Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-23
L-ltchGeld.

Tn the Superior Court Charles Lamp
 man vas sentenced to twelve years impris-
 onment oI Wednesday last. Court then
 adjourned till Tuesday of this week, when
 the case of Hodges ys. Wadhanas com
 mehced trial to thescou Graves & Sey-
 mour for plf; Woodruff & Andrews for delft.
 -On Monday evening the noted Elihu
 Burritt, and the Rev. MT. Whittlesey made addresses in the Congregational church, in behalf of the American Peace Society. The night was stormy and the audience small Dr. Henry was appoint ed pEesident.of the meeting and stated in hls introductory remarks that he had edit apaPer in Hartford, over thirty years since, advocating that cause, and that his views remained unchanged. Prayer followed by the Rev. Mr. Elliott. ssAmerica' was artistically rendered by the choir, and the Rev. Mir: Whittlessy made long and not very interesting address. MT. Burritt then spoke always sensibly and sometimes very
 
 ,el eelloquentiy in behalf of the measure. Among other things he urged women.to interfere zealously for Peace, and came very near, without quite hitting, one of the ar- guments in favor of woman suffrage. At the close of the services collection was taken up and the Doxology sung. t,d The intention of this movement is ex- oellent butsit fails of much utility because It IS mere surface remedy for disease that needs more heroic treatment. Every body of course condemns all wars but ssonrs,n and the exception is large enough to kill the rule. t2"'''' i'-''l' .-.s.f ,' '-s.,
 One of the first maneuvers military officer learns rms to perform on sufficient cause IS how to ''change base" There may be sufficient cause for moving the telegraph ic apparatus from the rear to the front of the post-ofice. We fear such results as the following, however: A lawyer wants a witness summoned forthwith. The ope- rator sits down and begins snapping his instrument. 4 profane acquaintance passing just then, remarks, cpd we'll got up!'' A young lady friend, looking up at the window, few moments after, ex- claims, "The prettiest picture ever saw. D Whereupon the pious plaintiff in Boz vs. Cor receives the following telegram:
 To DEA WM. Box: ,- rr-s -..a...s,.. ...-.s. -
 Tell that d-d well got up constable get the prettiest picture you ever saw of Isaiah H. Pun kinblessom right ot''"'oyess afs 4fe -ars.s X. the lawyer gets photograph instead of the original Punkinblossom, and the Deacon gets 8 very bad impression of the manners ofsthe Barr 31 51s5f' jf- .-'. U -Wm. Clark was brought before Jus tice Meafoy, Tuesday, on charge of pursu- ing MT. R.. A. Ford with scurrious lan- guage. He was fined $5 and sentenced to 30 days imprisonment.
 55 The new heating arrangements of St. Michaels worked powerfully on Sunday last The chancel and lower side walls have been whitewashed; theirpresent color is pretty 'sloudp and is. to be modified, we hear. Dr. Henry repeats his sermon fa- voring good amusements, on Sunday morn ing next. '=ts'......, f... ...... <, = The new Millinery and Dry Goods Store on South Street has changed pro- prietors. The business will hereafter be conducted by Miss Jessie Aiken. -s .Ts-a Edwin McNeill has repurchased the place on Spencer street, he sold Mrs. Kel- ley in 1869, for $1 200. ........-. .@ @ - Michael Dwyer sells his farm lying partly in Goshen and partly in Litchfield, to Thomas Corcoran, for 5000.
 -S Silas E. Cheney shakes the dust of the Lucy Jackson place off his feet by 'quitclaim deed. te r B = Railroad progress is slow this week owing to bad weather.