Litchfield enquirer., 1872-12-12
COUNTY ITEMS.
NEpAUG is thoronehly enizootized.

l AAeOcO Dy Ouo Netu. He klckGQ Old MT. Gilbert out of his own store, mashed his clerk, and knocked down old Mir. Jack son who walks with two canes. For these diversified breaches of the peace, Meth was prosecuted and mulcted in about $40. If this Meth is of the same family that figured in Meth vs Crofut, some years since, he is of undoubted High Dutch ex- traction
 The SALISBURY News agitates for new Town Hall..-A negro who tried to ride free on the Conn. Western, and broke several car windows while being elected in the kind and considerate manner al- ways practiced by R. R. oficialshas, ,::been sent to jail for 30 days.-Ata school meet ing on the 30th the district accepted Mir. Walter Myers plan fer new school house. It is to be 30 feet by AS; .sto- ries high, of 12 feet each; and is to cost about s, 700.-Messrs. R. H. Ball, ,Wm. Miles and Henry Hubbard were chosen a committee to attend to the erection of tbe building.
 The FALLS VILLAGE Temperance meet ing was addressed on the lst inst, says the News, by Rev. J. H. Loomis, J. A. Decker, 0. B. Maltbie and Deacon Chas. Beebe. "A strong movement is being made to suppress the traffic in liquor, and there are promising indications ofsuccess. l" Miss Josie Brewster gave party Thanks glvIng evening; a splendid time was the consequence.-Th Concert Troupe gave performance in Ashley Falls at the hall in the Ferris House with fair audience and a good hop at the close.-Mr. Dwight Brinton has opened 2 billiard hall where K. Decker last kept. r .s a.rr tzon
 NORFOLK burns about 500 tons of coal. this season.-Capt. John A. Shepard had his entire family with him on Thanksgiv- ing. g.-'A force of men," says the Herald, "are putting the old works of the Conn. Arms Go. in order for the new manufac- turing business about to be established there. Julius Richardson, master me- chanic of the Remingtons Ghe great mus ket dealers), was in town last week in connection with the new project There is talk of his bringing 100 men,"
 SHARON enjoyed grand concert at MT. Llvlngston's on Saturday evening.-The recent purchase of the Sharon Valley Fur mace by Mir. Barnum, of Lime Rock. has given activity to the sale of more or less wood In our vicinity Mr. Judson St. John, MT. O. Chapman, MT. Benjamin Sears, MT. Lockwood and others have re- gently sold several pieces of of wood at remunerative prices. s.-Another change in the Valley IS the sale of the Malleable Iron Works to MT. R. S. Moves and Dr. Knight. By another Spring the property will be put in excellent shape and the business conducted on a larger scale than 1 ever before. e.-Anaesaia Times.
 CANAAN has course of lectures. lit erary society, and 8 private dancing club on the programme, for evening entertain ments. The course of lectures, the first of which will be delivered Thursday even- ing, Dec 19, is the first enterprise of that kind ever started there. About one hun dred tickets have already been disposed of.-Berkshire Courier.
 The Quarterly meeting of the Metho-. dist Conference was held at the church on Saturday afternoon.-Herald
 Messrs. Lane, Adams, and Bailey have each lost a horse during the past week. Neavs.
 The store of Lyman Dunning of EAST CANAAN was again burglariously entered on Tuesday night week, and large amount of dry goods taken therefrom. An entrance was effected by forcing in the front door with an iron bar No clue has as yet been obtained as to the guilty parties. Hardly one year has elapsed since MT. D. had his famous Michael Bion case which lasted nearly three weeks. Rion was charged with an offence similar to the one above mentioned, was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in the Connecticut state prison for two years. The burglary one year ago was but Q repetition of similar deed perpetrated but a few months previous. -Berkshire- Courier. '~
 At WEST CORNWALL on Thanksgiving Day Lewis Howard cut his foot badly About eiggt inches of snow fell Friday night, and Sunday night about three inch es more which made nice sleighing. carloads of grain received at this station last week.-1854 cans of milk shipped from here in November.
 At THoMAsToN on Thanksgiving Day. Rev. s. W. Backus lectured on the village improvements. George Cooke, New Haven merchant was married to Miss Hat tie E. Parker, of this place, on Wednes- day last.-Mr. Wm. Norton has recently bought quarter acre lot of T. J. Brad street on Prospect street, for $500, and will erect house this winter tim bers for that new foot bridge have arrived. and people will rejoice when convenient bridge over the Naugatuck is completed. 1 -American.
 The Tower Clock sent to Ohio last week. cost nearly $2500 It is feet high, 6 feet wide. and feet deep. The pendu- lum is 14 feet long, and the pendulum ball weighs 300fbs. The weights weigh I over 10Q01hs each. The works are to be set in the lower story of building while the hands and dial are placed in high tower The gas that illuminates the dial will be turned on and off by the motion of the clock. The Company are making similar clocks of six or seven different sizes; and beautiful specimens of work manship they are. | Herald.
 Alexander Beha, Charles Page and Mi chael Drum have applied for licenses to sell liquor. r.-The shops all resumed work again on Monday, after stopping three days for Thanksgiving. = The principal | topic of conversation now is shall we divide the town. 4 meeting was called Tuesday night to talk up the question. men ran foot-race last week, Thursday, down at the knife shop. for purse of 350 A good deal of money changed hands. l-T0lley Sentinel. ssa WoLcoTrv1tLE is again agitatlng the p1oject of extending the Shepaug R. R. to this place. The route is feasible, short and cnly a little energy is needed to make the enterprise an accomplished fact.-seattaey. a15 sa ia1 las Frank Leslie's newspaper of last week