The Berkshire County directory 1875-1876, Part 7

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Publication date: 1875
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7. - The First, Third, Fourth and Fifth Worcester and the Franklin Senatorial Districts.


8. - The Hampshire, the First and Second Hampden, the Berkshire and the Berkshire and Hampshire Sena- torial Districts.


Messenger to the Governor and Council, William H. D. Eaton, Newton.


Assistant Messenger to the Governor and Council, Charles F. A. Francis, Boston.


SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.


Oliver Warner, Northampton.


TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL.


Charles Adams jr., North Brookfield.


DEPUTY TAX COMMISSIONER.


D. A. Gleason, Medford.


AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS.


Charles Endicott, Canton.


ATTORNEY-GENERAL.


Charles R. Train, Boston.


ASSISTANT ATTORNEY-GENERAL.


William G. Colburn, Boston.


GOVERNOR'S STAFF.


Adjutant-General, Inspector-General and Acting Quarter- master-General. - Major-General James A. Cunning- ham, Boston.


Assistant Adjutant-General. - Col. Isaac F. Kingsbury, Newton.


Assistant Inspector-General. - Col. Albert A. Hagget, Lowell.


Judge Advocate-General. - Brigadier-General Patrick A. Collins, Boston.


Assistant Quartermaster-General. - Col. Chas. W. Wilder, Boston.


Surgeon-General. - Brigadier-General William J. Dale, North Andover.


Assistant Surgeon-General. - Col. Joshua B. Treadwell, Boston.


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Governor's Staff, - continued.


Aides-de-Camp. - Col. Edward A. Wyman, Cambridge ; Col. James A. Rumrill, Springfield ; Col. Leverett S. Tuckerman, Salem ; Col. Edward Gray, Boston.


LEGISLATURE.


SENATORIAL DISTRICTS IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY.


Berkshire and Hampshire District. - Alford, Becket, Eg- remont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Sandis- field, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, West Stock- bridge, Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Hunting- ton, Middlefield, Plainfield and Worthington.


Berkshire District -- Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Dal- ton, Florida, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, New Ashford, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, Savoy, Wash- ington, Williamstown, Windsor, Hawley and Munroe.


SENATORS FROM BERKSHIRE COUNTY BY DISTRICTS.


Berkshire District. - William H. Phillips, Pittsfield. Berkshire and Hampshire. - Lysander J. Orcutt, Cum- mington.


REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY. District.


1. - Hancock, Lanesborough, New Ashford and Wil- liamstown. One representative.


2. - Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida and Savoy. Two representatives.


3. - Dalton, Pittsfield and Richmond. Two representa- tives.


4. - Becket, Hinsdale, Peru, Washington and Windsor. One representative.


5. - Lenox, Stockbridge and West Stockbridge. One representative.


6. - Lee, Monterey, Otis and Tyringham. One repre- sentative.


7. - Alford, Egremont, Great Barrington and Mount Washington. One representative.


8. - New Marlborough, Sandisfield and Sheffield. One representative.


REPRESENTATIVES FROM BERKSHIRE COUNTY BY DISTRICTS. District. 1. - Joseph White, Williamstown. 2. - William W. Dwyer, Adams. William Martin, Adams.


MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.


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3. - Thomas F. Plunkett, Pittsfield. Owen Coogan, Pittsfield.


4. - Alason B. Pomeroy, Washington.


5. - William D. Curtis, Lenox.


6. - Edward S. May, Lee.


7. - John M. Seeley, Great Barrington.


8. - Henry M. Wilcox, Sandisfield.


UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM MASSACHU- SETTS.


· Geo. S. Boutwell, Groton ; term expires March 3, 1877. Henry L. Dawes, Pittsfield ; term expires March 3, 1881.


REPRESENTATIVES TO THE 43d CONGRESS FROM MASSACHUSETTS.


[Terms expire - 1877.]


District 1.


