Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-11

.nu anosuer gentleman lost thei
 reckoning and wenta fox-hunting. unde,
 tne deiuslon that It was Saturday. The, ] had struck . trail and were just about nnli
 ing trigger on fine bushy tail, when tn,
 solemn tones of the Sabbath bell startlef
 their stgpefied souls, and they sinnls home
 ward and hastily arrayed themselves f',,
 church, where they appeared at fIe after
 noon serylce' with very guilty, hang dog I sf0opkr1 G0H IY7a ls n4
 LAKEvILE.- The c. W. engineer,
 have established an office in the room,
 over A. F. Roberts store. l -The Hartford and Salisbury Ore Go
 have about half a mile of railroad tracl Iaid m their ore bed, and are runpine trains of dirt cars over it daily.
 The new church is nearly completed
 and will be dedicated sometime during the present month of November, l SHARoN.--Frank White, young man twenty -one years of age, went out hunting
 coons Monday evening. Nov. 1st, in com. pany with another young man; having
 treed his game" and failing to bring ii down by shooting, climbed the tree twen- ty-fve or thirty feet, and fell to the ground lnsenslble.i His comrade went for help. but before they reaclsed his home he. died. This is the third fatal accident. from hunt. ing in our town within a few months e, fha- Hon. John Cotton Smith has sold his place the Governor Smith homestead) to hls brosher Dr. Robert. The doctors at. tachment to the old homestead must be very strong to induce him to leave his own residence, which he has rebuilt in such fine style, the past season.. G@afI
 = = NoRroLllk.-sTwo elopements are re-
 ported;, MT. Downs and Katie Steppes.
 Frank Coon and Nellie Garfield.
 ToRRrNeFoRD.-A Sunday School con- ventlon for this and a few surrounding
 towns, was held at the Congregational
 here yesterday (3d. The house was we'll niled Tn the morning and crowded in the
 afternoon. Rev. s. B. Forbes of Winsted.
 was chosen President, and MT. Henry Nor.
 ton of Goshen, Secretary. Several tonics
 bearing on the Sunday School work were
 discussed, opening speeches being made
 by Messrs. Weatherby, Simonson. and Forbes, of Winsted, MT. George Lanedon of Plymouth, and w. l. Fletcher of Wa terbnry. Mir. Langdon also gave speci.
 men lesson to a class of forty or fifty chil- dren, the exercise being very Interesting
 The Sunday School cause is gaining in this part of the State 79sl.roF; ,a-The a--- damages to the roads in this re- zion by the late flood, are not all repaired yet, and will not be for some time to come. It has cost the town $2, 600 to get the road from Torringford to Wolcottville- mlies-in good order again. It is to be hoped that we may not soon be visited With another such complete ' wash-out." ," Tn this generation, at least. t.- Water5urv kAmerican, ,s4h> h'3& .-a '" CT Et1i.' ,THoMAsToN.-Scarlete and typhoid fever arequite prevalent here. Several deat ths have cecurred within the past two weeks. n-lC Charles Kemball, boy, employed in the Plymouth Woolen Mil, had his right hand badly lacerated by getting it canght in a carding machine cylinder .ast. g :. -S Preparations for thanksgiving are go- ing on inethe shape of shooting matches, hunts, &c. Chickens and turkies have to suffer. .Vt,ley hader.iio se E Ios4 osyd4
 The D4nbury Times speaks of the bridge over the Housatonic at the Falls, in the following positive terms:- aloo4os
 The bridge in question was condemned some time ago. Some time or another it will fall oyer and break it's own back. As 1t IS ln sight of passing trains, travellers 'ntsres,;e sss1Isnf : s1E opportunity to study an We clip the following items of local in- terest from the Amenia Times:
 sl- The Boston, Hartford and Erie Rail road Company have accepted the third section of the Ducle ess, and Columbia Rail I road, being that between Moor's Mills and Mill Brook. This is 201ss miles from Fish kill Landing. Passenger and freight trains commenced running as far as Mill Brook, .e1nfui otl tgd :at alt.a3 a:y f+-7 One day last week g team of young horses belonging to, John Kelly, of .Salis- bury, becoming frightened, ran away with the wagon.to After. running some distance, theylwere stopped, but not until they had broken the wagon literally to pieces. The horses were not severely injured. ro,
 : - Our Methodist friends are now hold ing a, sprotracted meeting, and, the Rev. Mss. Van .Cott,s the only licensed female preacher in the M. E. Church, is expected to- be with themda portion of this week.
 = It is said that William H. lBarnum has bought the old Cornwall Iron Company's property, after the buildings (except the dwelling -houses) are removed; also the farm of Ralph Butler, just over the line in CanaaR, paying $8, GOO; and it, is said that a depot is to be built Aon the Housatonic Railroad near the Butler House, :" Eot
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