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Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
Cornwall.

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 Last week was one Of the coldest for the season of the year within the recollection of the oldest inhabitant.
 Thanksgiving day was we'll kept, about the usual number of turkeys and chickens were consumed, and services were held in most of the. churches. The Rev. MT. Prince of New Haven preached in, the Cong church. The. wall to enclose the new cemetery is completed and handsome iron gates hung at the entrances the grounds when completed will be the hand soonest in this part of the county.
 The past cold weather has caused farmers to take extra pains to husband their fodder and made the trade in meal and feed quite lively .g.xsY .,s T X.
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. % tributlon of mail matter by a small hoy in the Bridgeport office, who probably haa not yet learned to read The Davis ore bed relolces in new 'scrusher. At mail time children crowd away older neonle from the post office deliveries. The same thlng happens elsewhere. The Holley Manufacturing Co. present each emplovee who IS the head of family with a Thanks giving turkey. NEW MILFORD is being improved. says the News. by the addition of a yerandah to the New England House, which is also being re-shingled and repainted. Bank Street, which in it's most favorable light IS deplorable enough, has been made ghastly Tn the past week by dumping in the middle of the roadway the refuse from the Main Street ditch. Thomas Kimlin has sold his place on West Street to Charles Way, for about $2, 800. MT. Randolph Hill has laid his water pipes through South and West streets.
 SHARON young people s.are in the full tide of enjoyment, says the News, and have select sociables, and reading parties every week. ta
 7, SHARON STATION seems to be a place NuCIo HO Cau ODGa1n Glbn0r 1OOQ or lodging for money; but it possesses a good Samaritan, Charles Gilbert by name, who took in two Sharon travellers, strand ed on that inhospitable shore, a few weeks since, and would take no pay. He couldn't prevent, however, the publication of grateful half column notice in the News. Whether other travellers can have like ac- commodation on the like terms we are un- able.to state. '
 'SDE PRoFUNDIs CLAIMANT. '''---The Sails bury News publishes an interesting letter from ex-Goy. Holley dated Mid Ocean. !" Few landsmen feel like writing from that most wretehed locality. aa ,es 4.
 KENT almost had two fires, says the Banner & Banquet. On the 18th ult., the house occupied by Seeley Sclriyer adjoiR- ing the Gate House took fire but was at tended to in season. The soot took fire in the old chimney and fireplace of Steven Smiths house, one night recently, burn ing the fire board and melting the zinc on 1t. Luckily the family woke in time to extiguish the fire. A new depot is talked of.-The Rev. Mr. Atwater, former rector of the Episcopal church, arrived in town on the 24th. He has now retired from the active ministry and is on his way to Kansas He made very affecting address to his old parishioners on Sunday,
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
]. Washington 2

Mr. Samuel Stevenson. of Iluzerenel County, Pa, has purchased and sent home. six cows and heifers and one bull, of Sher- man Titus, out of his herd of thorough bred DeVonshires. The above are all first class premium cattle, and will make a fine addition to. MT. S's stock. He will not fear any competition now in that stock of COWS in his native state, for 1t is well known fact among cattle raisers that no finer Devons can be found. in the country than are raised in Litchfeld county. He will not only reap private advantage, but will also confer a public benefit by the transaction.
 On Wednesday, Dec. 2Oth, the Conn. Woman's Suffrage Association will hold a meeting in Farmers Hall. All friends and opponents of the cause. in this and adjoining towns are cordially invited to to attend. Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker of Hartford, Rev. Olympia Brown of Bridgeport, and Hon. James Gallagher will be the speakers, outside of this co,ln- ty The question which is to be discussed now stands in the first rank of the ques- tions of the day. It is not a peculiar in stitution, ; confined to distant states, but Is as universal as man and woman. It has passed beyond the limits of a laugh Or sheer, and engages the attention of the profoundest thinkers, writers and speak CTS of the land. It is fraught with great good or evil to our homes, government, and religion. Let us meet and deliberate with intelligence, and decide with wisdom
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
Deaths

At Mt. Riga, Nov. B, Ira Sardam, aged 40 years.
 At Norwich, Chenango Go. N. Y., Nov. 15, Hattie A., wife of J. Dakin Reed, aged 43 years. },l
 At East Canaan Nov. 13, Benjamin Wadsworth, aged p years.
 In Woodbury, Nov. 27, Bethel s. Castle, aged TT years.
 In Woodbury, Nov. 2S, Emily, daugh- ter of David S., and Lucy A. Bull, aged $ years.
 In Northfeld, Nov. B, Mrs. Maria Stone, after life of unusual trial
 At Falls Village, Nov. 19, Widow Luther Landon, aged 89 years.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
COUNTY ITEMS.

