Litchfield enquirer., 1869-02-18
COUNTY ITEMS.
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 From the Winsted He2sIld,
H. BENTON.

CoLEBRooK. Beech Hill school
 house was burned on Tuesday night oi last week. The fire was not discovered until morning, there. being no appearance of it until 10 o'clock the previous evening. , TEREYyILLR-James Nolan, boy oi some dozen summers, whose parents hail from the Emerald Isle, has been convicted
 of stealing money from the table-drawer
 of the Town Hill School-house, and sent to the State Reform. School at Meriden,
 for term not exceeding ten, years. sE.
 The old skate factory in Cotton Hollow.
 (Torrington) is being fitted up for the
 manufacture of childrens cabs, infantile
 barouches, and hand-sleds.
 A large vein of silver is reported to have
 been discovered at Norfolk, and compa
 ny has been formed to open and work the
 mine, if it proves as rich as specimens found seem to indicate.
 The old Winsted bank has thus far paid
 $111 per share to it's stockholders, and still has something to. divide.
 Two cases of velocipede are reported in
 Wolcottville.
 .4s Mir. A. Whiting, of Torrington, gives a statement in the Winsted Herald of the the amount he received for milk, from an average of eleven cows, during the eight months from April 10th to December Is, 186S:- for milk, $1, ,054.O7, cash for 94 pounds of butter. $37. total, $1, ,O9l. .67. Paid for extra feed, S7O; balance in favor of the cows, $1,021.67, or $92,87 for each COW after paying for the grain consumed.
 NEW MILFORD. village Express ran away, last week, stove the wagon and a bbl. of whiskey in transit to E. D. Leaven-
 worth's store Good hit.-Daabury Times (condeased.) J <. < "
 F There has been a trial of unusual in- terest going on for the past week between our two retired merchants and 8 certain
 "would be called Episcopal clergyman. " relative to Patent rights, giving of notes, Sc. The arbitrators on said case rather divided the matter up, which makes said
 Preacher about $1O0 out of pocket. He thinks he shall nor stray out of the narrow path again to deal in patent rights. Our wealthy merchant, 0. H. Booth is going to expend 8 large sum of money on his already line residence, building on and changing the outside appearance generally which will make it one. of the finest houses in this village. We understand the Soules Bros. have contracted to do the job. There are three new houses going up the coming season, on the new street in the north part of the village opened by R. Ferris. bury Jefsrsonian. s3 EBETHLEHEM.-Mr. Rulliff Hannas was buried with Masonic honors on the 4th inst Delegates from Litchfeld, Water bury and Woodbury were present.-Amer- icdn.
 6 WoopBuRY. -The North church have hired 8 minister for months.
 nRev. Mir. Winslow of the South church has received a call to Willimantic which it is thought he will accept. a+a2 a'" 5 'd From the printed record of "Old Mor- taity," published biennially for period whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary, we learn that there were thirty one sburials in fWoodbufy for the year 1868 and thirty for the year 1867. For the benefit of the outside reader it should be stated that Mir. Judson Minor, who was the Woodbury sexton for nearly half cen tury, has published for many years a little sheet (''ten' giving the name, age and cause of death of all persons deceased or buried in the town during the year. Tho verging toward ninety he still continues his neurological labors, and bids fair to con- tinue them for the next century. .jA
 The West Side schoolhouse was broken nto by a party of Cloths and Vandals eW evenings since, and considerable dam 'ge done to the desks, books, Sc. Repre- entatiyes of Nree races, t,oo colors and both l e9es are said to have been engaged Tn the alu. -AaneTscGn. 9.a4> e -<sss @a H