Litchfield enquirer., 1873-03-13
COUNTY ITEMS.

posal for Town Hall, in sharon, was voted down, on Saturday, the 22d. by a large majority. S
 MORRIS has organized Farmers Club, with Abel Tracy for President, P. B. Ran dall, Vice-President, and Wm. l.. Bur- gess, Sec. and Treas.-Nathan Hinman has sheared his sheep, and to protect them from the cold has sewed them up in wool en bags. R. Turkington and Edward Clark have bought out the store of Wm. M. Ensign, of East Morris. MiJord Journal.
 GOSHEN reports to the News that M. B. Farlin, harness-maker, is going to Hotch- kissville, in this state, to open shop Albert Wadhams has brought in a drove of COWS.
 The SALISBURY minister who was se- verely hurt recently by being run into at Amenla by boys sliding down hill, was able to return last week.-The Orr Place was sold at auction, March 1st, the pur- chaser being NIT. Warren Sparks of Cha pinville, and the price paid $1,1O0. The St. Louis Democrat remarks
 ''There is always something lacking for perfect human contentment. Salisbury, Ct., for example, has beautiful new cem- etery, which it proudly regards as 'snperi- or to any of the race courses in the State; but alas there isn't doctor in the place and the most attractive vaults actually % begging" A LAKEvILLE librarian arranges ssIrish Bulls under the general head of Agricul- ture, says the News.-One of the propri- etors of the Miller House was struck a l severe blow on the head with the but end of whip recently by drunken teamster as he was passing him in the highway. The fellow evidently did not know him but committed the assault out of pure cussed- ness. He will be brought to justice.- Gov. Holley's lecture was an excellent one. The audience was very large and enthusiastic.
 A CORNWALL Colfax has been admitted to the church, complains the Sentinel. NEPAUG rejoices Tn a male quartette club, says the Herald, and is about to start brass band, yet there are over twenty widows living within 14 miles of the post office. What Nepaug wants is not more rouaio hut ,,ooro roorr,,;,,o
 WoLcoTTvILLE has several cases of scarletina and one death from that disease occurred recently.-Business is lively The Dramatic entertainment given by the ! Winsted Amateur Dramatic Club, Feb 28, was success, socially and financially, ! says the American.-There is change in the administration of the Allen House liv. cry stables, F. M. Austin having sold to Wm.-H H. Farnham price $325O.
 CANAAN listens to it's last lecture, from the Rev. MT. Benedict, of Bridgeport, this evening.-The upper rooms of the union depot, says the Courier, have been rented to party from the State of New York, who intends to keep boarders in connection with the restaurant. = The Housatonic timetable will soon be changed so as to have the Canaan special stop at Falls Village, over night. NEW MILFoRD.-The Graded School meeting on Saturday last was we'll attend ed. The Committee appointed to ascer- tlR what districts, or parts of districts, unite with the Centre district, and district in which & Graded School pGEo be built, reported that it was their
 einlon all the Chicken-hil district and parts of the Picket, Park Lane, and Board mans Bridge districts were willing tc unite. A petition for special town meet ing IS now to be drawn, signed, and pre- sented to the Selectmen.-Lyman More house, being partially intoxicated, came near being killed while trying to get on Conductor Lathrop's train on Monday noon. n.--JouTnal.
 The WINCHESTER correspondent of thu Winsted Herald writes as follows :-Tht death of Mrs. Pettibone of Litchfeld is sorely felt in this community, where she was born and spent nearly all her life Qf Q singularly kind, genial and 1ovable disposition she made friends wherever sht went that lasted as long as life. Her las illness was of several months du ration, and was borne in spirit of al most joyful resignation. Her friends came with the body from Litchfeld tc this place in the intense cold and over the drifts on Tuesday, to attend the fr- neral at the church at q P. NJ.
 The Springfield Union publishes the following particulars regarding the pig iron corner of this State
 'The present Litchfeld charcoal iror works are as follows three furnaces at North Canaan, one of them built last year, owned by Barnum, Richardson < Co.,. one at South Canaan, owned by the Hunt Lyman Company one at Salisbury, own ed by Horace Landon X Go. one at Salisbury owned by the Lime Rock l company one at Cornwall Bridge, Qwned by the Cornwall Iron company; one at Kent, owned by the Kent Iron Company, and the Sharon Valley furnace at Sharon Valley. These nine furnaces get their ores from Salisbury and Amenia, and go as far away as Central Vermont for their charcoal. The productions of these fur naces amounts to about 25, ,OO0 tons of iron annually. Of two of these companies, the Lime Rock and Hunt Lyman, the late George Cehing, so long agent and treasur- CT of the Richmond Iron company, was treasurer at the time of his death. Over the New York line there are two charcoal furnaces. one at Copake, owned by Fred erick Miles, and one at Millerton. The aggregate production of the Berkshire and Litchfeld furnaces, and the two referred to, is in the neighborhood of 5000 tons, and that production requires about 125,z GOO tons of ore and about seven and a half ,,i1IioY, Inn Sha1s of charcaa1