2. Benjamin W. Harris, Bridgewater.


66 3. Henry L. Pierce, Boston.


4.


Rufus S. Frost, Boston.


66 5. Nathaniel P. Banks, Waltham.


66 6. Charles P. Thompson, Gloucester.


7. John K. Tarbox, Lawrence.


66 8. William W. Warren.


66 9. George F. Hoar, Worcester.


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10.


Julius H. Seelye, Amherst.


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11. Chester W. Chapin, Springfield.


UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE.


TENTH COLLECTION DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS.


Comprising the city of Springfield, and the several towns in Hampden county, together with the several towns in Berkshire county. EDWARD R. TINKER, North Adams, Collector.


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BERKSHIRE COUNTY DIRECTORY.


COUNTY OFFICERS.


BERKSHIRE COUNTY.


Incorporated 1761. SHIRE TOWN, PITTSFIELD.


Judge of Probate and Insolvency. - James T. Robinson, Adams.


Register of Probate and Insolvency .- A. J. Waterman, Pittsfield.


Clerk of Courts. - Henry W. Taft, Pittsfield.


Registers of Deeds. - North District, Herbert A. Fuller, Adams. Middle District, Geo. J. Tucker. Pittsfield. South District, Isaac Seeley, Great Barrington. County Treasurer. - George J. Tucker, Pittsfield.


Sheriff. - Graham A. Root, Pittsfield.


DEPUTY SHERIFFS.


Adams (North) .- William Hodskin, Josiah Q. Robinson, Rufus G. Walden, Jacob Coon.


Adams (South) .- Horace G. Streeter, William G. Farns- worth.


Great Barrington. - Harvey Holmes, Allen S. Mansir, Wallace W. Langdon.


Hinsdale. - Lewis W. Taylor.


Lanesborough. - Jedediah W. Newton.


Lee. - Moses H. Pease, Stephen Hurlbut.


Monterey .- Merrick C. Langdon.


New Marlborough. - Albert Chapin, Henry N. Adams. Otis. - Edward L. Day.


Pittsfield. - Hiram B. Wellington, Austin W. Kellogg, James McGowan. Sheffield. - John C. Smith.


Stockbridge. - Charles H. Willis.


Tyringham. - Lucien B. Moore, A. C. Heath.


Washington. - Robert M. Savery.


West Stockbridge. - George H. Cobb.


Williamstown. - Robert Noble.


SESSIONS OF PROBATE COURT.


At Adams, Thurs. after 1st Tues. of Jan., April, and Oct. and Wed. next after 1st Tues. of May, and Thurs. after 3d Tues. of July.


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MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.


At Great Barrington, Wed. next after 1st Tues. of Feb., May, Sept., and December.


At Lee, Wed. next after 1st Tues. of Jan., April and Oct. and Wed. next after 3d Tues. of July.


At Pittsfield, 1st Tues. of Jan., Feb., March, April, May, June, Sept., Oct. and Dec., and 3d Tues. of July, and Wed. after 1st Mon. of November.


SESSIONS OF COURT OF INSOLVENCY.


At Pittsfield, 1st Wed. of every month.


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.


Justin Dewey, Great Barrington ; term expires December, 1875.


H. H. Richardson, Pittsfield; term expires December, 1876.


Henry J. Bliss, South Adams ; term expires December, 1877.


SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS.


Darius W. Dunham, Washington ; term expires Decem- ber, 1877.


John S. Lee, Cheshire ; term expires December, 1877.


COMMISSIONERS OF INSOLVENCY.


Lenox. - Andrew J. Waterman.


Pittsfield. - Edgar M. Wood.


Williamstown. - Keyes Danforth.


PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR.


Stockbridge. - Henry J. Dunham.


MASTER IN CHANCERY.


Pittsfield. - Andrew J. Waterman.


COMMISSIONERS TO QUALIFY CIVIL OFFICERS.


