Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-11
COUNTY ITEMS.

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 At SHARON the storm of Friday
 was quite 1sudden and severe. It
 was accompanied by wind and hail, some of the hail stones being of very large size.
 In it's greatest strength 1t was not very
 wide, but in the lower part of the village,
 and through the street generally, garden
 vegetables were prostrated, and here and
 there large trees were blown over; and
 small branches and twigs were scattered
 in every direction. The photographers car, in front of the store, of Gager Broth - CTS, was upset and partially unroofed.-
 The storm was also severe in sharon Val
 ley, and prostrated some elm, trees
 Ansenia Times. 7- o~- A s~ s'-s1s f7'@
 KENT estimates the damage by the fire
 in the woods which occcurred there on
 the 22d ult., at g., ,O0O. It commenced in
 a coal bush and swept over the mountain
 destroying nearly $50 cords of wood
 Work on the new depot is going on, and
 we expect to see within two months Q nice depot at this point, which will do honor
 to the R.. R. Company, and be an orna- ment to our village, as we'll as add to the convenience of the traveller -The mem- bers and friends of the Episcopal Church l are engaged i'll soliciting and collecting | fnnds to make extensive repairs on their | church building. We understand that | Mrs. Wheeler, of New York city, has sub | scribed iberally for this obiect.-T | damage done by the hail on the 18th of | June, though not as much as in some ad- | joining towns, was still considerable in l the south and east part of the town. A l of the windows, on the west end of the Epis- l copal church, and from the windows of l several dwellings in the village French 1 collier recently found rattlesnake in a l basket of leaves which he had gathered 1 for covering pit on Ago Mountain. Two | others have been killed in the same local l ity.-Amenia Times. .l-.---. .---.
 LIME ROCK lies in the southeastern part of Salisbury, one and one-haf miles from the Housatonic railroad; here are the fine residences of Wm. H. BarnunoI and of Richardson, surrounding which are
 beautifully laid out grounds and ter raced garden and flower plots rising tier above tier as you go up the mount behind | the place, reminding one of the lofty Andes as the poet says of them. And 1 then such palace of 8 barn and livery, A tie to the east on an eminence overlooking the village and vast and beautiful land | scape to the south, is now being built l sort of villa as the private residence of l MT. Richardson. And here too are man. ufactured vast quantities of car wheels 1 and water wheels and machine work, and pig iron manufactured from iron ore, there l by furnishing employment to large num- Der of fhands.-Anerican.
 At RoxBURY grass is looking much bet
 ter than last year at this time. The hay crop will be fair.-Rev. Mir. Jones of the l Congregational church preached in the 1 Methodist church, last Sunday morning, on an exchange with its pastor.-Tobacco is still the allabsorbing topic with us
 Sundays excepted). Little boys have their patches, little girls few plants, and
 even ladies have entered into it with con- siderable zeal, by the way of assisting their good husbands in the important l work, having an eye to the future, and some have gone so far as to devote part of the garden to this money-making crop. The .Shepaug Valley railroad commen- ces her regular trips to-day (July 1st) be. tween Litchfeld and New York, making the running tune five hours. Four trains day will be run over the road, two pas senger and two mixed trains, the one ar- irving, at this place at 1928 noon, and the other at S:l5 evening", going north; the down trains arrive at 8:57 in the morning and 628 in the evening. So you we are well acc0mmodated with railroad facili- ties -Stdnddrd E 1A s@gS>g &
 , At THoMAsToN F. Fosters hall build- l ing is up and enclosed looking quite bret tily. Two new houses on Northfeld St.. and three on Cemetery street, also Ryan's house and store above the depot, are near ly ready for occupancy.-The new road on Church streetis finally graded; afterl so long time, though it is too steep. Improvements will be made upon the highway opposite the clock shop by re- moving backward the wood house, <tIus giving more room in front, and a pleas anter view. The turn in the road north is 1 much improved ygradinga and theiilI be- tween the bridgeand railroad has much ] improved the highway. The late rains have done much good The hay crop will Ia be only fair; rye and oats look we'll. Ryel is now full height, and corn will have to 1! !! spring to catch up with it before harvest. -ADaertcGn. s5lssa s3 es@@a ,l2sas e-s eft
 At PLYMOUTH on Friday last, Mr Odelf had his face badly cut bysa piece of steel | while working in the brass mill in Thom- Saturday last, the Dolly Var ] den base ball club of Plymouth and the [ Northfeld club played game of ball in Northfeld, the latter winning the game. | On, Wednesday the Dolly Warden and Muffns of Plymouth played games of ball on the Scoyil1e farm, the former win- hing the game For two weeks past fheE ! Rev.. Porter 9homas, rector of St Peters i parish, has been i'll and service has been7 read by the wafdens Last Sunday after- !; noon a very interesting sermon was read ! which was written by Rev. Dr. Lewis Of | l