Litchfield enquirer., 1871-09-21
LITCHFTEID.

term, Tuesday, Judge Pardee presiding. An indictment against Maria Jackson, of Canaan, for child murder, is on trial. The unusually large number of 136 new civil ac- tions have been brought to this term.
 A remarkable series of robberies have taken place at the houses of Messrs. An drew Buell. & Wm. E. Buell. about two miles north of this village. About the 1st of August MT. Andrew Buell's house was entered and robbed of about $50 in bills. After this, all money and papers of value were removed, and on Sunday, Aug 2Oth, a watch was set while the family went to church. A negro in dark pants. cloth cap. and thin coat, was seen prowling about the premises, but made no attempt to enter being apparently frightened away by a passing wagon. On the Sd inst. the fam. fly returned from church at noon and found that the house had been broken open in their absence. The desk had been opened and searched; several articles were missing from different parts of the house. among which were pair of linen pillow cases marked l.. O., and pair ofsnuff col ored shoes. On the same day the house of Wm. B. Buell. was also broken into, and about $50 stolen.
 On Monday afternoon there was a meeting of the Congregational Society of this place to act upon the offer of Mr. Ed win McNeill of $5OOO for their old site and buildings, and of 5000 traised by others to $230O) towards the. building of new stone church on the Buel lot immediately north of the bank, with the further guaran- ty of good public hall in the old church building. MT. G. M. Woodruff, and others, opposed the plan. The site of the new church would cost $25OO. foundations, re- moval of horse sheds, &c., about S25OO; the present buildings were worth for removal at least $500 leaving only balance of 5000 in favor of stone church, which would cost at least $4O,oOO. MT. Colt doubted whether the present subscription ($25,O75) would complete and fit up the proposed wood church ready for use. There need not be debt of over $800O, he thought. if the proposed stone church was built. A test vote was then offered auth orizing the building committee to sell the present buildings for removal, which pass ed, 24 to2.
 There was general smile when Mr. Colt spoke of trusting Providence" little in the matter of an eight thousand dollar debt. Business is business.
 -Dr. Munger declines the position in the international department of our post office rendered him in the last Sentinel, in favor of that master of the British tongue. s. B. Johnson, Esq, who not only speaks and writes that difficult dialect per- fectly, but prints large portion of his pa per In 1t every week. The only practical difficulty be meets is the same experienced iAh- H---- u-------a Ir---l-n-l- another man living who understands s'Brit- ish" sufficiently to decipher the hand-writ- ing or read the paper.
 An uncommonly fine county fair is ex. pected this year. A special feature will be a Drawing Match for prizes amounting to $1OO. We have not learned what they propose hitching to; the Congl church and the old flag staff are aching for transporta- tion. Thursdays horse trot will be as vi- cious as $500 can make it.
 -O'Brien' Menagerie reached this place as per appointment, on Tuesday. Consid- erable apprehension had been aroused by the riot between the employees of that con- cern and citizens at Pawling, N. Y, last week, but no disturbances occurred here. The exhibition of animals was good. The Man with the Iron Jaw came fully up to the programme and has really the most ex- traordinary jaw ever krown, except per- haps that of Gen. Butler. The Strong Wo- man also held up the cannon across her shoulders while it was fired. We are surprised, however, if the stories about their having starved little boy to death are true, that this pair are not immediately arrested and held for trial. A large audi. ence was in attendance both afternoon and evening.
 A meeting of this School District has been warned for Saturday evening of this week for the following purposes:
 To make provision either by district &C., tion alone, or in conjunction with the town, for Graded School for the scholars of said District, or town.
 To procure from the town such enlarge ment of the boundaries of said school dis trict as to include within it's limits the en- tire borough of Litchfeld and such other territory as may be deemed advisable in view of the establishment of Graded School.
 The Terryville and Warren base ball clubs played game on the Fair Ground in this place, on Saturday last, which resulted in the victory of the former club by score of 59 to 13. It was Q very long and not very interesting game. The Red Caps of