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Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27
sharon.

Posters have been distributed through the town for the last ten days, exhibiting the name, Greeley, in coroulent typo graphy, and inviting the friends of that candidate for the Presidency to meet at the Town Hall on Saturday last, to be ad- dressed by Robert Livingston, Esq, and others not named. The meeting came off and was addressed by MT. Livingstone and another gentleman from Brooklyn, N. Y., who Is unknown to fame. The meeting was a tame affair, both as to numbers and spirit. The truth is that there is, as yet, very little interest in be- half of MT. Greeley in the town. A few gentlemen, formerly Republicans, who have acted of late with the Democratic party, feeling uncomfortable in their po- sition, are endeavoring to work back into the Republican line of action through their support of MT. Greeley, but very few of the Republicans have intimated their purpose to vote for him, and the Democrats say they shall take him as a choice of evils, if their convention nomi- nate him. Of couse there can be no en- thusiasm for such candidate. - On Wednesday of last week, A. R. Smith, Esq, merchant of this town, left a valuable horse, harnessed to new buggy wagon, unhitched, near the Harlem railroad, at Wassaic, in Amenia, N '. The sudden appearance of an express train, and the screaming of the whistle, frightened his horse, and he ran directly upon the train as it was passing. and was instantly killed, The wagon was also en- tirely destroyed. Loss, 3275. ....
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27
Now Preston.

The people of this quiet village are not quite worthy of of it, but there may be a change by and by, when railroads, high ways, the location of depots, and every thing else goes on smoothly, but we are afraid that everything will not go quite rmoothly till after Greeley is elected pres ident, and Mir. c. o. Hitchcock, Senator.
 The s. V. R. R. promised to build a depot at the mouth of Bee Brook, if the town would build highway from New Preston to that place. They have built the road from the river to the Calhoun Street road, and now they are at work on the bridge; but the s. V. R. R. directors have rescinded that vote, and refuse to build the depot. There has still another promise been made (but this one by an individuaD whether he will rescind it or not IS still to be seen. We understand that there is no intention on the part of the company to repudiate their obligation to build depot at the mouth of Bee Brook; there is only a temporary delay ED. ENo. @-+ 9..+..f A. ..t
 >-Quite tornado passed over the coun- try on Wednesday afternoon accompanied by hail. It did considerable damage to trees that had more sail than ballast.
 There was quite a gathering at the house of Dea. s. J. AverilI, Esq, on the eve of the 18th inst, to witness Might blooming Oereus" blossom. The evening was very pleasantly spent by all present in looking at the "Cereuse and in listening to the vocal and instrumental music and also in ssAiring the room. "1 The ''Cereus' measured eleven inches and a half across
 We are very much rejoiced to see MT. Walter Burnham repairing his place and beautifying his grounds, not because they needed it. but because we were afraid we were going to lose him from New Preston entirely, t1.'- ga t;.,l''- |, .--- '' -Eyeryhody is making preparation for tobacco; there will be more set out this year than ever before in this place.
 .rk daughter of Mir. Edwin Beeman died Friday morning, of spinal disease. The funeral was attended Sunday.
 MT. Dayton Burnham has 8 soda l fountain in his store which furnishes a splendid article of refreshment.
 -Wasanlaug Lake is furnishing some very nice fish this spring. Bass are caught very frequently that weigh from to fbs. and now and then one that will weigh 1 from 4fol 8. u 2 El-. .a r-.- .--.-
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27
M Litchf0td.

