Litchfield enquirer., 1868-06-11
LITCHFIELD.

ming last turns out to have been powder mill explosion at Newburgh, N. Y. We subjoin the following account from the N. Y. Times.
 The graining works and the glazing mill at the smith & Rand Powder Works, near Newburg, con- day morning about 6 o'clock. One of the workmen, Adam d! Schossler, German, 9 years of age, was killed his body being horribly mangled. He was tho ouy man at work at the time, and the cause of the explosion is therefore unknown. The body of Schossler and the debris of the buildings blown up were thrown hundreds of feeti in the air, and the report was distinctly heard for distance Of forty miles. It shook houses in Peekskil and Pough- keepsie.
 This is not the only place where the ex- plosion was mistaken for an earthquake, as will be seen from our Goshen correspon- dence, and from the following extracts:-
 A genuine shock of an earthquake was experi- enced in this town, at six o'clock ths( Wednesday, morning. It was felt in different portions of the village, and was severe enough to shake buildings. -Ddnbu'y Times.
 Those who were so fortunate as to be up about six o'clock Wednesday a. m., had tho pleasure of ex- perencing the delightful sensation imparted by an earthquake shock. The agitation was felt in diff ferent parts of the town ill the shaking of houses and rattling of glass, &c Three distinct shocks were felt.-Danbury Je5eI'sonldn.
 The explosion of the powder mills at Newburg N. Y, was heard at New Milford, distance of for ty niles, shook the house quite perceptably and was supposed to be thunder.-PaNCditn1.
 Speedy justice is not attainable, it seems, even at the county seat. On Thursday some COWS were put in the village pound under what the owner considered peculiar ly aggravating circumstances. After long search lawyer was found, a replevin writ drawn, and then justice was hunted up to sign it. The next step was to find an officer. No sheriff was to be had. Of the eight constables whose names adorn the records of our town, none within reach had qualified. The case began to look des- perate and was put into the hands of Mir. Silas D. Cheeney. At some period during the night MT. Cheney rang our door bell. He wanted us to authorize an indifferent person to serve the process From our window we explained that we were then acting in our judicial not in our po- litical capacity; that, therefore, we felt bound by the statute in such case provid- ed;" which statute restricted our power to cases where ''the plaintiff is in danger of losing" the debt or thing in demand. Ac- ting in our judicial capacity, as aforesaid, we couldn't see that the plaintiffs COWS were in much danger of being lost, if any thing they were too safe. Hereupon, Si- las adjourned the hearing-rather abruptly we thought.
 The next step according to Litchfield precedent, would have been to pull down the pound. Whether tho plaintiff, not be- ing native, lacked the necessary intell- gence; whether Silas feared he might iniure his reputation as ''an indifferent person;"or whether they thought it would be more aggravating to get tho pound-keeper out of bed at that time of night, we arc not informed. The pound fees were paid, the cattle released, and justice defeated of it's ends!
 It is not easy to mako '' an indifferent person" of MT. Cheney Nature meant him for bailif-tnen why not recognize the fact, and elect ono live constable next fall?
 pr. Charles Vaill arrived in the vil- lage on Tuesday night. Unfortunate for trout and the like.
 Our summer residents are slow to leave the city this year. Only the houses of Miss Deming, Mrs. Moves, Mr. Fitz- gerald, and Miss Gould. arc yet opened. Of those who usually spend their summers with US the family of Mr. T. D. Baldwin, is we believe the only one yet arrived.
 The report in the Winsted Herald that MT. r. D. McNeill has bought the place owned by the late Mrs. French, is incor- rect.
 A petition is in circulation requesting the selectmen to call a town meeting to de- eide upon tho extension of Spencer Street to Prospect Street.
 MR. EDITOR: In late number of the Enquirer, noticed some remarks relative to the sale of slips in churches, in which the writer severely reprehended that mode of sustaining the Gospel. I have never been in favor of making the House of God an Auctioneer's room, selling or renting that which is expressly dedicated to His use. They who once profaned the Temple changing money, and selling doves in it, (no doubt, as they thought, for sacred pur- poses) were scourged out of it, by Christ himself They never went so far as to pro- fane the Temple, by selling he seats. look for religious prosperity only in free Church es and where her Ministers love not filthy lucre."