Litchfield enquirer., 1873-03-06
COUNTY ITEMS.


 NEW HARTFORD lost ten or a dozen of it's dogs very suddenly, Q week or two since. says the Herald. unlicensed rumseller was again prosecuted, last week. Ten or more eases against him are to be tried inS April. Business is active, the mills running fun time.
 NEW MILFORD adds $4 ,387 to it's grand list in 1871, making it g, 115, 345.-Incred- ible numbers of Housatenic stockholders turn out for the annual meeting in Bridge port. The Journal suggests quarterly stockholders meetings !-Sixty-fve cou-- pies had dance at McMahon's Hall on the s21st.-The editor of the Salisbury News has been down beguiling New Mil forders with his .patent ontside,'' after the manner of the ''Sheep in Wolf's Cloth ing" we rsad of.-Mr Charles Couch lost a valuable horse on the 23d ult.-Mr. Black of the firm of Ball, Black. & Go. is to build a fine summer residence or land he has recently bought of Mir. J. P Tread we'll, says the Standard A. B. Mygatt and David Soule have >puchased quite a strip of land of Doct James ,Hine in the rear of Doct. Hine. A. B. Mygatt and Schovelng; amount three thousand dol
 WEST CORNWALL enjoyed wonderful oraterical display" from lawyer Nickerson, says the News.--Chicken thieves abound. Not so, chickens.-$25 worth of tin has also been stolen from Cochrane's shop.
 The. PLYMOUTH Library association are making arrangements hold a grand Fair and Festival in the month of March. .-. John Ii. Pardee, a teamster, has made an assignment. Hudson J . Thayer lost one of hls Livery Horses from Lung Fever Our Grand List for 1873, is $2, ,136, ,39a with abatements. nts.-Herald. 10 ,aslia3<'
 The THoMAsroN Clock Co. have recent ly received an, order from China for TOO boxes of clocks.-Two more Irishmen have, been taken before Justice Bidweu. one Rgot $7 and costs, and the other S5 and costs.--AleXahder Beha was fined $40 for selling liquor on Sunday; $7, for abu- slve language to the officer; and got 10 days in jail for contempt of court Yat- ley Sentinel: s . ~ a '. sf '''f1'3<
 The concert at the Congregational chuech, under the direction of MT. Raw mond Frary, on Wednesday evening, prov ed success m every way.-ADaericafa
 WoLcoTTvILLE Cong. church shows membership of 15O-The Winsted Dra-s matic club performed at Granite Hall on Friday night. A petition for new high way to Harwinton is to be tried, late in March.-The Torringtons school census. just completed, shows I'll children between the ages of and 16 years.-The Union Hardware Go, ,(Skate Shop.) are only waiting for spring before commencing then new shop. nearly as large as the pres ent one and directly opposite. They in tend to use it for the preparation of their leather goods, which are now made else where. This company divided $24, 900 among it's happy stockholders last year. - Winsted Her0ld. ss.3 19L
 We are having quite a revival at the M. D. church; meetings every night through the week.-F. Hill has sold out his insurance business to Brooks Broth CTS, bankers.-Jepson's Parlor Opera Concert troupe held forth in Granite Hall Wednesday evening, the 26th.-Inde1.
 The RIvERToN and Pleasant Valley mail route has just been established Judge Goodwin met with serious Injury the 'ether day at New Hartford in jumping from Roberts stage whose horses were frightened into run by the engine whis- tle.-Allen Hitchcock has exchanged his house here for farm at North Colebrook, formerly owned by his brother. and will remove there in the Spring HI. 0. Brown IS making Arrangements to build large addition to his hotel.-Herald.
 At BRIDGEwATER, on the 2Oth ult.. 8 house belonging to James H. Keeler, IT,, of New Milford, and occupied by George l.. Beardsley, was burned. The fire is supposed to have originated from de- feet in yae chimney. = The loss is about S, 600. The property was insured for $2O0.-Joar9aat. 3E- ( tA5@Ll -A At CANAAN, Wednesday, MT. Charles Emmons formerly conductor on the Hous- atomic railroad but who, on account of failing health has been in charge of the depot, for Q few months past, had his hand badly smashed while coupling cars at that station.-Berk. Courier. The Reading, by Miss Kate M. Thomas, of Hudson, proved one of the l best entertainments of the course. The Rev. Crowther, on Brass, was short but sweet. t.-Mr. Applebee. of Canaan, has removed to Ames Village, to take charge of the boarding house at the Housatonic railroad repair shops.-Neacs.
 The KENT Episcopal church is not yet completed and probably will not be open ed for worship before April John Segar and John W. Lane, we understand, are preparing to erect dwelling houses next summer in the Village. Fishermen report the ice to be three feet on Specta- cle Pond Considerable contention has recently been had between buyers and sellers of Tobacco, but we suppose it will end in smoke. By the way we believe there is more money paid by people in this town who use the weed, than would suffice to support all the churches, and all the schools.-BGnner.