Litchfield enquirer., 1875-04-29
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The first buds of Arbutus have made their appearance.
 Perch are coming up the river, be- tween the lake and little pond.
 MT. Frederic Deming is in town for the season. His family are expected soon.
 The "Narble Epidemic" has broken out. Many juveniles have it very badly.
 Lumber is now being hauled for Mir. H. o. Morse's new house on South Street.
 -Fifty.three arrivals at the Mansion House. on Tuesday.
 J. Deming Perkins, Esq, is putting hay window in the South end of his re- sidence in North street.
 The road on the Milton turnpike. just above D. s. Westover's, needs the atten- ton of the selectmen.
 A new bench has been erected on the Mansion House piazza, for the benefit of the sitting public.
 -E. B. Mason has bought of H. H. HOtchkiss, the place near the South Bridge. lately occupied by Mrs. Phelan. Mir. Julius Deming caught fine string of trout, twenty-two in number, in the Spruce Brook, on Monday last.
 Mir William Agard, of Philadelphia, a native of this place. was in town, this week
 Mir. David Plant has been enlarging aud improving his house on the Milton road.
 --Mr. Apollos Buell. and family have returned from Vineland, N. J.. when they have been spending the winter. .... Rev Frederick B. Allen of Boston. breaches at tste Congregational church, next Sunday. .s es. I The Island Hotel is being piastered and wIll soon be ready for the occupancy Of \. G. Beach who has rented it. .n 1 --kilbourn's sale came of at the Nau- gat1ek Station on Tuesday: goods bring ing fair prices. It will be continued, Fri day.
 The Naugatuck R. R. Go. have inspect. ed and taken away some 1.2OO ties from their station in this town. They change , their time table next week. The passengers on the Shepaug Sun- day milk train, had lively trip down, a lively stay at Hawleyville. and a lively trip back. we hear
 -Mrs. Morse, the widow of Prof. Sam uel F. B. Morse. was at the Mansion House with some of the members of her family. last week.
 The attention of the "village I'm. PrOvement Company" is called to the con- dition of the hitching posts, at the west end of the East Park. --.
 MT. E. B. Mason has sold his interest in Afsy acre tract northwest of Ahe vil- lage. owned in company win Afr. Edson Perkins. to Mfr. Charles Msrriman, for 1000.
 Mfr. Thomson, the tree agent who committed suicide in Hartford, on Thurs day last. was here few days previously, and announced his intention of returning in May. for the purpose of spending the summer in this vicinity. making his head quarters. at the Mansion House
 The Superior Court has been occupied during the past week with the case of Harriet Duso vs. Rossitcy 3. Hopkins. both of Sharon, an action on the. statute for recovery of damages from the bite of a dog. Plaintiff recovers $500 and costs.
 NorthrOp vx Northrop. a New Milford case. is the next case. Next week the trial of court business is to begin and will probably occupy the week only.
 A gentleman sends in a record he has dept of the snow storms of the past five years. There were g, leach, in '70-1, '73-4. and '7l-S; 19. in '7l-2; and 2s, in '72-3. The record by months for the past two years is as follows:
 For 1s7S4: Nov.. ,; Dec. 5; Jan.3, i; Feb. 4; Mar, 4; April. 8. --.-,.
 For 1S74-5: Nov. 2; Dec, 8; Jan., 9; Feb. 8; Mar, g; April.'3. sran
 When a Litchfeld man does good thing. or succession of things, we dislike to see his performance nnderrated. An item has been going the round of the Stale papers purporting to give list of the offices held by Geo. N. woodrutf. Esq, of this place, fifteen in number. This list is well enough as far as it goes. but is certainly incom- plete. MT. Woodruff is Deacon of the First C0ngl. Society in this town, and Su- perintendent of it's Sabbath School, an office that perhaps takes more time than some others that pay better. We take pleasure in adding an eighteeaa4 to the list. this week. in the presidency of 'The Litch6eld Village Improvement 7Gompa- ny" - .-...,~ -
 -On Saturday night the Village I'm prOvement Company organized by the adoption of articles of association, and the election of the following officers: Geo. A. Woodruff. President; Mary c. Hickox, Secretary; Grace M. Gates, Treasurer It ~As voted 10 make the menbershep fee one dollar: and the annual tax on members one dollar. payabls on the first of August. The practical control of affairs is given to