Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-30
COUNTY ITEMS

At a FALLS VILLAGE Donation party, week before last, fourteen or fifteen per sons who had attended were taken sick, and poison is suspected. Very deleteri- ous compounds certainly do find there way into parsonage on such occasions, and no harm meant.
 At NEW MILFORD the Peck Davis cases have been settled. The most important Of them was tried, last week. and Davis was fined 5. It could not have been a very interesting fight according to the Journal report. The principal witness swore to plentiful lack of s'science" on both sides, and finding they were only wasting time and not hurting each other, he interfered and put astop to the ''mill. 9 The Journal strikes out noblv for q Graded School, Town Hall, &c.
 WooDRURY is threatened libel suit. The Rev. MT. Churchill demanded 8 retraction rom Mir. 0. J. Minor and A. W. Mitchell Of certain alleged libels published by them Ill the American. they responded with reatfirmance of their charges in a card, and the thing looks like 'sbusiness,''
 RoxBURY reports two or three assaults to the Sentinel. G. F. Leavenworth is represented as attacking several people and being severely thrashed each time.
 HARWINros has chosen the following jurors: Joseph H. Scoville, Charles $. Barber, Roswell Scoville, Henry s. Fris- bic, Cornelius Coll, and Hart Barker.-E. B. H1nman, and Everett Barker have. re- gently purchased of Loyal R. Barber Q piece of timber land of about 34 acres.- Sentinet
 At GosHRN.-Dr. Brundage is coming back here to locate again.-An Irishman by the name of Hartley in West Goshen one day last week, tried to kill his wife and has been fined and sent to jail. News,
 At WEST CORNWALL. 1.-The late thaw started the ice in the river, piling up hugh cakes in the road on the west side, smash ing boat for c. B. Crandall, and knock ing several hundred of dollars out of J. Malinson & Go. 8 dam at this place.- Mr. Daniel Wickwire and wife, of Otta- wa, Ill, have been spending few weeks at his former residence on Cream Hill- Ne,ps
 CANAAN came near being swamped by the late freshet. cellars were flooded t3c. 1 -Last week was not without entertain ments. We had music, song and the dance. Surely the winter evenings pass gally. Tho depot is fast becoming the center of attraction for all the country around. What is very much wanted here IS more private residences.-Neers
 CoLzERooK chose the following jurors; Martin 5. Phelps, Horace c. White, John A. Moore, John Spencer, Lewis Barnard, James Nj. Grant, Giles M. Lawton, Hiram Sage, Clement Thompson, Richard O. Bushnell, Albert Kelsey.-Herald.
 1t WoLcoTTyMLE, Wednesday after noon, Misses Nellie M. Wheeler and Lin da Woodford, teachers at the East Brick school, gave their scholars free sleigh ride; they filled three four-horse sleighs, and were very enthusiastic in their demon strations of delight W. Curtiss, Jr. met with 8 painful accident, Monday forenoon, between Fluteville and Thomaston, near the residence of Mr. Tenn. He was driving a horse and wagon when an OK team with load of wood came along; he turned out to let 1t pass and when oppo- site. tie sled slipped over the road and struck his wagon, frightening his horse and throwing him out On his and head and shoulders. Although severely bruised he IS now doing well.-A large party of young people. to the amount of 75 or 80, invaded the new house of l.. NJ. Jones, near the skate shop, Saturday evening, their ob- lect being to give them surprise and house warming; and well they succeeded, especially III making it warm for every body Dancing and various kinds of games were indulged in till eleven o'clock, when refreshments were partaken of, af- ter which the happy throng began to dis perse, we'll satisfied with their evenings enjoyment. It is hinted that several more are on the slate, so that 1t behooves per sons hvIng Ill large houses to beware- Iaaer.
 At THoMAsTON, last week, Patrick Mo Ian was fined $7 and costs, by Justice Bid well, for drunkenness. He could not raise the stamps, so he was sent to Litch- field jail. Keep the ball rolling. Seth Thomas Clock Co. advanced 10 per cent, on all their clocks January lst They are fitting up the different clocks made here to send to the Vienna exposi- tion.-The heavy rains of Friday caused the ice to dam up in the river, near the spruces, turning the water into the road, making 1t dangerous to travel. Henry Judd of Watertown, in trying to go through, got thrown out of his wagon; his horse became frightened, dragged him through the water about a quarter of 8 mile, when he was rescued by son of Jonathan Warner. The ice knocked out the timbers that support part of Reynolds bridge, leaving it in very unsafe condi- tion.- Pulley Sentinel.