Litchfield enquirer., 1874-09-24
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Mir. John Woodruff is adding piaz- n to his residence on West street.
 A new bridge has becn built at the crossing of the highway leading to the Station
 -Attension is called to the advertise nent of payment of interest on Shepaug boada
 The county commissioners were in town tais week looking after licenses and other rnna4exS 1 -
 Mi. 0. F Baldwin is recovering from his recent very severe injury as fast as could be expected. .
 Rev. Mr. Nickersono of Brooklyn will preach ct inc Congregational church on Sunday next
 The Dr. Osborn place. recently leas- cd by MrS Hassard. has been thoroughly repaired sad . new barn built. g
 On Sunday night Sarah Welch, ser vant st Afr. B. V. Seymour's fell down stain and fractured her leg just above the ankle very badly. 2
 A game of base ball will be played at the Fair Grounds between a Litchfield picked nine and . Milton club, on Satur- day nexk H--.r-
 At a meeting of the Executive Com mittOe of the County Agricultural Society, Last week, it was voted to have no Fair this year.
 The site of the new building at Bis sells Point has been fixed upon ahd an organization of the company will be per- feCtsd as soon as the proper legal steps can be taken. .E..-
 Mi William Norton dislocated shoul- der in NOrthfsld, Tuesday by falling over q rock. He had to drive all the way to this village before having the injury attended Co.
 The Superior court was engaged, last week. in the trial of Cleveland vs. North RmptOn R. R. Co. which resulted as on the former trial in disagreement of the jury. There arc an hundred new cases on the docket a larger number than has been brought to single term in several years. Criminal business comes on next week, and the trial of the Frenchman Bion for attempt to burma parsonage in Canaan will prove an interesting case. ......
 Frank WestOver, aged 12 years. son of D. s. Westover, was. very seriourly hurt Wednesday morning. He was lead ing a COW to pasture having rope tied around her horns, and the other end around his waist. Tho COW got frighten- ed and ran, dragging the boy some dis tance. When they picked him up he was senseless. and so continues at latest re- port It is feared that he is fatally hurt.
 One of the prime necessities of the village is a good sidewalk from the depot to the concrete walk at Buell. and Wheel eF'A Flagging could probably be obtain cd from some of the quarries at Mine Hill, brought here and laid, at a much less ex- pense than tho laying of concrete would involve. and the matter ought to be taken into serious consideration. It is during tho winter and spring months, especially, that tramp through the mud to and from our Station is Q matter of such labor and sorrow.
 On Friday evening of this week Prof :, R O. Hubbard. of Wesleyan University and Normal School, will give select read ings and rccitations at the old church. We presume most of our readers are al- ready aware of the great merit of this gentleman as an elocutionist. His repu- tation extends far beyond the borders of this saate and the audience which assem- bles on Friday evening next may rely on O arst class entertainment. We give below . fsH selections from leading papers re- garding him: y
 Prof. Hibbard is recognised as one of tho most elegant and finished elocution- izas of the country. Brooklyn Daily Ea- GSe. =.
 We know of none whom we consider his 6upeKinf. either in power of voice. or thOepy, imagination, pathos, or liumor, or in all cOmbined.-Br0Oktyn Daily Times.
 Few entertainments arc given that are so worthy of praise, and few so deserving of popularity, as these readings by we'll tEMined eloentiOnists, among whom Prof Hfbhaxd takes first rank. -iSprinqfeld RepW0Iic0R t...''
 The Hartford Courant refers to our old glories as follows
 Four hundred and seventy-four stu dents were educated in the law school at Idkchheld, by Judges Reeve and Gould. 4 considerable number were from the south, and the old people of Goshen, six miles from Litchfeld, remember their aplendid fgares and equipage as they came to town for Q dinner or a hop. A majority Of them were not pledged to total
 Among tho departed glories of Litch- naad m. tha old stage coach superseded by railroads. They talk of stages still oas shey mean assquare wagon not much enCumbered with springs, running he. tween the depot and the hotel. The AL bany coach. as remember it fifty years ago. was a stupendors institution. The driver ranked next to a brigalier general. The horn, the whip, the flourish at the hotel, m aL approaches and departures, ware marvels in the eyes of small boys, never to be seen again on those hills.
 The large house that attended tho oOnosrt ot ths Jubilee singers in this place and the enthusiasm they manifested leads us t0 believe that the similar entertain. ment to be given by the Hampton singers on Wednesday evening of next week, will be attended withliie success. The Tri- bune gives the following notice of their second concert at Steinway Hall, New York: t '-i
 ''The second concert, of the series of three. Co be given by the students of the COlOred Normal Institute, Hampton, Va attracted crowded and most enthusias. tic audience to 6teinway Hall on Tuesday evening. As at the first concert, the great est amount of interest was manifested