Litchfield enquirer., 1868-09-10
GOSHEN.
A valuable yoke of oxen were takerf from

A. v the pasture of Miss Betsey Cook, during the night of August 29th, by transient individual 50 or 60 years old, calling him. self Calvin Briggs. The next day, Sun- day, he stoppedi in Woodbury and disposed of the cattle for much less than their real value, to MT. Atwood. MT. A. after wards suspected that they were stolen pro- perty, and, on the day following, pursued Briggs, found him, and brought him to this place on Sept. list, where he was ex- amined before Henry Norton, Esq, and bound over to the Superior Court for trial Failing to raise $500 bond, he was com mitted to jail.
 - The first week of this month was rath- CT remarkable for incident, accident, and runaways:
 A gentleman from Cornwall, with his wife, was making few calls in town, and leaving his horses rather insecurely fast ened, they broke away, and started for home. They met and passed several ve- hicles, but it being evening, the fact of their being without $. driver was not noti- ced in season to stop them. After having successfully performed four miles of the journey home without accident, they ran one wheel against stone, broke the wheel and axle, and freeing themselves from the carriage, passed little distance further and were secured, unharmed and apparently not much frightened. - Charles Wadhanls was on his way to Massachusetts, driving young horse be- fore sulkey, and when near the furnaces at Canaan, in descending the hill, the horse took fright and ran, breaking the sulkey, and throwing the young man with violence to the ground. In his fall his foot caught in the wreck, and he was dragged a little distance and badly bruised.
 James Stuart, while splitting wood, cut the back of his hand badly, opening an artery. - The fall term of the Academical School, MT. A. H. Bingham, Tutor, will commence tho second Wednesday -of this week.
 NEW PRESTON. Two caoco vf 1itio~A:-- r----------L aunnts of the past week and have gwen occasion for the presence and services of four gentlemen of the s.leoal profession" The more prominent of the two was tried before lawyers Andrews of Litchfeld, Turrell, of New Milford, and Jus tice Beardsley, of this place, sitting as arbi- trators. The parties in the case were two mill owners, J. P. Moore and Capt E. Cogs- we'll The point in dispute was the right Of the latter to flood or dam back the water upon the water-wheel of the former. The case was decided by requiring the latter to lower his dam three and one half inches
 Graves and Seymour employed as counsel by the parties.
 Several of our sight loving citizens went to New Haven last week to attend the Fair. Some hayo returned with empty pocket books
 Capt. J. E, Whittlesey, still remains in town. The transient sojourn of certain charming young ladies affords all ample op, portunity for the display of his gallantry. l Mir. Geo. s. Cogswell is now, and has been for the past four weeks, disabled by a swelling upon the face and necl,, the diag- nosis of which is not so we'll understood.
 An Agent of the State Temperance So ciety is to deliver lecture. at the village church, Friday evening nezt, which the public are generally invited to attend.