Litchfield enquirer., 1874-07-23

KENT ponds, which have been closed to
 fishermen for three years past, were open
 for sport on tine 3d inst.
 A party of EAST LTTcHFIELDERs recent | ly went to Wlnsted to attend the' Esther
 concert. They were good deal taken
 aback when they found that there was no
 return train. especially as stamps" were
 short. Luckily friend ''vouched for''
 them at the Clarke House, and they
 returned safe and sound on the morning train.
 TWISTED Good Templars have the neat
 est lodge room in the state, says the Her. ald.-The new Gas Works will be finlsh- ed by the 1st Sept, though what Winsted will want of any more gas works with her representatives coming back so soon Is a mystery.-Mr. William c. Phelps has sold his fine residence on High Street to his sons, D. & ". B. Phelps.-The recent reservoir disasters are shapening the con- science of the citizen. The Winsted man
 who never minded profanity before now
 shudders every time he hears the word ''dam.'
 THoMAsToN waits another year to be- come town.-Dr. Woodruff is building a
 new and elegant hot-house or greenhouse. Nettleton's and Muller's houses are loom ing up finely. HI. Pease has sold his nice horse to Blakeslee the livery man. Herald. Last Saturday Willie, little son of MT. O. B. Sawyer while passing the movement shop, looking through the open doors of the elevator spied his grand father in the lower room and started to-
 ward him. The elevator was coming down at the time and struck the little fel- low. It was already low enough to allow the man on it to jump from it, but it was necessary for it to descend farther before reversing the motion, bearing down upon the little form, until all expected that Willie's life was nearly over. Moments seemed hours before he could be taken from his per1lous situation. All longed, yet dreaded to see the elevator rise. Strange to say, the child was not serious ly injured although somewhat bruised, and is doing well. In the thankfulness of his little heart he says ''I'se dot dood gramps. He made de sing do de oder way" Mac Donald was in town yesterday photographing the new tower clock. It is said to be the largest yet made by the Seth Thomas company, and IS to be ship ped to Mexico.-Inder.
 The WoLCoTTvILLE School meeting of Monday evening laid a six mill tax. Aust in < Ladd lost valuable livery horse by sickness last Sunday morning. Dr. H. St. John has sold his residence on Water street to a party in Burling ton, but will continue to abide with us. The Nutmeg B. B. c. did not play with the Nameless of Litchfeld, last Saturday, on account of the rain, but they grated them Monday afternoon by @ one-sided score of 36 to 8. Richards pitching did not prove very effective this time, for, the Nutmegs batted him all over the field, one Meggle making two clear home runs. Aliens pitching on the contrary proved very troublesome, and with the excellent support he received kept their score down to professional figures. Quinlan's catching behind the bat was feature of the game, and he gives promise of taking 8 front seat in that line. The game was umpired with entire satisfaction to both sides by A. Hine. As each club has won Q game, bIO uCC1S1VO COubcSb CTCdIco much interest-E. Turner, W. H. K. Godfrey. and Miss Ella $. Coe have gone to the seaside near New London. c. F. Brooker is doing the regatta at Saratoga this week. E. A. Baldwin and I. w. Brooks will tour it as far as Nova Scotia. J. l.. Carson (Kit) will start on the trail to-day, while J. F. Calhoun is already roaming westward, ohl These with the departures of several parties, next week, will diminish our population considerably. -American.
 Edward II. Knight of ToRRINGFoRD, member of Amherst college, has taken the Wells prize of $50 for the best examination upon the Latin of the freshman and so- phomore years, and also the freshman and also the Bowers prize of e25 for the best written translation into Latin of passage from some English author.-CO,rant.