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Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
Town Meetings,


 On Monday next come the "Little Town Meetings." There will of course be the usual contests in close towns over town boards. especially over boards of registration. There is also the annual vote on the question of "License" in towns where prohibition is considered practicable. Formerly vote of ''No Lii. senses or the motion to rescind 'such . vote. was in order at any meeting; but, to prevent the frequent and harrassing calls for town meetings which sometimes occurred under that law, the decision of this important question is now given only to the Annual Town Meeting. We hope the area of prohibition will not be nar- rowed during the coming year. There was never a better chance for an effective check of the traffic than under our present statutes. Under the old Maine Law a dealer appealed every justice case to the Superior Court with a certainty of acquit- tai; but license works differently, espec- tally with the biting ''reputation" clause. conviction is the rule rather than the ex- ception before iuries. Consequently the dealer pays up. as a general thing, when prosecuted. and vote of no license may really mean something.
 Two constitutional amendments come before the people this fall. One proposes to effect the long needed change from spring to fall elections. and from summer to winter sessions of legislature. It also provides for an election of State officers only every other year, and for the cleo ton of only half the Senate each year. This amendment is . good one and will probably prevail. There is another allow. ing legislatures to restore forfeited electo- ral rights to persons disfranchised for crime. To prevent any partisan use of this power two-thirds vote is required, which seems to render it harmless.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
warren.

Tho Litchfeld Northwest conference held its annual meeting here. last week Tuesday. Most of the churches were rep. resented. The subjects were we'll chosen and ably discussed, especially by Revs. Bonar of New Milford and Colton of Washington, present by invitation.
 Mir. H. j. Taylor and family returned from four months trip at the west and removed to Sharon, last week.
 Mrs. Sherman Rowland attended the soldiers reunion, Sept. Sth, took cold, and died in cOnvulsions on the morning of the 10th inst.
 There have been several cases of dys. entery and chicken pox.
 John D. Bassett has entered the Freshman class at Yale.
 Most of our summer boarders have left us. ,.. ,.. ...r...
 There were heavy frosts, last week ice formed and the ground froze hard.
 -Rev. Mir. Chapman of New Jersey preached here. Sept. l9. A promising young minister. whether candidate, ol not, we have not learned. \.
 Last week. Mrs. Nettie 8. Morgan was divorced from Berkley s. Morgan, by the Superior Court, and married to Mir Willard Skiff, by Justice Shove. Rapid work thati
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
oTATW lTgMe.

The little boy recently run over in the streets of New Haven died Saturday.
 The Rev. Mir. Graeber of Meriden is to be investigated on the same old charge.
 The Yale college faculty have instituted e three years course in the art depart ment. ~H4 aya4f v .g e William Geer of the New Haven base ball club has been acquitted of the charge of theft. 'o' al-.
 Dr. Knight, of New Haven, has been acquitted of the charge of rape preferred by Mrs. Lord. ,+..... -. A rough stole an overcoat from seat in Naugatuch car in Derby on Monday night. 'it i'@ Hh
 Mrs. Sylvester Granniss of Branford WIS kalhed fast week by the explosion of . lamp. aa Had. yIIs7a s,f .a.a:sf .,f. | !. M. Hathsway's saw mill in Sufield va: burned Monday night. LOss @. .eOe; TO insurnnce. t'.o The Rev. E. P. Hammond. the revival. ist, has returned from California to, hls home i'm Vernon. sBA Geg E. v i5 tt.f {. The corner stone of St. Francis Orphan Asylum in New Haven was laid with great ceremony on Sunday.
 The B. M. Duff, rector of the Trinity church, Norwich, has received and accept. ed call to Oxford, New York.
 The Pratt & Whitney company of Hart. ford have applied for 2, 900 square feet of space at the Philadelphia Centennial.
 
 The Catholic church now building in South Manchester will be ready for use about New Years. It will cost S2S, 900.
 AState Teachers Institute will be held Tn Meriden. beginning Thursday evening. Sept. 3Oth. and closing Saturday afternoon. An injunction has been issued by the judge of the Hartford county court against the building of the Plantsville Depot.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
Kent.