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 The NORFOLK correspondent of the Sen tinel complains of the extravaganza of the present Republican, board of Selectmen. He dwells long and with great delight over the success of a resolution introduced by Aaron Reyes, late Democratic selectman of that town. During that gentleman's ad- ministration of town affairs, and we know not how long before, the civil authority, selectmen, &c., had annual dinners at town expense on each first Monday in Jan uary. Such has always been the custom Litchfeld, and probably .in other towns. After Mir. K. was defeated for selectman his revenge took the foregoing magnani- nous and economical turn. st
 HARwTNToN sent a barrel and large box of clothing to Chicago, last week, says the Herald. Frank Perkins broke both bones of one of his legs while get ting barrel of cider into his cellar, few days since - George E. Cook has so far completed his mill that he put in the wheel on Friday, which with the hangings weighs 1900. E FALLS VILLAGE experienced a recent ar , rival in light t-fngered lad from Mass, says the Herald, who was caught picking the pocket of NIT. Crossman. The boy was arrested and sentenced to the State Reform School, but the good natured au- thorities suffered him to sleep one night at home before starting for Meriden. He still sleeps in Massachusetts. wood chopper by the name of Humiston nearly severed his foot from his leg, by a glanc- ing blow from his axe, a few days ago, says the News.
 NORFOLK has received considerable freight uiG Conn. Western, says the News The freight and passenger depots will be soon ready for business, and a siding is nearly completed. M
 CORNWALL Congregationalists enjoyed the preaching of the Rev.. Mr. Prince, Sunday before last, says the News. The town held its second hearse meeting on the 26th ult The result was discourag- ing, and his last ride will continue to cost each deceased CornWallian $15 co. o. D. ? until the town grows more liberal. How the corpse that doesn' 'tspossess the requi- site $l5 gets buried, the News neglects to state.as. atss s6s3 TWISTED received car load of corn, on Monday of last week, its first freight Ui0 the Conn. Western. John Carroll has been sued for the appropriation, by some h;s hsu.e ,ren,ises by Q Plymouth party The 1lI, article was disguised as s.smal1 a1ss,,s- baar,o The discovery of the mistake was for tie Plymouth party, but ;r ',s, ,,n wise the fault of John Carroll Inoo F. 70 is expected to sing in Winsted this s5i fier.-The Herald suggests the forma- ton Of a militia company in Winsted.
 r.rAAN is infested with ibellers, says .sstran0er'' in the News. The course nurrgued is to scatter upon the side walks and other conspicuous places, slips of pa ner npon which are written articles of poll inted and ignominious character"
 SALISBURY lost its Thursday s mail, com plains the News, owing to the nasty dis
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FMu6t c0nm6nce WllN JHIl. Ore JuIy NO.
 Subscribers who are in arrears must make up arresrages before taking advantage of the fore going propositions; and subscribers who are in advance may deduct the amount their subserip- tions are in advance
 Money should be sent by post-office order, ,eBeck or registered letter, if possible. If remittances are made by mail we cannot be responsible for loss before the letter reaches us, but will take all risks of remittance to the clubbing periodical. Receipt will be returned in the next paper.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
Plymouth sketches--No. se.

tE -s -.f ! ere fs One of our citizens has 2 copy of, the first number.of the first daily paper pub- lished in Illinois. Title, ''Daily Chicago American Date, April 9th, 1s39 Ed itor and proprietor, William Stuart Price, six dollars a-year. Size, fourpages, and four columns to page; or one-half the size of the weekly edition. Contents: nearly three -fourths advertisements. The leading editorial opens as follows s'In the language of our prospectus, we this day present to the Queen City of the State the first daily paper ever issued in Hi nois. We commence this new enterprise with mingled emotions of hope and fear with alternate feelings of cheerfulness and reluctance The population of Chicago at the date above mentioned is put down at GOOD. As ill all probability the great confagration destroyed all copies which may have been preserved in the city, it would now be interesting to know where others can be found rtat
 tsAF '- PLYMoTHEAN
 Dec. 4th. 1S71 z....4E .... .
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FoUR EvILs.-Whoever habitually uses alcohol ic preparations ''appetizer" will be likely to suffer from four evils, viz. an overpus of food i'll the stomach, impaired ability to digest it. the bangs of dyspepsia, and doctors bill. Dr. Wal ker's Vegetable Vinegar Bitters, the great Teeto- tai Restorative of the age, without over-stimula- ting the palate or irritating the stomach, imparts a healthfnl appetite, promotes, digestion, regu- thus instead of ontailing four evils confers four inestimable benefits 32-4w
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
MarriageS-

