Litchfield enquirer., 1874-01-29
COUNTY ITEMS.


 been postponed till the 3Oth It is to be given at ''Citizens Hall A large divi- dend of the Wheeler x Wilson Sewing Machine Co.,, has made many smiling faces and light hearts, and many who are not fortunate in the possession of stock in the business will feel the enlivening influence of the profits. busi- ness is better, there is still room for i'm provement.-The house of Thos. B. Hotchkiss was the scene of, q very lively masquerade surprise, recently. The par ty took possession of the house during the absense of MT. H. and wife. On their re- l turn there was dancing and good time 1 generally. Great credit is due to the
 young ladies for the elegant refreshment ! table
 1 \ BURRvILLE man started to take load
 Of wood to the Wolcottville market, on 1 Sunday morning of last week, when some person with more reliable almanac con vinced him that it was not a good day to sell cord wood
 i At LIME ROCK, MT. F. c. French has sold out to ". A. Dean, for some years
 past employed by Reed X Co.,. of Sharon. An ORE HILL company lost a valuable
 horse recently; while backing with load of dirt to dump from the bank, the dump stick slipped and he fell and broke his
 neck, killing him instantly.
 KENT young folks surprised Mir. Wm. Judd, recently. The young ladies ap- peared in the costume of 1774, or there. abouts. A long evening was spent in dane ing, &c., and at last the party turned their faces homeward, all agreeing that Mir. t Mrs. Judd were 'just as young as they used to be-;;' and that they, had been to the very best place and had the very best time meimaginable.-Anewly-married couple have been ''callithumped.
 The WINCHESTER CENTER Congregation- al church lost member of "A years stand ing in Mrs. Experience Alvord who expe- rienced religion in 18OO She was 96 years old at the time of her death.
 The Selectmen of SALISBURY have sur veyed new road from near MT. P. P. Everts' barn to the lower end of.the Brook Pit, distance of about half mile.- The house owned by Harrison Sardam, near the Twin Lakes, was burnt on the 2Oth. Mr. Sardam was at g prayer meet ing, Ill the village and his family were visiting neighbor at the time. Only q few articles of furniture were saved. -- Moving rocks in the Twin Lakes and in Nudge Pond, Sharon, are puzzling Sails bury scientists. ''-The propietors of the Old Hill ore bed have recently divided upward of $30, ,OO0, dividend of one huG- dred and thirty-fye per cent.
 SHARON lost Mir. Reuben Hunt oh Fri day, from heart disease He was about seventy years of age and held in high es- teem by large circle of friends. His flu neral was attended from the Congrega- tional church on Sunday.
 At FALLS VILLAGE, on the 18th inst, town meeting was held at which it WAS voted, 64 to 32, to instruct the selectmen not to recommend any liquor-sellers in that place for license, and Messrs. U. H. Miner, P. c. Storm and W. B. Hinman were appointed agents to prosecute all violations of the law forbidding liquor selling.
 CANAAN has been particularly gay and festive of late. singing scnool pros pers.-Fhe Methodist minister had his annual donation visit Tuesday night
 BRIDaEwATER Congregationalists cele- orated New Years with 8 Sunday school 'eunion and the marriage of Mrs. Ger rude A Nettleton and Mir. Geo. Beers. The Wedding March was played and some poetry beginning 'We wish you both B happy New Year" was sung as the couple etired. They visited Washington, D. c. Presents were then distributed and real Santa Claus (Krlss Kringle?) made his ap- and presented MT. Doolittle 7ith handsome bible
 TWISTED has lost Levi Shaw, formerly lotive power of the Herald The Conn. Western R. R. have established new de- ot in the East village, and in the spring i'll erect a passenger depot near the same. The seventh annual reunion of the Sons nd Daughters of Massachusetts resident l Winsted and vicinity was appointed for Wednesday evening. Strong Manufactur- lg Go. has resumed running on full time. The Hurlburt Bank is in good condition ith surplusi of Ss2,OoO. The rumors bout the bank that have arisen from the eavy losses of one of it's officers are all ithout foundat1on.-The Herald is res onsible for the subjoined statement The following charming pastoral dia- ,gue was enacted few days since by two oung milk-cart engineers, as their vehi es met on Main street: PUlsiHr. 'I say, Ohfnie, what are ye gettin fer yer sour jim as yees gifts for yer chalk and waa- Ter.
 At CORNWALL, on the 21st, a brilliant edding came off at the residence of MT. 1ester| Wickwire, at Cream Hill. Mir. aniel F. Smith, of Cortland N. Y., and iss. Jane Wickwire, were united by N. Bonnsy, of Falls Village. The recep- 'n which followed was extremely pleas t, and, at the entertainment that was rved immediately after, the tables were Irdened with good things. The aggre- te value of the presents, says the News, s'about $500. The next day tlie bridal irsleft for Washington, D. C.-In the se of Potter vs. Bos,eortb the plf. re- vsrs 8 and costs. h Howard ys. etherell, the plf. rscossrs S50and costs. "a latter a0tinn ruSa t0 isann,.a,. f,,. Ausa.i1.