Litchfield enquirer., 1871-07-06

w WATERTOWN.-Drs dOlcOmD OI CnlS place is now senior presbyter of the Episcopalian clergymen of the State. He is in his e5th year.
 LAKEv1LLE. Secretary of the Me- chanics B. B. c. of this place complains at great length in the Amenia Tunes of the injustice done them in 8 match with the the Magics of that place.
 RoxBURY = The Methodist Society have been making additional improvements to their property by erecting neat little barn for the convenience and comfort of their pastor. costing about three hundred dollars.
 -Messrs. Hurlbert < Garlick. had bag of meal taken Sunday evening from the store. -Grass is growing finely and the farm CTS are more cheerful, feeling little more confident that kind Providence will not permit their cattle to starve, for the want of hay.-Standard
 BETHLEHEM. The Methodist church and Sabbath School of Bethlehem have receiv- ed from the Methodist church and Sunday School of Waterbury large and valuable collection of books.-Amej7can.
 TWISTED - Numerous children with bandaged heads indicate that the Mumps are still prevalent.
 There are 192 diferem newspapers and magazines regularly received at the West Winsted Post Office.
 On Saturday Mr. Edgar Dntton's hors- es became frightened by the locomotive at the depot and suddenly turned round, up- setting the carriage, out of which several passengers had just stepped. The horses ran eastward at full speed, strewing the road with fragments of the coach (worth not less than $800,) giving what was left of it such fling as they came upon Clifton Mill Bridge that the wreck actually rode across on the railing of the bridge. When at last they fetched up in the Clarke House stables, the carriage was annihilated and one horse badly. though not fatally, injur- ed
 EXTENSION OF THE NAUGATUCK R. R. The interest Tn the Lee and N. Haven rail- road subscription, called out great num- Der of the business men and property own- CTS of Pittsfeld on Tuesday afternoon of last week, over which James M. Baker pre- sided. Thomas Colt described the route of the proposed road. Leaving the Housa tonic road at Lenox Furnace, it passes through south east Berkshire to the Con- necticut state line, where it would be with in few miles of the Canal road and the Naugatuck road. If united to the latter it would shorten the route from Pittsfeld to Bridgeport eight miles, and thus open a competing line from Berkshire county to New York. Of the $6OO,000 required to build the road, the state would lend its credit for $500, 900; the contractors would take 1O0,O0O of stock in part payment; Otis has subscribed $50, ,00O: Sandisfeld $40, ,OOO; Holland 1925, 900; an individual SIC. .OOO, and the $50, 900 asked at Pittsfeld would secure the success of the road --Herald
 KENT. The Young Mems Christian As. sociation at their regular meeting on the 18th of June, were entertained with an elab- crate and interesting report of the Interna- tional Conventions recently held at Wash ington, D. O., by R. G. Fuller, Recording Secretary of the Association, and delegate to the Convention. vote of thanks was moved and carried unanimously to Bro. Fuller for his attendance. and for his re- port of the doings of the International Convention. Also vote of thanks for the amount necessary to bear his expenses, which he generously donated to the Asso- l citation. vote of thanks was also tender ed to friend of our worthy Vice President | R. A. Britton, for a donation of ten dollars the same evening. @fs@t
 = Messrs. A. J. and l. B. Vinegar have | recently bought piece of land of l.. W. | Stone, and will move their barn and shed. l They have torn down their old timber house and are putting up an addition to their wagon shop.
 MT. Luther Eaton is building new barn. t" t+
 - We think we speak truly when we say that our merchants and other business men in this town, are honest and fairdealing men as can be found in towns adjoining, yet we notice that the business men of ad- jacent towns advertise freely, and ours not at all or. but sparingly ; and we are not therefore that other towns out strip ours in enterprise and thrift in some departments of trade. People will go where they are invited as rule. -Banner and Banquet. a.