Litchfield enquirer., 1874-02-05
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l Ihe adjourned annual town meeting was held on Monday of this week. Mir. Morse, first selectman, estimated that 13 mill tax would be needed to pay cur rant expenses and 5000 on the principal of tEe town debt. The expense of road repairs made necessary by the freshet he thought would be about S2,000, and the expense of poor out of the poor house l would be greater than usual. The 133 mill tax of last year paid current expenses, and two bonds of $2.000 each due from the town. The expenditures of the town thus far, this year, were $2,791 on in- debtedness incurred last year; 1 1887, on current expenses of this year. including 8, 300 semi-annual interest on outstanding town bonds. The principal of the town bonds falls due at the rate of s2,O0O year, and he favored paying that amount of principal rather than borrow ing again.
 Mir. Henry Bissell moved to make the tax cent on the dollar Some one else proposed 12 mills. MT. Jennings of Mil ton thought 8, GOO would be needed to repair the damage of the freshet, and did not see how twelve mill tax could meet expenses. On final vote the proposition for B mill tax was carried. by large majority. ..--
 . The next business being the appoint ment of collector, Mir. T. L. Saltonstall was nominated and elected He asked to be excused from serving, saying that he was an old man, that he had already served Il years, and that he had private reasons for wishing to give up the appointment. He was excused, and Mir. William Norton was unanimously chosen in his stead at the usual salary of S100.
 The Grand List for 1873 shows the 1 following results as compared with last 1 year:
 Total Assessments. .sl. .s7s, ,ssa sl.sss, ,ss4' ssa fed9s Deduotsd py pSaIS by Do Ne's' 24ss5 sOiOs Total of Corrected List, 1861, 425 1871, ,s7s
 B. E. Hawes and T. A. Lounsbury caught one hundred and forsy-fye pounds of pike in Bantam Pond, Litchfeld, on Friday. They sold rapidly. The catch was an elegant collection. Coura,at
 Not half so elegant" though as the 1 foregoing account of it.
 It is currently reported that the 1 Chairman of the Democratic town com mittee was Black Republicanized on Tues day evening last. -..-
 The Circulating Library holds it's monthly sale at the Town Room, tomor row Clhursday) evening.
 Col. Boudinot will lecture here on Monday evening Of next week. For fur ther particulars see posters
 Tine Superior court commences it's January business tomorrow (Thursday) at 3 F. Nj, Judge Seymour presiding. His judicial term, and probably the term of court, will terminate with the week. In the case of Franklin Barse es. l.. E. Brown, the plf. has judgment for g. .25 and costs The ownership of the bass vi- ol will probably come up in another case.
 The Litchfeld Carriage Go. held their annual meeting on the Sd, inst They found their nett earnings for the year past to be between and 10 per cent on its capital stock. ssaz.s The school meeting warned for Friday evening, arouses much interest. For our OWL part We favor the establishment of Graded School. Let us have full meet ing, and full expression of opinion
 A compromise has been nearly or quite effected between the executor of the Colvocoresses estate and the insurance companies that had insured the life of the deceased, on the basis of payment of5O per cent on each of the policies This VII make the amount of insurance to be received by the estate nearly $100, 900. I On Thursday last the Fairfield county. bar gave Judge Seymour complimentary dinner at the Stirling House. Gov. In. gersoll; Judges Woodruff. of New York; Judges Park, Foster $ Phelps of our Su- preme Court and JudgesS Sanford and Gran 1 ger of our Superior Court were present. Hon. James c. Loomis, of Bridgeport, presided, and numerous adresses were l made of which we shall publish full re- | port on the first page -four next weeks paper. ss1aata.te e. gessrFss i'a2-An adjourned meeting of persons l throughout the county, interested in the Litchfeld County Agricultural Society, will be held at the United States Hotsl in Litchfeld, on Wednesday Februafy 11th, at o'clock, P. M The secretary of the society isin receipt of . large nun. p Der of communications from prominen, agricnlturists throughout the county an- nouncing their intention to be present at the meeting on the 11th.s All persons in- 1 fterested in the societY's progress are in- yited to be in attendance. HARwNroS has had memorable law suit before Justice Willis Catlin between two Irish itigan,s., The "Orieinal ac- counts, were presented on various shin 1 gles, barn-doors, plugs of tobacco. &ec.- Curtiss T. Fairchin of TonnewaneY. New York. has sold the farm known oass the Fairchild Farm, to Roswell Eeovillssnrice II S1, ,15o. The Lewis Catlin farm and store las been sold and the pulShsssrs ore mo nov moving in.