Litchfield enquirer., 1871-07-27
COUNTY ITEMS.

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 CooN. WESTERN R. R.-The annual meeting of the Connecticut Western rail- road was held at Hartford on Tuesday, of last week, and the following directors cho- sen: William H. Barnum and Alexander H. Holley of Salisbury; George M. Bar tholomew, James l.. Howard, George w. Moore. Nathaniel R. Stevens, Jonathan B. Bunce. and Charles R. Chapman of Hart ford; George Dudley of Winsted; B. T. Butler of Norfolk; F. Watson of Canaan.
 Byron Loomis of Suffield; and Wm. L..
 Gilbert of Winsted. Messrs Chapman and Bunce are new members; the others re-elec- tions At a meeting of the directors Wm. Fl. Barnum was reelected president, Wm. G. Coe, secretary, and Wm. L., Gilbert,
 treasurer. This week is, expected to wit ness the completion of the track-laying
 from East Canaan to Millerton, l5 miles, at the west end, and also from Winsted to
 New Hartford. sus :; 44atI .s.~..;.
 TWISTED. The farmers hereabouts are
 busy gathering the little hay they have, not over two.thirds of a crop, and not even
 that is of average quality, for the extreme
 drouth of last year killed the, roots of timo- thy to 8 great extent. ''.. ''.'''' -
 Last Sunday evening as one of the con
 ductors on the Naugatuck railroad was ri.
 ding with team belonging to MT. D. Out.
 ton, of the Clarke House livery, in turning
 into Main street from the bridge of the old
 Clifton mill works, the carriage capsized,
 threw out the occupants, breaking the ls-
 dy's arm and otherwise bruising her. The l gentleman escaped without serious injury.
 It is only a few days since span of horses
 with nice hack of Mir. Dutton' were start ed from the depot, and running across the 1 same bridge overturned the hack and dash ed it completely into fragments. ' Courant. ! NORFOLK. Thursday night burglars entered the residence of Mr. Hiram Mills, l just east of the village, laid waste the pan. l try, took MT. Mills wallet from the pocket of his trowsers, abstracted some fifteen dol.
 lars in money and a hundred dollars ip
 notes of hand, then returned the wallet tc ] the pocket. Herald. ...l.i ts;.4 'a... a4ju THoMAsToN.- N.-Fonr prosecutions for drunkenness which occurred on the 4th of July have been made since that time, all of l them were allowed the benefit of the law l to divulge by the court Three of them
 availed themselves of the opportunity grant ed them, while the other kept his secret
 and went to Litchield for $7, and costs,
 and is very likely making hay this pleasant ! weather under guard, and probably drink l ing less whiskey than formerly. In the
 mean time our temperance societies are at
 work Tn their regular orders, and are stead
 fly gaining ground through the increasing l interest manifested in the three or four different societies. There are yet four
 different places. out of eleven or twelve
 last year, whore liquors are sold. We hope | to prevail upon them yet.-Herdld.
 "A pair of horses were run into by the
 cars at Fluteville, Wednesday morning of
 last week, one instantly killed and the oth-
 CT injured. "+..
 BRIDaEwATER-Mr. Peck, the senior
 partner of the firm of Peck & Gillette, re-
 turned from New Haven, last week, to find l his little family of three children increased ! to five, by the addition of pair of twins. The houses of MT. G. Northrop and l..
 Frost were entered one night recently, by | burglars, and each robbed of small sums of money. 2.5l .' s@.Es +-F %ta@ .ai
 MT. Chas. Treat, brother of the Hon.
 A. s. Treat, of Bridgeport, is building a fine horse barn, and is contemplating re- pairing his dwelling house after having.
 Rev. William H. Dean, Congregation all preached his farewell sermon, the last Sunday in June. He goes to Orange, Conn. l l-Standwd. s'-',.'-' 3'.f" 7i4's.: ..t si5@ |" SHARoN.-Dr. o. H. Shears returned to Sharon, from New Haven, last week, and is now painting and reftting the residence which he recently purchased of Rev. MT. Gardner. The summit of the hill east of the Doctors house is about the top of the village, and gives you fine view of the ! surrounding country. A portion of his New Haven School will be transferred to Sharon-and they will find their new local- ity one possessing rare advantages. -Ame- nia Times. .3a35a.sF .aiAa .-.t Hi s.4
 So GoEs THE WoRLD.-A poverty strick- l man in aneighboring town boasted that he
 drank 50 glasses of beer on the 4th, and on the 9th he was seen to purchase 10 cts. ,
 worth of meal for his needy family. -Berk- shire Courier. ..4 .,@.-l[. l NEW MILFORD. George H. Noble, of this place. is cornered in Hartford as a grand juror in the United States district court. II ee..sE -+@@# ay+ a.t-st+ss..
 "A man was attacked in Town Bridge, on the night of the 10th. Three men sur rounded him, and while two held him the third went through his clothes and reliev. ed him of ten dollars. The assailants4 es- capped. -Dan6ury NeaOs. a 7-tl II l l ltlG5 5tt ------- ~---- xtsas The income of the Yale college library is S1.SOO year that of the Bronson library, Waterbury, $12. 1000. a.nJ @l..a
 NAw Haven Center church pays it's pas.