Litchfield enquirer., 1874-07-16
COUNTY ITEMS.

| IS likely to show now much earneSGneSS ! there is in the movement for Prohibition
 there. The county commissioners refused
 those licenses who had been previously
 recommended by the selectmen, on the ground that after consistently violating the
 law for nine months past, they had for
 feited all right to license.-The sale of
 liquor seems to be stopped for the pres
 ent at least Milk shipping is on the in 1 crease.-The iron front of the new build ing is being put in position.-On the Fourth, tho Pastimes beat picked nine, 51 to 15; there was a Catholic picnic at Treadwelps Grove; and an Engine Co. clambake at Sanford's Grove
 HARwINToN celebrated the Fourth with
 picnics, fireworks, and riding parties.- Dr. Griswold has recovered sufficiently to l resume his practice. Capt. Roswell Cook ! lost valuable horse from colic, last week. Twenty young people joined the Con- gregational Church on Sunday of last week and six children wore baptized. A NORTH CoLEBRooK correspondent of l the Herald claims that most of the dam age done to sheep is by dogs of the ''shep-
 herd" breed and..thinks they should be
 taxed S1O each. Mr. Wm. l.. Hotchkiss
 has lost 9 sheep within few years. kill cd by dogs; four, last month. A. N. Hitchcock also had three killed by dogs l i'll June.
 At WEST NORFOLK, Shephard's dam, carried off by the late freshet, has been replaced by substantial stone dam.- There were strawberries and ice cream and 200 people dancing and eating the delicacies aforesaid from Independence Eve. till Independence Morn.
 The FALL VILLAGE Red Stars were beat
 en by the Lone Stars of Salisbury, 76 to
 47, at baseball on the Fourth. h.-The bell
 ringing on the morning of the Fourth brought out gentleman who failed. how l ever, to find "where the fire was. At a Temperance meeting recently held in the Methodist church rnanlutiona wcre paenod demanding asuppression of tho liquor traf- fic, and the prosecution of drunkards and denouncing the practice of keeping open bars on Sundays. A committee of six was appointed to act in union with the committee appointed by the town to pro- secute liquor sellers.-The modest resi- dents of Christian Lane have re-christened l it Bridgeport street.
 NORFOLK burst it's old cannon, revolu-
 tionary relic, on the Fourth. Luckily no ono was hurt.-A mad dog was killed re- cently; no one bitten.--Severe showers car ried off a portion of the dam being built at the red mill. The old forge dam broke too, and damaged the highway consider ably.-Mr. s. s. Whiting has raised the frame of his new house.
 Two SALIsBURIANs turned ont with their fire buckets as soon as the bells began to ring on the morning of the Glorious Fourth. statement that Mrs. Bella Curtiss of Clayton attempted suicide, re- gently, is pronounced Q malicious fabrica- tion by the News.-The bridge over, Moore brook is again in order, but Bar rackmatiff is still dangerous. dance in the Bushnell grove on the evening of tlie Third, rpan suoo0os.--Orl. Robert u. Penny ranks fourth in the Senior class of the Yale Law School, which was large one.-Carpenter Niver has been consider ably hurt by the fall of scaffolding on Henry Walton's barn.
 ELLSWORTH is naturally excited over 8 stabbing affray in "New Guinea" on the afternoon of the Third. Cornwall Bridge
 rum circulated so freely among the darkeys assembled from far and near on that occasion that row resulted and Rob- ert Cambridge was seriously if not fatally stabbed in the side, besides having his head badly cut.-The Fourth was cele- brated by game of wicket in which some of the veterans of former victories partici- pated.-The hay crop is fine; tobacco is counted out, this year.
 The CORNWALL assault cases came to trial on Monday of last week. Thomas Pulley has been put under $500 bonds
 for appearance on the 18th inst, to an-
 swer the Charge of stabbing James O'Don-
 nell with intent to kill. Thomas O'Don-
 nell and Timothy Sullivan were fined for fghting.-Some Cornwall Bridge roughs
 tried to fight duel, recently, but were
 prevented and one of the parties fired his
 pistol into the crowd that had assembled
 at the West Cornwall station as the train
 moved off
 CANAAN Episcopalians had a strawberry
 and ice cream festival at the Town Hall
 on Wednesday evcning.-Mr. Hiram Oles
 takes tho place of Charles Emmons at the
 depot. The latter has been appointed
 conductor of the extra freight train on the
 Housatonic railroad. There was an assault
 case tried recently, growing out of East
 Canaan rum.-Dr. Wright is out, after his
 long confinement with broken limb.-A
 drunken Irishman had row with Con
 ductor Cummings on the evening of the
 Fourth. h.-Scarlet fever and measles are
 prevailing among the children. roads
 damaged by the freshet are again passa-
 ble.-Mr. M. Knickerbocker is enlarging
 his feed store.-Mr. E. Lawrence has
 built a new barn on tho lot in the rear of
 his residence.-Mr. J. Rodemyer has
 moved into his new house. l