Adams. - William E. Brayton, Jarvis N. Dunham, Na- than W. Harmon, Edwin F. Jenks, Sylvander John- son, Benjamin F. Robinson, James T. Robinson, Josiah Q. Robinson.


North Adams. - Isaac Holman, George Millard, H. P. Phillips.


Dalton. - Zenas M. Crane, Franklin Weston, Granville D. Weston.


Great Barrington. - Herbert C. Joyner, Increase Sumner, Ralph Taylor.


Lenox. - Charles Sedgwick, Henry W. Taft, George J. Tucker, William S. Tucker,


Pittsfield. - Robert W. Adams, J. M. Barker, Ezekiel R. Colt, Henry Hubbard, Calvin Martin.


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County Officers, - continued.


Stockbridge. - Horatio Byington, Henry J. Dunham, Samuel Jones, C. M. Owen. Williamstown. - Keyes Danforth, Daniel Dewey, Daniel N. Dewey, Henry L. Sabin, John Tatlock.


TRIAL JUSTICES.


Lenox. - William S. Tucker. Stockbridge. - Henry J. Dunham. West Stockbridge. - W. C. Spaulding.


JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.


(Including Justices of the Peace and Quorum designated by a* and Justices throughout the Commonwealth designated by at)


Adams. - Oscar A. Archer, Nelson H. Bixby, Henry J. Bliss, Daniel F. Burlingame, Silas P. Butler, Arnold H. Crandall, James C. Chalmers, William G. Farns- worth, Herbert A. Fuller, Daniel Jenks, George F. Miller, William McKay, George W. Nottingham, Amasa W. Richardson, Ira Richmond, Franklin O. Sayles, Daniel Upton, Harvey H. Wellington. North Adams. - John F. Arnold, Joel Bacon, Myron Barrows, Austin Bond, Frederick P. Brown, Water- man Brown, Francis F. Colgrove, William F. Darby, George Davis, Lyman M. Flagg, William A. Gallup, Stephen H. Fairfield, Wallace Freeman, William Hodskin, Charles H. Ingalls,; Sylvander Johnson, Edward C. Kiely, John I. Leroy, William Martin, George Millard, William P. Porter, Charles J. Park- hurst, * Henry P. Phillips, Andrew Potter, Arnold G. Potter, David H. Raymond, George L. Rice, ¡ James J. Robinson, Josiah Q. Robinson, ¡Benja- min F. Robinson, Jarvis Rockwell, Freeman H. Streeter, Shepard Thayer, Charles W. Van Demark, Rufus G. Walden, Rodman H. Wells, Clarence F. Whitaker, Ezra D. Whitaker, Valmore A. Whittaker, Edward S.Wilkinson. Alford - Ezra C. Ticknor.


Becket - Mark P. Carter, William S. Huntington. West Becket - Stephen W. Carter.


Charlemont -Bernard N. Farren. Cheshire - Henry J. Brown, Stephen Chapman, Edmund D. Foster, Mervin S. Smith. Clarksburg, North Adams-Joseph D. Clark, Eleazer Ketchum, Joseph B. Wheeler.


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MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.


Dalton - Henry A. Barton, Edward H. Bridgman, Thomas G. Carson, Henry Ferre, William H. War- field jr., Caleb S. Warren, Byron Weston.


Egremont - Joseph A. Benjamin, David Dalzell


North Egremont. - Seymour B. Dewey, * James H. Rowley, William M. Stillman.


Florida. - Nahum P. Brown, Israel Whitcomb.


Hoosac Tunnel. - Gilbert H. Mann.


Great Barrington. - R. N. Couch, Justin Dewey jr., Julius Dresser, Augustine Giddings, Walter W. Hollenbeck, Egbert Hollister, Herbert C. Joyner, Billings Palmer, Isaac Seeley, Thomas Siggins, Charles J. Taylor, Henry Van Deusen.


Housatonic. - John M. Seeley.


Hancock. - Lyman Eldredge. Orestes G. Eldredge, Lester Gorton, William H. Hadsell, Calvin P. Lapham, Rufus L. Mason.


