Litchfield enquirer., 1875-08-19
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COUNTY ITEMS.


 WATEETowN reports much sickness among the people of that plaee.-Mr. ". Merwin has the foundation laid for his new house.-Tom McCarter paid s26 fine and costs, recently, for selling liquor witl- out icense.-Mr. Levi Downs, formerly of the 2d c. V. A., now an U. s. Collector of Revenue, is here on a short visit.-The Rev. Mfr. Gilman takes the rest of his months leave at the White Mountains- The American describes the dresses worn at a recent Warren House hop.
 A BARKHANsTED teamster in the en- niUy-Aant of the Barnum Richardson Co had iOan of charcoal burn up at night, recently. The wagon was destroyed and houses near by were greatly endangered pretty expensive style of lighthouse, that
 THoAAsroN recently sent out two of her graduates, in company with third from elsewhere, for pedestrian and boating ex- petition. They walk to Albany. HOW down the Hudson to New York, then return 10 Thomaston on foot-The shops were closed Saturday for the circus and pie nic.-Justice is busy as usual: Michael Drum was fined 8 for breach of peace i; Jerry Deloy gets s for contempt of court. -Thomaston has its first dog scrape about the killing of MT. Horace Potter's sheep. They paid him $50 for his sheep, shot . dog that was accused of being the mur- derer, and are now sued by the owner of the dog on the plea of innocence. New towns ought not to be set of just before dog days.-Bennet & Garfield have dis solved partnership.
 REYNOLDS BRIDGE has recovered the two boys who ran away recently. They got little beyond Cleveland when their money gave out and they came back.-There was a collision on the Northfield road, recent ly, smashing one buggy and throwing an old lady and two boys down a steep bank. Luckily no damage was done except to the buggy.
 At NEW HARTFORD a dwelling house near the brick hotel at Puddletown was burnt on the 11th inst. The same house was fired on the Sunday evening before hut saved by the exertions of the neigh bors. Thomas Carey. the occupant. moved his family out, Monday, and then staid to watch the premises, where, he says. he was attacked by three men who took him away and burnt the house; . queer story. pr. Hazen is at Fair Haven for his health. - Father Sheridan lectured on O'Connen at the Catholic chnrch, recently. The Greenwoods Cotton mills have stop ped work for the present.-The Rev. Joseph Burnett has resigned his pastorate of the Baptist Church.-The Congrega- tional Sunday School went to Tariffyille on the 11th inst. on an excursion picnic. T. c. Wilbur and family, Mrs. R. R. Smith, Mrs. Cone. and other prominent New Hartford people are at Martha's Vineyard.
 NEPAyG has had a revival of religion which has added twenty names to the church records since May 1st. NeEerthe- less, owners of watermelon patches are cautioned by the Herald, to have an eye out these moonlight nights.-The choir is trying to raise the funds necessary for the purchase of 8 new organ.-Father Haw. ley, of Hartford. was to speak or temper. ance at the Congregational church on Sun. day morning last.
 CoLEBRooK Laurel Leaves" juvenile
 mission society, held fair and festival on Tuesday evening in the church base ment.-The Changers held meeting, last week. at which various agricultural mat ters were discussed.
 1 EAST CANAAN Congregationalists have decided to buy new organ. The com. mittee having the matter in charge are
 Lyman Dunning. Daniel Pierce, Chas. Briggs. E. P. Allyn, Chas. Gillette.-Mr. Carney, of the Charter Oak House, prom ises picnic and dance at Geo. Gillette's
 Grove near the Canaan Depot on the 21st. TWISTED was to have . balloon ascen. sion, Friday, weather permitting, and Nc GInley < Cooke's Circus.-The Beardsley
 House has lately had its kitchen depart. ment topped of with another story fol servants rooms.-Messrs. S. B. Forbes { Edward Clark have removed their office tC
 Winsted. lawsuit against Mrs. Landers came to grief, recently, because the plain
 tiff committed the indiscretion of charging the bill to Mir. Landers. Fyler engineered
 tho defense.-Geo. A. Chatneid, of Bridge
 port, has been imposing himself as an in.
 digent member on the Knights of Pythias
 -Mr. and Mrs. K. s. Frary are away al
 the Naragansett House, Watch Hill
 E. ?. Clark is away at New London.-The
 Press insinuates that a distinguished
 Winsted man has been ''Santacruising' of Nantucket.-The Nautilus Club came
 in safe and sound. Their moral condition
 may be inferred from the fact that J. H.
 Vaill, Esq, was Chaplain of the party
 Mrs. W. l.. Ransom and Mrs. F. D. Me.
 Neil, of Litchfeld, were recently guests
 of Mrs. A. H. Wheeler at the Beardsley House.-The Thomaston Granite Co. ara
 furnishing the elegant front for Thomp.
 son's building in the West Village
 Blaekberries are beginning tO intrude d
 20 cents quart.
 CANAAN is just the place for tramps, 60. cording to the News. One of these fel.
 lows appealed to Mr. Robert Van Deusen.
 recently. with the stump of an arm, ampu- tated at the wrist. A little examination
 disclosed hand neatly tucked up the
 coat sleeve, whereupon Mir. Van Deusen
 began operating upon the rear of that tramp with several pounds of good oak tanned sole leather. and kept it up till he
 had cleared his premises of the scoundrel. Nk.~m I A