Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-02
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 The Danbury Times comments thu |irreverently on the favorite, amusemen of the village!:- '.'. The venerable town of Litchdeld hal become infatuated with eroquet, and t, see it play that game must create the grave emotions one would experience in watch
 ingsBenjamin Franklin and George Wash ington knocking of hats for the beer.
 = It will be seen from the Clerks notic in another column. that the Superior Cour will not commence the trial of cases til
 Tuesday the 21st inst. It will meet at tn
 usual time and hear motions. &c., but tn, jury will not come in till the week after.
 - The Thomaston band, gave their last concert on Saturday evening. Some of th' music they performed was extremely diff cult, and the whole was we'll received. -Thes, concerts have given great pleasure to larg, audiences coming in from all parts of the town. and have on the whole fully up tc the high reputation of the Thomastor band. a fes.~ -s.
 = On Sunday. Dn Perry preached to his old congregation in St. Michael's. Prof Dwight of Yale Theological Seminary preached at the Congregational church in the morning and Rev. MT. Bissell in the afternoon. Rev. Leonard W. Bacon, for. mer pastor of the church was also present.
 - Extensive preparations appear to have been making by the prisoners in our jail for an escape. Bludgeons., files sharp ened, knives, &c., were found in their cells by jailor Wheeler. and one of the bars oi an onter window was nearly cut of. This last was discovered. we learn, through . curious dream of 2 former iailor, and sug gests doubt whether Mrs. z. .S. Hasting lis the only clairvoyant among us.
 71-, The School District Committed are reminded of their duty to make report to the School Visitors of the condition ol their Schools for the year ending August 81st, 1869, hy the 10th of September, as { condition of receiving their share of the School appropriation for the current year Blanks for that purpose max be obtained of pr. Beckwith, Chairman. s-is-l 4 E
 We regret to announce the death o1 MT. Edwin B. Webster, at his residehce on Tuesday morning. His funeral will bt attended tomorrow, at 8 F., M., at St. Mi chael's Church. .aa:. $. .-Dr. A. S. Lewis has left at our office ( stalk of sweet corn raised in his garden. over ten feet in height. B, t9 eta5u J -l Meafoy has nearly completed hi, repairs in his part of the old brick store The appearance of his premises is greatly improved. s,.i o4 '.-'''---- I5 . Trinity School, East Street. opens fo, the Fourth Annual Session, on Monday next, the 9th Of September. 'rne1-4 =s. 3 eAtteption is called to the adv. of MT. IL B. Pfinsie fer IS. saieo mill property. : , -zOn Saturday afternoon, Charles Key. worth of .Northfeld, was tried before Jus. ltice Hickox. for theft. The proof was.that the prisoner took three apples from a tree of MT. Hopkineen. his landlord. .Keyworth claimed they were taken under license and sal0reendeY,t. And wss fot,nd not rniltv h, the Court. u zsnroo Vt !4.,Iiol.s1a s,. .s< la@o ba9---r1 17zz-.... .-.------- 7------aees ! , .lis5 4ss45S WINSTED. ssl1 q. slsl .o -ssMr. D. B. Gilmon. Secretary of the "Gii mon Carriage Company. while enjoying . carriage ride with friends-two ladies and two children--met with serious accident while decending small hill near Winches. ter Centre. Some part of the harness be came disarranged which caused the horses to free themselves from, the carriage and clearing out of the way. permitted it to sweep down the hill upon g small bridge, unprotected by milling. and striking stone capsized into the stream. Very little wate1 was in the brook, but plenty ofstones against one of which the youngest child. ! boy of seven years of age, was thrown witl great violence, fractnring and Knocking in 1 taportion of his skull The others were
 more or less injured, but not seriously. tSiagular to say, the little fellow is doing well under the treatment of Dr. Welch oi lWinsted and his brother of Norfolk. :. "A dog, the property of B. l. Stetson
 made . ferocious assault on . canine broth
 CT, biting him siightly. whetsdpon. L. R
 Lewis the owner of dog Nc. 2, seized tn
 assaulter and with . knife cut his throa rom ear to ear. The drama ends in Ia,
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 It is rumored that the citixens on th +. fat, :. who favored the consolidation
 scheme of uniting the east and west post ioaaces, are to establish . ''fiat" newspspe