For few days past our town has been visited by number of its former inhab. itants, now residing in distant parts of Uncle Sam's dominion Mrs. Hawlsy, of San Francisco, Cal, ct her aunt's, the Misses Stuart; Mir. E. St. John and wife, of Chicago. III, at his sister 6, Mrs. Rufus Fuller; Mrs. Stockwell and daughter, oi Bridgeport, Ct, at her mothers. Mrs. Northrop Mir. Wm. s. Fuller. of Boston, Mass, with different friends about town (-whether he called on his "Eliza Jane or not we havnt learned, but doubtless he did).
 The people in the village are talking strongly of bringing the water from around the Cobble, by Mir. Clark Pages. to water the village. The Sunday school picnics were q ss.-each passed of pleasantly te the satisfaction of all.
 Bishop Williams was in town Satur. day. and held service at St. Andrews church Tn the afternoonwhen three persons were confirmed. As:-- ri~-.~~~ E..li.- Miss Gracy Duncan and MT. David Daily.
 On Monday afternoon, of this week the remains of Mrs. Lewis Murphy were brought to town from Wassaic, N. '. ,and inferred in the Episcopal Cemetery. Mrs. Murphy had been sick of consumption for several months when, on Saturday the 18th, death came to her relief, at the age of forty-seven years, leaving a husband and number of children to mourn her loss.
 Rob. Vinegar broke into the house of his father, Milton Vinegar, few days since and stole twenty dollars in money and left for the ndvy,-so Mir. W. learned at Wassaic. where his son was seen to take the cars going south. SoN.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
" plymouth sxetches-.Ao 2a4

Mir. and Mrs. Elon Dunbar of Philadel- phia have lately been spending few days at the Quiet House. Mir. D. isa son of Jonathan Dunbar of this town. and. when . young man, started out ''on his own hook" e pedlar. and after while locat- cd ss merchant in Philadelphia, where he amassed handsome fortune, and . number of years since retired from active business. .a.H ....
 Although as rule designing not to 60 out of town for items,I will in the present instance pass over the line few rods into Thomaston. whsre--part way down Castle Hill-resides mild yet brave woman in the person of Mrs. Mary Baldwin. who. when unable to procure Che services of a macon for repairing her chimney tops, ascended to the roof and did 1t herself.
 After about weeks labor by anumber of individuals, Che line between Plymouth and Thomaston has been established, and the bounds ses. t.. a!s ..s
 George E. Doolittle, Frederick E. Ian don, Anson 0. Wedge, and others are sn. gagged in painting the exterior of St. Pc. tsr's Church. May their lives be preserv' cd while thus endsavoring to beautify ths house of the Lord.
 Sept. 27th, 1875. .-1~I ''f
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
west Cornwall.


 Work has been resumed on the grading of furnace hill and is being rapidly push. cd forward by selectman Shepard. It bids fair to be great improvement.
 Pratt < Foster have been repairing the veranda in front of their store; the store. together ~ith their plaster mill and Mir. Pratt's house have received fresh coats of paint. --Mr. Nathan Hart and wife have bson spending few weeks in Chicago.
 We gre glad to see Mir. Porter around again. He has been sick forseveral weeks of typhoid fevsr.-Mr. Charles Dean hes taken charge of the postofice during his illness.
 The school in the seventh district which has been taught by Miss Emily Nickerson the past term closed on Friday last. Ea ...et..a .q.. f f... ..f
 MT. E. B. Hart had horse seriously lamed Wednesday night by jumping q fence. .. su5 st .N a J.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
Cornwall.

The sawmill mentioned in your cores pondence as the property of Kellogg and Pierce and recently destroyed by Ire vas supposed by people hereabouts to belong to Judge Kellogg. The loss was about 5000.
 -Dr. B. B. North is having a monu. ment cut from the native granite taken from the quarry on Todds Hlll. The politicians are beginiug to show signs of activity. Ofcourse the Demo- crats have full swing and some of them are sore-headed at times; but every spring greenback plasters from Salisbury bind tho party more firmly than with hooks of steel. j, .s. at .r - s..
 The rum question will come up again in October. and ''no license" will proba- bly, be voted; for rum is now as free as water. Drunken men lie around West Cornwall as thick as frogs after shower. What has become of our county commis. sioners and their prosecuting agent? The church fair netted about 9150.
 The frost last week was % severe aa to kill butternut leaves and some others. One young man in this vicinity has been spending a rather unprofitable sum- mer. The first months he devoted to cul. tivating melon patch. Some one stole most of the melons, and since that time the unfortunate has spent his nights in company with bulldog and a shot gun watching his remaining melons. l One of our young sportsmen shot tvrnl--~ Ss~axp sQuirreHs a@sv sSuUuEuHy. WnC beats that?
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

Lounsberry Brothers & Rockwell, of South Norwalk, are the heaviest creditors of Boyce 6 Underwood of Holyoke Mass. whose liabilities exceed S, 600. s M. W. Terrill of Middlefeld has sold nearly his entire herd of short horns. Most of them have gone to Iowa. He re- ceived nearly s1O.OO0 for twenty-three head.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