At'East Canaan, Nov. 22, by the Rev. Wm. Hall, MT. Wm. A. Hayward of Ga naan to Miss Anna Holsaple of North Ca naan.
 At the residence of the bride, in North Canaan, Nov. B, by Rev. Wm. Hall, MT. Nelson Ham of Sheffield, Mass, and Miss Sarah J. Andrus.
 At Norfolk, Nov. 15, at the residence of Pettibone Thompson, Esq, by the Rev. Joseph Eldridge, D. D., MT. Joseph Bun nell of West Winsted and Miss Fanny l.. Thompson of Winsted
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
DIsTRroT of Torrinston, ss. Probate Court,

DISTRICT of Torrington, ss. Probate Court, u Nov. 18th, 1871.
 Estate of Charles l.. Johnson, of fTorrington, in said District, an insolvent and assigning debtQp. The Court of Probate for the District of hath limited and allowed two months from tuate of this order. for the Creditors of said <Estate, represented insolvent, in which to exhtbit their claims against said estate; and has appointed Charles F. Church and Gideon H> Welch of said Torrington, Commissioners 70 recefTe and ex- anime said claims.
 Certified M
 JOSEPH r. CALHOUN, Judge. The subscribers give notice that they shall meet at the Probate Ofijee in said Torrington, on the 18th day of December, 1871, and the 18th day of January, 1872, at one o'clock in the afternoon, on each of said days, for the purpose ofattending to the business of said appointment
 CHARLES E. CHURCH.
 GIDEON H. WEIGH, S0m sss' All persons indebted to said Estate are requss- ted to make immediate payment to Ss-4 0. R. TYLER, Trustee
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
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ITS EFFECT IS

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 The first application will do good; you will see the natural color returning every day, andbefore you know it, the old, gray, dscolored appearance of the hair will be gone. giving place to lustrous shining and beautiful locks.
 Ask for Halls Sicilian Hair Remover; no other article is at all like it in effect.
 See that each bottle has our private govern ment stamp over the top of the bottle. All oth- CTS are limitations. R. P. HALL < CO.,, Nashua, N H., Proprietors For sale by all druggists.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
New Milford.

Edgar Wells, aged 40. formerly of the firm of Wells Bros, died on Saturday the 2d inst His disease was typhoid fe- yer, succeeded by lock-iaw.
 E. s. Cleveland, Esq. of Hartford, lectured in Sherman on the 29th inst on the subject of Life Insurance. He will speak ip Now Milford sometime this month.
 Business here is quite lively at this season. Attention is called to several new advertisements in this paper. INo.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

