7. Jl. lulloli lir.

lo, lark. 3 Kcb. ll). l.ejra.-y of Mr" Amelia Williams of -Uf kbi-l-Ue, lT 1) It. William- 2:.

I'eru I'l'. hv Mort en "Jl. 0.1 M'ell s. so. A-lamsliv Ul.reen..

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Vtletl 1 10 ll Il.s kel 1- i liv NoretiH ill no 31. No Adams il. II hixlo lir. Ii) Dl 1 1 thorities lor oo years, more than the aver to the election ol tin: national executive Winters ami diaries liraec, of Mr. Wash ilson ot reiiusylviuiia was the lirst to as well as Gen.

Grant does, democrat ington, ore louiid guilty of breaking and age life time of a generation and no the results have come to be not ouly interest ic friends, if ho becomes, president, will entering the houo of Fgbcrt Fiukle aud propose a college of electors to lie chosen by the people, the Stales Ui be divided into ing but very valuable. During 1870 there doubtless have an opportunity of know in stealing an axe. was sent up lor two years and Winters for IS months. ere H3j less births and 1'JOl less mar districts lor that purpose, alter a proixisi how it ioels to have tiieir party chief set riages, but liO'Jl more deaths than in down as 'drunk' every time he takes a On Tuesday business as suspended for two hours to allow Judge Kockwull to at tiou by Wilson of Pennsylvania, for an election directly by the people, and Sher The daily average of births was of marriages 7.43 of deaths Oo.So and the tend a bank meeting, but trial began cial glass of wine. Gen.

Grant says that it will seem very pleasant to him to taste the sweet of private life, and especially of man ny me legislature i. me national rate per HloO of population was 213.63 about noon and cases were dis Senate and House of Beiircscntativos births, 8.27 marriages and 21.17 death tickets, admitting a gentleman and two ladies are sold at Holland's newsroom. Price Tlie Pitt-field patrons of D. II. Clark, of Wcstlicld, the curb-stone seller of onderful gilt pons, who has often 'set up his neat little stand on our sjtreets, ill be glad to hear that he is likely to recover from the injuries he received at the Ashtabula railroad disaster.

Iu a letter from him describing the accident and speaking of his own wounds he says. "I have two scalp wounds, my npse is broken, neck, shoulders and back bruised, rib broken or fractured, hands bruised and burned, a long cut in left thigh, bad fracture of right thigh, right knee and leg burned, and left foot cut." His le'lcr is quite cheerful in tone, notwithstanding his many hurts and bruises, and we shall hoK! to lnwr him with the return of spring, speaking the praises of his wares as we ha so often heard him. The Woman" Journal, sfieaksof Pitts-field's "woman doctor" as follows: "Dr. Seraph Fi-isscll, a ladv graduate of Mt. llohoke seminary, and since of tiie medical department ol' I'niversity.

has opened an olliee in Pittslield for the practice of medicine. Dr. Frissell has alreaily woii an enviable reputation in the New Fngland Hospital and general practice iu the city of Boston; and is not one of those who are without honor in their own country, for, while at home tor a few months before establishing herselfin Pittslield. she had her hands full, and many who were her patients there, visit her in Pittslield for advice ami medicine. The Berkshire District Medical Society have done honor to themselves by cordially inviting her to tiieir monthly meetings." It was a sad mishap that occurred to Mr.

A. F. Barnfathcr, of the late firm'. of Abbe Bartil'alher, a few weeks since, by which he loses the sight of one of his eyes. 1 hi was employed in the store of the Messrs, Fee on Venn and while opening' a barrel of sugar ith a hammer and chisel, a piece of slm-l flow into his eye, and all cllorts to remove it proved unavailing.

He wont to New York for treatment, and on removing the eye the small piece of steel wa found iniliedded ill the bone, having penetrated to the back side of Ihe eve. By the prompt and skillful treatment there received, he will probably retain the sight of one eye, for hich be will doubtless In! duly thankful. 11" receives the heartfelt svmjmthy of his many friend in his grievous allliclioti. Jerry inclined to Wilson's plan, but feared escaping misrepresentation. Oov.

lildt I posed of. James I-aliev, of Docket, for stealing 10 from his father, Dan Although great alarm is sometimes raised it would alarm the partizans of States already know what it is to have hi pri i nr. Ih-p. Kin Hi, nnionil Dep. A sltaru No Adams I.

