Litchfield enquirer., 1874-07-30
New Milford.


 you. Mono but a coward will attack in
 in the dark "-.J0urnGI.
 The above is all very well, and good
 thing to say when one is ''driven to the
 wall' and finding no way to substantiate
 previous statements is obliged to crawl out in short paragraph that proves mo- thing. If Booth and Blinn or F. G. Ben nett & Son, ever authorized Mir. John son to contradict our first statement as the Journal alleges. why don't Mir. J. say so again; we can do it with just the same authority as before. If Booth and Blinn signed the paper he carried to them, de- nouncing our article, let the Journal pub fish it. No such paper exists. If either of tho firms gave him authority verbally,
 two weeks ago, they will do it now. If
 Mir. Johnson, sought to "bluff'' me by
 saying he had authority, he was mistaken in his man. I know his stylo too well.
 For five or six months he has been pitch
 ing into the Enquirer correspondent, al-
 most every week, and has just found ont
 he is fighting skunk in the dark" l thought the odor his own actions would grow unpleasant after while, and hss it not so proved. Does he attempt to con- tradict our last? No not word of it.
 I can say more and substantiate it by some of the best men in the state. but the above has significance enough for your readers, and altogether too much truth for Mir. Johnson. X. A Town Meeting was held on Satur. ! day afternoon at four o'clock P. M. to de- termine whether or no they should re- scind the vote passed by special town meeting held June 27th, 1874 instruct1ng | the selcctmen not to recommend the granting of licenses. The resolution to rescind the vote was offered by a MT. Marsh of Lanesville and the following motion was then immediately made:
 Resolved that the resolution offered l be laid on tho table and that this meet ! ing adjourn until the 1st Saturday in September 1875."
 This motion was voted upon by ballot, l the result standing 217 Yeas to 167 Nays.a majority of 50 in favor of adjourning. A great many people have the idea that thls vote prohibits tho calling of another town meeting on the subject, but in less than two weeks there will be another ono warn. cd.
 The Ladies Temperance Union held a prayer meeting in the chapel at the time. and they trust that there cannot be cleo tors enough called out by the liquor deal CTS to rescind the vote. The bars still re- main closed (pubicly), and the HousatoL- ic R. R. and Express Go. have plenty of business.
 The case of State vs. Frederic 5. lowell was tried before s. l.. Warner and H. A. Lyon, Esquires, and he was found guilty and bound over to the Superior Court in $1 ,OOO, Messrs. David Northrop 2d, and F. s. Richmond being sureties.
 Tho assignee and trustees of the estate of J. E. Treat have made applica- tion to the court of probate to have all the remaining property in the hands of the assignees or trustees conveyed or assign cd to J. E. T. or to tho assignees. The assignees allege that the debts of the said J. E. T. have been paid.
 MT. D. A. Baldwin is negotiating with Stamford parties in regard to new P. O. boxes some of which are lock boxes. A larger number of boxes is required, as the all of the boxes are taken now-not one left.
 Tho house of MT. George McMahon was struck by lightning during tho show CT of last week and some of the t1mbers and part of the siding were torn off. A large number of persons were in a room within six feet of where the siding was blown off but no one was injured. A keg of powder was near at hand; and, had the lightning reached that, no doubt the roof would have been raised.
 The recent CORNWALL stabbing case has resulted in the binding over of Tom Tul- ley in $500 bonds for trial before the Su-
 
 Andrews appeared for the state, and M. A. Nickerson, Leonard Nickerson and H. B. Graves for the defense.
 NEW MILFORD has SIG 900 subscribed for a system of water works, and only $6,OO0 more is needed.-The recent removal of the fence and concreting in front of St. Johns church has added quite an i'm provement to the appearance ofthe edifce. Mir. Alex. Levy has just opened to the bo found most of the reading miscellany of the day.
 MT. E. J. Thompson of PLYMOUTH HILL, whilo returning from Wolcottville the other evening, saw ball of fire fall and strike the ground, and bounding along finally went out. He found it to be a large round stone weighing about fifteen pounds. He carried it home, and found un examination thut it was composed of different kinds of stone, of various colors, hot fire.- Vattey Sentinel.
 A Hartford visitor in NORFOLK just now l secs so many familiar faces that he feels quite at home. Several residents of this city are now stopping at hotels or at pri- vate houses. Among those soiourning in the town arc the families of James A. Smith and Charles E. Fellowes, Miss Sarah Dunham and Mrs. o. B. Richards. The Rev. Dr. Bushnell and wife go to this pleasant retreat in day or two MT. Morehouse entertains good share of summer boarders from this city and New York at the Norfolk House. MT. Smith and family are at the house of MT. B. T. Butler, who accommodates about twenty five people this year. Cassius Welles | and wife go there soon. Some of the places where visitors stop are about 200 feet above tide water, and the air seems as pure and bracing as that of the White Mountain region. Courant.