HOPE FOR THE DEsPoEDENT.--n you have been coughing all winter and begin to despair of recovery, or if you have tak. en recent cold, go at once to the Drug store of Buell. & Wheeler's, get bottle of DR. MORRIS SYRUP OF TAR. WILD CHERRY AND HoRRHoUzD. Take it and be well {. No other medicine acts 90 promptly and 6Kectually in Coughs, Colds, and ali dis eases of the throat, lungs and Chest, lead ing to consumption. Hundreds who once been reatared to bealth hv si ths - nss cs ., th;s almost magic remedy. It is also the best known specific for Group, and never fails in Whooping Cough. Trial size 10 cents. 43 1y
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

A gentleman in Cummington, Maas.. writes: My horse stepped on my foot, 90 that the heel cork went through my foot;
 immediately applied Renne's Pain-Kill. AZ Magic Oil, which promptly cured the wound without screneness or pain. I have tried other iiniments highly recon. mended, but for reliable family remedy your Magic Oil Is worth more than ail others put together. Sold by all Drug gists and Grocers.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
Sharon.

An extraordinary feat of pedestrianism was performed by Mir. Kipp, of Miller ton. N. Y., on Saturday afternoon last. He has lately been known as professor of extraordinary power as fast walker,- distancing all competitors with whom he comes in competition. On Saturday last he gave notice to the people of Sharon that he would walk ten miles in one hour and three quarters. For the trial eighty rods were measured and marked of on the sidewalk. and he doubled that distance in his walk twenty times in ninety.two minutes, thus completing his ten miles in thirteen minutes less than he had pre- scribed to himself. After he had finished the performance, it is said that he walked seven miles to his home in Millerton.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
H@rvinton.

A society has been formed called the Harwinton Young Peoples Improvement Society. 'a !.
 "A practice game of ball was played here on Saturday between the Nameless of East Litchfeld. and the Empires of this place. resulting in score of Empires SS. Namsless 6. A match game will be played on Saturday, at East Litchfeld. between the two hines. F. 0. M.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

r. A standard medicine of acknowledged excellence for eradicating Bright's disease, dropsy. kidney, bladder and glandular maladies. and urino-genital organs, female weaknesses, pain in the back and Joins. gravel. diabetes, errors of youth or ma- ture age, intemperance, ,excesaes and pros. tration of the nervous system is Hunts kemedy.s It imparts tone end vieor to tle human constitution when it has be. come debilitated, and restores the invalid to health and comfort.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
East 1ltCnN0ld. 1 .

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 The rubbish back of the depot has been cleared away. Had ol.i 1a .ae
 A son of John Goodman has been laid up several weeks by lame knee caused by going into the water while too warm.
 Cider apples gre bringing s cents Q bnshel here. Mir. F. L. Norton, the cider man, has been putting in new water wheel and Oontemplates other improve. ments. M INV.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

LYoS's KATHARIos prevents the Hair from falling out or turning gray, renews it's growth, and gives strength and vigor. It is deiightfully perfumed, and makes Q splendid dressing. ~Itis the cheapest and most desirable Hair Tonic ever produced. Used by the elite. Price only 50 cents. tf #fH Q T~,
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

The use of carpetings may be traced to very remote period, although as late as the time of Queen Mary, rushes and oth- CT coarse materials were used on the floors 9fher apartments. For many years Eu- kope received all her carpets from the Fast. and in many places whole families might be found in the occupation of car pet weaving. We are now producing in this country carpets of the same excel. lencei as those of foreign make. The Read Carpet Co.,, of Bridgeport. are said to make the best Ingrain Carpets that are sold in this Country. Messrs. HALL < READ are tbe agents of these goods, and also keep the largest assortment of Velvet and Brussells carpets in the state. Hall < Read also enjoy deserved reputation for selling all classes of Dry Goods at the ElgfSst market rates. They retail all do. nestle goods at the wholesale price lists and it is said that all kinds of housskee ing goods can be purchased thsre as low as in New York. We would advise our readers when in Bridgeport to visit Hall < Read. ' 224w
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

Hsve you bought any groceries at the Wonder Store, Waterbury, This store advertises in this weeks paper long list of prices of groceries which they claim are cheaper than than any other dealer is selling best quality of goods for.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

On the nd inst, Richard Cook, an employee on the Naugatuck railroad was thrown from hand car by the entangling of his sleeve in crank, and had two ribs broken and an arm in two places besides being much bruised.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

The Danbury Fair comes of next week. There are excursion rates on the Shepaug and Danbury < Norwalk railroads. Arti- clss for exhibition are transported free of charge. The. fare from Danbury to the Fair Grounds is 15 cents instead of 25 cts. as heretofore.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
The Housatonic railroad has new pas senger and ten new freight ears.