Kan April 11 15. 17, bv the statement that tho foreigner are right, who wanted even more direct Ktittc iel I.ahev. was sent to lad lor IS vate acts trumpeted to the world, but it i nothing to hat is coming if he take the choice of president. The report of the committee was made to tlie convention presidential chair. There he will soon be July .13 s.

1" and ith counter projects referred to a i.ew come a "sol that is, if be, like Gen. Grant, baling' S'aehol met at Iho school house Mnd held a very bib-resting meeting, the i nb r-laitinient being a nioi-V trial iu regular form. The case taken how oxer, was a matter of genuine occurrence in this town, a 'few years ago, that of the murder of Fn-nice Pratt, by her husband, at the residence of V. N. Mallory, xxhere tho (aitie were stopping.

Fivery churaelor a a well represented, even to the coaehmai- who brought the girl's father from Pittslield lo ihe scene of the sail tragedy. 'I he dry humor of a certain "Ir. Join introduced to the stand, to testify that, "upon a former examination of the criminal, he found unmistakable s-yniptotns of incipient infinity, was a prominent and amusing feature of the trial. Many of our residents here run! in adjoining towns, xxcil retiiemU-r the elopement of the young F.tuiiee Vantle- alker from her bom-, ami her chimles-tine marriao-o with her own tmcie, Ib-nry Piatt. They will recall, also, Ihe shot k-ing particulars of the tragedy, tho father" -hort conversation with his daughter at Ihe tloor, trying lo induce her, bv picturing her mother's deep di-tre-s.

Pi return home with him. Sins relnsed, and retired to a chamber, where she wa soon afterward f-rtind murdered, and her huslmmi was found ith his throat cut lying upon the same bed. The (rial xxa serious, i-hc-e, able and instructive. The counsel made thrilling and argumentative pleas, and tlx-jury found the prisoner guilty. The Judge is fond of a gl.sot wine with his dinner- aud he will bo regarded by his political enemies as one of the worst men that eve lived.

A good and upright republican The Athfitivum. This institution is constantly receiving donations to the already cry interesting museum, but there is room for more and. contributions of interesting relics and furiosities are invited. Mr. Huhbell has ar told me the other day that he believed 111 II, -so onz vnui oy II.

J. Wiiitnvy Doc. Il ket nr. In- .1 Vm-uu 10. N-nlll l)ei.

II Uix'o New Murllioro I)ci. I) sun- ard IS. Hinsdale lir. by Went-xiortli III. l.ee 1, iloov.rlh JT.

Moliteivy UalueU is" Jan. 1. Dividend S. I'. It 4.

Viriii X'lfiis I imivli iiix' bailuj XV. II. I. lurk den to bo "far more corrupt than Tweed in his palmiest day ntmne ranged the museum with excellent taste The Brooklyn Eiftlc savs Hon. John Foley, counsel for Dr.

1'helps, is authority i nl nnd.iiiscretion, and it nlay be examine I by the public, without money and without for Ihe following account of the duel. 1 1 on arriving at the spot selected it as re price. The hours are from lo to 12 a. solved that lots be drawn for the privilege I. I i aud 3 to 1-2 p.

m. The library is open oi nring me iirst wun, ii hui ucci agreed thev were not to fire simultaneous- 'il I lii-mit' or-h i-i lo oi os 112 i A J. II. I Toei.hr A ItuV lv. May wou the privilege of firing lirst He look aim at Bennett, but the cap of his donall ni fr pistol snapped and the bullet as not di Ian.

I). Ily count i Ilraneh llns, however, accordingly ex l.ile MemWrs reeripl-s lo and jury smiled. Mr. Wolcott's argument was the one hour's freshness In the dreary day's proceedings. The Pomeroys feel convinced that the lire hich burned oil" the uper stories of their satinet mill was stalled bv sparks from locomotives falling on the roof, and to guard against repetition of the disaster from the same cause will cover the new-roof with sheet-iron.

The work of rebuilding is being vigorously pushed by Mr. Tottingham, the carpenter. There are more signs of improvement in the health of lawyer J. M. Barker, the past few days than at any time since his illness began and his physician thinks he i in a fair wav to recover though the process may be slow, and a loug vacation from business will lie necessary.