Hinsdale. - Theodore Barrows, George J. Plunkett, Milo Stowell, Charles K. Tracy, Charles Wright.


Lanesborough. - Reuben W. Field, William A. Fuller, Jedediah W. Newton, Justus Tower, Charles B. Whitney.


Lee. - Prentiss C. Baird, William J. Bartlett, John Bran- ning, Joseph Chaffin, Harrison Garfield, Franklin W. Gibbs, Nathan Gibbs, Wilbur F. Hadsell, Albert M. Howk, Stephen Hurlburt, Theodore K. Judd, Edward A. Langdon, Egbert M. Langdon, Edward A. Moore, Moses H. Pease, Edward W. Rice, Norman W. Shores, Marshall Wilcox.


East Lee. - Edwin Sturges.


Lenox. - Willam D. Curtis, Thomas Post, John F. Morell. F. W. Rockwell, Julius Rockwell, Henry W. Taft, * William S. Tucker, Hiram B. Wellington.


Lenox Furnace. - Thomas Sedgwick.


New Lenox. - Chauncey Sears, Merrick C. Langdon. Monterey. - Marshall S. Bidwell, Alburn J. Fargo, Wil-


bur C. Langdon, Oscar L. Mansir, Lyman Thompson. Mount Washington. - Isaac Spurr, Orrin C. Whitbeck. New Ashford. - Phineas Harmon.


New Marlborough. - Auren Smith. Sheldon W. Wright. Hartsville. - Harlow S. Underwood.


Mill River - Edwin Adams.


Otis. - Elam P. Norton, Samuel H. Norton, Norman Strickland.


Peru. Benjamin F. Pierce, George Wells.


Pittsfield. - Robert W. Adams, D. A. Atkins, Theodore L. Allen, James M. Barker, į Samuel W. Bowerman, George P. Briggs, + Henry S. Briggs, Nathan G. Brown, Josiah Carter, Samuel T. Chapel, ; Henry


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Justices of the Peace, - continued.


Chickering, James H. Collin, Henry Colt, ¡ James D. Colt, ¡Thomas Colt, John Crosby jr., Daniel Day, James H. Dunham, Jarvis N. Dunham, Charles N. Emerson, Frederick A. Francis, J. Dwight Francis, William T. Filley, Lorenzo H. Gamwell, George Gay, Jacob L. Greene, Samuel E. Howe, James W. Hull, John E. Menette, Henry Noble, Henry H. Newton, Emory H. Nash, John C. Parker, Melvin L. Parker, Thomas P. Pingree ;Thomas F. Plunkett, William R. Plunkett, ¿Julius Rockwell, George Shipton, Jason N. Shepardson, John M. Taylor, * George J. Tucker, Joseph Tucker (all counties), Addison S. Waite, Andrew J. Waterman, John C. West, Edgar M. Wood. Richmond. - William Bacon.


Sandisfiled. - Thomas M. Judd.


Montville. - Franklin G. Abbey, George A. Shepard.


New Boston. - * Orlo Burt, Orlo Northway, Samuel C. Parsons, Joshua M. Sears.


Savoy. - Franklin C. Bourne, Simeon P Dresser, Joseph B. Ingraham, Leonard McCullock, Thomas Post.


Sheffield. - James Bradford, John D. Burtch, Bela N. Clark, Edward Ensign, G. M. Fitch. Ashley Falls. - Albert Leroy.


Stockbridge. - Henry J. Dunham, Daniel B. Fenn, + John Z. Goodrich, Marshall Putnam.


Curtisville. - Henry M. Burrall.


Tyringham. - Eli G. Hale.


Washington. - Simpson Bell, Philip Eames.


West Stockbridge - William H. Barnes, George H. Cobb, George W. Kniffin, William M. Kniffin, William C. Spaulding.


Williamstown - John R. Buckley, Keyes Danforth, Henry T. Talmadge, f Joseph White.


