Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-23
COUNTY ITEMS.
PLYMOUTHEAN.
Sept. 20tll, 1875.

The proprietor of the NORFOLK House proposes to give his friends free dinner before removing from the quarters he has made so plcasant.-The postofIice and jewclry store Of o. H. Wolcott was enter. ed by burglars on Tuesday night of last week. Luckily they got nothing valua- bIe. A raid was also made on the store of c. NJ. Ryan and about $25 in money and other articles were taken. An attempt was made to enter the store of W. E. and E. $. Beach, window being forced open, but the burglars were frightened away by a dog.
 A MORRIS subscriber of the Herald has seen . ,cd;5o swallow, and it was not a swallow of pale brandy. either, but real bird resembling the barn swallow in every thing but color.
 CANAAN has it's Clipper, an amateur journal, devoted, we judge from tho spec linen reproduced in the Herald, to the correction ot the present modes of spell Ing, pronunciation, and topography There was high mass in the Catholic church on Sunday of last week.. T Adams and wife have returned from their western trip and report very pleasant iourncy.-Mrs. Henry Chapin of New York, but formerly and for many years a resident of this village, was in town a few days since calling on a number of her old friends.
 The NEW MILFORD Ray brags on two pound tomato.--The up passenger train, which leaves Now Milford at noon, ran over a Mir. Mullary, at Great Burlington, Wednesday,, and cut ono of his arms off. The Farmers played game of Base Ball with the Aspetucks, Wednesday, re- sulting in score of P to 9 in favor of the Aspetucks.-Smedlsy the photograph ist, who has had his gallery at Waramaug, recently, has taken it to Kent Plains Merritt Beach has commenced the build ing of a new lumber shed in place of the old one on West street-A. R. PIercy has removed his harness manufactory from George Robertson's building to 4. E. Mygatt's block, across the way.-A party of four who went to Sharon Tond, one day recently, caught forty-four pounds of bass.-Mr. J. D. Senior, who had bad fall, lately, "is very hopeful of complete restoration from his injuries, but as yet he is unable to use the fractured arm, says the Ray.-The roof of the new Town Hall was to be raised early this week. There was Catholic picnic at Treadwell's grove, Thursday "A Union s. s. Conven. ton is to be held here early in October. - 4 correspondent of the Ray charges Mr. J. F. Knowles, of Lanesvilie, with having fired his store in Maylast, with view tc obtain the insurance and defraud cred itors.
 The NEW PRESTON schools have com. menccd: that of Mir. G. c. WhIttlesey. or the 18th; Miss Bolles', on the 9th.
 WEST CORNWALL shipped 2, ,143 cans ol milk to New York in August Fred. Sim has been arrested for making improper proposals to Miss Anna Kockler.-Wm VanRensseiaer, colored, has been arrested for having horse and wagon in his pos session to which he finds it difficult to "make his title clear. Jeremiah Butler of Stamford, has purchased the Housa tonic Railroad News Agency of H. E. San ford.-Prof. Robert Johnson and family of Brooklyn, N. r., who have been spend ing few weeks at the Foster House, hay returned.
 SALISBURY beats the county on dee, frost. says the News. While excavatin, for ore last Wednesday morning, at Rob bins' Star Pit, Davis Bed, Patrick Crave, came upon a large sheet of frost fourteen feet beneath the surface. This relic an, reminder of the terrible severity of las winter was from an inch and half to tw, inches thick, and if undisturbed woul, probably have gone on into next winte safe and sound.-Mr. NJ. c. Jewell Ina
 his new store completed and opened fo
 business. was dance in tue Sta
 tion at the Twin Lakes on the l0th.-Th engine State Line," ran over Q larg ! bull recently at the Stiles crossing. --.Ml ] Henry Wilbur is to recommence bushes at the old place. e.-Miss Anna Hinman lec tured at Academy Hall on Friday evenin } last. .....