Litchfield enquirer., 1875-02-11
LiTCHFIELD.

-F. M. Sanford, our s'original'' stove man. is seriously i'll.
 For Valentines, drop in at Buell. & Wheeler's.
 Nh. Charles Traver has three children sick with diptheria. One is dangerously III. the other two are getting better.
 A Town tax of 13 mills was laid by the annual town meeting, last week, and Mir. Win Norton was reappOinted collector.
 During the illness of MT. Gaines, for a few days. last week, the Academy was principled by Henry R. Morril, Esq.
 A man was found lying drunk in the street in front of Mir. T. s. Sedgwick's, Sunday morning. Luckily only his ears were frozen.
 -'Iet him that standeth, take heed lest he fall I' for ever since last Thursday morning, he cannot tell at what hour he may come to grief.
 -Mr. Geo. Kenney has been putting up building for sale of flour. feed, &c., just below the Shepaug freight station. See advt in another column.
 The cold of Tuesday was the most severe of this very severe season. The Thermometer remained below zero all high wind made a temperature of from Se to 12o below zero almost unendura- ble.
 Mir. Major Slocum, of the stage firm of Fenn < Slccum, started for Florida, accompanied by his wife, on Saturday last, for the benefit of his health. His many friends here wish him pleasant journey and safe return in the spring with his health fully restored.
 The concert of the Wilmington Sing CTS on Friday night of last week drew the average Litchfield audience. As musi- ciAns this troupe do not equal the origi- nal Jubilee Singers, but we imagine that they give a more faithful representation of the music of the camp-meeting and darkey church than any of their prede- cessors.
 The Superior court began its criminal business on Tuesday with trial of an ab- ortion case from New Milford. A large number of witnesses were in attendance and the case bids fair to be a long one. Andrews, TurriIl, and Huntington for State; Graves, McMahon, and Cothren for prisoner.
 The uncertainty of human testimony was never more fully exemplifed than at the recent contest before the Probate court over the distribution of Albin Guilds estate. Witnesses varied all the way from S75 to Sl 900 on the price of a lot in Milton Centre, and standing wood was valued all the way from 50 cts, to S2 cord.
 The Polyorama drew a very small audience on Wednesday night owing to the storm. There was a fair number present on Thursday evening The astro- nOmical and geological part of the enter tainment was quite instructive. The scriptural, patriotic, and comic scenes did not strike us as SO good, although DOT trait of St. Paul was, no doubt, as the lecturer said. as good picture of him as could be had.
 There was quite brisk runaway here on Monday morning. A horse belonging to Messrs. Perkins & Mason, left standing in front of house near the South Bridge, becoming tired of such cold business, started for home. The sleigh to which 1t was attached, turned over, and when it came around the Mansion House corner there was only the thills and part of one runner left. As it went past the market, another horse belonging to the same firm felt moved to take little exercise. too. and started of at a rapid pace. Luckily it went directly to his stable-yard with out hurting anything. More hitching- less running.