South Williamstown. - James A. Eldredge, Benjamin F. Mills.


Windsor, East Windsor. - Reuben Pierce.


Savoy. - Andrew J. Babbitt.


NOTARIES PUBLIC.


Adams (North) . - Arnold H. Crandall, Stephen H. Fair- field, Charles H. Ingalls, Arnold G. Potter, Shepard Thayer, Edward S. Wilkinson. South. - Henry J. Bliss, Harvey H. Wellington. Great barrington. - Frederick N. Deland. Hancock .- Orestes G. Eldredge.


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MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.


Lee. - Thos. M. Judd, Norman Shores, William Taylor. Lenox. - Thomas Post.


Pittsfield. - Robert W. Adams, James M. Barker, Irving D. Ferry, Melvin L. Parker, Zenas C. Renne.


Savoy. - Thomas Post.


Stockbridge. - Henry J. bunnam, Daniel R. Williams.


CORONERS.


Adams (North). - Nathan S. Babbitt, William Hodskin, Josiah Q. Robinson.


Dalton. - Joseph W. Russell.


Hinsdale. - Milo Stowell.


Lee. - Abial H. Pease.


Lenox (special). - Hiram B. Wellington.


Pittsfield. - John C. Parker, Henry M. Pearson, Walter Tracy.


Williamstown. - John R. Bulkley.


JUDICIARY.


UNITED STATES COURT.


Nathan Clifford, Associate Justice U. S. Supreme Court.


Geo. F. Shepley, Judge of U. S. Circuit Court.


John Lowell, District Judge.


George P. Sanger, District Attorney.


Frederick Dabney, E. L. Barney, W. A. Hayes, jr., Asst. District Attorneys.


Roland G. Usher, Marshal.


D. G. Lang, Edward P. Usher, Levi Shaw, of Boston and Wm. S. Cobb, of New Bedford, Deputy Marshals. John G. Stetson, Clerk Circuit Court.


Edward Dexter, Clerk District Court.


Elisha Bassett, Deputy Clerk District Court.


Commissioners of the Circuit Court of the United States, for the first Circuit, and District of Massachusetts ; Chas. Levi Woodbury, Elias Merwin, Charles P. Curtis, Caleb Wm. Loring, Wm. S. Dexter, Henry L. Hallett, Charles W. Tuttle, Winslow Warren, jr., Edwin H. Abbott, Fish- er Ames, and John G. Stetson, of Boston; William L. Smith, of Springfield ; George Marston and Charles W. Clifford, of New Bedford; Wendell T. Davis, of Green- field ; J. Henry Hill, of Worcester ; William Howland, of Lynn ; and Edgar M. Wood, of Pittsfield.


Circuit Courts, holden at Boston, 15th of May and 15th of October, in each year.


District Courts, holden at Boston, 3d Tuesday in March ; 4th Tuesday in June; 2d Tuesday in September ; and


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Judiciary, - continued.


first Tuesday in December ; and Special Courts are holden usually on each Friday, and on other days at the discre- tion of the Judge.


STATE COURTS.


SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.


Horace Gray, jr., of Boston, Chief Justice ; John Wells, of Chicopee ; James D. Colt, of Pittsfield ; Seth Ames, of Boston ; Marcus Morton, of Andover; William C. Endicott of Salem ; Chas. Devens jr., of Worcester, Asso- ciate Justices. Albert G. Brown jr., of Boston, Reporter ; Charles R. Train, of Boston, Attorney-General .; George C. Wilde, of Boston, Clerk; George W. Nichols, of Bos- ton, Assistant Clerk.


The Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth holds a term in Berkshire County at Pittsfield 2d Tues- day in September.


The Supreme Judicial Court holds its term in Berkshire County at Pittsfield, 2d Tuesday in May.


SUPERIOR COURT.


