Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-10-11
LITCHFIELD COUNTY.


Town Officers, in all the towns except Betem, were
held on Monday week-Bethlem choosing only asses
sons and board Of relief The result is as foows-the
wings prevailing in many Of the towns by large maio
rites, while in every instance, except Roxbury, the
loco maorities are very smal-in several cases less
than half dozen:
Whig-Litchfeld, Barkhamsted, Goshen, Harwin-
son, Kent, Hartford New Milford, Norfolk, Ply
mouth, Sharon, Torrington, WATERFOWL Winchester
--l3 towns, eIecting % representatives. --
Loco-Bethlem, Canaan, Colebrook, Roxbury, Sac
lisbury, Warren, Woodbury-7 towns, electing re-
representatives..
Mira1- Cornwall, Washington-2 towns, electing
4 representatives. -.
Washington and Corn,oan We learn that we did
injustice these in last paper in CHASING
them with tho loco focos In the former, under
stand there were three tickets, whig loco, and
ticket presented the eectors-that after ballot
ing while assessors and board Of relief were chosen,
which are about equally divided between wings and
locos-but that after continuing together until near
in the evening, the meeting adjourned for four weeks,
without effecting choice Of eelectmen. Then we
hope to hear good account Of the wings.
In Cornwall, we learn that the officers chosen are
about half wings and half locoe-one seectman is a
good whg one loco, and Of rather equivocal poll
tics. .,.@
In Warren too, in the struggle for selectmen. there
was no choice until the third fourth ballot, when
the locos succeeded by one maturity.
Extract Of a letter. from correspondent, dated
"SHARoN Oct. 2. 1885,
"Our town election here yesterday was the most
fully attended and the most severely contested Of any
that was ever held in tho town. Our adversaries had
given out that they should heat us, and we had given
oat that they should not. OF course bath parties
to the Contest with great zeal and much confidence.
The first struggle was for Moderator when the vote
stood for c. F. Sedgwick, (whig) IFS
R. Dsming. doco) lo5
Wing minority, 10
The vote ranged at about the same comparative diff
ference through the election of Assessors and Board
Of Relief except that both parties ncreasedin strength
by the coming in of electors from different parts Of the
town. The final and desperate struggle was made
ON the vote for first Selectnan for which the hcos had
put forward their most popular man, and indeed the
only man whom they could hope to run with any
chance Of success On this poll the vote stood,
For Samuel Roberts, Jr. (whg) 1876
For Alanson Wheeler, Qoco) l22
Wing majority, Ii
After one or two more faint and expiring struggles,
the ocos left the field, and We had the matter in our
own hands without further opposition.
Sharon Tocw Officers, elected Oct. |, 1899.
Assessors-John B. Lowell, Harry Cowles, Joseph
Prinde, George w. Peck, Thomas a. Ever,t.
Board Of Reiiet-Silas A. Gray, Ira Williams, Asa
hel A. Hutchkiss, Asa Everitt, George White.
%elcctmen-Samuel Roberts, Jr. John Parsons, Ma
than Dunbar, Benjamin Sears, Lewis st. John.
First Constable and COllector-W William Evertt.
Consteibles-Hary Lock wood, Joseph H. Dean.
IoWn CIerk-GenFge King.
=. Treasmrer-Charles F. Sedgwick.
Grand JHrors-Sanncl Fem, Charles Sterling,
Nelson Crane, Samuel F. Peck, Charles Parsons, Sa-
muel s. Vinegar.
Extract Of a letter. dafed NtW- Milford, Oct. !.
sour Town Meeting is about closing. It has re-
suited favorab!y to the wings. have time to give
you only sketch. The first vote was for Town
Clerk, which stood, for Joel W. Northrop (whig) 3l3