He ought to sjieud more time at his seashore cottage, the coming season, than iu his law oflice. Frank Hirst of this tow has shown us an ingenious little instrument of his own invention, hich he calls a "butter balling machine." The object of it is to tuk butter in the bulk, from a firkin, keg or pot, and form it into nicely shaped balls of certain definite weights. There are lour sizes of the machine made, aud for grocers, hotels, or boarding houses, it must be a great convenience. The Housatonic railroad company has constructed a large ice house in "their freight depot, and is tilling it with ice 18 inches thick cut on Morewood pond, and large quantities are being carried to the ice houses along the road, it is used to cool the car iu which milk is shipped to New York in tho summer season. The local dealers are filling their ice houses from Silver Fake where the ice is about two feet thick.

The motion of O. W. Uobbins, in the meeting of the Agricultural Society, expressing the opinion that the state should stop paying bounties to agricultural associations, as a matter of surprise to some, who hardly knew why such a step should be taken. A correspondent "Agricola," has something to say in another column on this subject, and on other matters of interest to the society. Who will cross swords, or, rather, pens, with him? From three to five tons of pork per eek is sold at wholesale or cut up and reduced to tho various shapes for the retail market at Sprague's, No.

11, South street, and it is quite a sight to see tlie still' and stark corpses piled in ghastly heaps from tloor to ceiling. Knives and sausage machines and the rendering pot are kept constantly busy and it is almost a wonder where all tlie sjulf can go to. The establishment is doing a good trade, and appear to be prospering under Mr. John-sou's management. See advertisement.

The famous and popular border hero, "Buffalo Bill," with "Captain Jack," a scout from lieu. Crook's command, is billed for the Academy of Music, Friday evening of this week, and will give the new drama, "The Red Right Hand or liull'alo Bill's first scalp for Custer." The reader of the Faiii.e ill remember the account we gave of Bill killing and scalping the Indian chief Yellow Hand, last July, and this scene is introduced in tiie play. The Sarsfield Dramatic Association have procured the manuscript of Bouci-cault's greatest 'dramatic effort entitled "Arrah Nal'ogue or the Wicklow Wedding," which they will produce, wilh appropriate music, costume, scenic elici ts, in the following towns: So. Adams, No. Adams, Greenfield, llolyoke.

West-field and at the Academy of Pitl.s-lield, ending Feb. 12th. The play is one of great merit and tho very satisfactory manner in which the association have heretofore appeared as amateur will no doubt ensure llieiu success. The snow is enormously deep ou the mountain roads, and where houses are few uml far between, and travel not sullieielit to keep the track broken, the people arc absolutely shut out from the world of business. They make but very infrequent visits to the villages and then have to pick a way tht'uiigii fields and ucius lots as best they can.

The frequent make the" highway wore every and to travel lroiu place to place in some parts of the county is really au undertaking of trouble and peril. Frank M. Pierce, a son of Pierce, a Hie long resident of Hinsdale, has been captain of company, 47th regiment of New York militia, a Brooklyn regiment, until the other day when he resign haustcd his privilege, and it became Ben a. ii. reserved Ins decision two weeks, and taken altogvlh'-r, it all acted pcriorm-ance anil one worthy the full hou-e in attendance.

Ft i nett's right to tire. Instead of aiming at his adversary. Bennet pointed his pistol toward the sky and discharged it. Both utHtti-ttrth 'l. men walked toward each other and shoi it n.

Vhc IT. I'ai'l X. Hide bill prince, n. 1 l-iiid A lull of prinliiitf fl i) 1'aid ltev Kami IbuU er ID ml I'-lt. hi.

i Life MendM-rsliips for Mi M. 'heck t- A. It. si. Vork t.

il hooks A that Mr. Jiidson Woodtxonh binds and declared themselves satisfied Ihe parties then left the field. May absenting himself from this Slate to avoid legal prosecution for having violated tho l.iatl 17 law against dueling. committee of the whole, and the questions had to be gone over anew then a jjrand committee of conference of ono fixuu each Stale was apHintcd, but no ngrecmcnt could lie had except on the basis of an equality of votes by tiie States in cfectinfr the members of the Senate, and tlie method of choice, term of service, of the executive, were Hints to which the convention found meat" difficulty to the last moment in coming to any agreement, and at last tlie States' mrty conqiellod an Acquiescence ill tho views' broached by Wilson at the tirst committee meeting! and the president as to be chosen by elector ap-ixiinted by iho fiitfttr. legislatures, ami another concession w-as made to that party bv the provision tliat when the duty devolved iton the House of Representatives to among the candidate in case of a tie.

or want of a majority. the voting should lie by ami not by individual mem-Imth. Hero the provision in relation to tlie election of tho presidenCstopped, and there is a rusus fcrjisM in not providing authority to. Congress to review these tuiTrn-jf, if any such power was intended to tie pi veil. Now let us if any such intention can lie implied.

