Litchfield enquirer., 1874-12-24
COUNTY ITEMS.

At ORE HILL. on Sunday the 13th inst, serious accident resulted from the card> lessness of an engineer having the engine at the Chat tfeld bsd ieeharea Thlz mai. John Worthns ly sauss, was elsannshng out the large toilerl He poured about three galiobs of crude pefseleum o51 intot:. and then went down the ssman-kole" with 8 lantern to finish he cleaning out There was still heat enough in the boiler to gen. crate gas which was fired by the lantern and explodea. .Mith (. sspasa thakxash hsaEd half mile away. Thomas OBrien, his assistant, who was looking into the boiler at the time was thrown several feet nnd very badly burnt. Mortimer managed to climb out of the boiler (no easy matterl without help His hair was all burned to a crisp. and his face and hands we're com Pletely skinned Dr. Bissel was called and dressed the wounds. and says they will be aable, to go to duty in . few weeks, says the Herald ,Lpekiiy the e5eyes of neither were seriously hurt The News repre- sents hlm so seriously hurt as to make his recovery doubtful The Brook Mining Co. have rreeived an order from Kent for 200 tons of ore.-The Phoenix Furnace is making about 13 tons iron daily-The Mt. Riga mine has stopped work for the pres ent.-The Reynolds and Morgan mines at Ancram on the Poughkeepsie $ Eastern road have also stopped work.-Mr. Van Deusen has moved into the summer resi- dence of the late Porter Burrall, near Lakeyille.-Mr. H. Weed has opened an ore mine near the Ghatfeld ore bed in the rear orchard of George Bushnell. .-Mr. James Van Deusen has sold his house and lot to Mir. Charles EveEts, who has taken possession. -.E s5a~ulI a1-'-ai5-t
 At WNcHEsTER CRSTRR, on, the. 1lth inst. there was pleasant surprise party of about fifty at Mr. Marshs who occu- ies the old homestead of his grandfather. the late Frederick Marsh 5........a. 7is..e
 WEsr CORNWALL dogs are succambing to a strychnine diet in considerable, num- bers says the Herald. The Dywyk Dra- matic Club have changed the date of their entertainment from Christmas Eve to the evening of Dec. 9, when they will offer as a part of their programme an original play founded on the recent raid of the Prosecuting Agent and Depaty, Sheriff on the ginmillers of Sharon. -Ms.s and Mfs. Peter Fritz were arraigned before Justice Fitch recently for, fighting The former was fined $3, and the latter put under s1, bonds to keep hepeacs7 'daA i37'i z. '---
 The NORFOLK church is hoping for new bell as good as it's new minister, says the News.-The young people have start, ed a reading circle. John Christian, the: principal in shooting affair, year since, has opened a saloon near the old Ryan factory. Queer Christian" is John
 ELLSWORTH reioices in the possession of a shoemaker Mary Lovel, a native of Ellsworth, who was for many years g suc- cessful teacher in New Haven, died re- gently at her sisters residence Tn Maine. Mir. Geo. Duabar's interest in his farm has been sold to Mr. H. Northrop. There was quite an excited school meet ing in the South Ellsworth District, on the 11th inst, on the question of allowing the Adventists the use of the school house for their meetings. 3. The matter was set tied by references to the decision of our Supreme court in the case of Scofeld vs. Eighth School Dist. of .Stqn,tord, wherein it was decided that any taxpayer could prevent the use of school house for re- ligious meetings by injunction.
 LAKEvILLE talks of building new town hall. .- z-- v .. '.-'
 The SALISBURY News complains that the selectmen of that town have wasted so much time 'sfooling" about wooden bridge over the Wachicastineok in that village, when the town voted an iron one, that winter has caught them with neither, and there is fine chance of 8 crop of law suits that will cost the town as much as 6 new bridge or two before spring comes.- The iron trade is in very depressed con- dition. Pig iron sells at $28 to $30 ton, (formerly s4O,) and even at such low prices the supply far exceeds the demand. This is mainly to be attributed to the de- cline of railroad-building, though there is like stagnation in nearly every industry which uses iron. 1.-@ .' t'-e.--s .'---.
 CLAYTON people give the Rev. J. w. Lane the benefit of an oyster supper to be held on Wednesday evening of this week. ........
 KENT churches could not agree on & union Thanksgiving service, complains a correspondent of the Amenia Times The district schools of the town are taught mainly by women, though at Bulls Bridge, East Kent, Flanders and Skiff Mountain, men teachers are employed.-Mr. and Mrs. Burrit Eaton returned. from their wedding trip in time for Thanksgiving MT. and Mrs. Jesse Bradshaw. an old cou- pie S3 and S6 years of age life residents of Kent, having no relatives or children, in this part of the country, and being un- able longer to take care of themselves. have been removed to Mir. Charles Bakers and their little place near Mir. Peter's in Macedonia and their personal property is to be sold for their support A further amount has been raised by an entertain ment recently given for their benefit. '
 The WoLcorTvMLE amateurs who per formed East Lynne, last week, seem to have succeeded very well indeed in diff fcult undertaking. Miss Genie Catlin in Lady Isabel is especially commended This week there is a hop of the W.YG.S.