Litchfield enquirer., 1875-07-01
C0UNTY ITEMS.

1OIotuueu Da1 pAdyIng III the puDIlC streets.-Mr. McPherson Hubbeu has re- tired from Sucker Brook to the old Hub bell place west of Winchester Centre.- The new NesOs is expected out on the 10th The District Court was in session last week.-Mr. R. s. Frary is reported con- t'sts0Ie's11y II11E,1Ovcu arourvu.-MIsS AIIce Goddard. organist at the First church, will leave next week for two months va- cation.-Miss Nellie Yale arrived from New Orleans last week.-The Herald ayers that the Conn. Western Palace Caris not myth but splendid reality.
 At NEW HARTFORD, about the middle of May, MT. and Mrs. Wm. H. Bushnell closed their beautiful mansion and went to the Columbia White Sulphur Springs for the summer. They were to be joined there by their daughters, Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Chapin.
 GRANVILLE mourns the loss of two COWS belonging to Frank Beach who were killed by Conn. Western engine, recent ly.-The side track here has been length ened so as to hold 50 cars.
 At LAKEvmLE, on the 18th ult., Edward, son of William Jones of this place, about 3 years of age, accidentally shot himself through the breast with pistol. He says he went to a stand in closet above his fathers store to get pass book. and find ing the pistol in. box, took hold of it when it went off. exactly how he does not know. The bullet entered his left side just below the nipple and seems to have taken downward slant. The News says, ''The patient fingers with little or no pain, and if any change at all, it is thought for the better, and hopes are entertained of his recovery" The Winsted Herald con- siders the shooting intentional and says that he did it while in a paroxysm of excitement or temporary insanity.-The Catholic church is nearly finished and will be ready for services about the middle of this month The Catholic people of this vicinity will hold picnic at Holley's grove on Monday, July 5th.
 WEST CORNWALL reports hay light; corn looking we'll and oats fair.-Peter Fritz has. bought the Stoddard place with farm ing implements. stock and furniture. Price g. 2.9OO.-1955 forty quart cans of lacteal fluid shipped from this station in the month of May-Forbes, the artist, has rooms in the Bee Hive.-Lew Howard has joined the D Y WY K temperance so- ciety.-Charles Adams of North Cornwall had a valuable COW gored to death on Sun day by the cattle of E H. Rogers.-Geo. Hughes has nearly recovered from the eff fleets of his injury from the bursting of grindstone. - Ex-Sheriff Scoville was thrown from hls wagon, recently, and un- der his horses heels, but luckily escaped with little injury.
 At BRIDGEwArEH, Mir Peck, of the firm of Peck < Gillette, has been laid up with infammatory rheumatism.-Mr Charles Erwin is slowly recovering.
 At NEW MILFORD, says the Ray, John Carol cut his hand so badly last Saturday that it was feared he would have to lose it entirely.-Henry Schroeder has purchased the Peck place on East St.-The work of grading the hill on Elm Street, at the foot of Prospect Avenue, has been commenced. Col. Starr has the carpenters at work putting up small house directly back of of the Episcopal church on the street lead ing from Main to East St.-The Soule Bros. are digging cellar on East Street, on the southeast corner of the land recent ly purchased of the town.-The door of Housatonic cattle car was opened. recent ly. and & number of calves escaped. Some were afterwards picked up and one was killed in jumping off the train.-Hon. Charles D. Sherwood, now of Minnesota, was badly hurt in railroad accident, re- gently. He is recovering.-Paris green mixed with ten times its weight of flour is sure death to the tobacco worm.-The town has voted to issue $50. 900 seven per cent. bonds.-Drugglst Botsford was bad ly burnt, recently, by the explosion of prescription he was compromising.
 KENT enjoys soft spring water which comes down from the hills through a a inch pipe.-Mr. R. Fuller, says the News. owns about 2.5OO acres of land, here, and has a dairy of about 16O cows which give about 30 cans of milk daily.-Mr. Barritt Eaton is making extensive repairs on his place.-Mr. E. NJ. Judd. the old landlord of Kent, is rusticating in Schag- ticoke, and Is worthily succeeded by MT. ComstOck.
 The SALISBURY News retorts on another Salisburian. of anti-Beecher propensities, who has been taking him to task in the Sun, with the request that he twill deviate from his usual custom with those to whom he is indebted, and pay up his SUI bscrip- to The News. which is over three years in arrears. That we consider 8 first rate Grguaae'atxna ad honiaena but hardly con- elusive of the merits of the Beecher case. There was smash-up of a wagon be- longing to a person calling on Rev. MT. Johnson, recently.-Mr. John Orton of Monterey. Mass, has taken an appeal from the decision of the commissioners on the estate of the late Dr. Benjamin Welch disallowing a claim of about $500.
 A LIME RocK party have been on fish, ing excursion to Buffum Pond on Mt. Tabor, Vt. They propose to establish camp there for succeeding parties soon to follow.
 1 At WATERTowN all the rooms of the Warren Honse but nine have been engag- ed.-Judge Davis, Tweed's sentencer. was there recently.-Gilbert Royce now runs the stage line to Waodbury.
 REYNOLDS BRIDGE enjoyed foot race, a general drunk, and womans crusade,