The framers of the constitution evidently meant to exhaust the electoral Kwer belore it left the States, and iiothiii more was to be done than send the returns of the latter to the president of the Senate, "who shall lit the fitvurnrr of the Senate and House of Kcpresentalives, otiftt all the certificates, and the votes shall then be That Is all it may lie fup-Ked that the president of the Senate, hen he open them, can decide if they are correct in form that they certify according to tlie directions of the constitution, but neither he nor the Congress assembled can lay them a-side nor reject them until he or they can ascertain by evidence if the Stutui have or have not been correct hi every particular in regulating the "appointment" or election of Ihe persons who are certified a being tlie proper "appoint-pes," and whee signatures are attested by Stale authority. Judges Story and Kent, the American constitutional jurists par concur in the view that the two houses are only present a sectntors. and aiiot question the regularity of the proceedings at the election or apimintmcnts of the electors, and no memlier of the convention, nor any jurist, of note, lias ever Jan. 1. loler of Kx.

Comt. paid A.J. till Stamps, -scationerv. 1 tiiekermtf A prniliHK 2 siiarei) It. It The Flouida Investigation.

The Sen i -lo i io nt) in ate suo-comimttee ot the tominiltee oil from 7 to p. also. The recent gifts are, from "a young lady in New York," a piece of the wire which conducted the electric spark firing the explosives at the lleU Gate operations from I. Foster, of Cheshire, a section of a cider mill screw that pressed the chce-e eigliing 1 loll lbs. and presented by lOUh-r l.elaud from tho citizens' of Cheshire a a New Year's gilt, in lsn'J, to president Thomas JcII'tsoii; from Thomas G.

two copies of "Daniel from W. II. Branch, of Pitt-slicld, a inu-ket ued at the- battle of Benningtou by Yiue Branch of Kichiuond from Graham A. Boot, a copy' of Ihe proceedings at the centennial cclcliruiv'ii in Shellicld last June; from engineer Francis A. Fowe, of Washington, a sjuvimen of goltl bearing siiipliuret, from a Virginia goldmine; from 1-aue l.iveniidv, Cambridge, a olumc conl.

lining the proceed-ins of the thinker Hill Monument Association ami centennial celebration in June and a volume entitled historical research from of Pittslield, tlu: autobiography of Fairfield; from Dr. Brown, of Adams, specimen of grass which grow iu liie lloosu- luunt-1 feet from the west cut ranee: from I. D. Ferry, a bank bill of the Berkshire Hank dated August 1-vMi; from Gen. liart-lctl, two very large and valuable, photo-gruphs i Uom.ui imps.

These haebeen richly framed and hang in tho main hall Irom C. K. l'aiker, specimen of ninund-builtl 'i-'s teeth from Macon county. from W. W.

airfield, of Boekfoi a It. Ital iu Treasury tlii, dale Flections, sent to investigate the Fresiif tial election in Florida, has arrived increasing so rapidly that they ill soon exceed the tfative born, yet it is probable that really more children, proportionately, of native born growr to maturity than of foreign born, owing to the licttcr care of the former, and Uiat hence tlii-s (Linger is much too highly estimated. In 1870 there were 71)4 male and females in the stale, or 1 07. i'o females to loo males, and of the above females were widows. In 187.J, owing to hard times," the number of marriages was less than for any year since hile the rate per loot) as only 10.64 to 20.CO in IMh).

The marriage rate in Ilcrkshire county was only O.jJ per intuitu lwlti to 1870. More people" were married in Xoyeinlier thau any other month, ami the fewest in March, "in One youth of 8j wedded a damsel of 2'J. The death rate was higher than usual, although considerably below that of most foreign countries. Ilcrkshire county rank next the low est in death rate, the per cent being 1H.9 per Hkkj, while Nantucket ran up to -I'ittsfield stands 17th ill tlie list of death rate in populous center- for 1875, having per cent-, while Adams was l'Jth, with 18.8 per cent. The most deaths were in August and tlie fewest in June.