tss..... .tt, e: FOREIGN. a. F
 Great Britain.-The Prince of Wales is improving. al tGla ss3- .14st ,lsaq 3 e Belgiuna.- popular commotion has compelled the resignation of the Ministry 4y France. The. Germans have declared martial law in the provinces they still oe- cupy. 74 5as. 3.E ~ s -
 The Assembly met at Versailles, last week. r.ljl7s l, aI.8s.stc 3-
 Rossel and other Communists were shot, last week. Se .-s~tz .saas as u6a-The terrorism of the volunteers continues Eight students have been tried by court martial and shot for tri- fling offence. }4as as..a-2s
 I,ao1ia. -36 lives were lost at Agra by the explosion of a cartridge factory. , The cholera is raging in Delhi. .p4y 4}s,fs fz 9f IT &* &a sB7 ta5f a9s5 ] t48lsst ss sl DOMESTIC. ad ss4eg4fs
 The decrease of public debt, last month, was s, 462, ,080. ii'5zf@ |f+ L @a.*
 Fisk and Gould have been beaten in suit growing out of their proceedings on "BIack Friday"
 Navigation has been suspended on the Connecticut River.
 The furniture of the American Club House at Greenwich, Conn.,, has been seized by the Sheriff. lf5yz 'o attl1taea
 The remains of three more victims of the Chicago fire have been discovered.
 Several persons were injured in New burgh by the burning of hotel.
 The bill for the repeal of the Woman Suffrage act has passed both branches of the Wyoming Legislature. h Y s
 A California stage-coach has been rob- bed of SIG, ,000 4assz.saE jt.,l'
 The sale of the Hoosac tunnel to Com. Vanderbilt is agitating business circles in Boston s
 At last accounts the Utah snow storm was still raging -t
 Comptroller Connolly of New York, having failed to find the required $I, ,O0O,- 900 bail Is still in prison
 The N. r. Committee of Seventy demand the resignation of Mayor Hall.
 Judge Brady has issued an injunction restraining Vim. M. Tweed from dispos- ing of his property.
 The Hudson River was frozen, last week, from Catskill to Albany.
 Judge Bedford refuses to quash the indictment against Hagerty and Baulch, the New York voucher thieves,
 It is charged that Erie agents. attempt ed to bribe three jurors in the Fisk gold case before Judge McCunn
 A Brooklyn alderman was shot in a sa- loon in that city, last week.
 Canal navigation was greatly obstructed by cold, last week. 70 ttfs Y n
 Brigham Young trial was to commence, Monday.
 The National Board of trade meet at St. Louis yesterday .s
 Gov. Alcorn of Mississippi has resigned to take his seat in the U. 8. Senate.
 The Grand Duke was entertained at Philadelphia, Monday.
 Government will sell $4 ,OO0, 900 of gold and purchase BIO, GOO, 900 of bonds during December.
 Small pox is increasing in Philadelphia.
 Ku-Klux trials have commenced in South Carolina. af sss t&st3ksa'@@
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
Falls Village.

Mr. S. Stebbins possesses very evil disposed Siberian blood hound. He lives on s.tramps,' his average time being Is min. 21 sec, per tramp.
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John Valentine has recovered one hund- red dollars for injuries received by falling on the sidewalk in Hartford.
 Owen Fay, for twenty years employed in the cooper mill in Ansonia, died very suddenly while at work, Friday.
 It is reported that mine of some im- portance has been discovered and worked in West Norwalk last season. A band of minstrels amused Norwalk people by singing Dutch refrain to the words, "Oh where, oh where has Woody gone?''
 Wild ducks are flying in large fiocks over the marshes bordering West river, near New Haven.
 Thanksgiving eve, Hartford gentle man served coon supper to large num- Der of friends.
 The ''country miller" has announced his readiness to keep Thanksgiving by exposing the ten plaques of corn.
 A sign in a bar room in New Haven reads ''No drinks sold to colored persons over this bar''
 James M. Smith, of New Hartford, and a5member of the Freshman class of Yale, died on the 22d inst
 The patent-right rogues are around again. This time they are selling the for which the receiver signs something that turns out to be note for $250.- lVinsted Herald
 Killed. The Housatonic train up last Friday night killed man named John Pierce, between Lenox Furnace and Lee He was walking on the track directly to- wards the train, and was not seen by the engineer uutil he was within few feet of the engine. The engine struck him 11n- der the chin, breaking his neck and kill ing him instantly. The night was very stormy, and it was not until after search ing some fifteen or twenty minutes that the body could be found.-iSdl. NeWS Trade Mark Frederick Atherton X Go. .. Marion, N. J. manufactured by United States Watch Co, Giles, Wales < Co., total variation from mean time being only
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 Bald heads may have new crop of hair by applying Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Remover, if the hair folicles are not entire ly closed mp.
 Is the Oil you burn reliable and safe Few families appreciate the importance of this question. You can obtain cheap and perhaps good light from unsafe oil, but endanger your life and property by using it. Be wise in time, and avoid the possibility of danger by burning only Pratts Astral Oil.
 PERSONAL. were pleased to receive call, during the past week, from Dr. Ayers traveller, who was in our town de- voting his time and attention to the prep arations of the great medicine man. This call has become pleasant annual to us from the able and reliable business char acter of the accomplished gentleman whom this firm send out to transact their busi- , ness. No house is better known or val ued by the press for it's promptness in set clement than the well-established and popular J. c. Aver & Co.,, Lowell, Mass, whose medicines have become a house. hold necessity, and won the confidence and praise of all Our own acquaintance with them has extended over series of years,' and we have invariably found them, their travellers and their medicines wor- thy of the commendation they everywhere receive.-Jackson (Tenn.) Tribune.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
PROBATE ADVERTISEMENTS.

