Litchfield enquirer., 1875-07-15
LiTCHFIELD.

been improved by new floor, etc.
 A concrete walk is being laid in the East Park.
 The Rev. Carlos S. Lindsey, of River ton, was in town on Friday.
 Mir. Edward s. Beach, of Worcester, Mass, was here on a visit, last week.
 -Midshipman Edwin B. Webster, U. s. Naval School, is here on visit.
 Mir. George s. Lewis, of Hartford, was at his home in this village, over Sun. day.
 Mir. Leonard W. Richardson, Tutor in Trinity College. formerly of this place, has been here on visit.
 Gen. Wm. B. Franklin and family of Hartford, were at the Lake View House, this week.
 A party of villagers had a picnic at the Island Hotel grounds, on Friday afternoon.
 Tho funeral of Miss Carrie s. Ward was attended from St. Michaels Church. on Thursday afternoon last.
 The Colorado Potato Beetle has ar- rived in town. Mir. Dwight Bissell, of Harris Plain, exhibited some fine speci- mems last Saturday.
 We understand that Master George F. Colvocorresses, U. s. A.. passed sat- isfactory examination before the Examin- ing Board at Washington, recently. and has received his promotion to Lieuten- antcy.
 The steam yacht Etna is making ex- cursions these fine moonlight evenings. Parties wishing to avail themselves of the opportunity will find the steamer in readi- ness at the Lake House.
 Cadet Edwin McNeil, Jr., of this village. has passed the June examination and stands No. 1 in his class, as he did in January last. He has been appointed 1st corporal of his company.
 The Village ImprovementCo. has be- gun its work of laying walks. The cross walk through the west end of East Park is ready for the tar, the rough places in front of LOrd's block are to be relaid, and then the walk will be pushed through to the Station.
 The New Preston Band gave us wis., 1t on Monday evening. We hear that their playing was very credItable consid- ering the short time they have been organ ized They have a very competent and effective leader in MT, John Bryan of Wa terbury.
 Three tramps got into the tender em- braces of Sheriff Baldwin on Friday night and on Saturday morning Justice Andrews gave them work in the public enclosure where good men don't like to get and where bad ones don't like to stay. The pro- ecedings before the court were enlivened by stirring and pathetic accounts of the difficulties Tn getting work nowadays, and the infoEmatiOn that Litchfield is on the direct road from New Haven to Hartford. Decisions have been rendered in some of the cases tried at the June term of the Supreme Court. In the case of Isaac Bristol against the Derby dam company, involving the question of their destruction Of the shad fisheries above the dam. judgment is rendered in favor of the com pany. In the Norfolk cemetery case the injunction is dissolved.
 We clip the following from the New Haven Weekly Journal. No comment is necessary:
 An excitement occurred last week Thurs day evening in one of our dry goods stores m this quiet village. The "original and only one in town" and an old man got into dispute about watch, and from it sprang up. an animated ''brush." The old mans hat was somewhat stove up, his wig pulled of, and for a few minutes he was handled rather roughly. Was it not trihe unusual for Q chorister.
 On Saturday the Nameless club play cd itA return match with the Washington nine. at the Fair ground in this place. The visiting club came up on the noon train with over hundred of their friends and play commenced at about half past two in the afternoon. It was very i'm teresting game. the Litchfeld boys excel ling at the bat and the Washingtons in the field. Mowers pitching proved even more effective than before, a number of bats-men going out on strikes. He made bad muff. or two. however. of short flies. The plettiest catch of the game was made by Brinsmade of a foul bound. Fine catches were made in the field by Woodruff, Hale, and Roberts. The field ing and batting of Geo. Richards was es- peciaIly fine, and Moore. short stop. and Kinney, catcher of the Washington nine also played admirably. We give the score by innings