There were 18 centenarians died in 1875, of whom lSerkshire county furnished Harry Uobbins of Adams, ion, and Fljzabeth Bolton, of 1'ittslield, also loo. The annual re port of the chief of the STATE DETECTIVE show that the exjR'nse the force for 173 was :i4.L'2t or less than the appropriation. The force made arrests and recovered property to the amount" of or more than the cost of the force. There were gallons of malt liquor and ollJ8 gallons of other kinds seized, of which three-fourth came from Jtoston, while the state treasury has received lor'liquors sold in "this time. 'Ihe Berkshire towns in which liquor was seized were as follow I.ee 2:1 gallon of malt liquor, and one yillot "spiritous lj-n-ox, 22 gallous of malt and one quart of spiritous Otis, one pint of spiritous, and illiainstown two gallous and UireeqiiRrts of spiritous.

The record of the inspectors of public buildings, three detectives specially detailed, show that out of steam boilers used, onlv a few are regularly inspected tiie smaller mills are reported to be very poorly provided with fire-escapes, while ouly SO instance wei-e found where tlie entrance, door of factories 0ened outward or where sliding doors were used. For tlie.se oases, practical recommendations are ottered. The various public buildings in Berkshire county are thus sokeo ol As regards means of egress. Memorial Hll, i.ee, tirst class Academy of Music, l'ittstield, thero should lie stand-pipu and hose on tlie stage for extinguishing lire, thx foot light should bit better protected, there should be another nutlet from the hall so that persons passing from the galierv should not meet those coming from the maiii hall. Makk Wii-sos.

II -I lll( lie, I asimigtou. lliev have examined over witnesses in Florida, and by holding certify that I have exuuli of the 'treasurer ill ihe lierk-hns' I OHlllV Illllle eolv for the ear vieilitit -l-iit. il, sessions in Tallahassee, Jacksonville ami Gainesville the witness fees paid have be less than 2000. The evidence taken ill Sunday Srhiiol foaWNfliin. The County 'Sunday School Convention', held in tin! M.

F. Church, in this town, last Thurday, was a decided success. The president of the County Society. J. Francis, presided, and C.

F-. Morey was elected Secretary. The entire programme as carried out and each speaker ayemed ell pit pared lo discuss the topic, assigned him. "The Aim of the Sunday School," The Sunday school as related to Home instruction," to study the Bible," and "How to teach." were soi'iie of the topics discussed, liov. J.

S. Osl rainier, "the great Sunday School man," from New York, was present, and his remarks were especially interesting and instructive. This attoiidanci) from neighboring towns was good, the audience wore large and a good impression was made. No doubt many went homo resolving to the Bible more ami to be more I'ailiilSd worker in Ihe Sunday school. AVould it not bo well if these as inttiliites, wore held much more show that not only the Republican nation ticket, but also the llepublieau State ticket was fairly elected, although in some dis months.

Win. McCarthy, of Fee, for steal -ing'a gold watch from Frank K. Hinckley's residence, as sent up for a year. Peter Johnson, a tramp of lender feelings, lor ho wept copiously while the case against him as being heard, was tried for stealing some clothing and other properly from lloldeu's olliee ill South Ail, mis. The property wits found upon him when ho as arrested, but he claimed tit have bought it from a man unknown to him and that it wa therefore honestly in his posscs-iou.

According to his ow ii stor) he was an Fng-lishinau, and had been a horse-clipper, carpenter, l.cu iiini-t, waiter, die, and ho will add stiine other trade to his many accomplishments, for ho was sent to state prison 2 years. Patrick Sullivan, a tramp who assaulted II. It. Davis, in the latter' saloon, last October, was sent to jail for a year, and. for assaulting officer Fuller.who arrested him, IS mouths additional imprisonment was prescribed for him.

Do asked to have the pri ilege, of serving his sen-tenleiices ill tho slate prison, but the statutes would not allow the judge, to accommodate him. Frank inters anil Charles Bra.ee, of Shellicld, ho were sentenced as above recorded, on Monday, for laroe-ny, were tried on Tuesday for burning a wood-chopper's shanty ou Mt. Washington, belonging to has. Schutt. They were found guilty', and Winters was sentenced to two year and Bra.ee lo one year in the house of correction.