Lincoln F. 'Brigham of Salem, Chief Justice. Julius Rockwell, Pittsfield ; Otis P. Lord, Salem ; Francis H. Dewey, Worcester; Ezra Wilkinson, Wrentham ; John P. Putnam, Boston ; Robert C. Pitman, New Bedford ; John W. Bacon, Natick ; William Allen, Northampton ; P. Emory Aldrich, Worcester, Associate Justices. George M. Stearns, Chicopee, District Attorney. Jos. A. Willard, Boston, Clerk; Edwin A. Wadleigh, Boston, Assistant Clerk; Otis V. Waterman, Cierk (criminal business); Ja- cob Homer, R. I. Burbank, and Alfred Williams, Commis- sioners to take Bail; E. H. Lathrop, Springfield, District Attorney for Western District Hampden and Berkshire Counties.


The Superior Court holds its terms in Berkshire County at Pittsfield on the 4th Monday of February, June and October (Civil), and on 2d Monday of January and July (Criminal).


DISTRICT COURTS.


CENTRAL BERKSHIRE. (Court held at Pittsfield, juris- diction in Hancock, Lanesborough, Peru, Windsor, Hins- dale, Dalton, Pittsfield and Richmond.) Justice, Joseph Tucker. Special Justices, Charles W. Van Demark. Frank W. Rockwell. Clerk, Walter B. Smith.


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MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.


NORTHERN BERKSHIRE. (Court held at Adams, jurisdic- tion in Adams, Clarksburg, Savoy, and Cheshire.) Jus- tice, Jarvis Rockwell. Special Justices, Frederick P. Brown, Nelson H. Bixby. Clerk, Lyman M. Flagg.


SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE. (Court held at Great Barring- ton, jurisdiction in Sheffield, Great Barrington, Egremont, Alford, Mount Washington, Monterey and New Marl- borough. ) Justice , James Bradford. Special Justices, James H. Rowley, Rennselaer N. Couch. Clerk, Thomas Siggins.


POLICE COURTS.


LEE. Justice, Isaac C. Ives. Special Justices, James Bullard, Franklin W. Gibbs.


WILLIAMSTOWN. Justice, John R. Buckley. Special Justices, Andrew M. Smith, Henry L. Sabin.


COLLEGE.


WILLIAMS COLLEGE.


Paul A. Chadbourne, D.D., L.L. D., President.


Trustees. - Rev. Mark Hopkins, Hon. Henry Sabin, Hon. Joseph White, Hon. Erastus C. Benedict, Hon. Wil- liam Hyde, Rev. Nahum Gale, Hon. James D. Colt, Rev. Robert R. Booth, Hon. William E. Dodge, Giles B. Kel- logg, Rev. Samuel Irenous Prime, Hon. Francis Henshaw Dewey, Samuel D. Warren, Rev. Ephraim Flint, Rev. Stephen S. Tyng, jr., James White.


Hon. Joseph White, Treasurer and Secretary.


BANKS.


Adams.


First National Bank. Inc. 1864. Capital, $150,000. H. J. Bliss, Pres .; H. H. Wellington, Cash. Dis- count daily.


The Adams National Bank, North Adams. Inc. 1865. Capital, $500,000. S. Blackinton, Pres .; E. S. Wilkinson, Cash.


Great Barrington.


National Mahaiwe Bank. Inc. 1847. Capital, $200,- 000. John L. Dodge, Pres .; F. N. Deland, Cash. Discount day, Tuesday.


Lee.


Lee National Bank. Inc. 1865. Capital, $210,000. Harrison Garfield, Pres .; John L. Kilbon, Cash.


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Banks, - continued. Pittsfield.


Agricultural National Bank. Inc. 1865. Capital, $200,000. E. H. Kellogg, Pres .; W. M. Root, Vice- .


Pres. ; J. R. Warriner, Cash. Discount day, Tuesday. PITTSFIELD NATIONAL BANK. Inc. 1853. Capital, $500,000. Julius Rockwell, Pres .; John V. Barker, Vice-Pres .; E. S. Francis, Cash. Discount day, Tues- · day (see advt. below).