The Bethel extension of the Shepaug railroad is open at last, and the great work that has taken half million of money from town whose grand list is less than two millions is substantially done. Afew months will probably indicate what sort of an investment it is like to be for the Litch1ield of today. That it is 6 grand investment for the Litchfeld of all time there is no question. '-..'. '' - 5b = To be worth much as campaign pa- per the Sentinel ought to support Greeley at least as enthusiastically as it goes for 'Paipll as chief of the 6chagticul1es. All it's present show of coyness, however, is @ sham. Of course the editor of that paper must wear grave face as it talks of the sacrifice of ''our" principles in the nomi- nation of Greeley but after the Baltimore convention he will strike out for his old chief with all the enthusiasm of which his gushing nature is capable. -rss.
 Regular trains by the Shepaug Valley railroad will be rnn through to Norwalk and New York, on and after Monday, July 1st. .. i .4'--.- H.. 1T 1
 On Thursday, the Fourth, an excursion train will be run to Norwalk and back. The celebration at Norwalk is to be g grand affair An oration will be delivered by Senator Ferry, several military com panies will be present, several bands will be in attendance, and there will be a fine display of fireworks in the evening. The repairs and improvements that are going on throughout the village, sug- gest the desirableness of some organized action for improvement of parks, side walks, &c The Improvement Associa- tion of New Milford sets an example to Litchfeld which we shoald be glad to see followed. z..f .-..s ..
 The annual fair of the Litchfield Coun- ty Agricultural Society will be held on the 2d and Sd of October. -., re-. - Mir. J. B. Capron has disposed of his O6WGlIy UUSl1cSS III bl1lS yFAAdtSC, SO 3AA' Eugene Buttolph, the gentleman who has heretofore had charge of the store. See advertisement. -i aas-s1
 Everybody is rushing to Buell. < Wheeler's drug store for that delicious Soda Water they are drawing this season. It is worth drinking. - ,-,4 A9i
 
 The monthly sale of books of the Circulating library will take place on Wednesday evening of next week.
 The Episcopal Strawberry festival of last week netted about $50. e. r
 Bank dividend, next week; see adver- tisement. sJz szgs sl<ss 1a.f sE-5-3 s
 - The Congregational chapel halted some days at the entrance of Wolcott St., but has now resumed it's march.
 --The new flag staff is all ready for rais- ing. The old one was 30 rotten that when it was pulled over it broke on striking the ground. E.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27
THE DISTRICT COURT BILL.

The following is the substance of the bill now before legislative committees; for the establishment of a District Court in certain towns of Litchfeld County:
 The towns included in the District are Barkhamsted, Bridgewater, Canaan, North Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Kent, New Hartford, New Milford, Norfolk, Salis- bury, Sharon, Warren, Washington aud Winchester
 Nine terms of this court are to be- held annually; three, each, at Winchester, Canaan, and New Milford.
 Exclusive original jurisdiction is given this court over all civil cases where the matter in demand is between $50 and $500, if either plaintiff or defendant re- sides in the District Jurisdiction of criminal and divorce cases, naturaliza- tions, and appeals from Probate still re- mains with the Superior Court. No ap- peal lies from the District to the Superior Court
 There is to be one judge, salary $2,0O0 year; a sheriff or deputy to be be ap- proved by the judge; jurors as in the Superior Court; and a clerk;;-to be paid by the State. '. The county commissioners are to pro- vide suitable court rooms and other nsces- sary accommodations at the expense of the towns within the district, such ex- penses to be assessed on the towns in pro- portion to their grand lists.
 The foregoing bill should be entitled, 'sAn Act for the special convenience of fifteen towns and for the certain special inconyenience of the ten remaining towns in Litchfeld county" Not only are the unfortunates living outside the proposed District liable to be haled over the al- pine summits which we are told divide the Housatonic from the Naugatuck Valley, at the suit of a plaintiff inside the Dis trict, but Woodbury plaintiff with two hundred dollar claim against Salisbury defendant must ride through the county seat, and twenty miles beyond, to try his case before local court and local jury without chance of appeal, in Falls Vil- lage! Even if there were no objection to the general principle of establishing a perambulatfng court, liable to all the bias of local tribunal and with no provision for appeal, this provision, giving such an unfair preference to residents within over residents without the District, ought to kill the bill. The section that calls for court accommodations at District expense will, no doubt, be duly appreciated by the taxpayers of Warren, Washington, and other towns we might mention.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

