Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-08
Litchneld.

Fl sHne SuperlOf Court commences khn fri al of criminal business, this week. with the case of State vs. Bioa, for theft. The court room is greatly improved in appear. ance and convenience, by the addition of inside shutters to the windows.
 pr. Virgil Buell., son of ". R. Buell. of this place, sails for Europe to-day as surgeon of the steamer Great Western, running between New York and Liverpool The business of the Shepaug Railroad is constantly increasing. Since the open ing of the road for freight, on the first of last month, it has happened in repeated instances that freight consigned to Litchfeld with ''uia Shepaug Valley R. R. plainly marked on the boxes has unac- countably turned up at the Litchfeld Naugatuck station A short time since. that game was tried on a Milton merchant. He declined receiving the boxes at that place; they were returned to Bridgeport; and soon after found their way here by the way originally ordered. 8,
 On Friday evening, the 23d inst, a Dramatic Entertainment will be given at Farmers Hall, Washington, consisting of "A Sheep in Wolfs Clothing" and s'The Young Collegian ;;' the former serious, and the latter comic play. The enter tainment is to be one of the best the As- sociation can give, and an excursion train is talked of to go down from this place and return after the entertainment is over. In case such d train is run, a public spirited Washington man has of fered to make arrangements for carrying all the passengers arriving thereon from the depot to the hall, about of mile, and back again, free of charge, The proceeds of the entertainment are to be devoted to the beautifying of the grounds near the depot; and the Railroad Company will run the train provided there are passengers enough to warrant doing so. I t.a.4i In order to ascertain whether such will be the case, all persons desirous of going to the entertainment are requested. to leave their names, with the number of tickets they desire, at the postofice with in the coming week, and if the number is sufficient the train will be run. .......
 The price of admission to the entertain ment IS 9 cts. for reserved seats, 50 cts. ]; and, In case train is run, arrangements will undoubtedly be made for sale of re- served seats at the postoffice in this vil- lage.
 The editor of the Sentinel and Dr. J. G. Beckwith went as delegates from this place to the Democratic State Convention, yesterday. It is expected that the former will make arrangements with Mrs. Hooker to address the Litchfield Democracy sometime~during the campaign.
 Since the opening of the Shepaug Valley R. R., we have received our print ing paper from Bridgeport over that road and the Housatonic. An examination of freight bills shows that the Honsasonic charges 20 cents per cwt. for transporta- ton to Hawleyville (23 miles,, while the Shepaug charges but 13 cts. an hundred for the remaining distance (33 miles) It may be to the present advantage of the Housatonic ''to make their hay while the sun shines, but the ultimate tendency. of such a policy is manifestly towards divert ing the business of the center towns of this county from Bridgeport to Norwalk.
 -Chas. G. Kirchberger has sold his farm west of the village, to Michael Dwyer, of Morris, who has disposed of his farm ill that place.