Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-30
ASSESSORS BLANKS
 Furnished from this office on SHORT NOTICE
L,TcHFiELD.

Mi. Charles H. Woodruff and family have returned to the city.
 Mrs. Stevens is repairing the Albin GuiId homestead at Milton.
 -The Rev. Dr. Dufie preached at St. Michael's on Sunday evening last.
 MT. Chester G. Birge, of New Brit ain, formerly of this town, is here on visit.
 Attention is called to the advt. of payment of October interest on Shepaug bonds.
 Mir. F. R. Starr preached in the Con- gregational church, Milton, on Sunday of last week.
 No eclipse visible this Wednesday, morning. Clouds spoilt what little might have otherwise been seen.
 MT. Ezekiel Campbell is putting quite an extensive addition on his house on Prospect St.
 Mir William Bolles of Delhi, Indiana. 6 former resident of this place, was in town last week.
 Mir. and Mrs. Florence Meafoy of Hartford have been here on visit to their friends. .....r,r Attention is called to the advertise ment of real estate by Mir. Geo. H. Trow- bridge. The heirs of the late David W. Wood have conveyed their interest in his home stead and farm of about 77 acres to Mir. Whitman s. Osborn and wife.
 Mfr s. IT. Wood attended the Reaa Ion of the 37th Massachusetts, of which he was a member, held last week at Ber- nardston, Mass. He also took Q trip to tho White Mountains and reports five inches of snow at the Tip Top House. A meeting of the South Congregation al Association was held at Milton on the 14th inst. Several of the neighboring clergymen were present, and Q sermon was preached by the Rev. Mir. Backus of Thomaston.
 -OD Tuesday afternoon Frederick Mer- Eiman, son of Mir. Miriam Merriman, had the middle finger of his left hand shot near. ly of by the accidental discharge of fow- hng piece. His fOre-fnger was so badly in- iured that he may lose it. The wounds were skilfully dressed by Dr. Deming.
 One of the latest evidences of the en- teFprise and prosperity of old Litchfeld IS tO be found in tho establishment of q Gentlemen's Furnishing Store in Beck withs building, on South s., by Mir Har- TW. Wessells. It is very neat store, very nicely fitted up. and filled with everything that makes the male person comfortable and presentable in this wick cd world. Mir. Wessells will not give up the mail service for the present, but has secured the competent assistance of Mir. D. W. Buckbee, formerly at Lord & Tay- lor's, New York. See Adv.
 At meeting of the Directors of the Shepaug Railraad O., Judge Seymour, having been appointed ct a previous meet. ing to prepare resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Edwin McNeill. presented the following which were adopt ed:
 ResOired: That in wiew of the recent and sudden death of Edwin McNeill, Esq. late President of this board. we desire to express and place on record our deep.felt appreciation of the value of his services and counsel while living, and of the loss which we. in common with the public at large, have sustained in his death.
 It seems especially appropriate that thls board should thus pay it's hearty tribute to the memory of the deceased. in. Somuch as our railroad is mainly indebted to him for its existence and successful completion, and we have been constant witnesses to the untiring diligence with which he has labored for its ultimate suc- cess.
 In this undertaking, as also in other enterprises. we recognize his desire to promote the public good and to aecure enduring benefits to his native town. in the welfare of which he always marsfested deep interest.
 ResOiSed: That as Directors of this Company we feel that we have lost a val. ued and trusted associate. and that as members of the community we have lost pubiic-spIrited citizen of uncommon en- eKgy, resources and enterprise.
 
 Aes0tced: That we sympathise most heartily with the family of the deceased in their afliction, and that . copy of these resolutions be presented to them by the secretary.
 Dr. Henry W. Buell. was chosen Presi- dent of the Company in place of Mir. McNeill, and Henry R. Colt, Vice. President.
 The Superior Court has been engaged on it's criminal docket during the past week The first case tried was that of John Dunning for attempt to commit a rape on a woman in Barkhamsted. The offence was thoroughly proved, the fellow convicted. and it is pity he could not have been hung, instead of sentenced to 1ve years in State Prison.
 James Waters. another tramp, was tried Tor burglary in Cornwall, but the proof hardly showed any felonious intent The fellow vas drunk, blundered into house