Litchfield enquirer., 1875-02-18
COUNTY ITEMS.


 trial, says the American. There was a surprise party at NEr Shaw's, member of the Methodist church. He was charged by Mir. Corner, pastor of that church. with ''getting up ball." To this charge Mir. $, gave the lie, and on trial was ex- communicated, whether for dancing or ''sassing" the pastor does not appear The formation of a glacier down Plymouth Hill is feature of these dismal times The Savings bank has moved into it's new building and deposits are rapidly moving into the bank.-The mercury reached IS Q minus. on Tuesday morning of last week. The selectmen have been politely noti- fled by Mir. Marsh, of Litchfield, to pay for the horse he lost on their highway, re- cently.-Reynold's Bridge was partly car ried away by the thaw and rain of last week.-The Wilmington Jubilee Singers had full house.-Conduetor Beers did 8 very humane thing, for railroad man, re- gently. A drunken fellow was too obliv- ious to get off at Thomaston where he be- longed, and was found in the smoking car just after the train left the station. The cars were stopped but the man was too drunk to go alone and the conductor and two brakemen walked him back to that station. A grumbler wanted to know why they didn't "chuck him of the train and let him go?"
 TWISTED holds land at from 70 cents to $3.25 per square foot for building pur- poses.-The Wilmington Singers were oyerhauled at this place, last week, by & polite message from Mr. Crossman of the Mansion House, Litchfeld, obligingly carried by Sheriff G. H. Baldwin. It seems that they first engaged lodgings for the night of their concert at the Mansion House, put aIrerwards changed their minds and drove back to Wolcottville. Mir. c. thereupon sued for S22, damagee and costs which they paid up. The agent of the persecuted troupe ayers that there was no positive engagement of lodgings. The Sovereigns still continue their de- bates.-A. M. Perkins, Esq, contemplates putting up several small houses on his Park property the coming summer.-Fif- teen lodgers of night is no unusual oc- currence at the Winsted station house; they drift along in small squads and sleep on the foor
 Charles F. Maxfeld, of NEW HARTFORD eldest son of the late George Maxfeld, and F. H. Collins, sailed for Europe on the 9th inst. This is Mir. Collins 35th trip.
 At FALLS VILLAGE the Rev. A.Lynch, assistant priest of St. Augustine parish. Bridgeport, has been appinted to take charge of the Catholic Parish. The Meth odist and Congregational Sunday-schools have been enjoying gsIeigh-rides.-Mr.J.A. Decker lost half of a forefnger, recently, while cutting sheet iron.-Mrs Maria Hall has bought Mr. Chapman's place, and and takes possession in the spring.
 At CANAAN on the 2d inst, a surprise party was given by the married pooplu at the Union Hotel for the benefit of MT. Corbin, the proprietor, who furnished a splendid supper The affair was a pleas ant one for all.
 At EAST CANAAN the opening of the new Tobey Hill ore bed has increased the for eign population considerably, though the consumption of rum is strangely disprc- portioned to the consumption of flour, says the Herald.-Jules Bojeau has left his liquor hole for the more congenial at mosphere of Massachusetts, seeing Rora- back in the distance, no doubt.-The Quarry Co.,, are not doing as much work this winter as common.
 The SALISBURY regrets the retirement to New Haven, of Father Shefrey who has done great work for temperance among the Catholics of the Iron Corner.-The tenement house on old Town Hill, known as the Wells Place" was burnt on the 5th inst. The furniture of the two or three families inhablting it was saved; loss, 5000; insurance, s1 ,OO0-David Hicks, of North Goshen. the young man who recently sold his fathers horse to MT. Humphrey, borrowed Mir. Smith Cleveland's sleigh harness &c., and then sold them at Wolcottville. He was arrest ed, tried at I.akeville, on the 9th, for theft, and sent to jail in default of bonds.
 The MILTON band still meets semi-oc- casionally.-It is understood that Mir. John A. Page takes charge of his farm again.-George W. Seeley has removed to the shop newly fitted up by MT. Hutchin- son.-Deacon s. H. Dudley and family will remove from the farm which has al- ways been their home, to Bantam Falls, and will occupy the house recently pur- chased by U. P. Bartholomew, the Dea- cons son-in-law. The good deacon will be much missed in the places that have always known him.
 WEST CORNWALL reports good deal of sickness to the Herald.-15SS cans of milk went from this station in January,-The Don't You Wish, &c. &c., Society were to. perform ''The Prosecuting Agent" on Monday night at Falls Vlllage.-The rail- road people have had to detail an engine to thaw out water pipes at the various sta tions.-Messrs. Warner and Crandall had a disaster on their return trip from Litch- field, last week. and came in limping and afoot. 1
 
 At Wo1oorrvnLE Services will be held at Trinity church every Friday evening during Lent. Henry Hopkins dis posed of her household goods last Thurs day and has gone to Vineland to live with her daughter Mrs. s. R. Fowler Owing to the scarcity of freight now arriving by way of the Sound, there will be a change in the running of freight trains on the Naugatuck railroad. .-Messrs. Isaac VI. Brooks. and E. A. Baldwin, have gone south for, we believe, quite an extensive tour.-Register. = The Coe Brass Mfg. Co.,, gre about to put a steam boiler into their percussion cap worka.-F. w. But