Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05

hASH JUG CenGef ulSlF1cG snail receive from tine town appropriation the amount to which we shall become entitled on | establishing graded school (which would l be about $90O more than the center and north districts now receive), there would of course be needed an increase of town tax of a little less than half mill to supply the deficiency.
 On reference to the last report of the State Board of Education we find that the town of Litchfeld lays much smaller tax for educational purposes than most of the towns in the State. It stands within | two of the bottom of the list of 25 towns Tn the county, and within thirteen of the bottom of the list of 164 towns in the State. The addition of half mill would not bling our educational tax up to the average of the county and State. More l over, our board of school visitors have long been desirous of having the entire town redistricted, and the judicious con- solidatlon of few existing districts would probably save nearly the entire increase of town expenses that would result from the establishment of a graded school in this village.
 Litchfield, Eel. 26tn, 1874.
 GEORGE A HIcKox, CHARLES B. ANDREWS. VIM. H. BRAMAN. MT. Saltonstall moved that the report be laid on the table which was negatived 31 to 30 A motion was then made to &C., cept the report of the majority of the committed Messrs. Buckley and Meafoy, the minority of the committee, then gave their reasons for declining to sign the re- port. The former objected to the union of the Hall project with that of the grad 1 ed school He animadverted on the two editors and four lawyers who were push ing the matter, he said. The editor, of the Sentinel had refused, he claimed, to publish an article opposing the school, because he was in favor of graded school. [ The editor of the Enquirer then remark ed that MT. Bulkley might insert articles against graded school in that paper. [We learned afterwards that MT. Bu1kley's statement had been misapprehended- that the editor of the Sentinel offered to publish any communication of Mir. B's regarding the school, but declined to write editorials against it. Mir. Meafoy was opposed to the increase of taxes that would be involved in the graded school project. The vote was then taken on the acceptance of the majority report which was carried, g to 21. On motion of Mir. Meafoy the meeting was adjourned two weeks.
 Large congregations of thirty or more attend the Lent services this year.
 Mud is uncommonly deep and sticks like congressman's reputation.
 An examination of the Town Regis trar's birth record, for 1873, shows 20 children of foreign percentage to B of na- tive in this town, or about three to five a much larger proportion than that of foreign born to native population.
 A special term of the Superior court for naturalization of foreigners will be held be Judge Granger, at this place on, Tuesday the 18th of March, at g a. m.
 MT. Michael Bray had a collision with another citizen of foreign descent, this week, which resulted in a very badly dam aged d-eye for the former.
 A party of some ten or dozen are to attend the English Opera at Winsted, Thursday evening, to hear Kellogg, our Litchfeld county-born prima donna, in Fra Diavolo.
 The Phanaton exhibition came of on l Wedesday evening of last week; and, ow. ing to the storm, was repeated the next evening. The receipts of the two even. ings were nearly $60.
 In the Jail services next Sabbath will
 be given concert of sacred song by the children and the members of the diff. ferent choirs of the churches. The child. ren will meet to rehearse at the Jail, Sat
 urday evening at 64 o'clock.
 } The NEW MILFORD correspondent of ths News says: ''We long for few Ohio wo men of the praying order to take ou,
 billiard saloons, hotels and grog shops il hand. Our men have not even the cour