Litchfield enquirer., 1872-04-11
'' c,oulnTY ITEMS.

1l6 1dIm ~ I&A1. V. NhESAl, III plac0 O1
 John Angevine, who goes on to the farm
 of Charles Marsh. of New Milford. Her
 ald. ... t..' \. ..5s
 CANAAN had sharp fight over repre-
 sentative, last week, says the News.-
 Martin New, who for some months past
 has been engaged in the store of Fuller
 and Peet as clerk, has accepted position in the Connecticut Western railroad office
 as an assistant to s. 4. Bennett.--By the
 death of Hawley Dunning, last week,
 North Canaan lost one of her oldest and
 most respected townsmen.-G. E. Marble,
 druggist, contemplates moving to Falls
 Village, to open drug store this spring.
 CORNWALL has lost J. Q. Adams, Esq,
 who has already reached his new house in
 Michigan. ....l....... -3...--.. '
 cey Smith goes. to Dover, New York;
 George Chamberlain to North Kent; J. s.
 Jaqua to Axford, this State; and many
 others in all directions! Auctions are all the go in all parts of the town. 9} a--.
 SALISBURY has been hauling up it's cul- prits. John Ross, Henry Ostrander and Ira McLane, were fined $7, each, for
 breach of the peace. One Luther Sardam, stabbed by his brother not long since, was tried for assauIting his brothers wife. This long suffering female remarked that
 s'she sometimes wished that Jim lher hus-
 band had killed Lute, and then the law yers hung Jim. ''l,1 z7i1aa> z 5"~J1
 THoMAsroN started g coek-fght fast day, says the Index.-Ira Bevins has pur- chased double tenement house on Litch- field street, of the Seth Thomas Clock Co.,, for $2, O00.-Walter H. Thomas has bought the Smith farm of MT. Wm. Gil bert for S, 400. Trinity Church was con- secrated on Wednesday, 3d inst, Bishop Williams officiating. The rector of this church, Rev. D. D. Bishop, has sold his beautiful residence on Water street, to Dr. Goodwin, for $6, 900, who took posses sion on the 1st inst.-The subscriptions -ta.o fs@usattass xsOOn to $350, and it will be opened as soon as it can be filled up.--Chas. H. Botsford is
 going to erect q fine residence on Gem l etery street, opposite Lawton's store.-J 1 has taken into copartnership a Mr. Cur tiss, son of Eli Curtiss, Esq, of Water town, and will continue the dry goods
 business under the firm name of Hopkins
 & Curtlss. sal r 3dg F. 5sassS.gsfsa r4 a.f.
 THE CORNWALL DEMOCRACY, says the | Sentinel, were "led by the King of the
 Lobbyp" No mention is made of the Prince of Darkness who was probably
 about equally effective on the same side. NORTHFIELD reports to the Index, per
 Country Miller,' 2 that Thomas Hale was
 found dead, last week, in 8 bye-place in
 the edge of Plymouth. Cause; intemper-
 ance and exposure. Apropos of the 'sMil-
 Ter" itiis currently reported that shrewd l Democrat got his vote for Baldwin, sheriff
 by giving one himself for Gillette 4al
 Near CHAPNyy11L last week, the body l of an unknown man was found in the eel
 lar of an unoccupied house. It is sup l posed to be the remains of one of three
 tramps who were in the house few, days recently. -. - -,.,. ,. ...- 'l- a I WooDBuRY is in earnest about its pro- l posed railroad. The Derby Transcript reports that ssMr.a R Tomlinson of the Naugatuck Railroad, and Mir. R. G. Sco- field, civil engineer, made visitt Wood
 bury, last Friday week, preparing to make
 survey of the Woodbuty railroad."t9 < Ar CoRHwALI BRIDGE, last Sunday night, the dwelling house of Mrs. Mary Swift was entered by burglars in the 'ab- sence of the occupants, and considerable l amount of valuables taken and carried off I By the, tracks the rascals made, there did not appear to be but two sof, them. The goods were found secrefed in barn, but
 the rogues have as yet eluded the wig 1 ilance of Detective Rowland, who is scent ing their. tracks, Sentipel. 5....rs4 ,,a,I 9-'
 FAILS VnnAaH has 8 newStation Agent.
 MT. @. H. Brown, ivice E. D. @Norton,p re- l signed. 1.-The rAilroad company proposes building double track from the culvert
 to the repair shop, formerly Ames. works. The distance iss about lonelhah mile. The
 eldest daughter of Hon. Wm. H. Barnum is very dangerously ill with inhammatory
 rheumatism. .. He5atd.a igcss.sgggs ? Is -a l WRsr CoRNwALL reports to the News
 that, on Wednesday evening, March 27th,
 Conductor Smith, train when about half 8 mile north of Cornwall Bridge sencoun- tered broken rail The engine and two
 cars passed over all right, one milk car l and baggage ear were thrown from the track the passenger ear passed over safe l ly, no one injured. The engine was sent l to Falls Village for help and, the wreck
 was cleared pp and the renanant of the
 train proceeded to Pittsfeld about four hours late. Saturday morning March 30, I fire was discovered in the rag-room of LJ. O Sherwood's g tin shop. An alarm was given and the flames soon subdned. Dam- age slight; cause, spontaneous eombns- | h. g