Litchfield enquirer., 1876-11-09
COUNTY ITEMS.

| Hon. James Huntington, of Woodbury, and Morris ". Seymour, of Bridgeport. Bishop Williams visited KENT, Oct. 21. and administered the rite of confirmation to ten persons-Mrs. E. M. Rowland has completed her new barn, painting and all, making nice improvement on her place Boss Carpenter Dascomb has pushed l forward the work on Mrs. Cohan's new house, and it is now quite ready for the masons Oliver Frier who fell from a ladder while engaged in painting barn, and broke his lip. was doing we'll until 1 one night last week he got up and tried to wait on himself, and broke his leg over again. Now the probability is that he | will be laid up all winter.- r.-Sportsmen have killed quite a large number of coons in this town of late.-Tbe law suit be- tween W Watson and Lyman Stone, for | alleged sale of liquor to Watson's son, af- 1 ter being forbidden by the first selectman, came of last Monday; but owing to some error in the proceedings of the prosecu- | tion the defendant succeeded in noa-snlt- ing Mir. W.--Ray.
 At TWISTED a large audience gathered l in Music Hall Thursday evening of last week to listen to the speeches of Richard | D. Hubbard and Ex Senator Doolittle.- l A new freproof safe has been obtained | for the District Court records.-Frank H. 1 Merrill, formerly of this town, more lately l of Utica, New York, has recently located at Port Huron, Michigan Bailey, the Danbury News Man. is expected to be ill Winsted, Tuesday evening, Nov. 14th, to deliver his new, but already celebrated lecture, "Eng and as Seen from q Back Window. .'-Last Saturday evening was a time of general repubi ican rejoicing. The Boys in Blue formed their column near the Naugatuck depot. and took a line of march through all the principal streets. Over one hundred and fifty men were in the ranks.-Miss Sarah Hermance has gone to Richmond, Mass, to spend the months. Julia Rockwell, Miss An- na Bradfoad, Mrs. Julia A. Batcheller, W. T. and w H. Batcheller, Miss Ge tie Baldwin, Jas. H. Welch and Geo W. Hol- lenbeck and daughter are among the num- Der returned from the Centennial during the past week.-Herald.
 At THoMAsroN Adolph Levy is remov- ing his wholesale liquor store, and we hear that he is going to Waterbury. Foster is digging cellar for storage un- der the old market building near his store. re.-Anaeric0n.-Dr. B. R. Warner, of Thomaston, a late graduate of Yale Col lege, has decided to locate in Seymour with Dr. Johnson.-Geo. c. Hosford is running the blacksmith shop recently oc- cupied by Judson Bros.. on Main street. The meat market of Scoville & Allen has been closed up by parties from out of town, so we have only one where, but T, A.. Langdon's boot and shoe store on Ply mouth Hill, is open again, his father hay ing gone security for him. - Sentinel. tower clock in the tower which they have recently added to their factory.-Commu- nion services were observed at the differ ent churches, Sunday. There was social dance in American Hall, Friday evening. A club has been organized to continue these through the winter. The hall is now fitted in good shape and is in fine condition stone cutters near the dry bridge have erected fine monument of their own cutting, by way of advertis- ing their work, and to show the fine quail lty of granite which they get from the new quarry recently opened up the river, on MT. Fenn's land.-Americ0r.
 At NORFOLK, recently, a party of four hunters from abroad bagged tifty-six par tridges and woodcocks at South Norfolk in one day.-Mr. A. A. Spaulding has laid the foundation for large house near his present residence at the Summit milk station.-Mt.. Nag DeMars IS erecting fine house on the site of the Square Mills mansion which fell few weeks ago while being moved. He had an old fashioned fr,r foohinno6 dunl11nO - Herald. d.-Among those killed in the re- cent accident on the Delaware Lackawan- na and Eastern railroad was Warren Bragg of Clayvllle, N. J., brother of Jas. l.. Bragg, Esq. of Canaan. formerly res- ident of Winchester Center.-NeaDs.
 At CORNWALL BRIDGE, Mir. Ludwig Li- ner of North Kent has purchased the place occupied by the late Lemuel Buell., paying therefor, $1,O50.-A man working for MT. o. Bierce was injured few days since by the falling of tree, but it is- hoped that he is not past recovery.-Mr. l. Wedge having built an addition to his barn, has given it, also, a new coat of paint.-Coons are plenty. Mrs. Swift's sons have caught. two in the past week, and there appear to be plenty more where these came from.-A number of interest ing religious meetings have been held lately in the school house in the Tuffing- ham district, and there seems to be quite an awakening. The Rev. Sylvester Smith preached in the school house on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings to a ll-flled house.-.HeT0ld.
 The WoLcoTTv1L1e Coe Brass Manufac- l turing Go. have ust added another fifty 1. L. T
 dition to their works is nearly completed, while the addition to the cartridge manu- factory. at the same place, has been occu- pied for some weeks past.-Several ot our citizens are, or have been, quite sick for of them last Sunday, that the church bells were not rung for fear of disturbing the sufferers too much.-Mr. Agard and his son Charles who have beeu very ill for a week or so, are now recovering and We may soon expect to see them on the l streets again MT. W. Robbins is build
 ing a wagon shop just south of his black smith shop few feet-We learn from father Isaiah that he will hold fair for the benefit of hls church, about the first of next month. Register. 1 EMBARRASSED held a special town meet ing at the town house on Tuesday the 31st inst. and annulled the contract for the repair of roads with J. F. Simmons.
 A select party of twenty-eight persons met at the house of Henry P. Lane on Friday evening the 27 inst He has lately married and just commenced housekeeping. Thursday evening, the 26 inst as large crowd of persons congre- gated in front of the post-ofice, waiting the delivery of their mail, a large booby named Fred Roberts, caught small boy seven years of age, a son of Rev. z. D. Baird, threw him carelessly over his shoulders and dropped him upon large stone. breaking his nose and disfguring
 him for life-Herdld. ss
 At NoRTHFIELD, recently, Ed. Gilbert got leg through the wheel of his sulky, l and allowed his horse to drag him around