Honduras is at war with Salvador and Guatemala, and 8 misunderstanding is threatened between Brazil and the ArQen- tine Republic.
 The Cuban Fiibuster Edgar Stewart has been seized by the commander ot the U. s. steamship Wyoming.
 DOMESTIC.
 The impeachment trial of Judge Nc Cum before the N. Y. Senate commenced at Albany, last week.
 Smallpox has broken out in Dickinson College, Pa.-zs--.y-z.-------.. .-..
 A fire in Ottawa, Ontario, last week de- stroyed number of wooden buildings. The loss is estimated at $60,OOO.
 The trial of Stokes for the murder of Fisk has begun. The Denever and Rio Grande Railway has been completed to Pueblo | A destructive boiler explosion occurred Friday, at the Ohio Penitentiary. l The Legislative Assembly of the Dis trict of Columbia adjourned on Friday.
 The British residents of Boston give a dinner to the Grenadier Guard Band on Monday. ,5.-
 A woman drowned herself in New Hampshire, Thursday.
 A man was shot dead in an Albany lager beer saloon, last week.
 The Madeline, Eva, Meta, and Meteor won prizes in the regatta of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, at New York, Saturday. Eighteen fremen and two other persons were severely burned by an explosion in a chemical laboratory, last week.
 The Jersey City police officials who were recently cOnEicted of malfeasance were sentenced to pay small fines. | Brooklyn officials are charged with re- ducing the water supply to secure con tract for building reservoir
 Jose Cuyrel was hanged at San Andreas, Cal, on Friday, for murder.
 A Coal oil factory was burned nt Phila- delphia, Sunday
 in Arizona on the 7th ult., killed herds man and stampeded the cattle
 Hon. Wm. E. Niblack, of the First District of Indiana, has been nominated for reelection to Congress.
 There is serious split in the Democrat ic Party of San Francisco.
 The wheat crop in Maryland is reported to be bad, being generally injured by the drouth.
 The New-Hampshire Temperance Re form State Committee has nominated an electoral ticket.
 Georgia paper narrates that Mrs. NJ. R. Rogers, of Macon, was thrown into convulsions, few days ago, from the bite of a cat, but was finally relieved by med ieal skill The cat died fifteen minutes after the occurrence Greensboro, N. C., has suffered severe ly from fire.
 The yacht Madeline won the Wallack Cup, in the race at New York, Monday.
 Three men were poisoned in Missouri, last week, through mistake in compound ing medicine
 The Chicago Times repudiates Balti more and accepts the Free Trade or Fifth Av. Ticket.
 James Russell Lowell is going to Flu rope to be gone two years.
 Only 10 jurors have been empaneled in the Stokes case in five days.
 The result of the New York strikes IS not yet decided although the workmen are reported weakening
 A swindler has been sentenced to three years imprisonment in Pittsburgh.
 Pierson, the defaulting Providence bank teller, has pleaded guilty.
 Norfolk (Va.) farmers are harvesting their potato crop, and sending from 400 to 800 barrels North, daily.
 About 50 Pennsylvania editors took q trip to Erie, last week.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

willingness to give those complaining of the large companies any fair hearing or even an opportunity for investigation. The conduct of MT. Hall, the chairman of that committee on the part of the House, is in marked contrast with his course, last year, when he was one of the loudest op- ponents of Consolidation.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

S1AssElh<a who are in arrears must make up sxruazzwsa Asf0rs taking advantage of the fore gs&g FrsPSszai01s: and subscribers who are in .ax.szs 14x asancs the amount their subscrip- xhsns uRa m aav~nce-
 Ms@sw sASzaa bs sent by pOss-Ofice order, check CT rewszasrea letter. if possible. If remittances ua unA tw lal ws cannot be responsible for hsm ksure sha lstser reaches us but will take all Esskn aE rezzat1Hce b the clubbing periodical Rmeusszs wsR he rsEzx1Sd in the next paper.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27
RnoUrRER cluBBiMc RATES.

Or LkeAasaa OO9nty subscribers may not of- ssn Ae sAas 0 taks advantage of the low rates sGSRsa lzEgs G1aha hg most magazines and peri sMeaaAA Far thwir convenience and as an extra auannnnsa. to ssv county sabscribsrs we will ss41 sa fOaowtas psriOdicals to county subscri- hu-a. h euunssaion with the ENQUIRER at the
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27
Falls Village.

