Litchfield enquirer., 1875-11-11

came near burning Halls saxmill in North Colebrook, recently. A smouldering fire was found in heap of sawdust but lucki. ly in season to prevent confagratien.
 PLYMOUTH selectmen have had two ap- plications for license to sell liquor, hut very properly refused them, because the unfitness of the applicants had already been proved by convictions for selling without them. .-Mr. Porter has been con- victed of keeping place where liquor is reported to be sold and has appealed. His trial for actual sale was agained postpon- cd. Colonel Fenn appeared Tn his de. fense. g'
 FALLS VILLAGE is to have reading from Mir. Chas. Raymond. Wesleyan student. and pupil of Prof. Hibbard.--A barn belonging to Benjamin Comstock be- tween Canaan and this place was burnt recently with all its contents. A lad with candle, taking care of hens, accidentally fired the hay.-Our Lodge of Good Tenn plars numbers 1OS members. was tremendous shipdy on the Falls Village Special from Sheffield on the 1st inst, as some Irishmen were returning from fu- neral.
 LAKEvrLLE is agitating the question of street lamps. s.-Dr. X Mrs. Knights recep- tion on the evening of the third inst, was a very pleasant gatherisg, and the Doctor was muItitudinously congratulated on his safe return from Europe in improved health.
 TWISTED has organized debating soci. ety. with Walter Stickney as president. Their opening scuffie is with the tremen- dous question of national control of rail- roads. Col. Fem, Messrs. Cleaveland, Fyler, Bissell and others are to take a hand.-New rails are soon to be laid on the Conn. Western R. R. between the Winsted and West Winsted depots.-Col. James Hubbard and wife have started for Florida, where he thinks of locating per- manently.-Mr. Geo. White took two prizes at an Indiana exhibition, recrntly One for good looks, and one for scythes. There is no knowing which he values the most.-The Methodist church has been trying the free seat plan, and it does not pay.-J. B. Wakefield, elected Lieut.. Gov. of Minnesota on the 2d inst, was Win. sted boy. May he not be tempted to steal anythingl -.a
 AtNEw HARTFORD. Rev. F. H. Adams was installed pastor of the North Congre. gational church on Wednesday of last week.
 WoLcoTTvMLE has been enjoying it's new street lamps greatly, and will do 50 again as soon as the still more galorioua moon will permit.-David W. Thompson, of Bethlehem, has transferred the build. ings across the railroad from the needle shop to Michael Eaters; Ernest Kaffe, 50 acres of land in Torringiord to Patrick Dorsey.-Mr. George M. Dutcher lectured to the Congregational and Methodist con. gregations on Temperance, Sunday even ing.-The room in the Granite Block re- gently occupied by Mir. Davey, is now rented as gymnasium.-At the market last week, Mrs. J. Brothwell had a raci with several hundred pounds of meat hung on it fall nnnn her ininrinn har zAri0s.a1E Among our recent visitors here have been Mir. and Mrs. Ransom Rolley ol Lakeville; E. T. Turner and Mrs. Catlir of Waterbury; and John Adt of New Ha ven.-Patrick Galpin was badly crushed by stone falling on him, recently.-Il took letter mailed from Dunlap, Ia., ir July. 1871. jour years aud three month, to reach its destination in Wolcottville and it wasn't a newspaper subscribtior either.
 WATERTowN has got about $6, ,0O0 for it: apple crop, this year, it is estimated, be. sides what the Watertonian has reserved for his own munching -Mr. Andrew c. Hood and wife celebrated their "Silvel Wedding" recently,-Col. Eli Curtiss Hambletonian colts smashed two buggies. lately; one they ran before and the other they ran behind. Pork is worth SlO.5O a hundred and the farmer breathes freer. A little Watertown dog has caught % cartridges, this fall, for which his master realized S10. Query, is that dog 'against the statute in such case made and pro- vided?'
 Roxbury is trying to establish town lbrary.-Mr. Cyrus E. Prindle has carted over one thousand bushels of apples 10 Mir. Whitmore's cider mill this season. Mir. W. s. Rowe has given mp his position on the s. R. R. Charles Carter, the pie ture man who has been stopping in the Hollow for the past three weeks with his pavilion, has pulled up stakes and gone into his winter quarters at East Litchfield.
 At WARREN Charles Hine has been eiv- ing his house two good coats of paint F. A. Curtiss has had new ice house built on his premises.-Marvin Hill fell off from his house, recently, hurting him considerably but not dangerously.
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