Litchfield enquirer., 1873-02-06
Litchne!d.

The Superior Court was engaged. las,
 week, Ill the trial of probate cases.
 In Calvin r. Pcck's Appeal, the appeal
 was dismissed. Athena Peck recoyers
 $370 by her appeal. Warner and Ingra.
 ham for appellants; Seymour for appel.
 lees. John M. Wadhams' and John H.
 Wadhams' Appeals were also tried, Wood
 ruff and Andrews for appellants; Graves
 and Seymour for appellees. Asa D. Dick
 lnson's Appeal was tried but is not decid-
 ed, Hitchcock and Woodruff for appellant:
 Seymour and Andrews for appellees.
 Sh1ith vs. Stone Harw1nton case is on
 trial.
 On the trial of Dickinsons appeal a re-
 markable episode occurred. Counsel for
 the appellee had telegraphed for the ap- pellant to come on as a witness Mr. coo
 at once telegraphed "answer no questions
 by telegraph" The operator who swore to these facts was taken sharply to task for disclosing said telegram to Mir. Seymour.
 one ot the opposing counsel. He further testified that a young man named B. J, Smith, studying law in Mr. Seymour's of nee, undertook to get sight of the tele- gram on an order to which he had forced MT. Goes name. Smith being called, ad- mitted having presented an order but claimed that his own name was signed to It. When asked what object he could have had ln carrying to the office an order signed with his own name he could make no explanation. He also testified to hay ing thrown the order into the stove at the postofiice immediately after he had been refused the telegram. Mr. o. P. Peck was then called and testified to hearing Smith say he had the order from a man with long beard. We understand there IS another person who saw the order with Goes name attached; and still another to whom Smith admitted having it in his possession after he left the postoflce. He admitted, what every one would expect. that had acted in the matter entirely with out the knowledge Of Mir. Seymour who stated in court that he had no knowledge of the affair till brought out in evidence.
 -Litchfeld people should make spe- cial effort to attend Dr. Hollands lecture ''The Social Undertow,' at Washington on Thursday evening of next. very fine lecture IS expected and look at "Timo- thy Titcomb" is worth something.
 About a dozen persons from this place went down to Dr. Murrays lecture in Washington, Monday night They re- port delightful lecture and good at tendance notwithstanding the unpropi- tious weather. Dr. Murray's subject was 'Proverbial Philosophy
 The thermometer plunged to 27, Q 30, . and 32o below zero in the valleys about here on Thursday morning last. On Saturday it went down to below, on the hill, ,and on Monday, "being encouraged by former successes" ''by particular re- quest of prominent citizens &c, &c., it showed few inches more.
 Edward Carswell, mentioned in last weeks ENQUIRER, (styled Dr. by the New York Tribune, in very favorable notice) has been engaged by the LitchfeId Sons of Temperance, to lecture in the Congre- gational church, on Thursday evening, the 9th inst, at half past seven o'clock If the fattering statements by those who have heard him, and by newspaper reports, are only half true, he must be most re- markable orator and the most effective advocate of the cause of temperance in the field. A large audience ought to greet him here. We need badly all the infu- ence which such meetings and such speaker can bring to bear upon the sub ject. The members of the Division will assemble ill their room at o'clock A full and punctual attendance is requested. After the lecture the members and invited guests will adjourn to the room for SUD- per and social entertainment.
 The following is the list of delegates to the various Republican conventions of 1873:
 State.-Frederick D. McNiel, Howard E. Gates, Dwight C. Kilbourn, Abram M. Turner.
 COngressional-Wm J. Hall Edward Crossman, Amos c. Benton, Edward l.. Smith.
 Senatorial.-C Charles w. Hinsdale, Da- vid T. Wooster, Thomas w. Beach, Chas. B. Andrews.
 Probate.-Lewis Hadsell, Wm. Coe, Milo Beach, Henry s. Griswold.
 Mir Levi Frisbie has been turned out of the Milton church, which we consider very creditable and consistent action on their part. ,-Vick's seeds for sale at Vessels & Gates; catalogues, 10 cents.
 Library meeting Thursday night at p. m., sharp.
 A communication in the last Senti- lel represents that Mrs. Irene Lampman lied at this place, last week, of cold and | starvation, and censures the pastor and l leacons of the Congregational church very severely for taking up collections for dis ant charities, while such Restitution went lnrelieved ''less than quarter of mile rom their houses" The facts are that drs. Lampman was communicant of the Episcopal church, that she had been SUD- 'liedfor months with money for necessaries y the minister of that church, that plenty f wood has been furnished her by the own, and that a family had been hired to i've with and take care Of her. This family noved away g. short time before her aath and on IhnrSdau tha O2d ,,Ik