Litchfield enquirer., 1875-01-21
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 1874. There were nine marriages -all Americans-and1 16 deaths. The Atwood Brothers have sold their feed store near the station to H. 0. Warner, and bought of G. A. Woodruff about 60 acres of land in the north part of the town.-Mr. s. F. Judson has sold to his son ". P. Judson, 50 acres of his large farm.-There are two licensed saloons in full blast here.-At the annual meeting of the Watertown { Waterbury R. R. Go, held last week, the old board of directors and officers were chosen.
 WooDBURY observed the week of prayer. Charles D. Minor has been elected Sab bath School superintendent in the North church. -Messrs. Stone Stoddard have sold out their grocery and market inl Lew is Block to Messrs Theodore Walker and Frank Thomas.-A beautiful memorial window has lately been placed in the Episcopal church here, by the children of the late Mir. E. B. Peck and wife.
 CAMPv1LLE wants church and there are christians enough there to build il. but not of any one denomination. Is union for so good purpose impossible?
 At HARwINToS, recently, Mir. Timothy Sperry, now living with his son-in-law David Birge, slipped on the ice and broke his left arm above the elbow joint. The bone was set by Dr. Virgil Buel and the patient is doing well-Nelson Barker has sold hIs place on the ''Catlin Corner" to Albert Bunnell. l.-The older people of the place gave their pastor a donation visit on the 9th, and the younger part of commun- ity gave an oyster supper for the same purpose in the evening.
 The TERRYvILLE correspondent of the Herald recently denounced a profane clam peddlar of that vicinity. Last week he apologized to the existing Terryyille distributor of shell fish by saying that the man he went for had been dead twelve or fifteen years!-The seats in the Congregational church sold lately for S2,OOO
 ToRRINGroN observed the week of prayer and good degree of interest was mani fested.-There was dance at, Drakeviile recently.-On the 3d inst, Martin Burns horses ran away.-On the 4th, says the Herald, "Mr John O. Griswold went be- fore the Board of Relief, at the office of the Excelsior Needle Go. to convince that honorable body that his horse was assess cd ''too much by five dollars" leaving his noble horse and wagon standing between the office and and the railroad track. The cars came laundering past and Mir. G's horse left that place "for mighty dread If speed in horse is any evidence of value. the Board of Relief will have to add something to that animal" E
 THoMAsroN showed an leverage degree of interest" in the week of prayer.-Mr. Miles Morse has recovered from his recent attack.--James A. Beach, formerly Hospi- tai Nurse of the 2nd 0. V. A.. died on the 9th, having long been sufferer from can cer in the stomach. His funeral was at tended at the Congregational church on the 11th.-Our builders have several new houses enclosed for winters work.-The Sovereigns of Industry have opened a store near the depot and are busy.
 At PLYMOUTH, recently, lady named Darrow was severely bitten by cat.-Mr. Hillard has been confined by severe cold and could not conduct the services ln his church on Sunday of last week.-Mrs.. Ebenezer Hannibal a colored woman, died last week of pneumonia, says the American leaving eight children, the oldest fourteen years old. and the youngest only four days. Perhaps she might have been alive at this time if the necessaries of life were little more evenly distributed. As soon as the good people of Plymouth learned the facts in the case, assistance came too late, and the mother is in her grave, and the little children bereft."
 MILTON has it spells mainly bad spells, fear-under supervision of Mir. Henry Stone.-Young people delight to congregate at H. H. Guilds barn.
 SALISBURY has collected and forwarded to the Kansas sufferers $100 worth of clothing; cash, S78, 4O.-Thermometer fell to 15o below zero in some parts of the town, last week.-An agent for the Bible Society reports the following as the result of a recent canvass of Salisbury:
 Number of families visited. 7O6; num- Der of persons, 2.97S. of whom 2. 143 were American, 647 Irish, S5 German, fl Eng Der of children attending Sabbath School was found to be 364, and 316 did not at tend: 521 families had Bibles and 157 had none. "A fellow has been swindlering the community in the matter of stove blacking.
 NEw MILFORD now numbers 23O pupils in the various schools of the village. The Park Lane postoffice is to be discontinued soon.-The Ray states that 125 loads of tobacco, valued at $40, O,0OO, came in, one day recently. The tobacco days are Tues days and Fridays.-The Masons have their annual installation of officers this (Mon- day) evening. g.-There is much complaint of scarcity of watersand the.s Housatonic is very low.
 WooDv1LLR has new postmaster in W. O. Brown, who takes the place of s. T. Wooster resigned. Mrs. Ellen Crumb an adventist breaches at the Woodville church. next Sunday. Rev. MT. Coad has given up his charge here.-Mark HuntlY takes the place of Mills Barnum as mail carrier.
 KENT reports the following statistics of repatriation for the year 1874; Births, 90, of which number II were males and 19 females; marriages 10; deaths, 20. Of