The milk house of Robert Little, Esq, was visited 6 few nights since and 5 cans of milk were emptied into the water vats. We presume whoever did it has the com passion of Mr. Little for not having any better sense than to commit such fool ish act. +- =; .g
 The oppressive duties which Swan has borne through the winter months are now considerably diminished; he seems to be recruiting and is about taking charge of W. J. 9Canfeld's farm and dairy.
 Our news agent, Mir. G. A. Randall, is rusticating little through the hot days. Notwithstanding the good department of friend Gorham we presume the travelling patrons of the Housatonic R. R, miss their lively, genial and ever accommodat- ing friend, who is always on hand with their fayorite literature, and especially the ladies miss his incessant efforts (which are prompted of course by his ambition in in business afairs) in supplying them with literary matter, but they must spare him 8 few days for his devotion is telling on his slight frame s.s t'-5af =.
 "A picnic party from this place visit ed Bash Bish Falls on Saturday. The Falls continue to attract a good many visitors from the surrounding country. Two other parties from other townships were recreating there that day. The ex- cursionists from this place think 1t ques- tionable whether the Falls sustain the reputation they have, yet on the whole their report of the trip is quite fiattering to any who anticipate making it. They found the mountain road from Mt. Riga to the Falls in remarkably good condi- tion On either side of it, for number of miles, are trees whose branches arch the road, excluding the suns rays, and whose leaves, stirred by the cool and brac- ing mountain breeze, fans and refreshes the traveller as he rides along, and the oc- casional openings display some of the finest of mountain scenery. The Hotel which formerly stood near the Falls is burned down, the barn connected with it still remains and affords very good ac- commodations for teams. The volume of water is less than was generally imagined but they assure us that the huge cliff
 which oyerhangs the fearful chasm, through which the stream passes, the rocky basin beneath, and all the surround ing scenery present curiosities and afford amusements that no one can help but to admire and enjoy. ALEXIS. z
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

wA4E saEpxises- the Bridgeport Farm CT s so sec here and there man who, in ys@Rs eo@e by. has never quailed or A2sAs2 when the tempest howled the k26sz4 a0w. whea our opponents are di- vs&@d. &e@OE26zed. counsel lowering the sA1@aAza of Pure Democracy
 fAS occ>zsOa Of thls plaintiye remark is sAR azssc450a 0f the Hon. John Cotton Slz1A to Greel<y. Those of us who re- @H@A<R that geaklemen's onslaught up- ea Ha<zG1O Seymour in 1888 because he Sz ssA ',oOpPC" enough. sympathize ~2A tAs Fsr2sx's surprise
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

MzA. Aa Pe@<A<& and pears. grow sweet a lit- si4 uA2@ a@2zrs they dec1y--ET
 The faxegOSng agricultural maxim ex- Pk4ins the wOa3eEfsl way in which Mr. 0xe<4zy has grOvn 90 sHeet on the Democ- Hry 09 late.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

O1e 0f the most lndicrOus blundsrs the SS2Ezasl ever made occurred, last week, in ooz@sessOa with the Bridgeport murder
 TAaE io@rnAl fears that this crime .'may Fruss ts be- hke the BaTueN and Nathan s42rS oae of those utterly mysterious c@zes whose unr@veIling baffies human sa- geEE We doubt whether it would have Scrzzed to any other lawyer cite h1r3eH VI. PSckzrSck in this connection.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

The Hartford Post is astonished that Sa@As PrsOa Director Smith of Goshen SAnaA bOOk upon the chapel attendance rsqziEea tAere ss . refOrmatOry and not a peal HeaSare Mr Smiths mistake is enc a graduate of Yale would not have wmG3e
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27
Goshen.

