Litchfield enquirer., 1873-09-25

EAST LlTcHFELD Chapel services were conducted by Mr. F. R. Starr, on Sunday of last week.-Tobacco escaped the great frost of the 10th, with little injury Brown Bros. have nearly finished their damat Campyille.
 HARwINToN suffers from chicken thieves. Forty turkeys were stolen from James Mather week before last, on the Lewis Catiin place.-The new road to Thomas -eon~ls being completed at 8 cost of 6, 20 rod.-The free seat system in the reno vated chnrch' works we'll thus far The roads in this town have been worked on the contract system over forty years. NORTH KENT complains at length in the Journal of the action at a recent school meeting in that place The communica- tion shows pretty conclusively that good school is needed in that section.
 WEsr CORNWALL reports that the severe frost of last Sunday night damaged badly the tobacco that had not been secured. We learn that there is Q good deal out yet, owing to the lateness of the season. J. Mallinson < Go. caught about four hundred pounds of eels last Sunday night. They ship them to New York, where they (the eels, of course,) bring twelve and a half cents per pound.-NetCs.
 At FAILS VILLAGE, on Friday of last week, Mrs. I. B. Coken, while practicing with pistol, snapped the hammer of her IvYn1s for rNrn failing to explode she went to the house. and while trying to extricate the cartridoe from the pistol, dropped it upon the stove and it exploded. The ball hit her mother Mrs. A. Herman, and passed through her, arm, lodging just under the skin on the other side. Dr. Averill was called in, and the ball extracted It is nothing very serious, but had the the bullet passed one inch higher it would have entered her side, and in probability killed her ou!- right.
 Watertown Congregational church was reopened, last Sunday, and the new organ used for the first time for divine service, A movement was made early in January of this year, for the purchase of an organ, and at meeting of the society a commit tee consisting of MT. Dayton Mattoon and MT. c. T. Hickox, was chosen to solicit subscriptions for. that purpose. Over $4, 900 was very speedily raised. and building committee consisting oi Messrs. Eli Curtiss, l.. W. Cutler, George S., Atwood, Augustus Hamilton, and Truman F. Baldwin, was chosen to carry forward the work, which was completed last week.
 The organ wgs built by Messrs. E. x G. G. Hook & Hastings of Boston, and is a fine toned instrument, with very neat and tasteful exterior. It contains 75O pipes and 2l stops, nearly all of which run through the whole compass. The case is of black walnut, finely pannelled and carved, and the cost of the instrument was $2,625. It is placed back of the pulpit, ir recess built upon the rear of the church for the purpose, and makes fine appear. ance, adding much to the beauty of the interior of the church. The church has been re-painted throughout, and re-carpet ed.-The cost of the whole, organ and repairs, amounts to about $5, COO. The society under the ministration of MT. Gilman, we are informed, is in a very prosperous condition.
 REUNIoN-SEcoND H. V. A.-The reu- nion of the Second regiment, heavy ar tillery Connecticut volunteers was held at Cornwall Bridge, Litchfeld county, on Thursday. About 225 of the members were present in addition to a large number of visitors. Dinner was served in man. moth tent, and the excellence of it was duly attested by all present. Captain Gold made an address. of welcome in behalf of the citizens of the place. After dinner the. meeting was organized, and after the election of the following officers for the ensuing year proceeded with the usual routine of business: president, ID. c. Kilburn; corresponding secretary, Charles H. Pine; treasurer, w. W. Birge; historian, T. D. Vaill, with an assistant from each company; executive committee, Colonel J. Skinner, s. A. Granger, r. A. Cook, James Pettitt, s. w. Sage. F. Vail and Captain D. w. Marsh were ap. pointed committee upon the proposed reunion of all the Connecticut regiments 1 It was voted to hold the next reunion is Winsted. A number of deaths were re ported during the past year. Speeches were made by Captain Marsh, Chaplain Phelps, Granger, Kilburn, Mason, Kelly, Vaill and others. Courant.
 The business of the Housatonic rail road has enormously increased the present year, as may be seen from the immense freight trains which twice day pass through our towns. On Thursday morn ing of last week, a freight train of 47 cars passed down through this station, the lOnopsk train that has nassa1 in three