Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-13

AtAsHLEY FiLLs the Housatonic con- pany have been putting up a small steam engine to fill their tank. It pumps a 19O barrel tank full in 2 hours.
 The CORNWALL chaps who stole the wheels of q wagon have had to pay round ly for their fun. On the 29th ult "a negro was fined for fishing in Cream Lake; on the 3Oth s.One-Eyed Cummings, and on the 31st, Len. Lane were fined for the like offence. The lake having been re- gently stocked with bass, fishing is pro- hibited for 3 years. -
 At NEW MILFORD MT. Geo. H. Noble. the New Milford director of the Housa- tonic road, is slowly convalescing from a serious illness.-Reuben Whitney. color ed, while at work on Peter Carr's building. last week, fell through a scaffold. and broke one of his legs. Both bones above the ankle were broken.
 The TWISTED brakeman who had a leo crushed by the cars on the Conn. Western, week before last, and whose leg was sub sequently amputated, is reported by the Herald to be failing rapidly. He had a brother killed on the Harlem Extension, about three months ago.
 At WoLcoTTy1LLE Decoration Day was observed very quietly, the unpleasant weather preventing any parade or general turnout of our citizens. The ladies fur nished an abundant supply of flowers at the Town Hall during the forenoon. Rev. Messrs. Judd and Eastwood delivered brief addresses to small audience at the hall also some good singing enlivened occasion. As the weather somewhat clear ed up during the afternoon 8 delegation of the G. A. R. visited the cemeteries and contributed floral offering to each soldiers grave.-A banking house is to be opened here shortly by Brooks Brothers of Goshen. They begin business with $ large capital, and undoubtedly will sue ceed, and add greatly to the business in. terest of this community. Bra man and Frank Hildredge have bought the saw and cider mills, situated near the farm of Willard Weed, of Thomas B. San ford. Price paid $600.-A American Messrs. A. F. Migeon, B. 0. Hotchkiss and A. F. Brooker, will start for ''way down in Maine" next week to secure some of those mammoth trout found there.- J. F. Calhoun as delegate, B. R. AgarG and daughter, Mrs. O. w. Church, and E. A. Baldwin, as spectators, are in Phila delphia this week attending the conven- tion.-Steele Post will have a Strawberry Festival Wednesday and Thursday even ings, June 18th and 20th. The Wolcott vile Orchestra will furnish music, anG several new features will be introduced by the Post, making the entertainment more attractive than any previons effort. der.
 SALISBURY buys its coal at g ton al the station, or $7.50 delivered.-Mr. A. CroweH has recently taken out patent for an improved water wheel.-The ball ists have discarded base and are taking te wicket.-Editor Vaill of the Winsted Her aid complicated hats with Mr. Burial re gently. An exchange was effected by rail
 In CANAAN, society is not what it was 30 years ago, as one readily observes b, its poor roads, poor farm houses and gen eral neglect of fences and culture of fields Their war debt, too, is yet unpaid, and i is 8 harder time to pay it now than it wa. half-a-dozen years ago, when butter an6 cheese were gher.-Heratd.
 At GOSHEN, the Goddard place is .occu pied by Mir. Sewall's family of New York MT. Bragg, late of Hammertown, i! building a house in West Goshen, fo himself. .-The road between here ant Cornwall line has been put in good repair Bunker Hill'' is also undergoing repairs The well known and popular firm o Brooks Bros, are going to WolcottvilIe t, engage in general banking business, ant merit the patronage which they may oh tain. Their banking business in Goshel has averaged about $1OO,OO year in ad dition to their mercantile business. Ne,Cs.
 The NORFOLK correspondent of the News complains of the public neglect il not observing Decoration Day, there.- He notices many improvements through town: Mir. F. B. Porter is building /. beautiful and substantial fence around his residence; MT. G. P. Thompson, who lives opposite, has also improved the ap pearance of his place by new fence. The foundations of Dr. Welch's new barn are completed and are pretty much ready fol the carpenters.
 At CHAP1NvILLE, on the Ball farm, 5, 5O( cords of wood were chopped and coaled last winter.-The Shoddy company o Hammertown, while removing an old wheel, found shaft of wrought iron which is supposed to have been manufac tured on Mt. Riga nearly 100 years ago. Miss Angie Scoville sailed for Europe May 18th, on a pleasure tour.-Ou1 school was nearly broken up by the re port that scarlet fever was abroad amons the scholars, but the report fortunately proved untrue.-Ne,Us.
 RvERToN now considers the success o Il ar | that place assured. The survey has beer completed to that point, and the subscrip tions necessary for it's completion both il Massachusetts and Connecticut are al ready made.-Herdtd.