Walter of Adams, for stealing some cloth from a store ill Adams, was given two years iu jail. Il.iruey Wilson and Win. Maynard, damps, who broke into a. store iu Harrington, Wert sent to state prison, the former for three years ami the latter for two years. Ou John Malloy, who" stole a watch from Thomas Maynard's residence iu this town, about a year ago.

was sent to jail for two years. Wellington Ford, of Van Dousciu die, pleaded guilty to stealing a horse from hi uncle, Mr. Tickiinr, of 'All'ord, and was sentenced to jail for IS month. Two oilier indictment against him for horse stealing wore filed away. Sidney Winters and Fillen Dorman, of (His, were tried for adultery, the trial disclosing the most shameful and bold intimacies.

Mrs. Dorinan is a woman about years of age, has been married, to her present husband ho is Ii7 years old, 1-t years, and has ll children. Winters is a youth of IS. The jury ctidcutly considered him a victim to the woman temptations and recommended him lo the mercy of tho 'court. Ho was sentenced to Is mouths in jail and Mrs.

Dorman to two years. Patrick Fleming, of Pitlslteld. was found guilty of assaulting James Tobiu aud lieo. Mathews with a dangerous weapon, but was not sentenced as Mr. Wood, counsel for Fleming, bikes Iho ca.e to the Miproniu court ou exceptions.

Add'us hcsbro, formerly aWiiliauistown school-ma'am but latterly a resident of Adams, where her conduct Iocs much shocked the good people of that tow ll, as fined $.10 for street walking hill, ud Was lined jij and cost for mi assault. John Barber, of Dalton. was lined for assaulting landlord Bin bank of that town. Henry MeAlli-tor, of Fee, pleaded guilty to tlu'oo complaints for di'iiukt'imt'ss and will only he required to pay the costs. Miles G.

Woodiii, oi'Tyringliaui. for larceny of i)7 and some clothing from got IS months in jail. Lewis freeman, the young colored man. who broke into the D'altou depot, a lew mouths ago, was given years in the slate prison. To-day," Thursday, Martin Kelly and Michael Sheridan are ou trial lor tho lido assault ou ollicer Y.

W. Rockwell and W. lioworuiau tiro counsel for the defendants. tricts the intimidation ot tiie negroes re duce.d the Republican votes. Ihe returns cannot be so distorted by the Democrat as to deprive Daves and Wheeler of the vol ot the Shortly before 12 o'clock Friday noon, the snow and lee that had accuinu lated on the Jong strip of corrugated iron rooting forming the upper part ol the rooi iniisket ami sword used by Nathaniel Fairfield iu Ihe revolution.

This Fairfield was had been indicted for the horrible crime of incest, a- related in tie- last week, xx as indeed a surprise to the eohonmtity. and the probabilities ot his guilt haxebeeu InueJi di-cus-ed, the public feeling being largely in his favor, lor it can hardly be believed that he could le guihy of such an enormous ofrtfi-e. Tlie alleged xitt-m, his liter, married last April Henry alii tellscli, tho Volll'g mail who iuxdoUie liotoriytx ft year or two ago for sb'ioting John tiller a di-pute at Ilo-ea idler'. Mr. Wood worth violently opposed the marriage, and spoke of los daughter's suitor lo ln-r in very pootixo lei lils.

Ho allege that thi objection to hini -he repeat'-. I to Van Dt u-eii, and that his eiiiiiiiy na thereby, and that thi- prosecution undertaken tor n-xi n-e. tin tile part of Van Detlsell ainl sUi-oi U-'i bv tiie liaiiL-hter to -hii-Sd iters. If from other accusations. WooJwurth further says that hi- leaving toxxu last summer wri in no ay proiup-t by fear of revehttioit bet thai ho Hi nt wet on the, invitation of relative who otli-ied him iinlucetie ids In l-yillo t'J Iliiuoi Hid locale; that lie ned because the climale of Fiinoi's did not a'l'ee Willi bis iieailh and that be ba uexer been anv fear ol tlie re-olt of a ix in reg'-Xidto the cities sje keu ol U-t week a rumored to have occurred in the cemetery there wa never bat one accu-atioii cxeu whispered and Ui.it was made by the naini; woman who afterward atU'iii'detl a l.liv k-lii i lir? op-clalioU faille O'lloliuell of Felin street.

