Litchfield enquirer., 1874-12-10
COUNTY ITEMS.

Peck lot nearly opposite the New Eng land House for the site of the new Town Hall. After selling of the buildings now on the place it will cost the town about $8,O 900. A committee has been appointed to look up plans and specifications for . building which should contain court room, fre-proof vault for records, hall, or voting place, lookup, etc., and report with probable cost of the same the third Monday in January.-The Water Com pany have completed their dam, laid about four miles of six inch and four inch iron pipe (which pipe was made in Bos- ton), and put in Hydrants and stop cocks &c.-Rum is still sold without license, and another visit from prosecuting agent Fem would be in order-Tobacco came inf smartly on the Monday after the recent storm of Saturday night. Was the Sab bath broken 1.-The average price of to- bacco this year is about twenty cents per pound in the bundle. There are eight to- bacco warehouses in this village where sorting and selling will be made special ty.-The village groan under the exor- bitant railroad tariff of the Housatonio R. R. Co.,, but how are they to get relief? ?- The Journal is rather severe on it's former editor whose method of editing, book keeping, and keeping to his agreements, 1t does not eulogize.-Mrs. B. E. Bost- wick fell down flight of stairs last Mon day morning cutting hole in her head and bruising herself generally.
 TWISTED 1st Congregational society rented the seats in their church for the year on Saturday for over S2,OOO.-Two of the young Chinese, lately arrived in this country to be educated. are at Mrs. Phillips school on Spring St.-The peti- tion for a way mail on Eggleston's train has been granted, and it will be put on next Monday, in charge of Mir. Cornelius V. Chapin, as route agent. MT. Henry Gay returned on Saturday from & ten- weeks western trip.-Mrs. Rose Terry Cooke is recovering from severe illness. -Herald.-The Thomas concert was very fine, but owing to had weather &c. was not financial success. He was greet ed by fair audience and we hope paid expenses, but fear that Mir. Thomas will not feel encouraged to come to Winsted again.
 The EAST CANAAN post office has been burglarized of postage stamps and pro- perty to the amount of $1OO. There is no clue yet to the perpetrators of the crime. East Canaan seems to be the most re- markable place of it's size in the county for the frequency and variety and import ance of it's crimes.
 WEST CORNWALL reports the thermone- ter about 40 above zero on Tuesday of last week.-Jimmy Burke, who has lived with T. s. Gold for the past 20 years, has gone to spend the remander of his days on the the ould sod. taking with him about S2OOO, which he has accumulated while in Mr. Gold s employ.-The selectmen are widening the road. at Furnace hill.-E. B. Witherhill has bought the Goshen mail route of Ethan Whitney.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. R. Smith, of CANAAN, were visited, last week, by their friends to celebrate their wooden wedding, and received numerous presents suited to the occasion.
 The SALISBURY Congregational church seems to be carried on very liberally and successfully. At the recent sale of slips, about q, 900 were raised with. several TO. maining unsold.-The organist gets ss 8 Sunday, being a superior player. This is probably the highest salary paid any or ganist in this county.
 PLEASANT VALLEY is to have a singing school taught by Kosky Hodge an organ ist in one of the Riverston churches.
 MORRIS has been considerably aroused recently by the preaching and efforts of "Uncle" John Vassar. Twenty converts are reported to the Herald.
 The LAKRvILLR hotel has Q new land lord in Mir. Frank Clark of Poughkeepsie.
 WoLcoTTv1LE talks of course of lec- lures from home talent. F. O. Hills has accepted a situation in the photo graphic gallery of I. H, Stoddard, Anso- nia.-The tableaux of Erin at Granite Hall Dec. 18th and 18th .-Baldw1n & Son have opened @ marble yard in the new building near the Percussion Cap shop Last Sunday morning the wlnd blew so furiously about the new house of Mir. F. Messenger as to require hls attention in order to save the unfinished roof.-Mr. w.. s. Lewis has bargained for and will con- summate the contract for the lot and buildings belonging to the Turner & Sey- mour manufacturing company on the east side of North Main street, and we may ex- pect to see other buildings there than dwelling houses.-Mrs. John w. Langdon left for Louisville, Kentucky, where she will spend the winter.-Miss Frank l.. } Brooker who teaches the young idea how to shoot in Deep River, Conn, is home on
 two weeks vacation.-Hayden D.. Pal mer who left old Wolcottville for Kansas
 two years ago and during the last sum.
 mer got burned out and eaten upby grass- } hoppers (his crops), was at the recent P election elected County Clerk of Russell , County in that State.-Register.- The Life and Advent Church of Wolcottvllle ) have secared the services of Elder 4. w. l Bradford, of Springfield, Mass. who will , labor among them and in this vicinity during the winter.
 CANAAN.-William Doten of Sheffield, while attempting to cross the railroad bridge near what is known as Pages F crossing between Falls Village and Cana
 an on the Housatonic R. R., was strucl by the locomotive of the milk train south, . last Friday afternoon, and so severely in. . iured he died the same evening. We ars l informed that he was walking across thu bridge on his way to Falls Village, and hearing the approaching train, turned about and attempted to reach the end or which he had entered the bridge, it being