Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-23
COUNTY EM S.

COUNIY HENS.
 The THoMAsroN druggist, MT. H. Pearce, met with a singular accident recently, says the Sentinel, whilst mixing some chemi- calls. During the process of mixing, the bottle exploded, and the mixture, togeth- CT with the pieces of glass, was thrown in- to Mir. Pearce's face It was at first sup posed that his injuries were of a serious nature; but We understand they are not as severe as was first supposed.
 A ALAKEvILLE deputation undertook to go to the Josh Billings lecture at South Ca naan, says the Amenia Times;were belated by bad travelling and darkness; arrived just as Mr. B. concluded; and returned with out any ''milk, unless they took took it diluted after the manner of the Rev. MT. Smythe
 SHARON contributed $200 in cash for Western sufferers besides several boxes of clothing, says the Amenia Times.-Mr Norris, Insurance agent, has moved into Mrs. StOddard's hOuse.-Mr. David Cole has been repairing, repainting, refencing and renovating generally, to the great i'm provement of his place.
 LIME RocK is talking of organizing an Episcopal church. -.-...lsg ..,. ...-z. F. WEST CORNWALL shipped 2009 cans of milk in October, says the News,-James Cochrane has bought the ''Capt. Wright farm" and James A. Cochrane has bought the ''old furnace property intending to reconstruct the E'old boarding house" for occupancy, next spring store of Geo. H. Wheaton < Co.,, has been re- painted.-A new road is proposed from the depot to the office of J. Q. Adams, Esq. '... .-..s
 CHAP1Nv1LLE enjoys the prospect of a Western to the furnaces i'll that place, says the News. Mir. Horace Landon con tracts for the earth work, and his son, J. now comes from Canaan instead of from Ashley Falls A boy who has been carry ing the mail was detected recently in pur- Joining letters is rumored that the Harris Scythe Works have been purchased by parties intending to erect an extensive paper mill.
 A SHARON correspondent of the News pitches into highway and calls on the selectmen to enforce the law aginst encroachments. We wish the selectmen of the twenty four other towns in this county would look into that same matter. Men whowould not steal tenpenny nail for the world will appropriate @ few square rods, or acres, of highway with as little compunction as 8 Comanche takes an em- igrant's horse.
 THE CONN. WESTERN begins we'll and carefully, if the following is sample:
 4 'tH0ir Breadth Escape. Last Tues day as Conductor Cogswell's train, work ing between Canaan and Norfolk, was backing down the hill from Norfolk, at high rate of speed, small child was dis covered away ahead on the track, and by the almost superhuman efforts of the en- gineer and train hands, the train was stopped just as the brake timbers of the car ahead struck the child, and gently tumbled it down between the ties, where fortuneately 1t had not been filled in with gravel. The child appeared to be not in the least injured by it's remarkable railroad experience. ce.-NeaUs.
 < NORFOLK gets three car loads of coal uia Conn. Western, says the News. The track has been ballasted to the West New York crossing on the west and to Spald- ing Summit on the east.
 The TWISTED Herald encourages. kiting youngsters with the following advertise ment:
 Old Newspapers for saa at this office. Price one cent each.
 TWISTED has an Amateur Dramatic Club. They begin with, ''The Gamblers Fate" -euchered ?-The 2d Cong1 Church has given clothing, &c., for Western sufferers to the amount of about $200.--A Choral Society of "our best singers is also to be organized in that place, says the Herald.
 TIE CONN. WESTERN R. R., proposes an excursion train on Thanksgiving Day from Millerton to Hartford, says the Her ald. Not with the shower bath of the last week we fear!
 SALISBURY warns up with coal brought by the Conn. Western. The Schoo1-teac CTS meet Thursday night, at Academy Hall for instruction A horse belonging to Se- rom Decker of Lakeville. dropped dead in front of MT. Roberts store last Friday, without sufficient cause,' thinks the Nrws.-A lively lyceum was organized on the evening of the 18th.
 ToRR1NeFoRD is one of the places to which Yale theologues are sent on trial trips. -.s
 The NAUGATUoK R. R. runs special train to the Kellogg concert at Waterbury on the evening of the 23d.
 HARw1NToN was rebuked by the Rev. MT Cnrtiss Sunday heforo last for hasfv