Litchfield enquirer., 1876-08-24
COUNTY ITEMS.

coUNTY ITEMS. The TWISTED walking match of the 18th inst, resulted n the success of Dearborn. Craft wen the 300 mile match of Dutch ee-The Nautilus Club reacsleI Phila- delphia, Friday morning, having enjoyed delightful sail with a smooth sea and very little sickut ss.-Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dudley, IT,, are enjoying the sea breezes at Watch H.iL-Pot.toes are selling for sixty cents bIshsl The corner stone of the new R5maH Catholic Convent at the East Village will be laid by Bishop Gal berry next Shnday.-The skaters employ ed on CampIs new, block are attracting much attention. Their dexteritv in trim- ming the slates and earring them up lad- ,sers in large piles balancetl on their heads is well worthy of nofice.-Her0Ld- The eulAgmelf Eof tie chapel of the Second Congregational cilurci., much talked of, is about { De acc6nfpiished -Aneeric0n. Mir. and Mrs. Franklin Moore have gone to Martha Vineyard for few days recreation. --NeUs. Fem, of Win sted and formerly of Plymouth, intends to associate himself in tie practice of law with his brother E. J. Feun, Esq, now located in Hotchkiss Block. He willbe here two or three days in each week. Waterbury Iaader. ..r THoMAsToN contributed it's share to the Excursion of the Ancient Order of For resters at High Rock Grove, on Tuesday. Over 1U00 people were there.-Bernard Whalen V as tried for drunkenness, We'd nesday, before Justice Newton. and sen- fenced to 3D days in iaii.-Apples are plenty. .4The Caiedonian club. which num- bers about 2c nielnbers, has been invited to join the New Britain club in their fifth 1 annual games, which, are to be held at Bassett's Grove, on Saturday uf next week. ;. While catching behind the bat, Saturday, Vim. Delay had his nose bro- ken by a bail he had the misfortune to miss.-Work on Mir. Morse's new build- ing is being rapidly pushed forward. as is necessary tn complete it before cold weather.-Our people have been dropping down to the great exposition throughout the season.-Aaron Thomas, John H. Wood and N.. A Norton are there now.- One hundred tons of granite were thrown out at one blast, last week, at tue quarry a mile north of the, depot.--A ratLlesnake with twelve rattles was killed near Ben sons lat Reynolds Bridge, on Monday The movement shop shut down for the afternoon, Friday, on account of low wa ter. ""'} "' '7-' '-t "2 The WoLcoTTvILLE Coe Brass Mfg, Co.,, have got their new fifty horse power boil. CT in position and will soon have the ex- tention of the building enclosed over it. The dry weather has caused considera- ble sickness in this vicinity.-More than the usual number of Wolcottvilie people are now absent from town either at the Centennial or seaside.-The drought, which has continued for several weeks past. has left the river nearly dry, and manufacturers have been running by steam for more than a week past. The apple crop in this vicinity is considered very good and the yield above the aver age.-Register. er.-Fuessennic and All dis base ball hines had a second tussle with each other on Friday, and the Alldis side were again victorious. Master Horace Holley, son of F. N. Hol- ley. Esq, of Wolcottyille, injured him. self seriously few days since. He was practicing on horizontal bar and at the time hanging head downward. His feet slipped from the bar and he fell on his head and shoulders. Since the accident hls body has. been almost completely par. alysed He has so far recovered as to be able to move his hands little, with more sense offeeling. but his limbs still remain useless.-I,adea.
 NoRrHFIELD.-The community had a very pleasant union picpic in the grove of the Peck brothers on Wednesday.-The not large, but noisy.-At the Congrega- kionol ohuroh toSk Sunday xuoro present three clergymen and ono theolog- ical student.-The Rev. Wan. l.. Bost- wick, rector of Trinity parish, is having a vacation and has just returned from a trip to Philadelphia and Long Branch Last Saturday, as ID. 0. Churchill was driving home from Waterbury, the pole of his wagon gave way and frightened his horses, so that they ran, throwing Mir. Churchill out and injuring him seriously. This occurred some distance below Rey- holds Bridge, and, borrowing pair of shafts, he undertook to drive home. Up. on arriving there he was unable to get out of his wagon. Dr. North of Water bury visited him on Sunday and found the most severe injury to be confusion near the spine. In addition he found one rib broken and bruises on the head American.
 At WEST CORNWALL W. O. Stone of Dib- ble Hill was arrested last Friday, ,on charge of stealing buckwheat from the ground of caught some very large bass in Nudge caught the '.big fish," which weighed 34 pounds. Road Commissioner Crandall is rebuilding the bridge near Geo. Potter's, which wassdamaged badly by the freshet, last spring. The Misses Thompson of Cream Hill ..and Miss Hattie Cochrane, started foe the. Centennial. last Saturday. H. c. CrandalIs "Rambletonian" colt got badly gored by COW. last weeA.- News.s
 At PINE MEADOW on the night of the II inst, the store belonging to D. M. Chapin and occupied by s. Allen & Co.,. was dis covered to be on fire. It caught from the furnace in room occupied by a tailor The flames spread upward through the lathlng to the floor above, where the Masonic Hall is located, but before they Trad gained much headway, an alarm was given, and the neighbors rallied to the Scene with buckets and extinguishers and extinGuished the flames in short order. The, damage is suall.s.s Hs1 ~@ a At EAST LITcHFIELD the dead body of
 
 an unknown colored man was found near the station on Wednesday morning. Jus tice Kiiborn summoned a jury who came to the conclusion that it was a case of &C., scidental sdrowning. The body was sup posed to be that of a tramp seen around here the Friday previous, nearly all day A party of our young men start for the Centennial next Monday.-Water Tn the river is so low that the paper mill runs on. ly one or two days in a week. Register. The CoLEBHooK delegates appointed to the Congregational church convention to be held at 'Ansonia, the 9th, 7th and 9th of September, are Rev. MT. Russell and Irving Olss. Rev. Mr. Bassett occupies the pulpit while Mir. Russell is away on his vacation. .-John Seymour returned from the Centennial, last Friday. Harvey Deming is dangerously sick with typhoid fever. The supply of water in wells and springs is very nearly exhausted. ana in soma has entirely failed. -Nea0s. s4 s.At ,WArERTowN the, house of the lafe