The New Haven school election. last week, excited . good deal of interest. The Protestant" ticket was elected by about 1000 majority, Messrs. George H. WatrOus and Frank Tyler being among the successful candidates.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

An interesting account of the finding of tho bottom of the old Revolutionary Liberty Pole in Goshen, where it was buried about ninety-nine years ago, will appear in our next.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

-.sss. EXPERIMENTATION oI the Postof1ce Department is a model. MT. Jewell's December report will not only show great CT mail facilities, but decreased expenses during the past year. He has stopped many small and some large leaks, and has infused life into the service it has never shown before. Mir. Jewell is one of those officers who know exactly what the people need and how to supply that heed.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

PYDg's DrETTc SALgRArUs. --UniyersalIy acknowledged the best in use. Each
 pound beafs the name Of JAMxsa PxIR.
 None genuine without. Ig IA 1v
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

Secretary Delano has finally resigned. His successor is not yet appointed. There is great feeling of relief at his retire. menk He may be an honest man but it is useless trying to make people believe it in the face of the attacks of Prof. Marsh and others.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
aHToTTCF]-

she inhabitants of the town of Iltehaeld are hereby 4 warned that their annual town meeting will be held in the Town Hall in said town on Monday, the 4th day Of Ootcoer, 1S75 ct o'clock f the forenoon for the choice of town officers for providing for the support of the public schools of said town for inc year ensuing for sying all necessary taxea and sppoins ing collector of the same and, if deemed best so appropriate hfty-one dollars to the Guernsey Kin school district for support ofs school for the year ending August a1st, f675.
 The ballot boxes win be open from o'clock E. m to o'clock ?. m.
 k ya.o O. SMITH '. sz1Ecr.Gxx saa 7 HARRY CLEM0NS, or
 JOHN McNKII. Litchfeld, Sept. 18th, 1875. 16-fw-
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

Messrs. Moody and Sankey are to start their American revival campaign in New York about the first of November. The building selected is Gilmore's Garden, which will seat i've thousand people and has standing room for three thousand more. The meetings are held under the auspices of the Young Mems Christian Association and important results are an. ticipated.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

There really seems to be a disposition among Massachusetts Republicans to nominate Mir. Charles Francis Adams for Governor, this year. Butler has not even life enough left to shout for Imitation, al- though his help was sOreIy needed at the recent inHatiOn fzzle m New York City.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

The exceeding intemperance of Tenn peFanee in bad hands has had remarka- ble illustration recently. The editor of the Temperance Journal in this State stated in public lecture that President Porter of Yale College was in the habit of furnishing the students wine at his public receptions. The statement turned out to be false, but the Journal fails to retract.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

nrsTRICT Of LlschaeId ss. Probate Court, Seps 9s, u 1875.
 Estnss of Aaron Morse uls of Lssheeld in said Dis srict, det eased.
 The Court Of Probate for ths District of LtehaeId hath limited and MasOwed sfx ms0ggbo from fhe date hereof for the creditors Of said Estsse exhibit their claims for settlement. Those wh0 neglect tO present their accouBs, properly atsesteA, within said time, will be dehafred reeoveryA All persOns indebted t0 said Essase FeqassssA asake imsnsdfnss pagmenf tO
 2e-3w HENRY MORSE. kIeeutor.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

