Litchfield enquirer., 1867-09-05
COUNTY ITEMS.

George Watson was admitted to tho bar of this eonnty on Thursday the 22d as attorney and
 MT. Watson is from Litchficl county, [son of Wellington Watson, Esq. Of Marketable, j and has lately been studying law at the office of Avcrill X Brewster with whom he continues at present. He is young man Of much promise, and will make a good member of the legal profcssion.-D0nb9nV Jcfefsoha101l.
 Powhattan base ball cub of Plymouth, beat tho kearsago club of Watcryille, Saturday, Fl to l3 After this week, the evening stage from Water bury to Watertown will be discontinued except on Saturday nights.
 SNAKEs.-A Ilcrton correspondent of tho Ame- mia Times cnlarges on the Canaan Black Sna Ike as follows:
 Some fourteen years ago, in the month of June, my wife and were on our way from North Canaan to MillertOn, ill the after part of a warm day. While coming up hill q Few miles south of tho village, a black snake crossed the roada short dis tancC ahead of Us, and ran up bank on the right. We had fine view of him, as he was but few yards from us. Ho at least twelve feet long, and his body as large as an ordinary mans arm.
 Having thus obtained the exact longth of the anim nal II years ago, the marines" can perhaps clphcr out hls present length.
 WoLcorTy11IE.-Th progress of tlIo new Stone Church has been materially hindcred by the wet weather.
 A new meat market has been opened in the basement of tho new store of Charles Scovill.
 A new turbine wheel is being put in at the East Branch Factory.
 NEW M1LFoRD.-Ton. Nathaniel Smith of Wood bury, will deliver tho Address at the Fair of the Housatonic Agricultural Society, the Sd of Oct.
 From the Winsted Heratt2: NINsTFD-Jamcs Alger about year ago ob- taincd 8 suit of clothes of J. E. Sheffield upon a forged order of Joseph Norton, and left for parts unknown. Sheriff Horne tracked him through five States, and found him ct last in West Stock bridge, where he hired him to tend an imaginary
 
 within this bailiwck, he was informed that tho en- zinc was in Wethcrjlicld instead Of Canaan, and that he must go to Winsted to be qualified" Af- ter languishing in the Lookup days he paid costs and indemnitild Sheffield, whcrcupon the case was 1eoNed by the Juror.
 A blanket was stolen from the Clarke House sta blc, in Winsted, last week, by ono from New Hartford, who sold it to Albert Bidwell of Cole brook River. MT. Marks McAIahon, of New Hart ford, upon being asked whether he would pay $2O or be subjected to legal proceedings to ascertain what he knew about the blanket preferred to pay the S20 and did so.
 NEW HARTFoRD.-Rev. J. B. Clcavoland resign cd his pastorate of the Cong. church last Sabbath to accept a unanimous call tendorcd him by the Cong. Church at Bloomfield. His going is an oc- cason of sincere regret to the people of New Hart ford to whom ne has become endcarcd by his min- isteria fidelity, varied usefulness and social worth Ono who knows says that Miss Kellogg has no intention of retiring to private lfe On tho 21st of this month, Tn company with her father and moth CT, Snc sails TOT Europe on tho steamer ituSSia She will be absent during the winter but has not decided whether to except any of the offers that have been made to her by London and Paris man. agers.
 From the Bridgeport Simaaayd: kENT.-George Palmer and Elmore Jencks, with Mile Georgiana Thayer, of Amenia, N. Y., got uI l Q ''bawl' at Kent some weeks ago on their owl, responsibility and left without paying their bills and after waiting reasonable time, Esq. Hufcut sent warrent for Palmer X Jencks, upon which they were arrested and brought back. They wise ly concluded to settle their s'bawl" bill to the tune of s121.09, and went their way rejoicing to think they got off 50 cheap.
 WEST CoRSwALL.-A. Y. Smith, the brothor-in. law of w. W. Green, has taken leave of his credi. tors, as most of such people do Smith was tra. ding here ordering goods from different places. and some of his creditors not feeling safe called | on him. and he informed them that he did not own the institution that he had sold out some time since to one Bush, from somewhere. Bush not thinking it safe for the goods in West Corn wall, got several of his friends to help pack up, and they were loaded ready to be run out of the state at the usual midnight, when Deputy Sheriff Baldwin put his veto on their further ope- rations for the time being As soon other cred itors heard of the affair, they came around fully equipped as the law directs, and determined to have satisfaction i'll tho shape of legal proceedings against Smith and his aiders but when they got their finger on Smith, he was like the Irishmai $ hea,) gone, having taken the latter part of one day, and the forepart of another, to make his flight in. He took his very sick and feeble wife with him Verify, West Cornwall is gay place Q. Q. R.