Litchfield enquirer., 1871-03-16
COUNTY ITEMS.

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 ,a t',aa COUNTY ITEMS. G LALEv1LLE.- effort is being made te form Hook and Ladder Go.
 MT. w. s. Edwards, we understand. is about removing to Amenia, to go into trade. = We think there is tobacco enough stored in the tobacco warehouse, in oul village, to make big smoke Isn't it toe bad, that so much labor and money should all go to snaoke .-sfe
 Kent Iron Co.,, we notice, are laying in a large stock of ore, and are having 6 large amount Of wood chopped for coaIing next summer. It means iron no doubt.-- Banner, and Bdnquek ,A -a s.e.-.1 s.,
 Prof. H. Buckham, late Principal o the High School in this city, has received and accepted the appointment of Principal of the State Normal School at Buffalo, N ing man so well qualified for the posi-.
 The Fluteville of Litchfeld county is matched by Whistleville of Fairfield coun- ty.-D Dan5u,y Ne,cs. .ss ei |sart e-.. e44 
 A new stock company of New York and Connecticut capitalists propose to locate a large iron furnace in Canaan, with turn out from the Conn. Western railroad. to work Salisbury ore into pig iron. They are offered six acres of sandy land at $500 an acre, which three years since could not be sold at $50. ....,...-es
 B. s. Woodford. of Wlnsted, recently took policy of $5,OO0 in cooperative life insurance company, for which he paid SIS and all the subsequent demands, but at his death the company paid his widow only $10l. .@"
 TERRYv1LE.-The moulders at the Ter ry foundry here struck for an advance of wages; but after standing out few days they resumed work. su
 We see from the Winsted Herald that L.. Williams is busy selling horses and that he has also sold his patent Egg Beater to Ives & Blakeslee of Plymouth who have rented factory in Bridgeport for the man. ufacture of the same on large scale. ~
 At a church meeting holden Sasurday, March 4th, Ira H. Stoughton was chosen to hold the office of Deacon, in the place of Milo Blakeslee, resigned. ' aont 74" :
 
 RIvERToN. N.-More houses are wanted here, says the Herald, but nobody seems to build them. Hence mechanics and manufactur- CTS are on the wing. The removal of MT. Stephens manufactory to ;Plainville is one of these losses. z- @'t..ill2
 WARREN.-Daniel Carpenter was relieved of tumor, lying directly over the carotid artery, about week since The opera tlon,y requiring the incest surgical skill, was successfully performed by Drs Lyman and Hine. The tumor when removed weighed three pounds, and the patient is said to be doing wel[.-Herald
 WINCHESTER CENTER. "A masquerade party and supper came off at Joseph Marsh's, on Wednesday evening, March lst. Joseph gets up such affairs in good shape, and If it had not been for the tab leaux he would have had strong delega- tion from Winsted. Eighty persons were present. Herald. rod r t-5.I tr ii > TWISTED Mrs. Emily Pardee is to lec- ture on Temperance at the 2d Congrega- tional church on Sunday evening. .a. r.f The building to be erected on the lot west of the Clark House is to have front of 62 feet, a depth of 90 feet, and is to have three stories, besides mausard roof. Her. ald
 CoRNwALL.-We condense the following account of the murder of Lavyice Rich. ardson, colored woman, from last weeks Sentinel:
 On Wednesday afternoon, March 1st, this woman was found dead, with her skull broken in by repeated strokes from club, in the house of Orine Cables, her father in Cornwall. Frederick Hall, a negro, is charged with the crime and the following facts came out on his preliminary examina. tion before a magistrate: The deceased was seen at her fathers house about noon 1 of the day of the. murder. About one o'clock, P. M. the accused was seen to go into the house, and was next seen, at a quarter past two, only a little over a mile from Cables, on his way south. Spots are also found on his clothes: Hall testified himself, swore that he was native of Lenox, Mass, that he had lived wander. 1 ing life, had two wives living, worked for half year past in North Cornwall, from whence he went to Benj. Tompkins' in Kent Hollow, where he had been living but week at the time of his arrest. He denied having stopped at Cables. ,, :. "
 Gables owns little place near the War ren line, is worth few hundred dollars, | and the motive of the murder was probab. ly the hope of plunder. Hall was commit ted to jail by the Justice. B@r We clip the following from the Hartford Conrant: .saaas @.5s 1aA- sNh
 MT, w. B. Brinsmade, ex.superinten-