Litchfield enquirer., 1870-08-25
COUNTY ITEMS.

Wo1ooTTv111E. Rev. Leonard w. Racon, recently of Brooklyn, filled the pulpit of the Congregational church, last Sabbath. Society has had fresh attack of in temperance, another sore upon its body, which the united efforts of Christian moral. ity, and many who feeling the evil of the habit have reformed, have failed to cure. A new liquor saloon has been added to the thirteen or fourteen already in operation. -Chas. Hotchkiss & Sons have contract to furnish the window sash for the new clock shop in Bristol.
 Many will be pleased to know that the Rev. Mr. Sanford, former pastor of the Episcopal church here, is now preaching at Winsted having taken MT. Lewis place there.
 Last Saturday the men at the brass mill were engaged in repaising their canal, which sprung a leak at the new dam in place of the Hume. As they did not suc- ceed in stopping it the bank will probably
 have to be planked. The brass business is very active all about just now, mills hay ing more orders than they can ill., Vat. American.
 MT. E. A. Baldwin, of the firm of La throp & Baldwin, is sick at his fathers house in Goshen. His numerous friends hope for his speedy recovery. y.-SentineL
 WooDBuRY. fine new wharf is in pro- cess of construction at the head of BaCon's lake. The frequency of pleasure parties has made another wharf necessary, since we got the lake back from Watertown.- American.
 The first rails on the Watertown rail road were laid on Tuesday, and @ train passed over the track which was laid as far as the bridge over the Naugatuck. Mir. J. 0. Eggleston has the contract. The Norfolk bank building was sold at auction by the receivers, on the third inst, to E. Grove Lawrence of Norfolk for$3, 100. The Norfolk Savings Bank bid $3,OO0. MT. Cooper, who made the preliminary survey of the Connecticut Western rail road, through the town of Norfolk, is about to survey the route from Litchfield to North Canaan for the Shepaug railroad route, through Goshen, North Goshen, ,and South Norfolk, leaving Norfolk Center to the right, though passing within one half mile of it.
 Harlow Scoville, of Colebrook, Conn, . young man 20 years of age, was drowned in the big Pond at Otis on Tuesday of last week. He went in swimming, and it is supposed was taken with the cramp while in the water, which caused his death A large number of people were out on Wednesday and Thursday, searching for the body, which was found on Thursday and taken to Oolebrook for interment.
 MARB1EDA1E.-Last week nearly all the inhabitants, both old and young, united in one grand picnic and fishing excursion at Lake Waramaug. A pleasant time WAS enjoyed and some fish caught.
 Mir. Joseph Watson has just raised the, frame of tobacco house, ffty-four by twenty-eight feet.
 Mir. Levi Morehouse has on exhibition at his cabinet ware rooms 8 new, patent, combined washing machine and ironing table.
 We have just had nice and nature reviving rain, the consequence is, tobacco nists and every one feel mighty gay and uncommonly good natured and facetious. Long may this state of things continue!- Herald
 SHARoN.-At last we have been visited by frequent showers which have mOistened the parched earth, and if it is too late to benefit the corn, it will help the potato crop, and start the fall feed.
 The celebrated Swiss Bell Ringers per- formed before crowded house in Town Hall on Monday evening.
 The Methodist Sunday School held their annual picnic on Thursday of last week. They formed in procession, together with the schools at Lime Rock and Falls Village, and headed by the Cornet pro ceeded to Gov. Holley's grove in Lake vile, where they had been preceded by the Salisbury schools, with the Lakevilla Cornet Band. The tables were supplied with eatables, to which the grown people as well as the children, did ample justice. so that some of the wagons came home using rails in the place of wheels. Appro- priate remarks were made by Rev's. Wain. wright, Eggleston, Birch, and Dr. H. M. Knight of Lakeville, interspersed with mu. sic by the Bands.-HeroId