Litchfield enquirer., 1875-01-28
LtTCHFlELD.

Gen. Phelps, of ColeDrook, was III town on Monday.
 The Church Sociable is to be held al Mrs. Harney's, South Street, this (Wed nesday) evening.
 The Kansas Aid Society meets at Dr II. W. Buel's, on Thursday afternoon and evening.
 Several of our citizens took a sleigh ride to Bethlehem on Friday evening last to attend Linen Wedding.
 We are indebted to Messrs. Buell. & Wheeler for the Tribune Almanac for 1875. It is a most valuable compendium of sta tistics.
 Owing to the illness of Judge Gran ger the opening of the January term of the Superior Court has been postponed 6 week.
 MT. Isaac Bradley has conveyed a tract of sixty acres of land, in Campville, to Wm. E. Bradley, reserving life inter- est.
 The interested spectators who assem. bled outside the Congregational church about P. M., of Sunday last, in expecta- ton of wedding, discovered after time that the report wns premature.
 The registrars record for 1874 shows 3(; deaths. 13 marriages, and 53 births. Of the deaths five were of persons between 70 and 30; four between 80 and 90; and two, over 90, the eldest being 94. -Wm K. Williams, of Waterbury, son of Mr. Robert Williams of this place, has received the appointment of deputy col lector of internal revenue and guager for the 2d Congressional District in this State.
 - Mir. Harrisons donation visit, in Milton, last Wednesday evening. was very out from this village and all had very pleasant time. Fifty.five dollars in cash. and other valuable donations, were the material results of the visit. ef 2 The ladies ofthis place who have in terested themselves for the Kansas suffer. CTS are taking mp e dollar subscription in their behalf. The statements that have been circulating in the newspapers, ofiste, tO the effect that the destitution prevail ing in the regions devastated by the grass hopper plague has been greatly exagger- ated, are denied by those who ara best in- formed regarding the state of things there. A lady writes that the children are actual lY going barefoOted to school insthe snow. persons willing to help these destitute ur- fortunates of the far West will find sub- scriptiOn paper at the postofice, to which their signatures arc earnestly solicited.
 Professor Chandler, of Waterbury, will give entertainments on Wednesday and Thursday evenings of n4Sk week, al the M. E. Church in this village. for the benefit of the Sunday School Library. Wednesday evening will be devoted to the wonders of modern astronomy and spec trum anaIysls, and On Thursday eYenine will be given the celebrated Polyorama Prof. Chandler is indorsed by ex-Gov HOIIey. Judge Wm. T. Minor Rev. Dr. Beckwith. and we hope the house will be filled both evenings. The Waterbury Ameacan of Jan. 29d, says:
 "The entertainments given by Prof. Chandler, on Monday and Tuesday eve. nings, at the Cong1 Church. proved to be of an eminently worthy character. Wherever he goes the people are sure oi q very excellent entertainment.
 The Index says:
 ''The Polyorama is, in brief, a com. pendium of scIence, instruction, artistic beauty and amusement"
 Let all be on hand without fail. Ad. mission, 9 cts. Children 15 cts. Doors opcn at o'clock. .-I. Two rather interesting police cases were tried, last week, growing out of a row between Messrs. Henry W. Prescott of this place and Charles Buel of Morris It seems that, on the evening of the 16th some one, to play a trick on Buel, hai taken ham from his sleigh. Believing Prescott to be this person. Buel retaliatet by carrying away Prcscott's buffalo robe The latter, with one or two others, thel pursu ed Buel to the Mansion Hous Yarl, where Prescott struck Buel with horse whip and was himself knocke' down. A sharp fight ensued, and Pres colt, with the assistance of his friends gaye Buel a severe pounding, breakinI hIs whip stock over his head. Both pan ties were arrested, and Buel had his trial last week, before Justice Farnum. H was acquitted of the charge of stealing tn robe, convicted of an assault, fined &. .an, appealed. Prescott was brought befor Justice c. c. Woodruff, pleaded guilty t. nn assault and was fined g.
 A funny incident preceded this dis graceful fracas. Prescott had agreed carry David Plant to his residence a mil Or two northwest of the village fare. S z. o. D. On arriving at the Plant mar sion, Mrs. F.. who lnckily held the famil ands. quietly refused to disburse tn lollar-probably considering the "pacl ge" not worth the money. whereupo Prescott turned short about and droy straight back, landing the reluctant Plar v the exact pOant from which they ha originally started. a