Litchfield enquirer., 1876-08-24
Harwinton

MT. M. d. Granger and family, of Ply mouth, havesarriyed at Mr. Abbotts; Mir. and Mrs. Alvord, of Bridgeport, at widow Smiths; Mrs. Warren Scoville, of Orange burgh, South Carolina, has been at MT. NIL! 'Goodvin's 8 few days, and returned.
 MT. Joseph Van Toble, Engene W. Hinman and A. Winslow Allyn, of Har- winton; and Julius ScoviIle, Clarke Hurl- but, and Fred Blinn, of East Litchfeld, started for the Centennial together on Monday. 1TE.rYg.rv.E
 -Lucius 'U. Olmsted and son have completed their new house. This is the only centennial house that Harwinton can boast of. It is to be occupied by Mir. Olmsted's son, soon.
 Mir. Geo. w. Oatlin's family, of six persons. represents four generations un- der one roof.
 -Rev MT. Vance preached at Campville, last Sunday. Rev. W. H. Spencer. of Woodville, breaches at MT. Austin's, next Saturday evening; and at East Litchfield next Sunday. Rev. MT. Calhoun. of Cleve- land, Ohio, preached at Harwinton, last Sabbath. He is brother of Mrs. Emer- son Hayes, and is spending part of his vacation with her. ,r4 A "parsing" school was held in the school house at Campville, last Thursday evening, under the supervision of Misses Emma Butler and Nettie Reed. They have appointed another for next Thurs day evening. MT. Israel Putnam was the best grammarian. This young gentle man, who lives at Mir. Lyman Perkins, is a grsat-great-grandson of General Israel Putnam, and knows five times as much grammar as the old General ever did.
 The 9th district school, taught by Miss Jennie Gridley. of Bristol, closed last week. This young lady has gained the good will of all that know her.
 MT. Elliott B. Hinman has bought out the interest of Dr. Virgil R. Buel, in the store of Buel Hinman. .g
 The Clerk of the Superior Court has forwarded the following names to our Town Clerk, of the Justices of the Peace who have been duly qualified for the term of two years from July 4th. 1876: Norman A. Wilson, David Vail and Chas. Wilcox. MT. Gilbert Colt, a resident of this town, died at the residence of F. B. Scott, of East Plymouth, Tuesday, August 10th, aged eighty-two. He was the brother of widow Edward Bartholomew, who is the oldest person Tn town. She will be ninety years old on the Sth of September next. In former years MT. Colt was prosper ous business man in the Southern States, but he afterwards met with reverses.
 Considerable excitement was mani. fested in East Litchfeld, and vicinity, last Wednesday morning, by the finding of a human body floating in Page & D2ins pond, below the bridge that spans the Naugatuck. here.. It was first seen by Mir. and Mrs. Granger, who merely "won- dered what it could be-" A few minutes later it was noticed by Mir. Warren AL fred, who was passing. and who thought it resembled the body of man, and who immediately gave the alarm at the Sec. will House, and two of the citizens took boat and rowed ont to- the object, and found that Mir. As surmises were correct. MT. Horace Leonard got a rope and brought the body.'to the shore on the Litchfeld side, and tied it to the bank of the river. Justice Kilbourn directed Mir. J.H. Morse, constable, to summon a jury. and had the body taken from the water, in which it had evidently been sev- eral days. Ttappeared to be the body of a middle aged matatto man. It was sup posed to be the body of a tramp, who was seen. around here nearly all day the Fri. day previous. and who had 0 peculiar kind of tin pail containing two apples and a pice of paper, taad the same pail and contents, were found on the dam, by Winslow Allyn the day before the body was discovered. The corpse held it's hat on the breast with both hands. Some consider it a case of suicide, while others suspect foul play, as the head was covered with blood: but the jury gave . verdict of accidental drowning" in the pockets were found four iron door-keys, and one brass skeleton key. J. McNeil. selertman, had the body inferred; but it is to be re- moved to Litchfield. a5o .-f
 ! "A little rain fell on Thursday-iust enough to ''lay the dust. but it didn't shorten our farmers faces much. It raip- ed at Harwinton Center. early Sunday uaorning. but barely reached East Litch- field. Wells are dried up, brooks low. The Naugatuck has dwindled down to n puny stream. Page & Dains cannot run their mill but one or two days week.
 The owners of cider mills are trying to make little cider but are hindered for want of water. If they had any other power to grind the apples with, the supply of cider would soon predominate over that of water, as apples are abundant and only eight cents bushel.
 Sunday and Monday nights were cold enough for October. f Potato bugs have devoured the tops l and are now consuming the potatoes.