Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-25
LtTCHFIELD.

in town, last week. ... Prof. O. F. Daniels, of South Nor walk. was at the Mansion house. last week. - Miss Caroline Parmelee, who has been spending the winter in Broo klyn. re- turned home. last week.
 Mir. Ladd of the Yale Divinity School, preached at the Congregational church on Sunday last.
 The Slips in the NJ. E. Church, Tn this village, will be rented for the ensuing year on Saturday next, at 2 o'clock p. m.
 We understand that Mr. Willard W. Deforest contemplates emigrating to Wis., consin. the coming Spring.
 Services on Good Friday. in the chap sl of St. Michaels church, morning service and sermon. 10:3O A. M... evening prayer 7P.M
 Services in the chapel of St. Michael's church. tomorrow CThursday) morning at 10i o'clock. Saturday morning Easter Even) at the same hour.
 Several sleigh loads of our villagers gave Capt. William Bissell surprise par ty at his residence in Milton. on Monday evening last.
 -Mr. Travis A. Ganung, who has been at his home in this village. for week or two past, somewhat indisposed, returned to Hartford on Monday.
 Mir. s. c. Pitt, salesman for Wm. H. Lyon & Co. of New York, paid his regu- lar monthly visit to his friends and cus- toners in this village, on Friday last.
 The New York Dailies. of Saturday last, failed to reach here until evening, to the great disgust of the regular readers of the Beecher scandal.
 Rev. Mr. Morrison of the Methodist church breaches to the Congregational and Methodist congregations of this vil- lage at the church of the former on Fast Day.
 A large auction sale of Harness, Robes. Sc, takes place at the Town Hall, this week, commencing on Wednesday and closing on Friday. Sheriff Baldwin Auctioner.
 The funeral services of Mrs. Cheney, the mother of the late Mrs. Horace Gree ley, were attended from her late resi- dence. on West street. on Sunday after noon, March 14th. She was one of the oldest persons in town.
 A telegram received on Tuesday from Jacksonville, Florida, announced that Mfr. Major Slocum was somewhat better, and was to start for home that day, ac. eompanied by his wife and his brother-in- law. MT. Henry E. Fenn
 On our first page will be found ma- liciOus libel on the sweetest of all wind instruments, devised, no doubt, by some envious violinist who was tired of being urged by all the ladies of his &C., quaintance to give up that ''hateful fid- dle" and learn to play the Flute.
 Mir. and Mrs. Stearns of Morris had a narrow escape from serious accident on Tuesday last. They were returning home from this village and in attempting to pass team were upset, throwing Mrs. $. in front of the horses of the passing team Luckily she escaped without se- vcro injury.
 A meeting of the ladies of this village will be held on Monday at Mrs. G. NJ. WoodrufFs at 2 ?. m. at which Mir. F. Ratchford Starr will make a statement with reference to the organization of Village Improvement Society. A full attendance of all ladies interested in this matter is re- quested
 The Democracy have re-nominated GeO. M Woodruff. Esq. for Judge of Probate. Saturday was the day appoint ed for their convention. It was very stormy. and we didn't see any delegates come in. Still. we get up very good Pro- hats conventions m this District without delegates. The ''Philadelphiau Literary Society," ot Worcester. Mass. recently debated the question whether, eft is expedient that Supplemental Civil Rights bill should be come . law at the present time" Among those appearing in the affirmative, we ob- servethe name of Mir. E.S. Beach, formerly of this place. It is cheerful to see live Republican in these days. especially when he is . graduate of the Sentinel. During the winter term of the Harris Plain school, just closed, it vas proposed that a selection of 200 of the most diff.
  cult words to be spelled. be made by the teacher from the spelling book at the close of the term. and that the first class speIl the entire list by writing each word As final review. As a stimulus to the Sfady of each lesson from, day to day, il vas understood that the names of the taFee who misspelled the least number of .Osds Tn that list should appear before e public in print. Accordingly the names of Miss Louise Osborn, Miss Katie Duyer, and Miss Gertie Plumb, are the taFes who thus receive the worthy men. tAoE promised.
 A press of political matter compels es to postpone the notice we had intend.