There werx three Indictment h'-oiiht Mr. Woodworth. charging iit with incest. mp, arid adultery. In one he crave stire'ues in the sum of $liJ for lo- appearance for trial, and iotliu others his oixii reeoerui-tauee Ui Ui sum of on each iiiOc loii-nt wa accepted.

The c-i-c are on the. docket for trial (lauiig tho pit'seiit. tut the tantiot he leached until (he til case ate disposed of. and it. is hartllx piobable they will txj then taken u.

At ie.ist a nioSioii i Iw by delelldaltt coulcs)! lor a oU polieioelit until the July term, as witnesses are lo smiinioiHrd tVoui abroad and tiierxi is hardly been lime et lo prepare tiie of the cast side of the Grand Central 1 leisit N. became loosened by the wanjith of one of tiie first hite settlers in PitMiohl; from senator Dawes, a taluable atlas, the sun, slid on, and lcll with a tivmen dous crash upon the plates of glass form showing the F. S. Government lands in ing; tlie next section below. Tlie fall aliout six feet, and tho plates, allhoug! each slate ami territory; from Miss Kitiv Mtlllauev.

of l'ill-iield. a "hat wrn by soldier in the war of Isl; from Frank llur-lingliant. of Pitt-iii'ld, a copy of tho testament printed in half an inch thick, were shattered for about two-thirds of the length of the building. Showers of broken ghiss and snow fell into the interior of the edi lice, but fortunately lol.and liod liie correct, Mild vieli tsl and thai tae now in hae-i- of iiicen II- line. 'I re t-urer.

Is oue li'iO'lreO iin.l ei.ht, tiir. II M. Pfciivsos, Au lair, l-m-uei Jan. tt, 1-C7. The Comity Bible Society xvas oreanizod as an auxiliary of the American Bible Society iu Noxv Vork, in 117,.

rind since that time has purchased Bibles and for sale and distribution from its several Depositories in the county, to the amount of j.S-:!. and has collected and paidox-er to the Treasurer of the parent a Ujii'ttioH, the sum of 1 The expense tor the thorough canvass of the county, during the past two year in the. interest of iho Uible cause, have all been paid and the debt to the parent society for books is a trifle less than two thousand dollars; and tho society now ow us nearly that amount of l)ook, hich an- in the sexeral 1 lepo.itories ill the e-Hilllx-. W.xi. Tretisur.

r. Some of the older readers of the Fai.IE will doubtless reuicniljer a certain teinner-anec reformer who resided in Pitutiel'l or 3.i year ago, who was accustomed to speak of riiin-sliop asthe "breathing holes of hell." In p.a-s-siiig through noma of our streets this wittt'-r, one is every little while o-rocted ith odors "ariMno; from the "liian-holea" connected wilh the main sowers, hich it does not renuire a great siren ot the fancy to think of as coming from the infernal "breathing The long period nl drought, this easoii, ha hud the cil't'i of (in) tilth to it-cumulate, iu tho sewers, and eonscipiontly the uu-xxholesoiuo gases generated therein are coustautlv poison th-i atmosphere wilh typhoid lerver and other diseases. May' not some the- oickiicss "it Ftst Housatonic street be trrxeed to this source? Can't the evil be remedied Tlits 1. Y. L.

A. iissoeiaiion will "ive au euterfaiuiuetil at Lim bank's factory, on Thursday cxeningthe at 7 1-2 o'clock. Admission 10 cents. without injuring anv one, as that porti of the depot was almost deserted at the A party of two 'caught aliout forty pounds time. of pickerel, on Brewer pond, on Monday Tlie Hon.

Julius L. Clarke, State Audi tor, has made Ihe twenty-eighth annua! re the two brrgest weighing ,) )muih1s and -4 pounds ounces re-poeiUcly. On Tuesday, as I'hiiaiido llarmnn wascoa-sting on Trvon-s hill, wilh his schoolmates, bis foot port of his department, one of unusual terest. Jle sav tlie centennial year close ith a pratilying exhibit of the fiscal inter Firjil hureh. Treasurer Mills' recent report to tlui First church showed that the expenses ami contributions of the past year aiiiountcdlo of hich tho charities ere as follows: Mass.

