Litchfield enquirer., 1873-11-27

out the business of John Ashborn Cor neiius Donahue has bought Of Edward A. Atwater of Bridgeport the first place north of the East Brick school house, for 8, 100. It contains three acres.-Wm Wilcox has purchased the interest in the meat mar ket in Cotton Howlow, recently opened by Birge and Tompkins. The recent school meeting Instructed the district committee to apply to to the Superior court for the appointment of 3. committee to appsaise the value of land they wish to obtain be- hind the High School building. The owner asks $850 which is thought too high price.-Some changes have occurred in the running time of shops, recently, and they now run as follows: Coe Brass Go. and Hendey Bros. Machine shop, full time; Coe Furniture Go. and Cap shop, eight hours; Woolen mill and Needle shop, three quarter time The latter also discharged eight hands and cut down twenty per cent on piece work. Turner, Seymour and Judds, half time, with a l fair prospect of doing better soon. The Union Hardware Go. have discharged some help, as they usually do at this sea- son of the year. The remainder run part ly full and partly half time.
 KENT Congregationalists have engaged the Rev. Mir. Barclay for the coming year. -The Episcopalians are holding mite meetings.-A correspondent of the News refers to various Improvements in the place especially of the churches. "On Sun day morning we attended the. Congrega- tlonal church, and were surprised to find | 1t so altered. It is handsomely painted; the pulpit has been removed, the cushions shaken up, and the carpets swept. On entering St. Andrews church in the eyen- ing, We stopped at the door to wonder
 and admire all it's beauty and elegance. It shows to good advantage by gaslight. The organ that used to be, is no more, | but instead is a large, handsome one, and | IS skillfully played, and we would sug- gest thatsif some of the gentlemen who sit with the congregation, and who certainly look as if they could sing, would go for | ward and add more bass and tenor to the 1 choir. that would be another improvement. !" l The case of Alonzo Stuart US. W. F.
 Thrall tried recently before Justice
 Beach, resulted ill a judgment of BIO, for the plaintiff, without costs.
 1 WEST CORNWALL listened with some in- terest to trial of the complaint against H. P Meesick before Justice T. L. Hart,
 on the 10th inst, nnder the recent statute
 for frauduly obtaining board. The case ! was decided against the accused.-The
 Gold Sanitary Heating company have re- duced the wages of their workmen 75
 cents a day.
 The CoNN. WESTERN R. R. Go. held it's
 annual meeting at Hartford, last week,
 and chose the following board of direc- tors William II. Barnum, George M.
 Bartholomew, \. H. Holley, Alfred E.
 Burr, Nathaniel B. Stevens, Charles R. 1 Chapman, Jonathan B Bunce, Byron
 Loomis, William L. Gilbert, George Dud-
 ley, Egbert T. Butler, Frederick Watson, George H. Brown. 1S,11O out of the en-
 tire 18, ,901 shares of stock of the compa-
 repore sgdssa at the meeting The
 receipts over expenses (not including in-
 terest on bonds), a satisfactory condition
 of track, rolling stock, &c., and an in-
 creasing business.
 l The RoxBURY Hollow bridge is nearly
 completed. .-Mr. Jennings singing school commenced, last week-Everett's poly- rama exhibited at the Chapel on Monday evening of last week.
 The NEW MILFORD Journal takes ground under its new editor as an ''inde- pendent" rather than as neutral paper. It tcredits political text to the Enquirer which we suspect was clipped from the Sentinel, instead, which leads us to sug- gest an improved motto: ''Independent, but Caretul"-A Horse Thief and Bur- glar Protection Association has been formed. The title is little ambiguous, but we judge that it is the honest men, not the thieves and burglars that are
 'associating" this time.-Dr. Hayes de- livered an excellent lecture, week before last, but the village people did not ''turn out'' as they should have done, and the Lecture committee are about $40 out of pocket.-The man, B. W. Fuller, taken recently to Brookfeld by officer Keeler, goes to Danbury jail for 60 days. The coat officer Hill took from him found an owner in Ridgebury, and the freight receipts were taken from H. N. Seniors store at Mill Plain. Other prosecutions are sure to follow.-Eggs sell at 40 cts dozen.
 Edward Hunt, Jr., of MARB1EDALE. who received almost fatal injuries a short time since, is now out again.
 The SALISBURY News retracts it's offer of only 1,SO for advance subscribers It speaks thus feelingly of the economy that cut off the free circulation of newspapersin in the county where published while doub- hngI ICongressmen's salaries: '1t is hoped and expected the repeal of the infamous postal law of the last Credit Mobilier and Salary Grabbers' Congress, will be among the very first acts of that body at it's next session in December.
 FALLS VILLAGE is no longer convulsed with the differences of Herman and TuckS CT, the former being mulcted in 8, and costs.-The new Citizens Hall is to be dedicated Thanksgiving night.-A large number of conversions have resulted from the protracted meeting of the Methodist church.