Litchfield enquirer., 1874-02-05
COUNTY ITEMS.

TWISTED borough HaS been sued for $500 damages done John Keefe by a de- fective sidewalk.-Mr c. H. Pinney has opened drug store in South Adams.- Rev. Fred Bell of New York spoke at the Methodist church, last week, on :'Mid- night in the slums of New York. Bar Der Gibbs has come back.-The thermom- eter stood at 1 Q below zero on the 26th.. The Omnibus has gone after short but useful existence.-Captain Hinsdale had an incursion of tin on the tenth anni- versary of his wedding, last week ssgs
 GOSHEN contributes to the Salisbury News a report of a silver wedding with Serenade o5Hgato, which latter is the most remarkable combination of queer rythm, queer punctuation, and queer sen- tlment. that has eppaarAd in print for
 several years We guess the effusion was intended to be immoral, also, though that
 is what ''no fellow can exactly find out" WATERTowN reports to the American
 ''no suffering and but little want; no fail
 ures, as our business is done on a cash capital; dividends good, and produce at remunerative prices.-A ball at the War ren House attended by the recherche of the beauty and fashion of this and sur- rounding towns" is also chronicled. Col.
 Curtiss has lost one of his $500 span of horses. Hatch, Masonic Grand Lee. turer gave public free lecture at Citi- zens Hall, on Friday night.-A revival is progressing among the Methodists. :,
 THoMAsToN Sons & Daughters of Massa- last week.-The new store is going up rapidly.-The Valley Sentinel has the hardihood to ask for better music and good voluntaries of the Congregational church choir and organist. Jas. Pardee has just bought lot of Seth Thomas, on Canal St., to put house on this winter. Mir. Beckley does the job.-Mr. T. E. Sanford has. his cellar nearly ready for frame on the corner of Elm and Park streets for store, dwelling, &c.-The mills are running hours day yet but will probably get mp to 10 hours soon.
 PLEASANT VALLEY was enlivened by a runaway, recently. Mir Thomas Case of Riverton, was driving down the steep hill just south of Youngsdale, wehn his horse took fright and ran through the village, throwing out Mr. Case, his wife and child, demolishing the wagon, and jumping in- % Markham's5 pond, whence he was drag ged, not much hurt, by the entire strength of the Valley. MT. Case and family were cut and bruised but not seriously injured. g PINE MEADOW business is reviving.- H. Chapin'ssSons Plane shop and Chapin Machine Co.'S shop have good orders on hand and expect to increase theirs men.- D. B. Smith is hauling cotton to his mill. -E. NJ. Chapin is having his house fres- coed. Charles Jaqua who used to work at the iron mills here died in Hartford last week.-Mr Charles Heacox has had an unfortunate son of his recently chris tened. Rredsrisk Augustus Isaac Thomas Heacox, making his initials-F. A. I. T. H. The misguided parent seems to have labored under the impression that an un- usually strong christian name was needed to counterbalaeqess balaeqe M that suraaneJfT
 @ Near the .BARKHAMsTED CENTER Town House. the body of ? man was found frozen, in the forenoon of Monday of last week. It proved to be that of an Italian woodGlnppag from 3he Barnuni Richard son coal job, who had been at work at the Beach Rock bush. He left the cabin there, is is3fsported, at 2'o'clock on Sum- day afternoon He had probably been on Center Hill. In returning down the Bea- yer Brook road, he met with his deatn' from s some cause as yet unexplained. sn RARKHA xr VISITED HOLLOW seems not to the seruces of the Episcopal minister from Riverton who has visited them occasionally during the past year. His last audience (of three) was not con- .idered ,i, large enongh to warrant further sa. ' aa2 i5a lt
 The WoIooTTy1I1E Episcopal Sunday .chool Ae eets.ga lecture from Mr. God Esy a Waterbury ,on Wednesday evening ,f this week.-The ice crop is slrapidly ma.4 ;uring au 4Torrington reports, 1s0 births, 30 1 marriages and 37 deaths, for 1873.