Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11
couNrY ITEMS.

building belonging to Mallinson Co.,, and
 used for slowing patterns for the foun- dry was spoved off its foundation and car ried out into the stream of ice. MT. E. Potter's barn was damaged slightly and the shear shop was filled with water to the lower story windows. The roads be- tween here and Cornwall Bridge are ren- dered impossible. Swift's Bridge was carried off and considerable damage was done to the hotel and V. F. McNiers in Cornwall Bridge. The large iron pipes leading from the tank to the gate houses of the R. R. Go. are completely ruined by the frost. iaz4.aa e.assa
 The TWISTED Sovereigns of Induseryde bated, last week, the question, els Conscfi- ence an innate principle, or the result of education" The lodge is composed of ''active thinkers says the Press. but where they got specimen of the article they proposed to examine is the query with those who know them best.-Mr. T M Clarke ex-editor of the Herald, fell into the Clifton mill dam during the recent freshet; but he failed to improve the op- portunity. Had he only gone on, how the bells of Wolcottville, East Litchfeld
 'Hallington," Thomaston, and other places on the Naugatuck river where peo- pie knew and loved him, would have rung as he passed by !-Den Stevens has sold his property in West Winsted and given up the meeting house project. Winsted Joiners were to sleigh-rlde to New Hart ford Monday evening"
 The RoxBURY Grange consists of about 30 farmers and their wives, and bids fair to be a success.-Harvey and Walter Thomas who are buying horses West for the Eastern market were recently overtak- on the prairie by one of those terrible Western snow storms. For two hours they despaired of reaching their place of destination, but after wandering a long time, at last came out just one half mile from their starting place.
 The editor of the NEW MILFORD Ray is ill. May he speedily recover and help us discuss the old jail again. We have tried to solve one of the problems connected with that institution, this week.-The Staub dinner is postponed till the 17th.- The Dramatic Association are getting ready for action. They have a new drop curtain and MT. J D. Senior is painting their scenery.-The Ray calls for free bridges. We judge that good many of the Housatonic bridges are free enough already.-Isbell has won his button pa- tent suit.-The Miss Obsorn who had her scalp torn off some months since, is im- proving. Numerous but not very success attempts have been made to ''graft" skin taken from other parts of. her body upon the skull.-Mrs Isaac Sanford, of Park Lane (aged 38), has eloped with 8 youth of IS called Birdsey Barber.-Cakes of ice three feet and even five feet thick came down the Housatonic during the freshet.
 RrvERToN came near going off in the re- cent thaw. A South Colebrooker rode through the village exhorting people to ''fee for their lives to the hills," but the ice was checked at the Eagle Co.'S. pond, and the South Colebrooker proved false monument erected by the Democrats of Barkhamsted to William Moore, ''the first Jefferonian Republican of the town" has been sold for SS5, says the Herald. Probably the proceeds will go into the election fund for Barnum, aud Reform!
 CoLEBRooK reports 13 deaths, 15 births and g marriages for 1874.
 At CHAPINvTLLE J. b. Joyce has rented his farm to Harmon Miller.-John Oden- brett has bought the French farm, of F. IL. Barton, for s4, s4,45O.-Mrs. Ostrom, on the Ward farm, fell on the ice recently, broke her arm, and sprained her wrist.
 NORTH CANAAN has its ''Sodom;" and, curiously enough, of five large fires in town during the past year, not one has occurred in Sodom. Probably what was left over from the original accident of B. c. 1897 is fire-proot. Moreover Sod om has had debating society, a live school teacher, and no end of fun during the past winter. No returns yet from Gomorrah. spring emigration of families has begun. Mir. Penoir has moved into the Curtis house. Dr. Belden vacates his house and removes to Norfolk to give place to Mir. John Pulver. How ard Deming leaves this week for western New York. Mir. George Fuller of Bar rington takes a clerkship at Fuller & Peet's store.-The reading circle met at Mir. George Oles', last week.
 FALLS VILLAGE suffered from serious
 fire on the morning of the 1st inst. It started in a barn of Abram Hermon's which was destroyed together with shed and grainery attached. The fire spread to the store of Mir. U. Miner, which was too near to be saved. NIT. Miner rescued the greater part of his stock of goods. There was an insurance of $500 on the barn. Mir. Miners loss on the building was about S5, 900, upoR which he had $2.5O0 insurance. His stock of goods was also insured. It is supposed that the fire was the work of an incendiary. Mir. M. had already rented rooms in the Hall and will rebuild the coming season.-The Litch- field North Ministerial Association met on Monday and Tuesday, this week, at the Congregational church. h.-The March term of the Dist. court has been postpon- ed till the 22d inst. on account of the ill., ness of Judge Foster. There are 61 old and 19 new cases on the docket.
 A WASHINGTON correspondent of the Salisbury News gives the following parti- culars of the recent freshet:
 T. O'Hara was obliged to leave his | a.