Litchfield enquirer., 1873-06-26
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 FALLS VILLAGE reports a successful strawberry festival to the Berkshire Cour- fer The youth and beauty of the village" contributed inst s48; what portion is due to youth and, what to beauty does not appear.-The new court house is rap- idly assuming grand proportions. vile came near being burnt down by an ncautious youngster, recently. - The Housatonic company are building six new cars; two of them palace cars. ~ WEST CORNWALL sent up drunkard named Higganum and a female 'stramp' from New Haven to Litchfeld, last week, says the News.-2, 132 cans of milk were shipped from here in May.-T. s. Hart as justice IS '.the right man in the right place" thinks the correspondent of the News ~ ~ '@ D CANAAN has sent 3 little Massachusetts darkey to the Reform School for robbing Mir Strong's money drawer, says the News.-There was a ''mih'' at McQuinnis Hotel recently and one of the parties was severely urt.-The Temperance question remains an open one, with the chances in favor of the negative. II
 WoLcoTTvILLE licensed liquor sellers complain that the law is not enforced against the unlicensed, says the Herald. Seven dealers have paid $1O0, each, into the town treasury, and complain that oth- CTS who have not paid copper sell as freely as they do.
 EAST CANAAN enquiries through the Herald why some manufactures does not occupy the building erected year or two since on the site of the old Briggs grist mi--A new bridge is soon to be built in front of the residence of H. C. Stevens. -Rumor says that the new building near MT. Sanford's residence is to be occupied as a store. ~T 4.~-Er .~. ..-rf.
 WEST TWISTED sold 5000 postal cards in less than an hour last week.-J. G. Woodruff has sold his drug store to The ophilus Baird.-The frightening Calcula- tor offers to reckon any amount of inter est in sixty seconds. All he asks is cer- tain amount of capital to start with.
 CANAAN MOUNTAIN lost $2,OOo by the recent fire, reports the Herald. It IS said to have been a magnificent sight. About twenty acres were burned ower.-Henry Beecher has bought the Merrills Humph- rey property in West Norfolk; price 3D. 800. 2 z r i TT
 NORFOLK is to have new barber shop, reports the Herald. A fruit peddler lost all his fruit and pistol a few nights since. f
 At KENT, recently, a brakeman was knocked from freight car by the tele- graph wires that cross the railroad at that place. ', .-..
 SHARON misses Gen. c. F. Sedgwick for season who has gone to California on visit.
 THoMAsToN talks of tower on Mullen Hotel with $1, GOO clock and an extra hand to designates the number of drinks sold.-W. B. Guy has sold his drug store to Horton Pease There are but six drug stores in Plymouth. Austin, the gay Lothario who ran away with some bodys wife, last year, has been prosecuted ed for defrauding boarding house keep CT, contrary to the recent statute in such case provided. Moral-It is safer to steal wives than board in Thomaston.
 At PLYMOUTH, on the 14th, property of MT. J. H. Pardee was sold at auction, says the Herald. The meadow and barn were bought by Col. Fenn.-The New Haven Journal of Thursday last has the follow ing item: a.,-... -.....
 The case of Nathan c. Miller, of Ply mouth, Conn.,, against William D. Smith, of Hartford, brought to recover damages on account of alleged unsoundness of the trotting mare Nonesuch, bought of Smith by Miller, was concluded in the Superior Court at Springfield yesterday, with aver dict of S. 900 for the plaintiff. ''None- such, when sold, was warranted sound, but proved to be a ''cribber." The de- fence was that 'scubbing" was habit, and not an unsoundness. -.a
 RoxBURY has music teacher in Mir. w. B.. Seward, says the Journal. Christ Church is to have new organ.
 NEW MILFORD has received a supply of postal cards The thermometer went up to 95o in the shade on the 18th, says the Journal. A little child of Eugene Mur- phy, while asleep,on the night of the 17th inst, had three fingers nearly eaten off by rats.-The Congregational society has voted to lay concrete walk in front of their church. h.-The Journal proposes the building of q summer hotel on Town Hill to the capitalists of that place.-Special constable, J. J. Warner died on the 18th inst. at Second Hill Bradley Morse, a carpenter in the employ of Soule & Bro., cut his head badly diving from boat in the Housatonic recently. He struck a rock and cut gash in his scalp 3 or 4 inches long.-The Water Company has organized by choice of c. H. Booth, Henry O. Warner, Walter B. Bostwick, Isaac B. Bristol and s. c. Landon, directors. David E. Soule, J. s. Turren and Fl. O. Warner were appointed committee on bylaws.
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 LtGLy.-The religious corporations bill