Litchfield enquirer., 1876-11-30

WoLcorTvILLE.- The Fair, spoken of week or so ago, for the benefit .of St. Francis-of Assissium church, will take place early next month. - Charley Agard has so far recovered from his late sick ness as to be able tu walk about tue streets The society of Second Advents have been holding series of meetings last week and this. The social hop to be g.ven by the I. G. O. w., of this village on the evening of the 30th inst, at Allen
 Hall, will be prompted by G W. Wright, the Wolcottgille Qladrille Band furnish ing the music -Oae of the large truck horses belonging to the Coe Brass Manu- featuring Go. was taken sick last Tues day. and very soon( dled. .--Mrl T. J. Gil bert has been visiting frends Ill this yll lage for the past few days. He halls from Ia aNorthvilie, NsnY where. Iass has heenpen- gagged very successfully in the hardware business. Tuesday evening as a young lady was passing aout some. dis
 tance on East Main street. some villain attacked her, seizing her tight around the waist and firmly holding her mouth with his hand. She struggled for some time to free herself from the Hend, and finally succeeded n frt eing his hand from her mouth, when her screams caused him to fee.-Register.
 A PHEASANT VALLEY agent claims to have sold 86 sewing machlnces within the past year.-Aibert Baker & Sons Sash and Door manufactures, use over forty thousand feet of first class pine lumber in their business annually .-Herald. At BARKHAMsrED Centre Hill, Centenni- al bed-quilting parties are all the age and all the vicinity is ransacked to secure an <,11 1,@T Af . and when secured it is sewed into cu- rious forms by the nimble fingers of the fair. to be preserved until the next centen- nial.-Heratd.
 At NEW HARTFORD the work of llcen- sing the gin mills" has begun. and five applications have already been filed, with more to follow. One or two have been ! signed by the selectmen, while the rest still hang fire.--What has been known as Academy Hall has been remodeled un- der the auspices of the Ladies sewing so- ciety and the Church Society; and they now have kitchen. parlor and conference room (nearly ready to occupy), with new stoves. carpets and other furnishing The
 looms are to be dedicated soon.-HeraLd.
 The THoMAsroN clock shop is on full time; the Brass mill hours a day.-The
 Morse Block IS well along, and will be ready to occupy by December 20. The rooms will be very fine. MT. D ABarnes is having good house started; the sllls are on.-Allen & Rosslter are about to build new house and good one.-Her- nld The first division Ancient Order of Hiibernians of Thomaston hold their third annual ball in American Hall. Thanksgiv- ing Eve.-Edward Balcomb, of Thomas ton, who lost an arm at the movement shop, seven weeks ago, is now at work again. Sheriff Chatfield was in New Brit ain, Wednesday. looking for man named Wm. Jackett, formerly of New Britain, who had left that place without paying the usual courtesies to his boarding mis- I'tress.-AnaerscGn
 At WATERFOWL 8 flock of fine sheep, numbering fourteen, belonging to Oliver Atwood, were killed by dogs Monday night.--Miss Julia Bronson of Middle
 bury, who taught the Poverty disticrt school last season has been retained for
 another term.-Kent Mason lectured here Friday evening We understand that few good building lots are to be sold
 at auction next Monday, the 27th inst- We hear of late. that J. Fl. Nettleton has sold small lot to David Peck, in Elm l street, and that dwelling house is to be erected thereon. this fall and win ter. F B. Hand has purchased the l homestead of Rev. F. B. Woodward, M. D.-R. B. Lewis IS erecting fine monu- ment Tn Evergreen cemetery to tue mem ory of hls wife. fe.-AnacricGn Our manu- | factories show slowly increasing busi- ness The Heminwsys are letting up on 1 the pressure of silk manufacture on ac-
 count of the unparalleled high price of the raw silk material. Herald.
 TWISTED was alarmed on Wednesday night by the breaking out of fire in the Clarke House which, however. was soon
 subdued when the engines arrived. The fire originated in the lamp closet, small room between the hallway and
 kitchen used for filling and storing the
 lamps, but its origin is unknown. The l damage will amount to $1, 800 or $2 ,OO0, l covered by insurance. MT Frank B. Cleveland, of this town, who has been un- fortunate in the loss of his eyesight, has
 gone to the New York Eye 1nfrmary to
 have an operation performed in hopes
 that the sight of at least one eye can be
 restored. -The new convent just erected 1 under the supervision of Father Leo, and
 to he known as the Convent of St. Mar 1 garet of Cortona, will be dedicated with |
 3d.-The old building so long used as
 depot by the Naugatuck Railroad Compa-
 ny in Winsted was disposed of at Auction
 on Thursday to Ralph H. Moore for $50. l-Nesos
 l The NEW PRESTON lyceum debated the question of prohibition in Washington,
 on the 17th inst The question was de-
 clded in the afirmative.-Some parties
 from Bridgeport have taken the contract
 to paint the Congregational church, iD-
 side. The seats are to be repainted and l general improvements made in and around the churchill. s. Beeman left for New
 York on Thursday. Nov. 9th, for the pur.
 pose. of buying Winter goods, and up to
 this date, Nov. 21st, he has not been
 heard from.-Over fifty persons have at.
 tended the Centennial Exposition at Phil
 adelphia from within the limits of our | Village.-Mrs. Eleanor Woodruff, who
 has been away eight weeks visiting friends
 in the West, returned last Friday.-Ray.
 NEW MILFORD Democrats, it is sad,
 are talking again about starting paper
 in this place. Elisha P. Rowe. the Rox-
 bury stage driver to New Milford, has
 been quite Ill for nnmber of weeks.- The colored people had bali in this vii.
 lage Thursday evening.-The very men
 who cry out so loudly about the discharge
 of workmen for their political opinions.
 order their papers stopped because they
 don't agree with them politically
 new hall is to be dedicated on Friday
 evening, Dec 1st. Performance of the
 "Haymakers" has been postponed.-The
 Temperance Unlon debated at it's last
 meeting the question Resolved that the
 hope of reward has greater influence on
 man than the fear of punishment. Ray.
 The CHORAL UNION rehearses on Friday
 evening at Music Hall A. Heisler,
 late resident engineer of the Conn. West
 ern R. R., who has recently been attach
 ed to the engineer corps of the Elevated