Litchfield enquirer., 1874-02-19
COUNTY ITEMS.

WcLcoTTvILLE is busy with the dra-
 matics th weeh.-The lecture of Mrs.
 Hooker, and Miss Anthony, last week,
 was well attended and very vel! received.
 Robert Barti has been fined 5 for
 drunkenness
 THoMAsros schools are in session with
 a fair attendance and good progress. MT.
 Traac,, has a few studem who will soon
 e,,!er college. Rev. MT. Pratt, cor
 r.sran.Iing ses.retlrv of the Connecticut
 Terupgrance Union, spoke OF temperance
 Ia Air. Backus' pulpit. recently.-A series
 of fprayer-meetings are held weekly with in
 ssrest iu Mir Backus' church, The Meth
 ojIst church has received several addi-
 tio.s~ i'y profession, recentIy.-The time
 .,r u"Fk in al the mills is increased to
 nine hours day.-Two houses are soon to be erected for occupancy i'll early
 spFinS--A post-officc has been estab-
 iiSheJ 2t ElutevilIc, with J. H. Woodruff
 Eor postmaster.
 Tia.a WATEErowN Methodist church is
 hoIding very successful revival meetings.
 A daughter of C. Dayton, about 14 years Of =se, while attempting to cross the street iR front of a team returning froA church recently, was knocked down, Taa OvcT. and considerabl injuredy.
 WESE CORNWALL shipped ], ,792 cans of taIIk dur;ng the month of January.-Col. F C BOudinOt drew a full house to hear isS lecture, and gave universal satisfac- t5Sz--JoLn Washing who went to Cali fur-aiz. last August, has returned.
 SHAEOS TciOices in a new street lamp in front of Deacon WoOdward's s store-Agnes D4Iy. vOung girl of fifteen years of age, died very suddenly, on the 9th inst She retired tO her bed, apparently enjoying very goOI health, and about ten o'clock wzs heArl tO utter scream. Her people hastened to her room, where they found her n cOnyulsiOns. She fingered but a short tune, and expired before morning. The cause of her death was pronounced ta be heart disease
 One of the NEW MILFORD delegates to the Democratic Convention was four days .settiRg back--The Masonic ball, last we=k, uas decided success-Hon. A. B. Mygxtf. has purchased the Geo. H. No ble place, on Main and Bank streets.-Mr. Daniel D. Marsh of Lanesville, lost val table horse in the Housatonic River. last yeek- He was engaged in getting ice and the horse breaking through was drowned. A wooden wedding came off at the house nf MT. and Mrs. John Bauman, in Wells vile, recently. \ large and pleasant par ty was present and lots of wooden ware was presented, and We hear that their western friends did not forget to contrib ute io the offering.
 AIgBLEDALE enjoyed a birthday party t:iveH Charles, only son of George Bonnet, on tho 9th. The light fantastic toe was ripped until about half past eleven, when the table was spread with a bUunteous supply of cake and other luxuries. After Aii bad partaken of the good things some nf the older ones returned to their respec- tive homes vhile the younger portion kept up the hop" uHti! day break. The pres ents were many and valuable.
 MORRIS reports to tho New Milford Journal 2 Crystal wedding party, held at -he residence of NIT. Wm. Dare, celebrat- ing the fifteenth anniversary of his welded fife Music was furnished by the violins of Messrs. Hill and Noble. giving all that wished a chance to dance. Refreshments were passed around at the usual hour. About one hundred and thirty people were present, and over $65 worth of glass; ware was presented; the party broke up about daylight
 At SALISBURY, on the 9th inst, the mer- curry stood 80 below zero.-Mr. John Holder new residence on Washinee street has iGst been completed. and he moved | into it last wcek.-The Spiritualists of | Joyceville and vicinity continue to hold | meetings in Sheffield every Sunday, and are increasing ia numbers. w. Delli- Der is putting up new building near the old Academy. The building is to be completed about the first of April, and will he used as harness shop and milliner's | store.-Much more ore is being raised at the Davis ore bed now than ordinarily is al this season of the year. From 50 to 90 tons arc shipped every day.-Seymour WinchelI came near being drowned re- ccntly while getting ice from the lake near the Summits.
 MORRIS passed vote at its recent meet ing dissctig the grand jurors of that town tO attend at once to sny violations of the license law, if such cases were known Many were IR favor of complete prohibi- tion
 The TOMRrNGFORD Mite Society had good time with music, tableaux, &c., on We'd nesslay evening last.-Charles Blakeslee's arm was badly cut by another workman, while hewing timber few days since.
 EiSF CANAAN quarries are seeing dull fInles. this cold weather-There was an oyster supper at the residence of B. c. Ives on Friday night t-Myron Bradley, I'aiRtcr. Is soon to remove to New Hart foIj--The Rev I. r. Powell recently sent in his resignation to the Congl. Society On account of i'll health, whereat they gen. es"usly responded by voting him $500 aal hSlSe rent and a years release from pastoral work to recruit in.
 NORFOLK records q serious affray as the rsSn!t of drunkenness. On the even- ing of the 9th inst, wagon maker named John ChristiAna, on returning home from a visit found q young man named James