Last week the Ladies Sewing Society met at the house of Mrs Eliza N Gay lord, and reorganized choosing Mrs. Ha- zen for president, and other officers. For 27 years this society has done good work preparing clothing for the families of mis- sionarses at the West. r--. Ea- 4;s
 We never saw corn grow faster than during the hot weather of last week.
 +--Geo. William wds brought before John M Wadhams, Esq, and sent to jail for stealing harness over in Hall mead ow. s.geazs ssi 5ss.ssIe3H5e3 bEr
 Mir. Stocking and family, of Water bury. have returned to their, beautiful summer residence here. s7lft xrs
 bb-I find many more trees which were struck by the lightning in. the storm of Wednesday,. seis7 s4'1 2 HIN.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

The LEE < NEw HAVEN RAILROAD had set back in Pittsfeld, last week. Atown meeting refused to subscribe to the st,,cE of the proposed road by a vote of A yeea to 1A nays. The Berkshire Courier re- marks that the action of Pittsfald hoe probably not defeated the road or chanc- cd it's terminus.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

Tk< sssxexx EOr the bridge over East RSxwr k<swpea New York and Brooklyn urE progressing satisfactorily and the en- Eine<ziag Sl&calties in the way of the en- tkxS<Sae are ovezcome
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

TAe ErrOCd of base ball games played Eor the ChAmpiOnship. this season, saosi az foIlows at the end of last week:
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

He New Haven sRegister carefully eszzks the 'Istmxs" that indicate Gree kys eadoExement in Baltimore and then rs@arRa sadly. eft will be hard work to EAIly tAe party. but if Pennsylvania and In1lzzA go demOcratic in October, as they n04a sarsly will if the liberal republicans szrpoxt our ticket. it will present solid Gum4~
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

Bz<ss9 lS occasionally inconsistent Its unyur kzz vetoed the city order opening the Psk1sr Etsr~Eses On Sunday. Yet the JuA1<e gives Its Sunday afternoon con- err wTshuzt Res CT hinGIrance.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

MARBLEDAIR reports 2 choir fight to the Sentinel Perhaps the music on the Sum B day following the difficulty was as curious as the report of il. 'The Te Deum' was sung by both parts, above and below, 2" sCantata Domino was passed through with in style never before excelled. !" of course the 7e Deuna was stin q metre unknown to an 0utsider So isL the Dec laration of Independence. We have heard of the Gantata Of the Haymakers, but nev- er of the Cantata Domino.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

General Tom Thumb and -; e .,.,,.,, .. s rom Europe. Saturday, after a f,;,, ass e,s three years. They are staying in West Haven.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

Th<N. Y. Tribune estimates that the uGrlksz 5n that city have cost the employ srx over two millions and the employees { w.TTlsam and a half already
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27
July MontIfIies, &c.


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Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

AlS&AeE serlhle accident has occurred @ @3& w1tEEs near New London. Monday @1rz7G 1s the steam lighter .s Wallace" S1a seArtag Oat into the harbOr, she burst AHE eosf<r. Slhng three men of her crew and e39ly wOundine five others. The e-Fe-za 0f the bOzt escaped by jumping Ssekeezra He rePOrts the boilers usw a1A A god cO0ditiOn and with but little se1@2 02 The engineer and fireman. both So@p<e<@k. reliable men, were killed out EsAA It Is supposed the accident oc- cured fEO1 lOw water in the boiler.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-27

The commission appointed by the last legislature to examine into the accuracy of the returns made by the insurance compa- nies, and report to the present legislature have made some very important discove- ries. They report a systematic under-val- uation of their property by the Mutual Life, the Etna, Charter Oak and Phoenix Insurance companies, of Hartford. They find that those companies had larger as- sets than they have reported; that they have omitted from their Connecticut re- port, large items of interest, premiums in hands of agents, &c., which appear in their report to the New York insurance de- partment;; that they have reported their bonds and stocks, here, at what they paid for them, in New York at their market value. which is much greater, the differ ence being about q 500, 900. The whole amount of omissions for 1s6T--s and TO the Commission estimate at $8, ,226, ,666. Aside from the question of the taxation of their premium notes it is evident these art ful dodgers need sharp looking after. =
 The Railroad committee of our legisla-
 ture, this year, seems to- be completely under control of the companies. From the first it has stood in the way of every effort at investigation and reform MT.
 Hall, it's chairman, favored the reappoint- ment of one of the old board of commis- sionersywho have failed to obtain legal re- turns from the railroad companies and whose annual report has not yet been ac- cepted. When aresolutienao Of inquiry in to the reason of this omission passed both Houses it was unacountably t0sta When. a. postponement of the argument upon the bin for reduction of fares vas asked the committed refused the request. In every instance the committee hes shown an un.