Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-06
LITCHFIELD.
In the Superior Court. the following ca

LlICHFIELD.
 In the Superior Court, the following ca ses have been decided:-
 .ol3. Ba,0sn Reed 2d us. Sharon, plaintiff recovera
 Anson s. Kno1, us. c. P. Crane, plaintiff re. covers property and s15 damages. .o-n nna. E. Kno1 us. A. & Knoa, plaintiff recovers Erdnk ". Ma rs. Jas A,-can, plaintiff recovers c. R. Reynolds us. H. B. Barnes defendant re- covers costs
 - Rev. Dr. J.. D. Berry, form erly o1 Litchfield, died at Portsmouth, N. H., about the 18th of April.
 l. <- Mir. Charles Merriman returns to this place, and goes into business with his brother Hiram Merriman, at the Meat Market under the store of A. s. Wright & Go. @ aessla,f
 = Mr. Henry Neal sells his place neal South Bridge, to MT. William A. Kelly ol Plymouth. Price $2,6OO. I On Friday night last, our Litchfieli Destructives held special session which resulted in pulling down a portion of the Central Park fence, tearing mp plank side walks, unhanging signs, and in other ben zinish amusements. We had expected no eb ullution of this description until the Annua Meeting of this organization on the Fourth of July; but the carnival of freq whiskey attendant on the closing of our Billiard Saloon offered too fair an opportunity to bt neglected They remembered us in talk ing off two gates lprobably our gate inter fered with their gai0; but we are bound to say that less injury has been done than usu al. In fact the only very serious damage Wa breaking off an iron lamp post lone o those set up by MT. Perkins,, in front ol MT. Braman's store. There is no app sar. ance of malice against individuals-on abundant evidence of the maddening eff fects of rum!!
 The persons engaged in this affair are pretty we'll known. They are not new of. lenders. They have done little injury now but how will it be nert time?
 - The most energetic man we know, l hereabouts, is a clergyman who keeps a select school in this place, and who is rec. tor of t,co neighboring churches. We give l late instance: Three of his sons started on fishing excursion, Saturday. The party, consisting of themselves, two boys, and two young ladies, proceeded to the lake. The northeaster, coming on, they were driven into shanty, where they waited in vain for an improvement in the weather, till near night Then the rest of the party started out in two boats, leaving the minister's two younger sons in the shanty where they proposed to stay all night. The waves were quite high, the wind higher, and the party finally reached home after much difficulty, about 8 P. M. No sooner did the minister hear of the pre- dlcanent in which his younger boys were left lone about 16, the other about 10 years old), that he determined to go for them at once. Harnessing his horse and buggy, he and his eldest son started for the lake. In the meantime the boys found tLe hut un- gave out; ane 10 wlauo"s o,e~ 'n tue ,m "pou " ] had to swim A brook UI vwe, .~@o I.. struck the road near Bantam, and, aftel stopping short time on the way for res, and refreshment, they reached Litchfield not long after their father and brother had left in search of them. The latte, drove as far as they could, and then under. took to walk to the shanty. They foun. dered about in marshes, and waded streams in the dark, but could not find it. Re- turning, they found that their horse had become unbitched, had dragged the buggy about for while, had finally broken loose from 1t lluckily doing no serious damage), and had gone to parts unknown. The pair then walked home, reaching the vil- lage at about 2 A. M., Sunday morning. The minister had service to perform at Bantam -four miles off that morning; his horse had not yet been recovered; so he walked the whole distance in the terrific storm of Sunday, reaching his destination before the appointed time, ii e.z-.
 Our Senator and our Representatives have gone on to Hartford to commence their "arduous hbors Their constituents have not allowed them any shad, hitherto, hoping they might distinguish themselves at the few first meals, aud get on impor- tant committees. We slall announce the success or failure of the plan in our next. fo al TT f.3I