Stockbridge. The Housatonic National Bank. Inc. 1865. Capital, $200,000. D. R. Williams, Pres .; D. A. Kimball, Cash. Discount daily.


JULIUS ROCKWELL, Pres.


JOHN V. BARKER, Vice-Pres. E. S. FRANCIS, Cash.


The Pittsfield national Bank.


PITTSFIELD, MASS.


.CAPITAL, $500.000. -


SURPLUS, $200.000. Discount Day, Tuesday. DIRECTORS : JULIUS ROCKWELL, JOHN V. BARKER, THEODORE POMEROY, HENRY STEARNS, JAMES J. MURRAY, JOHN C. WEST, THOMAS. G. CARSON, HENRY COLT, JAS. M. BARKER.


SAVINGS BANKS.


Adams.


South Adams Savings Bank. H. J. Bliss, Pres .; H. H. Wellington, Treas.


Hoosac Savings Bank, North Adams. S. Johnson, Pres .; Austin Bond, Sec. and Treas.


North Adams Savings Bank, North Adams. Inc. 1848. John F. Arnold, Pres .; V. A. Whitaker, Treas.


Great Barrington. Great Barrington Savings Bank. Inc. 1869. Egbert Hollister, Pres .; W. H. Parks, Treas.


Lee. Lee Savings Bank. Inc. 1852. Harrison Garfield, Pres. ; John L. Kilbon, Treas.


Pittsfield.


Berkshire County Savings Bank. Inc. 1846. Julius Rockwell, Pres .; Robert W. Adams, Treas .; John R. Warriner, Sec.


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Stockbridge.


Stockbridge Savings Bank. Marshall Warner, Pres .; H. J. Dunham, Treas.


West Stockbridge. Miners' Savings Bank. Charles W. Kniffin, Pres .; William C. Spaulding, Treas.


INSURANCE COMPANIES.


Pittsfield.


BERKSHIRE LIFE INSURANCE CO. Inc. 1851. Thomas F. Plunkett, Pres. ; Edward Boltwood, Vice- Pres. and Treas .; James W. Hull, Sec. (see advt. below).


BERKSHIRE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. Inc. 1875. John C. West, Pres .; A. B. Root, Sec, and Treas.


Stockbridge.


Housatonic Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Inc. 1854. Mar- shall Warren, Pres .; H. J. Dunham, Sec.


BERKSHIRE LIFE INSURANCE CO.


OF PITTSFIELD, MASS.


ASSETS OVER $3,000,000.


Issues all desirable forms of


LIFE AND ENDOWMENT POLICIES.


Send for Circulars giving full information. THOMAS F. PLUNKETT, President. EDWARD BOLTWOOD, Vice-Pres. and Treas. JAMES W. HEULE, Secretary.


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GAS COMPANIES.


Adams. Adams Gas Light Co. Org. 1858. Capital, $17,500. Daniel Upton, Sec. and Treas. North Adams Gas Light Co. Org. 1864. Capital, $50,- 000 John B. Tyler, Pres .; H. Clay Bliss, Sec. and Treas .; L. W. Woodward, Supt.


Pittsfield. Pittsfield Coal Gas Co. Org. 1854. Capital, $62,500. William R. Plunckett, Treas .; George S. Dunbar, Supt.


NEWSPAPERS.


Adams.


The Adams Transcript. North Adams. Weekly. James T. Robinson & Son, proprietors. Terms, $2.00 per annum.


Hoosac Valley News. North Adams. Weekly. James C. Angell, publisher and proprietor. Terms, $2.00 per annum.


Great Barrington.


The Berkshire County Courier. Weekly. Marcus H. Rogers, editor and proprietor. Terms, $2.00 per annum.


Lee.


Valley Gleaner and Berkshire County Advocate. Weekly. Hyde & Clark, publishers. Alexander


Hyde, editor. Terms, $2.00 per annum.


