Litchfield enquirer., 1867-08-08
COUNTY ITEMS.

A muffin game was improvised at Greenwoods Park on Saturday afternoon, on which occasion there was displayed some of the most remarkable ball playing record. The first nine consisted o twelve men and a small boy, and the second nine ten men and a small boy,-but the men weighed so much more than the first nine that the sides were considered we'll matched. The score was not accurately kept, and therefore we make nc regular report but the net results of the game seem to have been, innings, g outings, fly catch home runs (while the ball was lostO sprained great quantity of valuable and hard earned experi- ence. We have not time to specify the many bril- liant feats and achievements, to give list of the players. They can all be detected the street by limping gait, bandaged foot, an ill., concealed effort to walk as if nothing were the matter with them.-W W1nSted Herald.
 Homer Weston, negro, arrested at Wood bury on the 31st ult on suspicion of stealing 8 team which he offered to sell there for $50 though it was worth three times that sum. The team va, stolen from New Haven where the prisoner was conveyed for trial.
 The barn of James Fitzpatrick at Watertown was burned with three tons of hay, Wednesday. The fire is supposed to have originated from some children playing with matches. A tenement house belonging to o. s. Starr narrowly escaped from be- ing burned, it having caught from the burning barn.
 o. H. Frary and wife of Thomaston, celebrated their silver wedding on the 18th ult. Guests and presents were numerous.
 The giving way of a staging, on which two men were painting the clock factory at Thomaston on on Thursday, .pereipitated them to the ground some twenty-five feet and seriously if not fatally injured one of them, named Charles Douglas.
 Some New York Capitalists, with their engineer, have been examining for railroad route from Westfeld, by way of Otis, Sandisfeld Norfolk, Canaan, and Salisbury, to connect with the Ouch, pronounce it perfectly feasible. The Western, or Boston, Springfield, and Albany interests, inter- ests, it is said, combine with the New York men in the plan.
 The Hon. W. H. Barnum is gaining in health and strength.
 There will be camp meeting on the line of Hounsatonic railroad, midway from Falls Village to North Canaan commencing August 26, closing the following Saturday.
 Commodore Vanderbuilt has withdrawn his of- fer of loan to the Sheffield and Milerton railroad of s25O 000. The road is to run through the north western corner of this state.
 From The Waterbury American:
 WArERTowN.-The Watertown Agricultural, Hor- ticultural and Horse association. was organized in February last, and will hold their first annual Fair at Watertowo on the 18th and 18th of September.
 The following is list of officers of the Associa- ton:
 President Hon T. A. Warren
 Vice-Presidents- Hubert Scovill. M. w. Barnes Alanson Warren.
 Secretary-C. T. Hickox.
 Corresponding Socretary-Leman w. Cutler
 Treasurer-Geo. A Woodruff
 Executive Committee-John N. Atwood, George $. Atwood, Augustus Hamilton, Joseph Blakeslee, John Heminway.
 The. Monitor Juniors went up to Watertown Friday and got beaten in match game with the Enterprise club of that place: Enterprise 3S, Monitor Juniors 6.
 The sHero, ;" one of our Junior base ball clubs, went up to Watertown on Saturday and played a match game with the ssEagle" of that village. The Eagles were victorious 19 to IA. a4
 WoLcorTv1LLE.-The cornerstone of the new church Yas laid on Thursday last with the usual