Litchfield enquirer., 1874-11-26
COUNTY ITEMS.

The NEW MILFORD Journal of last week
 contains the salutatory of it's new editor,
 the Rev. M. l.. Delavan, formerly of the
 Meriden Republican. This gentleman has
 resigned the pastorate of the M. B church
 in Hartland, and takes charge of the
 Journal. In connection with the proposi-
 tion before the town for the building of a
 town house, to he acted upon on Saturday
 of this week, he says:
 Another view and important considera- ton in connection with the above is a fix ed fact that necessity demands division of the county into two shire towns; one at
 New Milford and the other at Winsted.
 At the same time it behooves New Milford to make provisions for the holding of the
 Superior Court and in the proposed new
 town building ample accommodations
 will be afforded.
 MT. John Reilly is building new house
 on his vacant lot opposite the depot. The
 new Drug store of Mir. A H. Noble wlll
 soon be ready for occupancy. The new
 dam of the water Company is completed. and the fiat has gone forth from the Su- perintendent, that water will fill the pipes about Thanksgiving time.
 The WoLCoTTvrLLE band is progressing finely with the rehersals of East Lynne, and we may expect to see it brought out in superior sty yIe.-Mr. Allen has again commenced running free hack to and from all trains.-Supt. Beach, of the Nau- gatuck railroad. is laying pavement walk from the track east to join the side waik.-Austin & Ladd are building an ex- tension to the carriage house attached to their stables.-E. c. Hotchkiss and 0. F. Brooker, left Thursday evening for short visit to Havana, Cuba.-Deacon Lorraine Whitmore and wife have gone to spend the winter at Vineland, N. J.-Hon. c. P. Huntington, Vice-President of the Union. Pacific railroad, spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. R. H. Dunbar, in this village. The Sunday Milk train on the Maui ga- tuck will leave this station going north at 9:36.- Selectman Agard has a gang of men on the new street leading through from Prospect St. to Migeon Avenue The w. Y. G. s. club of Wolcottville will hold it's third social hop in Granite Hall, on Thanksgiving eve, Nov. 25th, 1S74.- Register.
 At THoMAsToN John Watrous is build ing quite large house on East Main St., and William Hoar is having one put up just south of the depot. Sanford is put ting up barn on his premises on corner of Elm and Park streets:--James A Beach, well known citizen of this place, has a cancer in his stomach, which the doctors pronounce incurable. - The rumsellers found that "no license" did not mean free rum this time.-We are pained to an- nounce the death of Mir. 0. B. Sawyer. He was we'll known in the community, having been long connected with Burr & Stoughton store. He was gentlemanly and obliging, member of the Congrega- tional church, teacher in the Sunday school, and superintendent of a Sunday school in Fluteville, where he went every Sunday morning. He is one who will be greatly missed in the daily walks of life. He leaves two little boys, orphans, their mother having died nearly three years ago. go.-Inder.-Mr. J.E. Grant is about to travel for the Waterbury factory of the Plume X Atwood manufacturing compa- of our factories are running on full time and with the usual number of understand that the proprie- tor of the deceased Express sunk several hundred dollors on that paper Wotcott ville Register.