Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-19
LiTCHFfELD.

The School Meeting of Friday night last was very fully attended, and the sub i feet of a graded school was discussed by Messrs Seymour, Andrews. Bissell, Beck with, Meafoy, Leonard Stone, Saltonstall, and others. The following yote was passed by a very large majority:
 Toted.-That this meeting is of opin- ion that 1t is expedIent to take measures for the establishment of graded school in this village; and that committee of l five be appointed by the char to report l on Q suitable location and on a proper ! plan to carry out that object, and to see what price can be obtained for the present l school honse and site and whether or not sale can be made.
 l Dr. Deming, the chairman, then ap- l pointed the following committee: G A. Hickox. Jacob Morse, F. ". Seymour, Leonard Stone, and $ G. Beach. Mir. Seymour requested 10 be excused, and Mir. C.. B. Andrews WAS appointed in his place.
 A meeting of the committee of the 1 County Agricultural Society appointed at a recent meeting to aid the Executive committee of the society in arranging for | fair was held at the Town Room on Fri | day afternoon last. |. l.. Thompson, of 1 Bethlehem; s. W. Ensign, and Robert Pierpont Of Morris; Robbins Battell, of Norfolk; O. B. King of Watertown: Earle Buckingham of Washington; F. Ratch- for Starr, Vim. Braman, L. J. Blake and c. E. Jones of Litchfield Letters were read from quite number of the commit tee who could not be present It was voted to have an annual fair next fall, to put tho fair grounds in good condition, to under-draln them. and to erect suita- ble permanent buildings to take the place oftents.
 MT. Win. \. Lord, native of this place and son of Wm. Lord who removed to Kansas in 1855, was ill this village on visit to his relatives, last week He is from Burlingame, Kansas, village of about 1900 inhabitants on the Atchinson Topeka X Santa Fe railroad, thirty miles from Topeka. When his father arrived there in 1855, he found only one unfinish- ed log hut in the place. Now there are several fine churches and other public buildings including graded school. Mir. Lord served in the army through the en- tire war and is an excellent specimen of the wide-awake Western business man.
 A prominent resident of this place, made a hurried and promiscuous descent of the flight of stairs leading to the office of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Go, No2 Vests Block, Pittsfeld, Mass, on his return from visit the Messrs. Peck, now in charge of that agency. A damaged arm was attended to by skill ful physician of the place, but the stove pipe hat was beyond surgery.
 As will be seen by notice ill another column the drama of Uncle Toms Cabin will be repeated at Farmers Hall, Wash ington, on Friday evening Of next week. A number of people from this village would like to go down if an excursion train is run. All who desire to go should leave their names at the postoffice during the coming week, and if the number war rants 1t. the railroad company will run the train.
 MT. r. M. Hale has sold lot at the south end of Meadow street containing about nine acres to David Beach for S817. Mr. Beach conveys the north half of this lot to Mrs. Sarah Ward who will bu1fd on the same immediately
 It is not true as reported in the pa- pers that all the insurance claims of the Colvocoresses estate have been settled on the basis of 50 per cent Most of them have been paid up, but soma are still un- settled.
 Tickets for the Thomas concert at Winsted on Monday night of next week will be for sale at the postoffice until Sat- urday noon, when the balance unsold will forwarded to Wlnsted
 On Monday afternoon, as Mrs. Col. Morse was descending the stairs leading from this office, she caught her foot and fell to the bottom. She was considerably jared, but not seriously injured
 Mrs. Lois Braman has exchanged her residence west of the 1st District school house, with Mr. Seth Pratt, for his resi- dence opposite the M. E. Church; no ''boot' paid by either.
 P. s Beebe of Litchfield has had a serious illness in Vineland, \. J., and now we regret to hear that his son William is suffering from Infammatory Rheuma- tism at Lakeville where he went for vis- it, WiRsted Hcrald.
 The number of persons who have ap- piled to be admitted electors in the First Voting District, is 56; in the Second (Northfeld), H.
 Mir Seth Pratt has sold the southern most of the two houses recently erected on Meadow street to his brother Wm l.. Pratt for $3, 300.
 Harry Scoville has sold his place near the Naugatuck Station to Hector Barber for S2,00O.
 About fifty foreigners were natural ized at the session of the Superior Court on Monday.
 New Milford.
 A carload of horses was brought into town, last Thursday evening, from Iowa, by Mr. H. Thomas, to be sold here. They are a fine lot and sell very we'll. We understand that MT. H. O. Warner has