Pittsfield. BERKSHIRE COUNTY EAGLE. Weekly. Chickering & Axtell, proprietors. Terms, $2.00 per annum (see advt. p. 119).


THE PITTSFIELD SUN. Weekly. W. H. Phillips, proprietor. Terms, $2.00 per annum in advance (see advt. p. 119).


Williamstown. Williams Athenaeum. Semi-monthly. Published by Col- lege Students. $2.00 per annum.


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Established Three-Quarters of a Century.


The Pittsfield Sun


Is one of the newsiest, spiciest and most reliable local papers in Berkshire County. ONLY TWO DOLLARS A YEAR.


Has a large and increasing circulation and is au excellent Advertising Medium. All kinds of JOB PRINTING neatly and cheaply executed, W. H. PHILLIPS, Editor and Proprietor.


The Berkshire County Eagle.


PUBLISHED WEEKLY.


TERMS: $2.00 a Year, strictly in advance.


The EAGLE has the largest circulation of any paper in the County, and con- sequently is


THE BEST MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISERS. CHICKERING & AXTELL, Publishers,


PITTSFIELD, MASS.


[ESTABLISHED 1865.]


BRIGGS & COMPANY,


DIRECTORY PUBLISHERS,


17 BATTERYMARCH STREET, Boston, Masso


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DIRECTORY OF PATRONS


OUTSIDE OF


BERKSHIRE COUNTY.


Ale and Porter (Wholesale). Sands & Potter, 160 North Fourth (see advt. p. 11, front), Troy, N. Y.


Architect. Loth C. Edward, 88 Congress (see advt. back cover); Troy, N. Y.


Barbers' Chairs.


Hudson T. 455 Fulton street (see advt. p. 11, front), Troy, N. Y.


Belting Dealer. Viele Maurice E. 41 and 43 State (see advt. front cover), Albany, N. Y.


Boiler Maker. Haskell Henry C. 8 Pruyn (see advt. front colored), Albany, N. Y.


Brass Founders. Walworth Manufacturing Co. 69 Kilby (see advt. back cover), Boston


Brewers (Ale and Porter). Sands & Potter, 146 North Fourth (see advt. p. 11, front), Troy, N. Y.


Brewers (Lager Beer). Stoll Jacob F., Hollow Road (see advt. p. 9, front), Troy, N. Y.


Clothes Dryers and Washers Manufacturers. Carter Edward, 179 River (see advt. p. 10, front), Troy, N. Y.


Coal Hod Manufacturers. The Troy Stamping Works, 241 River (see advt. back cover), Troy, N. Y.


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Commercial Agency. (See Mercantile Agency.)


Dentists' Furniture. Troy Dental Depot, T. Hudson, 455 Fulton (see advt. p. 11, front), Troy, N. Y.


Dentists' Materials. Troy Dental Depot. T. Hudson, 455 Fulton (see advt. p. 11, front), Troy, N. Y.


Drain Tile Manufacturer. Jackson Georg., 94 Grand and Third Avenue (see advt. front colored), Albany, N. Y.


Drugs and Medicine. Maynard & Noyes, 75 and 77 Water (see advt. front colored), Boston


Elevators and Hoisting Machines. Haskell Henry C. 8 Pruyn (see advt. front colored), Albany, N. Y.


Engine Turners. Margot Brothers, 23 Water (see advt. front cover), Boston


Fertilizer Manufacturers. Bradley Fertilizer Co. 24 Broad (see advt. front cover), Boston


File Cutter and Manufacturer. Fox R. G., Congress street, Ida Hill (see advt.


p. 10, front), Troy, N. Y.


Florists. Pfordt J. G. & Sons, 899 Broadway (see advt. p. 10, front), Albany, N. Y.


Galvanized Iron Work for Buildings. Kirk & Turner, Quay, corner Hudson avenue (see advt. p. 10, front), Albany, N. Y.




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