Litchfield enquirer., 1873-07-10
LITCHFlElD.

The sherlff IS made happy by winning his case against the Greenwood's Turnpike Go, ,and in the case of Greathead and Wal ton the plaintiff has judgment, amount ing to about 5000
 The thunder storm of Thursday was quite severe one though the allowance of rain that came with it was very small Miss Deming's house in North St. was struck-it had three rods on it-and the lightning played many freaks in various parts of the hnilding though doing little damage. James Madden was knocked down in Col. Wessell's garden, and we hear that bolt came down in the new cemetery-a proceeding contrary, We be- ieve, to the usages of civilized warfare. Lucius Griswold, of Milton, had a yearling and a two-years-old killed, and another Milton man had two dozen panes of glass broken by hail. A queer occurrence is told as in connec- tion with the storm. A farmer on Chest nut Hill, was short of help, and the storm coming up, his wife and mother went out to help him get in load of hay. Mir. - pitched, his mother "loaded", and his wife ''raked after cart. Just as they were pushing things, bolt came down somewhere in the vicinity and knocked down both of the party who were on the ground. The old lady came down off the load in about two seconds without lad der and ran for the house at the top of her speed, leaving the remainder to fol- low suit as soon as they were sufficiently recovered.
 The editor of the Sentinel left his post, last week, for brief season of tray el and recrea tion, with his usual evil luck. Starting with E. ". Seymour, Esq, for the Terryville station, across country, they met with dangerous and we'll nigh fatal accident on the way One of the bolts that fastened the pole to the wagon gave way as they were going down hill in Plymouth. The horses began to run, and the vehicle to zig-zag in most re-
 
 Mistaking an uncommonly vicious lurch for the opening move of an upset, Mir. Seymour sprang out, was thrown down the moment he struck ground, and blow ed with his back and shoulders furrow of great breadth, depth and length, still to be seen in the sand that, luckily for the success of the experiment, prevails in that region. Mir. Johnson and the driver man. aged, after running all sides of a wide road for quarter of mile, to rein the horses into bank. No one was serious ly hurt and the vehicle was soon repaired Our readers will not have forgotten, per- haps, the remarkable breakdown and runaway that diversified the journey of the Litchfeld delegation to the late Judge Halls funeral. There was considerable doubt at the time as to who was the Jo- nah of the expedition. If other recent events left any doubt, last weeks per formances ought to settle that question, l for, on his return, the editor of the Sen tinel brought bad luck to party of thir- ty OF forty with whom he arrived at Haw- leyville on the evening of the 3d, eleven minutes after the Shepaug train, tired of waiting, had gone on its winding way to- wards Litchfeld The s'crowd' went up to New Milford for the night, returned the next morning, saw what little they could of the industries and amuse- ments of Hawleyville in three hours, and gladdened the hearts of anxious frien ds by arriving here on the afternoon of the Glorious Fourth.
 The Litchfeld Mutual Fire Insurance Go. held its annual meeting on Monday. The Secretary reported 6, ,730 as the net receipts from premiums after deducting $1, ,2A discounted on renewals. The losses of the year amounted to S, ,955; expenses to S1, 1884, The Treasurer reported that the receipts of the year had been $4, IA, that the funds of the company Amounted to $50, ,235, invested in notes, bonds &c, and had been increased $2, 494 during the last year. The old board of directors were in the main reelected. Charles Adams was reelected president; Jason Whiting, sec- retary; and George c. Woodruff, treasurer. The salary of the secretary was raised to S7OO.
 | Attention is called to tine advertise ment in another column of a special meet ing of the Litchfield County Agricultural Society called to act on the report of Q committee appointed to arrange for & change of fair ground from the present location to Harris Plain. The reasons for a change of location ere that the present ground is apt to be wet and the track bad, and the fact that the lease of a part of the present grounds expires next year. It is thought that the land now owned by the Society can be sold for a sum sufficient to buy the new grounds, prepare track, and nearly pay for the erection of suit able exhibition building The proposed site is about mile and half from the village, near the railroad track, and frequent trains will be run to accommo- date those wishing to pass, between the village and the grounds.
 l Our county fairs for tine past years have not been Q conspicuous success, and to warrant the effort and expense involved in the change of grounds some renewal of interest should be shown by members of the Society. Let all, therefore, who fa- vor thew departure and continuance of the old Society be present at the meet ing of the 17th.
 We heaF that on Friday night per son who is becoming very disagreeably prominent about the hotels and places ot resort, while intoxicated, and without any sort of provocation. threatened peacable citizen with revolver and bowie knife.