Litchfield enquirer., 1860-09-20
LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS.
Litch6eld.

Litchfield.
 The September term of the Superior Court opened on Wednesday of last week, and will probably continue for four or five weeks longer A report of the cases tried, will be found under the appropriate head. Judge Seymour of our village, and one of the most able and popular justices, presides.
 The Wide Awake" Club of this town met pursuant to notice, on Thursday evening of last week, for the purpose of organization, and to make arrangements for campaign work. About forty young men, (voters,) enrolled their names in the ranks. The following list of officers were chosen:
 HENRY s. GR1swoLD, President.
 Henry L. Kenney, D. c. Churchill, George w. Mason, Vice Presidents.
 Edward Coe, Secretary.
 Riyerius Marsh, Treasurer.
 Charles Adams, A. NJ. Turner, T. F. Vail, H. T. Cables, H. s. Spencer, Executive Com mittee.
 E. o. Peck, Auditor.
 At a subsequent meeting, Sept. 17th,) the following were also appointed: Commandant, E. o. PECK
 lst Lieutenant, A. B. shumway. 2d Lieutenant, Amos Kilbourn. 3d Lieutenant, Dwight Bissell. A complete regala has been sent for from Hartford and the Club will be called upon for effectual service during the campaign, which, we doubt not, they will efectually render.
 A party of mixed, homogeneous ,disunion "Dim- mecrats" come together at Adams Hotel, on Monday evening, Sept. 10th, to form what they called the Young Mems Litchfcld Union Ebe- nezer Mike Bray Empire Club," in humble and despairing imitation of the Republican "Wide
 Awakes." At least twenty souls-Irish and after inquiring whether his acceptance of the high office would render it incumbent upon him : to "liquor" the crowd, and being as loudly as- sured that it would, respectfully declined with alldue expressions of gratitude high appreciation, &c., &c. The Club then sorrowfully and tear fully accepted his declination, and nominated Dr. Seymour to the chair-again in humble imi- tation of, their Wide Awake foes-which nomi- nation was ratified by the meeting. Our special reporter was present and gives us lengthy sketch Of the speeches of H. E. Graves, Eso.. Hon. Michael Bray, and others, which we regret we nave to omit for want of space. Enough to say the latter gentleman was in his element ~" and made strong speech, interarded with beau tltul gems of speech, (emeralds) and scayinq his audience to and fro by his pathetic eloquence and log'c. After lucid remarks from other gen. tlemen, the club which were now held together by union stronger than water," slowly dis solved, and mixed into their original elements. Whether this was Douglas, Breckinridge or Bell-everett gathering, our reporter was unable to decide. From the mixture of races and brogues represented, he is of opinion that it was one, 'tother, and both, and we humbly suggest an account of its proceedings may be sent to the Hartford Post-a paper whose influence will 20 great ways toward making the gathering re- spectable.
 A fatal accident occurred in this town, on the l2th inst, in the parish of Northfeld Mrs Kelly wife of William s. Kelly, having occa. sion in the absence ofher husband, to leave their house for short time during the storm, left her son Matthew, aged about three years, with younger child, alone in the house. On her re- turn, she found the older child out of doors, with it's clothing consumed by fire, and its body burn- ed so seriously, that it survived only an hour.
 No definite explanation can be given of the manner in which the fire was communicated to the childs clothing. There was fire in a close stove, and box of matches on mantel-piece; both were found as they were left, but a chair near the matchbox justifes the presumption that the child had ignited match, from which his death occurred another warning to parents not to leave such dangerous articles ac- cessible to children.
 EDITOR OF L1TcnFELD ENQUIRER You will do the educational and public interests great favor by reminding the several School Districts and their Committees that the Statute Regula- tons on Education, passed in 1856, and subse- quent amendments, require the annual district meetings for the election of officers, to be hold en during the month ef sep,ember- that said of. ncers are to be elected 5y ballot, and that said District Committees are to fill the blanks with | the statistics of the School year ending on the i alst August, and return to the Chairman of the 1 Board of Visitors by the 2Oth inst, in order to give them legal claim to their dividend from the School Fund.
 The trouble and expense incident by the omission of School Districts to hold their annu- al meetings during the present month, the inc qualities in the election of district officers by ballot and the negligence of district committees