Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-02
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 r. COUNTY ITEMS. 1.s j THoMAsroN. Seth Thomas Sons < O. were obliged to shut down Friday after noon of last week. for lack of water. T = A little daughter of D. W. Robbins fell from the fence on Friday, br reaking hel collar bone and bruising her head. She was attended by Dr. Goodwin, and is do ing we'll. te-5 iA's
 = The public schools of this village commenced Tuesday of this week.
 I- The Gallant base bali club of this place who claim to be champions of the village, were nicely beaten by picked nine from the Case shop on Tuesday after noon. "A ball was given at American. Hall on Friday evening last, by the employees of the Plymouth Quarry Company. With the exception of slight sensation created by some'quarry roughs. everything passed of in an orderly manner and to the satis. faction of the party.-Valey Indsr. Wo1ooTrvn1E.-The Episcopal Society are agitatlng the subject of purchasing a parsonage for their parish, and have one or two places in view. t = | - In the way of Improvements, We mo- tice the completion of a very. fine bridge by the Coe Brass Manufacturing Company in place of the one carried away by the flood. The Woolen Company's new dam is progressing and will be substantial structure Permanent repairs have been commenced on the Main street bridge. and a very solid abutment is being built. Mir. Agard, our first Bele0tman, has charge o1 the work, and George Mason is doing it. which is double guarantee that it will be well done. - Waterbury American.
 NEW MILFORD annual meeting of the Litchfieid County Episcopal Associa. ton was held at St. Pauls Church. Wood bury, last Monday evening. A' a '''' '''' :.
 = The Saturday evening milk train ran over and killed valuable pair of oxen be- longing to Mir. Marshall Marsh, at Board man s Bridge. t4- ~ -7o1s % = Plumb $ Bailey are at work remodel, ing McMahon's Hali. An addition of ten feet IS to put on tie rear, making the hall 85 feet long, with width of 25 feet. The room is to be .paiuted also, and when the work IS completed the hall will seat five hundred persons. F'Ds @
 30 OaIu O9 Ell NAAFk ou Su0Stuut Land was struck by lightning, Saturday afternoon, and was destroyed, with thirty tons or hay. Four men left the barn 8 few moments before it was struck: Insur- ed for $450 Four horses were killed by 8 stroke of lightning, during the same storm, on Quakers Hill, the property of MT. Os- borne. '-0 <7'' < Bishop Williams will visit: New Mil fnr oS 6 Prs1 oA.,n %ho Erof September. He will visit the Episcopal morning, and the latter in the afternoon.
 4.O On petition of Robert Ferris, the town has voted to bnild road rods wide from Bennet's street to the Wellesville road. Mir. F. agrees. Fz yas ; ns4E
 k SERIOUS ACCIDENT. --OnI Tuesday of last week, George Lines, a. young manJsin the employ of Souie Bros, of this village, met with painful accident in Sherman He was at work on the House of Mir. Gid 8dings, and had used . light ladder upon the roof to reach the, ridge boards. The ladder was supportsdq by elect at the end of the roof, which gave way with his weight and knocked over the ladder to the side of the house, thus depriving him of any thing to take hold of. The roof being long and steep, he went over itwith 8 -vetoclty that threw him clear off verandah roof, and to the earth, -neaslEthirty feet below. He struck the ground with force enough, ap- pasentIy, t0 have killed him outright, but we learn that he stands good chance for recovery in . few weeks. s'1l iislt4afe5s 4
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 CAMpvMLE. On Sunday afternoon, dur ing the shower, the house of Mir. Sidney s. Law was struck by lightning. The bolt hit the chimney, shattered that and the windows. tore off the clap boards and shin gles. then passed under the floor into the woodhouse, splitting several logs of wood, and from thence to the hog pen where it knocked oyer a porkeF, and then ended by "rnnning into the ground. ,.1 .1s KEsT.-A serious stabbing affrays occur red here on .Taesdsy. John O'Brien, of Macedonia, inflicted several severe wounds with . kuafe on the person of John Costin of Amenia. When O,Brien was arrested. he hsd several bruises and a scalp wound He claimed shat Go tin. made the first at tack. Deputy Sheriff Chamberiin took O'Brien to jail :.s1eglFs.s , psats
 l. NRw PREsroN. month since, MT. Albin Williams, man who has long been citizen 0f this town, was suddenly stricken while out with his son who. was milking and before the son could procure assistance, be. was dead. 4issl.ls sfss{ .5s I'd lul - MrA John Gum died very suddenly, on last Saturday morning in 2 .fk Sue had been baking during the morning. About Il o'clock, she complained of feel ing bad and grew worse, until sbe SNnt for her husband, who was at work in marble l shop few rods distant but before he arri. vsd at the house she was dead. This
 is the fourth. .o dsath which has sud. denly occurred here within a short space of time.