nISTRICT of Kent, ss. Probate Court, Nov. 1D 18th, 1871. v
 Estate of Nathan Turrill, 2d, late of Kent, in said District, deceased. .... The Court of Probate for the District of Kent hath limited and allowed six months from date of this order for the creditors of said estate repre- sented insolvent in which to exhibit their claims against said Estate; and has appointed Charles B. Andrews of Litchfeld, and John Spooner of Kent Commissioners to receive and examine said claims.
 Certified by PERRY HUFCUT, Judge. The subscribers give notice that they shall meet at the Hotel of E. M Judd in said Kent, on the 18th day of Dec, 1871, and or the 18th day of May, 1872 at one o'clock in the afternoon, on each of said days, for the purpose of attending to the business of said appointment.
 CHAS. B. ANDREWS ro,
 JOHN SPOONER, "oNA All persons indebted to said Estate are request ed to make immediate payment to 34-3 STEPHEN SMITH, Administrator.
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FNoUIRER CLUBBING RATES.

Our Litchfeld County subscribers may not of ten be- able to take advantage of the tow rates offered large clubs by most magazines and peri odicals. For their convenience and as an extra induoement to new county subscribers we will send the following periodicals to county subscri- hers. in connection with the ENQUIRER at the
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07

A Court of Probate holden at Litchhsld, A within and for the District of Litchfeld, on the 18th day of November, A. D. 1871.
 Present, Henry R. Merrill, Esq, Judge. On motion of Vim. R. Keeler, Executor on the Estate of Layina Westover, late of Morris, with in said district, deceased, this Court doth decree that six months be allowed and limited for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims against the same to the Executor and directs that public notice be given of this order by ad- vertising in newspaper published in LitchAeld, and by posting copy thereof on the public sign- post in said town of Ltchfeld, nearest the place where the deceased last dwelt.
 Certified from Record.
 33-3 HENRY R. MORRILL,, Judge.
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Woodbury.
R. c.

Thanksgiving passed quietly. On the Sabbath previous notice was given in the several churches that a union service would be held at the Methodist church on Thanksgiving day, but when the day came only 8. small congregation was present. Was it the cold that kept the people from this interesting and helpful service? Or was it the growing inclination to depart from the good old ways of the fathers? ;
 Your correspondent of last week must have treacherous memory or is not a dil- igent reader of the Enquirer, for you published the list of our town officers on the week of their election.
 We now have left in town six persons, relicts of the 1912 war, all said to be over 80 years of age. They are as follows ::--! Henry Judson, Harry Griswold, Stephen F. Galpin, Erastus Lathrop, Ashur Prit- chard Gall members of Capt. John Buck ingham's company and Irena, widow of Ransom Saxton, also of Capt. B's Co.
 How rapidly are the numbers of these heroes diminishing. Only last week, the 25th ult., Bethel S. Castle, also of Capt. B's Co.,, died suddenly, aged 78. He was respected citizen, had long been com municant in the Episcopal church, and for many years member of King Solo mons Lodge, r. and A. NJ The members of this lodge turned out in mass to pay their respects to his remains, and to hon or them with masonic burial
 - The topic which is engaging atten tion, just at present, is telegraphic com munication with the world outside of our isolation, and the indications are that it will not end in talk, but will in due time become an accomplished fact Our watchs words are, Wire, then Rail PAoUABAUd.
 Many Parishioners of the Rev. J. L. R. Wyckoff assembled at the Parsonage on the evening of Novc 27th, for social visit, which went off in. fine style, and highly enjoyed by all present, although the house was rather too full for comfort. Besides refreshments for the occasion, wood, flour, vegetables, fruit. and other articles, were contributed which will be useful during the winter.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
FOR SAI.El

X NEW HOUSE on South street, New Mill A ford For further particulars apply to T. Soule $ Brother, or to the undersigned.
 34-4w H. s. MYGATT.