Litchfield enquirer., 1860-05-03
LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS.
LitChfeld.

Litchfield.
 The Court this week, bring together its usual number of appellants and respondents, and jus tice is busy on Litchfeld Hill. Long may she retain the favored seat of a century,. Among the changes of the first of May our readers will notice that in the Ltchfeld Book Store. John II. Smith retires, and his stock is purchased by our worthy young friend, MT. Riyerius Marsh, who proposes to carry on the former business with additions thereto, and cannot but be suc- cessful. Certainly all his friends will willingly patronize him in ths, his first start in life. An other change which comes OCT us like the spirit of a dream &c,-is that of mine host Rufus Smith who retires from the management of his popular house, and is succeeded by ours and everybody s friend, Wm. Crossman, Esq. MT. Crossman, we understand gives up his New York residence. He will have house full here. .... William H. Stone, formerly of this village son of the late Harmon Stone, was shot and killed at Sonora, California, on the 25th of March, by China man. Mir. Stone has family in California, and a large number of relatives in this town. He was 3s years of age.
 L1rcHF1ELD Co. MEDICAL Soc1ErY-At the Annual Meeting of the Litch6eld County Medi- cal Society, held at Iltchfield April 18th, 1860, the following officers were elected for the year en- suing, viz:
 DR. HENRY w. BuE1, of Litchfeld, President.
 DR. JOIN H. WEIGH, Norfolk, Vice Presi- dent.
 DR. G. B. MILLER, Harwinton, Secretary.
 The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of the State Medical Society:
 Drs. W. w. Welch, Wm. Woodruff, Vim. Bis sell, s. w. Gold, and Ralph Deming. Bethlem.
 A Methodist Church is in process of erection in Bethlem, opposite the residence of Mrs. Bell amy, capable of seating three hundred persons Barkhamsted
 The late incendiary fires at Barkhamsted arc being investigated and the guilty person, or rath CT the agent of the guilty person, has been ar rested and committed to the Litchfeld jail. He acknowledged, to his aunt, while in a half tipsy condition, that he had set fire to the carriage shop, and the house of Mir. Hurlburt, and that he received SlOO for it. It will be seen however by our Court report that the young man has been acquitted.
 Goshen.
 Dea. Lewis M. Norton, one of the most promi- neut and highly respected citizens of Goshen, died very suddenly on Monday of this week. He was in his place at Church on the day pre- vious to his death His loss will be severely felt by the whole community in which he lived, and throughout the County. His age was ~. Funeral at the Congregational Church on Fri day, May 4th, at two o'clock, afternoon. Temperature of the weather is low and Ecclesi- as.ical temperature is high, in Goshen, says our correspondent On Tuesday of this week the Ecclesiastical society met, and yesterday "Wednesday the Litchfeld Consolation North was to assemble to take into consideration their Goshen brethren and act upon their situation. E. G. Brigham has removed into the store formerly occupied by E. S. Brewster. ....A new Store is to be opeued soon in Go shen by Messrs. J. w. & I. Brooks, in the build ing formerly occupied by H. N. Lyman A new and commodious School House is also soon to be erected on East St., on the site now occu pied by the old ono.
 Messrs. Hart, Bros < Co.,, of West Goshen have lately enlarged and re-arranged their sales room, so as nearly to double it's area. A fnel and better arranged salesroom cannot be found in the county. They propose also to enlarge the rest of the store in the course of the presen season, as their business constantly increases and they find necessity for more room. Glad te note their prosperity.
 Norfolk.
 The people in Norfolk have a prospect of ict through the Summer from large ice house latel! erected for the purpose of supplying the public If the present weather holds out until September ice will be at discount.
 New Milford.
 The Concert of the Episcopal and Congrega tional Societies came off on Thursday night last, and was complete success, both pecunia rlly and otherwise. There were present about
 three hundred people, and all appeared to be
 ana expressed themselves perfectly satisfied
 with the performances. .. As MT. Jackson
 1raves was returning home the other night
 when about mile this side of Merwinsville De-
 pot, two men rushed down upon him from the
 bank, with the intent of robbing him if ;s ann
 posed' He' however, whipped up his horse. and
 barely escaped them.
 Salisbury.
 We learn that Harlow Harris, Esq. i. 4, contest the seat of Horace Landon, before th.
 Legislature, on the ground of fraudulent yot;no and that Wm, K. Peck, Esq. of Norfolk, ha, been employed by the contestant. I Winsted
 A prominent citizen has recently challenged whomsoever would come up to the scratch, to { debate on slavery -and whether it was right and ! agreeable to the teach;nrs of tho. c,.;,.....