Litchfield enquirer., 1873-09-11

northern part of the state. -E. Thomas. having purchased the former residence of D, Plume, is repairing and painting the same "A box factory has recently been s:arted on High st. under the supervision Of Ba Miner. .-One of the lost arts-the rendering of asse,O tHne blythe Congre- gatlonal choir. .-{ade1
 WooDBURg man, while laying bare the surface of his rye field with long sweeps of his cradle, exposed to view large black snake lying dormant. He struck the reptile with rake, when to his aston- 1shment large striped snake ran out of hher mouth. He struck the striped one, when out of her mouth ran thirteen short snakes. Alarmed at this astonishing null t1pIlcatlon of snakes and somewhat in doubt as to whether this was phantasm Of his brain or an objective reality. he suddenly stopped hitting the snakes. He Is convinced that had he kept on he could have made that whole field wriggle with serpents. On Saturday last. 30tR ult.. base ball nine from Watertowns went to Woodbnry toplay game with club of that place. When the game was near ly ended Matthew Lush of Watertown got into quarrel with Q agcolored boy named Marshal Cam1n, in which Lush called him 8 thief, this led to high words. and Lush threatened to knock Camm down. The latter said that if he did all he threat ened to he would be carried back to Wa tertown corpse. Whereupon Lush rais- ed bat he held in his hand and struck Camm heavy blow upon the head, caus- Ing concussion of the brain The blow Was given with such force that it felled Camm senseless to the ground, and he did not move muscle for over three hours. lie has been unconscious ever since, and there IS no hope for his recovery. Lush has not been arrested, but undoubtedly Will be.-The fifteenth annual cattle show and fair of the Woodbury Union Agricul- tulal and Horticultural society will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 1st and 2d.-Americon.
 At the Wo1coTTy11LE. Congregational church, Tuesday afternoon, wedding took place, Rev. l.. Perrin officiating. The parties united were Miss Marian Brooker, eldest daughter of Chester Brooker, and MT. Charles Whitney, of Kansas City, Missouri. A large gather Ing, chiefly ladies, witnessed the cere- mony. .-The sad intelligence was received Monday night that Miss Mary D. Harris, the young lady who recently gave con cert m Granite Hall, had died suddenly ln Mlddletown. She left here Monday morning, August 25th, for Middletown to make q visit, was taken sick that nicht and died the following Friday of neural gla of the stomach.-Prof Logan has ar- ranged for a course of six lectures at Granite Hall, to commence Monday even-. ing the 18th inst.-Iader.
 We are to have another comic trial be- fore the General Assizes.' '' Chief-Jus- tice Calhoun, will preside, and such dis tlnguished barristers as 0. r. Church, E. A. Baldwin and G. H. Welch, will ap- pear as advocates. MT. c. F. Church re- gently presented Litchfeld with dozen TO so extra eats. sn s. 6@ S@ GeI E
 FALLS VILLAGE Congregational Sunday School children hold picnic at.the Twin Lakes to-day.-The prospect for apples, this season, is like Sam Weller's eyesight, very limited Pears, angleworms and caterpillars seem to be plentiful. Tur- nips, buckwheat, corn and other tropical fruits seem to be fourishing; likewise croquet. Were a stranger to see the city magnates playing on the ground in the rear of the savings bank, he would be struck dumb with wonder and admira- tion at the skill and forethought with which some of the veterans handle the mallet; and if he were of devout turn of mind he would earnestly rerurn thanks that the talent thus exhibited is not de- voted to politics. .-Berk Courier. --
 Dr. J. J. Averell thinks now that he shall be able to save more of Geo. Hills hand than was thought possible at first The workmen at the Housatonic R. R. Shops and the people living contiguous thereto were somewhat alarmed at the re- port Thursday evening that little son of Joseph Brinton had gone over the falls, but 1t proved to be false alarm. The boy was playing with comrade when he fell into the water, and his little compan- ion immediately ran for help, supposing he had of course gone over the falls, but before help arrived the boy had succeed ed in crawling out and was some distance away.-The funeral of an infant daughter of George Leayenworth took place Mon- day. Mr. l.. buried it's mother only six weeks a9o.-Herald.
 WEST CORNWALL shipped 2,O51 cans of milk in August.-T. s. Gold, Esq.,, will give description of his trip to the Rocky Mountains in the Village Hall, on Friday evening, Sept. 5th.-Dr. Sanford has had one of Colds heaters put into his house. Joe Mallinson and Capt. Cole are inn proving the streets in front of their resi- dences on Water street very much.-Isaac Marsh and wife are spending few weeks in Vermont. t.-Ne,Vs. s --~r E. -.-.r..
 Mrs. Merintha Kimberly of MORRIS who has had cataract in both eyes and has been blind for many years was operated on in one eye on the 9th of August by Dr. Els worth, of Hartford, who thought her chance very good for a restoration of sight which he believed would be brought about in six or eight weeks. She can now discern light and objects faintly. She suffered but little in the operation nor