Homo Mission Society, i I-adies Fiiiu-h, Wd Free Will Society, Foreign Missions, Seaman's Friend Society, American ISiUc American Tract Society, First 'hurch Sunday Poutoo.nie and Peck's district Sunday Schools, House of Mercy. thanksgiving collection 77.U7; Church poor, Thero was paid to tho trustees ot the M. K. Church, for their church building, and the or'iin contribution of Mr. Geo.

Campbell, mid Mrs. liikalictli C'lapp, wis iWi. A thing of bounty is a joy forever, so is a nice set of furs or seal cap purchased of Judd, tlie batter and furrier, at hi greatly reduced prices since tho holiday. A riter ill one of our standard medical journals say "I was cured of Dropsy in one immtu tiy using Hi nt's Kr.i:uv." All disease of "tlio Kilin')'c IHa-Mfr nml 1'riiuiry Organs, are cured ly llisr's llKKir. lsl.uuu Eta WAan la h.tnules..

est ot the Conimotiwoaltli. itli its or dinary and exceptional expenditures ma presumed to intimate an authority in any twtly, eongreaoUoiial or judicial, to itivestf-jrate thce pncwdings, alter tlie returns have been nnule as provided by the const ituti.m. ilut suppose tliat we admit that, ex some reajnui arising out of the higher law of self-preservation, as in the fjtM) of the "joint" nile, which decided that the Mate in bel'ion could not have a voice in the election of president, the two house should concur in the view that for some vh-e inhereut or apparent on the face, the return front any one or liKire State should be thrown out, tiiat logically authorise tilher house, at its own will, to object any return lxing counted It might be submitted to wheii built the representative of die eoi)le and the Vi' House and Si aale should concur, but it would be a flagrant breach of the prerogative of either, and provoke a revolution tor one to so override the constitution unii laws. It may be untortumue that these eaifuirie cantuc be nuii in all ca-e. ami occasionally an injusiiee may be done by reason of uch inability, but "sut it the result of ail lawi which provide lor Ihe ijtiurnl, and cannot for vrj fariieu-far.

We hate had tg amend the constitu- teriallv diminished. iLs revenues promptly realized', its outstanding debt reduced, ils credit at home and sibroail unimpaired, and its bonds ranking, us heretofore, ninong ed, liis resignation fives tho colonel of caught iu the crust throt ing him from his sled and displacing his knee pall. Dr. Hfoilhcad v. as called, tile bono replaced mid tin' liiuh is now doing well.

There was a pleasant gathering at Mr. l-aae Harmon's on Ttie-day evening, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Kdwar'd idding The failure ol the linn of Collin Hall, ill iho hand sled business, is attributed to llab's absconding wilh a large amount ol" the company's mud. The police are on his track.

ATkibitk. to fits. Bauti.ett. The following we find iu the Boston advertiser. It is from the pen of a I'ittsfield gentleman I i die mike iU hit pi-nlii-ne-, lor Ui- BAke nt iii Ui-ieaiii-ss, or tlie wtki- of tlie WiiW-nii'ft, itiri bioud stauusi Uie 1c F.r is-ik? r.f itutie dow, rir -nke of liw rue Imi won, I IU isike ol uw ilai U- eouid, Orvuu iua lua Uiciuory bu.

a. the choicest and best securities in tl; market. tl.oo:C-! dclelisc ll 14 lllicll led 111 I i UIkC. Hon. James tl.

Blaine has been elected TJnitod State Senator by tho legislature tho regiment, D. F. Austen, tin) opportunity to say some very kind words of tkipt. Pierce which we find in a Brooklyn paer. praising tho cflicieucy and skill ho iiua shown iu bis dutiea.

He ay "Captain Pierce fa one of the most active and energetic olliccrs iu tho regiment, ono who, in beginning his military career in tlm ranks, Liu gradually k'cti inlvaniTil to Lis pres. out position, at all time serving with credit to himself and honor to his for the hort term ending March 4, and for tlie long term ending in 1883. It is said tli.it elit huhJfeJ fieild car are blox kaded by the snow between Albany and F'oity mile uliove Albany the mww level "i-a th tp of ttm Car. lleillcudicr next Cck lr. CollgdoU, the Indian, will bu here.

See hi In Warren a farmer of an engineering turn, ho has wearied of digging paths-, now recoivci riiitora at hi house througu a finely arched snow tunnel 2vl feet long. In Wcdnci1ay'i vote Boutwell rcifivud 93, Hoar lJ3, Kite 17, Abbott U2..