Litchfield enquirer., 1871-08-03
COUNTY ITEMS.
INO.

TWISTED. Herald advertises show of all the babies of Winsted and vicinity on Saturday, for which the committee of arrangements expect to secure the services of Mir. Edward Clarke in his charming lull- aby. "Sweet and Low," by Tennyson." If MT. Clarke is judicious man he won't undertake anything < sweet and low" nearer the proposed rendezvous than Nor. folk.
 MT. George Williams. and his able as- sistants, Messrs. Wm. H. St. John and Charles Dolphin, having finished the re- moval of Cook store ill Goshen, (which contained 100. 900 brick between the wealth er-boards and plaster and barn at Vol cottville, are now lifting Moore's long block story higher.
 WATERFRONT The Watertown Academy will go on under new principal, the Rev. w. l.. Peck; end 1t is believed by those in formed in the matter, will sustain the high reputation it has held for the last two years. The thorough training MT. Peck gives will be attested by the Professors of several colleges where his pupils have en- tered with credit and maintained good standing; and there will be under the new teacher, in the Academy, advantages of in- struction in the modern languages and drawing not heretofore enjoyed, together with the addition of juvenile department. -Inder.
 CANAAN.-It took only eighty minutes to load, run quarter of a mile, and dump, sixty car loads of earth on the great Whi- finor Rjuor Hn Ion hn Hoppaokio1k Woct- ern railroad in East Canaan), a few days ago. Each car load consists of single inn mense spoonful-abomtt twenty seven cubic feet-placed upon it by the steam scoop shovel. The two sections of the fill already touch at their bases, and the whole will be done in few days.-P PaHodiuae. .r
 CoRNwALL.-There are not over half as many boarders in the village as last summer.
 -Thelhaying is progressing finely. About half crop will be secured. .-Sentinel. - REUNIoN.-The 18th and 18th regimen ts have arranged for joint reunion at the Sea View House, West Haven, on Thurs day, August "A. The place selected is 0 charming one, and the expenses for each member will be very low. The members of the two regiments will meet at 1O:30 A. M. on the 24th of August, in front of the City Hall, New Haven, where they will take horso- cars for West Haven.--Anaerican.
 WooDBURY. Eli Sperry has gone to Good Hill" to run cheese factoay this summer for Mir. Hollister.
 The Rev. MT. Churchill, ex-pastor of the North Congregational church, is one of thA largest farmars in town, and supplies the pulpit at Oxford on the Sabbath. They had new preacher at that church last Sabbath.
 The South church people and their pastor are going to take the Sabbath easy this hot weather, having voted to have but one service Sunday for six weeks, com. mencing last Sabbath.
 The Conn. Western Ne,cs comes to us we'll freighted with local news. We make the following extracts: ..
 LIME RooK.-The Housatonic railroad have built new depot for this place.
 The Barnum, Richardson Co.,, are building an addition to their new foundry; their orders having increased to point be- yond their facilities for manufacture. They are making 80 car wheels per day, consuming 20 tons of pig iron.
 LAKEyIL1E.-The depot for the Conn. Western Railroad in Salisbury. is to be To. cated on the site of the school house, which was removed last season from it's old loca- tion east of the Knife manufactory.
 WEST CoRNwA11.-Mr. s. J. Gold, the veteran genius of Cornwall, has lately in- vented new heating apparatus which was on trial all last winter, and has proved it. self to be in every way success.
 FALLS VILLAGE.-The work of destruc- tion still goes on at the ''Iron Works," MT. William Wolfe met with serious ac- cident on Monday last. While engaged in taking down some of the heavy frame work, the pulley ropes suddenly gave way, and the falling timbers striking large iron bar he was holding, drove it with crushing force into his face, knocking him down among the broken fragments of iron, in. sensible. It is feared it will lay him up for some time, if it should not prove fatal. The work will go on under the direction of his SOB. Martin Wolfe. MT. Henry Wolfe had his hand severely jammed while talk ing down the great steam hammer ''Thor." MT. Milo Sherman had an ugly gash cut in his scalp by falling brick from the top of furnace stack.