Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-07
FAILS VILLAGE proposes to put $500 clock into the new Hall.

'AAA441e PAOpOScS IO put d SpOuU clock into the new Hall.
 NEW MILFORD Savings Bank will put up counter in the room now used by that Dank, and use that room exclusively for banking purposes. In consequence of thls change Mir. Turrill will use the room now occupied by the Journal, and we shall move into Robertson's new building as IS elsewhere stated.-W s. Rowe has agaln resumed the stage route between New Milford and Bridgewater. He also carrles passengers to and from Roxbury as before.-Geo. W. Stevens, and three other gentlemen of Danbury, gave a con- cert at McMahons Hall, Monday evening, The entertainment consisted of violin play Ing and singing, principally About fifty were pfesent.-Judson Wilmot, of Bridge water, was brought before Justice Beers last week for drunkenness and general misconduct. No lawyers were present at the trial, and after hearing the testimony. the justice sentenced Wilmot to pay a fine of $7, and soiourn few days at fitch- field.-,IouT7aal.
 WoLcorTvILLE Valley Park will hold it's third annual meeting August 27 and 2S The premiums are very liberal, amounting to s, 3,25O.-Joseph Sykes has purchased the Ned Adkins place, near Hotchkiss saw mill, for $1 ,500-At the annual meeting of the High School District, last week CThursday), l.. Wetmore, F. N. HoIley and Rev. H. Q. Judd were appointed Dis trlct Committee for the ensuing year.-At ratfie for a horse at the Allen House. Saturday evening, 4. W. Maine was the fortunate victim.-L. W. Coe and others. on Lltchfield street, have been putting down new water pipe, replacing the old iron and cement pipe with lead pipe.- William Bryant has sold to F. N. Holley strip of land of 16 inches frontage run ming obliquely so that the rear is from 40 to 50 feet wide, for $7OO.-Mumps are very prevalent here at present. Over for ty persons from the needle shop alone have been sporting heavy lower flaw, and the end IS not yet.-Our Celtic friends will indulge in a match of foot ball on Valley Park next Saturday afternoon married men versus single men-the stakes are barrel of beer side.-Lader.
 CANAANs-About 100 tons of ore have been removed from the new mine on Mir. Iobeys land in Canaan Valley, and it is pronounced by Mir. Barnum as good as he would care to see on the banks of his fur naces. Mir. T. receives 75 cents per ton. A railway from the mine to the Conn. Western would be quite feasible, and not much over mile lOng.-MatheW Colbert an irish lad of 19, jumped from 8 mail train at full speed near the East Canaan depot the other day, and was unaccounta- bly, not not killed.-The ore crusher at Barnum Richardson's furnace, propelled by 1-horse power engine under the su- pefIntendence of James Woodin of Sails isbury, digests about 40 tons day.-Her- a1d.
 At WORTHWHILE, Herman Buckingham has been beautifying his premises by a liberal supply of paint, and the old fence l In front Is soon to make way for new one.-Lawrence Tyrrell, of Woodbridge, has taken the store lately occupied by | Chas. Douglass. Tyrrell has fitted it up in good shape.-Tobacco and oats very poor; rye never better.-Joumal
 At RoxBURY, Walter s. Rowe has re- sumed the stage route again.-The En- qulrer gives less than a hundred different ways of spelling Chalybes, and why not have the name changed so people can get 1t right occasionally. Nicholson had leg broken in a friendly scuff1e a few days ago.-,]Ourndl.
 WEST CoRNwALL.-The Shear business is unusually dull.-E. F. Scoville has been appointed Deputy Sheriff-Peter Fritz walopped his vrow '' init der boot, ." for which she had him arrested, and brought before his honor, T. l.. Hart, who imposed a fine of B and costs, and twen- ty days in jail.-Joa0nal.
 NORTH KENT was the scene of bloody conflict on Tuesday, between an African family named Brewster on the one side, and Mrs. Pitcher and her daughter on the l. other. The caustts beLti was an old hood. The fortunes of war gave to Mrs. Pitcher the hood, together. with several contusions about the head. which will not disappear before court sits.-Coatront
 James Scott, of GOSHEN, has lost four cows, one each week, lately, of some mys- terious disease. No one is able to ac- count for their death They ''dry up" when first taken, droop for twenty-four hours and die. Neighboring farmers are alarmed.-CoWrant.
 At TERRYvILLE, Saturday afternoon, Caspar Shye, German, was sitting on the platform of the depot, as the f. 15 train came along. The space between the cars and the platform is very narrow, and Mr. Shye was knocked of, received severe bruises, and had his left arm crushed. The member was amputated by surgeon.