Litchfield enquirer., 1874-09-24
COUNTY ITEMS.

At NEW MILFORD, on the 7th inst. the District court opened it's Sept. session with the trial of an appeal from the de- cision of g justice Several cases were defaulted and judgment was entered III two cases carried up to the Supreme Court of Errors from the decisions of Judge Hitchcock.
 The NORFOLK Congregational society met on the 9th inst. and passed an unani- nous vote requesting Dr: Eldridge to withdraw his resignation and then ad- iourned till the 21st., to allow time for conference. The committee appointed to confer with their aged pastor were John A. Shepard, F. B. Porter. s. D. North way, Dea. James Humphrey and Hiram P. Lawrence.
 The new TWISTED Library, opened last week, with an address by Dr. Eldridge. | About 5000 volumes have been purchased. The borough sidewalks have been moro improved during the part year than dur l ing the five years Drevlous.-JohnD D. Yale and wife, have started for the West.-Mr. Hiram P. Lawrence, formerly of Norfolk, has commenced the practice of law at the office of Judge Hitchcock.-The barn and carriage horse of John Woodford was burnt on Monday evening of last week; loss 2,OOO, insurance S700.-The Her. aid tells the following: "A late arrival in Winsted, just fresh the green sod, was out walking with friend a few evenings since and seeing Q gentleman coming down the street with good sized watermelon
 under his arm, exclaimed in utter amaze
 ment, 70, gorry, look at the big cucumb. er.'"
 The dwelling house of Thomas Evans | was entirely consumed by fire Thursday night. It was evidently the work of an
 incendiary, as the house stands i'll very retired part of the town and nearly 8 1 quarter of mile from any other building. 1 The SALISBURY News dares the select men in thunder tones to build bridge over the ditch in front of its office.-
 Geo. Merritt, crazy Mount Rigan, who
 has been threatening burning peoples
 buildings in Salisbury and Sharon, has
 been sent to the Middletown Asylum. l The new LAKEvILLE academy school
 commenced on the 14th, under very favor
 able auspices, there being goodly num-
 Der of scholars in attendance-Co.A 4. of
 the 21st regiment, Ellsworth Guards, of
 Poughkeepsie, numbering about 125 men,
 visited LakevilIe on a bit of an excursion
 last Tuesday. They had a fine time in 1 Gov. Holley's grove, indulged in target
 shoot and an impromptu base ball game
 with the Mechanics, resulting in the rath-
 CT one sided score of Mechanics, 31; to
 Poughkeepsie, /!
 l WEST CORNWALL cider mills are very
 busy-Fishermen are just as lively on
 Cream Hill lake as though they caught
 something. A young lady who stepped on
 the train to bid her grandmother good bye recently, slipped between the cars and plat form, and came near biding this world |
 At HARw1SToN Willard B. Eaton has l sold farm of 122 acres with buildings to Arnold Clifford of Norwich. The same was known as the Ward place, in the south east part of the town.-William Westphal of Hartford has sold farm known as the John ScoviIle place in the east part of the town to John Foster of New York.-A farm of 125 acres in the same part of the town
 has been sold by Lewis Catlin, to Charles 1 o. Thorpe of Norfolk consideration g, l 5O0.-Messrs. Catlin < Hinman have dis posed of their premium steers to gentle have just recieved fine lot of grass calves from Chautaqna County. N. Y., which
 they offer for sale.-Miss Mary. Goodwin,
 daughter of M. l.. Goodwin, one of our
 best teachers, and favorably known in
 this place, has received call to teach in St. Louis, Missouri, and expects to leave
 here next Monday for her new field of la boS. She will carry with her the best
 wishes of the entire community.
 The LIME ROCK hotel has been sold by Mir. Thorp to Mr. c. H. Rowley of Sha-
 ron.-Last Monday afternoon, as the
 Hon Wm. H. Barnum was standing in 6 freight car, with one foot on a rod which stretched across the car door in front of
 him, and conversing with a gentleman,
 the train started very suddenly and threw him backward and across the threshold
 of the door and so violently, that he
 tainted at once. He complained of great
 pain, and it is feared that he has sustained
 serious internal injuries.
 l At NEW PRESTON, Tuesday night, the quietness of midnight was broken by the awful cry of murder, which was found to- proceed from the residence of Charles l Coggswell. It seems that Mir. C., an old man of 84 who resides entirely alone, was
 awakened about midnight by some little
 noise in his room, and was getting up, when he was struck twice with stick on the head, the second blow breaking the
 club. He then got away from them and
 ran down the hill crying murder. His son Sherman, who lives close by, hearing the
 cry, was soon on the spot. The burglars hearing some one coming ran for the woods. leaving behind them articles which
 were identified as being the same as seen ! in the hands of two negroes in New Mill
 ford the night before. MT. Coggswell was
 badly hurt though not dangerously. It is very probable that if the stick had not
 broken in the hands of the burglar, Mir. | c. would have been rendered insensible if
 not killed. They were the richer by
 about three dollars. They have not as
 yet been caught.-The Second Adyents
 held camp meeting of nearly two weeks 1 duration in Camps Grove.-The board
 CTS have nearly all left.-Sentisael. ! | MT. Lyman Page of HUNTSVILLE says he has Devon grade COW that last year
 made 239 pounds of butter, besides fat tening her calf and furnishing milk for
 family of three persons.-Neaos. At EAST CANAAN Agustus Biglow and Dr. Ithamer Smith have been stricken
 down by paralysis. Herald. .-Residin g l in East Canaan and its immdiate- vicinity are ten individuals whose united ages is
 eight Hundred and ten gears! They are l as follows:
 l NAMES. YEARS. Mr. Howloa 00