, AT
 The Wonder
 STORE. bSSr Best Kerosene Oil 14 cents a gallon. sT Good Japan Tea 50 cents pound. DS Better '' 60 cents pound. Rg Choice |" 64 cents a pound. b~ Very Choice Japan Tea 75 cents pound.
 DT Good Black Tea 40 cents pound or three pounds for one dollar. D6 Better Black Tea 50 cents pound. BS Very Choice Black Tea 75 cents a pound.
 S Good Green Tea 50 cents a pound. Da~ Good Breakfast Coffee 20 cents a pound. DS Choice Breakfast Coffee 25 cents . pound. - |.. BI- The Wonder Coffee 30 cents a pound orSs pounds for one dollar. RG- Good Soda Crackers Ans, for 5 D0 Best Soda Crackers cents . pound. sJ Meigs < TrOtt's Best Milk Crackers t { 10 cents a pound. ,LU OH D% Choice Flour sS barrel. Dg Best Michigan Flour Ss.5O barrel. s9- Choisest New Process Flour S9.75 a barrel.
 s0- Mason's porcelain-ined cover quart Fruit Jars $l.25 dozen. D@ Washing Soda cents pound or 8 pounds for 9 cents. DGr Smiths Crushed White Wheat ? packages for 25 cents. D~ Fresh Canned Salmon 2OO can. D1 Best Canned Pumpkin 2Oc can. H% Wilson's Cooked Corned Beef 2-fb cans 42c. DI Wilson's Cooked Corned Beef An cans 75c.
 p9 Three lbs, Best Laundry Starch 25C paT Six-1b. boxes Laundry Starch 65c q box.
 Dg Choicest Oat Meal 6e pound. Dar Nine lbs. Granulated Sugar for $1. BB Nine and half lbs. Standard A Su gar $1.
 bBr Ten Dc. White Extra c Sugar S1. sESr Twelve bars Queen Soap for $1. bS Eleven bars R. M. BurwelP Soap S1 as5- Best Hartford Meal S1. 70 hundred sD Extra No. White Oats 65c. bush eGT Best Corn 9Oc bushel.
 bS Choicest York State Cheese 14c .
 apound.
 DJ Best New Haven Hams in bags 16c { | pound.
 D@r Best Loose Muscatel Raising 1sc { pound.
 H6T National Yeast Cakes Sc paper. Bay Yankee Yeast Cakes 6c g paper. The Wonder Store Waterbury, Conn. iDANBURY FAIR
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

nIsTRICT of LAeealAed PrOh~ts Coart, Ssp4. a, U Is76. f4se 7 Ratate of Dsvid W. Wood lsts Of Lischasld in said District, deceased.
 ORDERED.-Thas ths Adminissrnsor sun1bds his Administration account tis court fOV mdtustmsnt, st the P: obste once in LatehneId the 9th day of October 1875, at o'clock forenoon and Ehas al per- interested in said Estate mxy bs noGAed thereof said Administrator will this order t0 be pubah- cd in . newspaper printed in Litchnsh and post . copy thereof the signpos in said LitchAeId neMR. est the pIAee where the deceased last dwelk.
 Certified from Record,
 2saw GEO. \. WOODRUFF, yudgs.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
FINE CLOTHING 6 HATS, All the new styles for Men 4 Boys, At
 BISHOP < sEDGWlCKS.
Trustee Sale.

THE undersigned trustee of the insogveut Estate of 4 c. W. E. M' Wheeler, will sell at Public Auction by order of the Court Of Probate for the District e Ltchhed, as the oface of F. B. Graves, in Lisehasd in the forenoon, all the choses In action due said Es- tate not collected a said date eOnsisinm Of notes Of hand. judgments, and accounts due book ansOunf- ing in gross to sh~ut the sum Of seven hundred aOg lars. [.ss.ss
 IitchheId, September IS, 1875.
 9s9 HENRY R. MORRILL,, Trustee.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
PROBATE ADVERTISEMENTS.

A Court of Probate holden at LitchAeld within A and for the District of Litchheld the 18th day of September, A. D. 1875. -.- s.-.r- Present GEO. M. WOODRUFF, Judge.
 Upon the written application 0f Henry Norton Trus. tee Of the estate of Kezah CsTr under the will of Oviatt late of 0Oshen in said District deceased dated Sept 23d. 1878, representing that he desires and does resign said trst and praying this Court te accept his resgnxtiOn and appoint LemAn 0. Peek OG Watertown, Conn.,, or some other suitable person Trustee in his place: eco
 ORDERED:-That said application be heard at the Probate Oce in Ltchheld 0n the 16Gh day of October 1875, at 10 o'clock m, and that notice thereSf bs gwen by advertisement in the IitehhAld Enquirer d least two weeks before said hearing.
 Certified from Record,
 2e-lw GEO. N. WOODRUFF, Judge.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
Cattle Wintered

A T . fair rate per week. warm shelter and water
 FRANK PETITE. Lakeville, Ct., Sept. 27th. 2teOw96
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30

ITS E1cT of LfschAeId s. Probate Court, Sept. 1e, U 1875.
 l Estsse Of Edwin MeSsiI isse of LfIcbaeld fs said Districs, deceased. E ftftEEF&t s5Eft#S The Court of Probate for She Dsstret 0f 1itehae1d hath limited and allowed six months feOa shs dsse hereof for tbe creditors Of aMBa kssess ts exnfe their elsns for settlement. Those who neglect 0 pFpssn6 their accOubss, properly sttested, within said tfme will be dsisaRTed recovery An peTso9s tBdebted Q said Estate requested Co make immediate psgent Co 1s 2
 HENRY '. corr, Exscut6T.