Litchfield enquirer., 1873-12-04
CouNTY ITEMS.


 ELLSWORTH reports the following to the Journal: 'Last Saturday night man
 named Elmere Fowler was returning home from his work (being mason} in wagon. A man jumped from the side of, the road,
 seized his horse and wanted his money ];
 but the horse was not willing, SO gave a spring and kicked the, villain, knocking
 him down and the wagon ran over him, Mir. Fowler making good hls escape. ''-
 George Chapman had hive of bees sto-
 len recently. ... .-r-
 F5* WOLCoTrvILLE has lost one of it's oldest
 citizens in Dr. Erastus Bancroft who died
 at his residence in that place on the 22d
 ult. He was over eighty years of age and had been the oldest physician in the place for several years, He fell dead
 of heart disease in his rear yard where
 his body was found shortly afterwards by
 his son.--Business is not improving l, On Monday of last week Dennis Murphy
 was tried for shooting James Judge be-
 fore Justice Calhoun. Murphy keeps
 low gambling and rum shop, and the
 quarrel commenced over game of cards:
 the lie being given and blows struck over
 the bar. Murphy fired one shot. as he says,
 to tighten him, over his head, whereup-
 on Judge threw tumbler at him, cutting -an ugly gash over his eye. Murphy then fired a second shot hitting Judge just above the second rib on the left side, and, passing down, theiball lodged in the chest. Judge had on thick coat which proba-
 tbiiy saved him, from instant death. He is quite a smars wnds-awake fellow, and
 we'll liked by his, friends, but was in bad company and bad business, and is now paying the penalty for it. This trial of 'Murphy's has brought out plenty of wit nesses against him. Thepeople of Wolcott- vile have never been united as they should be, against the curse, sssst; they have al- ways seemed to De afraid of the rumsel- lers, but there is no doubt large major ity are in favor of law and order and against rumsn they We're only united, and they should now show it in such way as to let.the rumssllers know that they must at least keep quiet and live up to the law. Murphy was defended by Seymour of Litchfeld. Welch appearing for the state He was bound over in the sum of $500. Judge will probably recover.
 The MoRRls Farmers club which has been 7in state of suspended animation for some time past reports to the Sentinel that it reorganized few weeks since and promises to become prosperous, holding meetings at the town hall every Tuesday evening The question recently discuss cd was whether deep blowing is beneficial and the conclusion arrived as.was, that l dssp blowing for retentive soils and shall low blowing for sandy soils was the best
 tUxNAAN listened to the second lecture of it's course. from the Rev. J.. B. Wake Iy5 sond Thursday evening, the 20th ult. subject-"The School Master Abroad" 1 -Mr. Geo. s. Gillette has moved into | his fine new honses ..ssl slt sli. = EAST CANAAN quarries are employing l quite a.,slarge force of workman and are sending some very fine stone to Hartford.
 Barnum, Richardson Co. are running all their furnaces, but are reducing the pay of tho men. The pulpit of the Con- gyrreegational church has been supplied for the last three Sabbaths by MT. Mclean, Of Barring Chauncey- Yorker has just moved into his new cottage Mir. Joey Corbitt has added veranda