Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-14
Tbe Gttb6ele Gnquirer,
 uTCHFlELD, CONN.
LlTCHFlELD.


 MT. W. H. Braman has been building an addition to his residence on North street.
 Mir. F. G. Warner and. wife have deeded farm of 40 acres in Northfield to George Wright.
 MT. o. E. Gillette has moved his marble works to his new place at the foot of East Hill.
 There has been new arrival Of Lawn Mowers at ''Sanfords." Citizens who wish smooth lawns should give him call.
 MT. Samuel Clock has leased the store recently occupied by MT. T. H. Richards, has stocked" it with full line of groceries, hardware and crockery, and is ready for trade.
 The Rev. Wm. A. Hallock of James town, N. Y., preached at the Congrega' tional church on Sunday last and is to supply the pulpit again next Sunday.
 The Semi Monthly Bulletin gives the following note of warning to s. R. R. Go
 If editors all have free passage or the railroad the company must look out for expenses, as there are four new ones in town.
 Charles Gorddonier, the negro who stole goods from Cohen's clothing store in New Milford, recently, has been caught in Massachusetts and is now in jail here, in default of bonds, on three in- dictments.
 At 6 town meeting on Tuesday it was voted to authorize Mr. F. R. Starr to en- close the open space between the roads in front of his house into park, subject to the approval of the selectmen.
 The slips in the Episcopal church were sold on Monday last. $1,45O were realized and enough seats remain unsold to bring the total amount up to $1. .5OO- about an hundred dollars more than last year.
 We hear queer stories about "Prof. Franklin" who leetured- here recently. 1t is said that his real name is Frank Ste- vens and that his gorilla was manufac- tured out of . buffalo robe at Danbury, just before he commenced his featuring tour.
 While running at full speed, few evenings since. Mir. George Kenyon was brought up rather suddenly by clothes line under the chin. His head was fas- tened on very neatly with sticking plaster by Mir. Sepples at the postofiice, and will be as serviceable as ever in few days.
 The Thermometer has been rampaging up and down fearfully during tho past week. There was a snow squall, Friday morning. Saturday it took start and ran up to S6 o on Sunday. On Monday morn ing it collapsed about to the freezing point again.
 The First Congregational Society held ifs annual meeting on Monday and chose Charles B. Bishop, Jacob W. Big low and James B. Peck for it's society's committees; Geo. P. Trowbridge, Treas ursrs and F. D. McNeil, clerk. It was voted to sell the clips on Monday next.
 We are in receipt of a copy of the Putnam County Standard, published at BSsvsteris. N. r. This paper was pur- chased a week or two since by Frank Wells. formerly of this place. who now edits it. and it is published by Emerson w. Addis, also a native of this place and re- cent editor of the New Milford Journal. The Standard starts off we'll and with the strong team now in harness, will no doubt prove e decided success.
 We hear that the Sheriff denies having contracted the bill published in our last and declares that he will never pay it. This beer and stew business was probably one of those things done in the heat of our re- cent struggle for Reform for which no one in particular is responsible, and which is charged over to any prominent and ami able Reformer who will be likely to pay the bill Still, there seems to be no doubt that RefOrmers, to the number of forty or fifty. did consume "Beers" and ''Stews" on orders issued by persons at the Re- forming head quarters on election day; and. in spite of the Sheriff's unexpected refusal somebody will no doubt pay for them We regret to hear, that one econom- ieAl RefOrmer who tried to get supply of Soid oysters for his family in pail, on an or1sr for three stews, was rebuffed as Econ- Omy IS apt to Do rebuifcd by people who ara rather new to the business of Reform