Litchfield enquirer., 1876-08-31

At CORNWALL BRIDGE, recently, Mr. Serene Swift caught and cooped and about forty chickens to have them ready for market the next morn ing. But while men slept the enemy came and not only helped themselves to the chickens but took the coops also.-A Sunday school picnic was held in the l grove near MT. Y 5.yift's on Tuesday last This is new sc,o.,.. lately organized un- der Mir Charles SklE IS superintendent - Herald.
 At CoLEBRooK. Harvey Deming, who was reported dangerously sick with Ty- | phoid fever i~ mach better. Solomon Sacket Is on the sick it. rheumatism is the oni'le. .-Etwin Darlington. of New 1 York. Is in tomn.- R,-s M.. Russel has returned fron ills vaca.io.L Oar town seeus to be blest with its full quota of l city visitors and sight seekers, just now, l and the seatsin tn" Congregational Church no longer look like checker board, on the Sabbath -Neus.-A Colebrook boy received Il small watch worth perhaps SIP, from his parents in Ireland recently. Freight and charges to New York were prepaid. The watch was sent to him with the following charges: Duty $375, pre- mlum on gold 45 cents. custom huuse fees and carriage $l 02. custom ho ,se brokerage S2. 5O, collection f.es 36 cents. tnts! $8. 05. It pays to send watc..es from Ir land. | Ptass.
 At TWISTED Long Lake appears to be a very popular resort this summer. We hear of frequent pic lics and am bakes held on he grounds at tine lower end.- l Work "n Waters new block is brogres- 1 3lxa. .,I tb.A> >k. ho &.ck l h;'or will soon he ready for ,0ccupancy-
 Mr.. George Lawrence IS to move his fam l ily over from East Canaan this week. l Herald. MT. Joseph McGowan of Wal lens HilIs had valuable pair of animals stolen iron his lots ou Sunday evening last Our old friend from Omaha, J. D. Howe, Esq. was taken by surprise. Monday evening, about fifty persons called with all sorts of good things. music was provided Il dance followed alid everybody was hap py.--On Friday last Sheriff Siocum re- ceiyed dispatch from Chief of Police Allen of New Haven asking for the ar- rest of one Fred Fellows for thefts in 1 Hamden and also in New Haven, he suc- eeded in finding Fellows in West Norfolk on Tuesday last -Ne,os.
 The WoLcorrv1LE high school commen- ces it's fall term the first Monday in Sep- tember.-Mr. F. l.. Wadhams Is raising his dam at Daytonville, two feet, and has also nearly completed new Hume at his sa&mill. MT. Henry Candee was chosen ! committeeman last week, by the peo- pie of Daytonville. Master Horace Hol- | ley is slowly but surely recovering from the effects of his fall few days ago.-A sense of feeling has returned to his para lyzed limbs. and it is hoped. he will soon recover the use of them.-Last Sunday, while the family of John Smithwick were at divine service, burglars entered the house by breaking through the cellar door. They ransacked pretty thoroughly | but took only silver watch and a gold cross.s The concert to be given by the eel ebrated American Band, of Providence, at the City Hall, Waterbury, Sept. 18th, promises to be a an unusually entertain ing affair and we should advise all who appreciate good music to attend.-Regis- ter.
 At BARKHAMsTED good able bodied men have been hired to work haying and har- | vesting for fifty cents per. day. Such has been the splendid weather for that purpose that nearly all the farmers herea- bouts have secured their hay crop in splendid condition Many of our people are preparing to visit the centennial at Philadelphia about September l, New potatoes, 50 cents 8 bushel; blackberries, cents quart; apples, 10 cents bushel; cider, one dollar a barrel; are our present prices Who says poor person cannot live in Barkhamsted ,?-There is talk of an effort being made to secure flag station near Pleasant Valley, on the Connecticut Western railroad. for the accommodation of the travelling public. At present they are forced to go distance of nearly three miles to get to depot, when the site for the proposed flag station is within mile of the village.
 At NEW HARTFORD, last Monday night, r at about nine o'clock,a barn on the farm, now occupied by Mir. Herman Clark, formerly of this village, was burned to the ground by an incendiary. This is the second barn Mir. Clark has had burned since last January. All his hay was de- stroyed but about two tons.
 At the THoMAsroN Republican caucus, Tuesday evening. Albert P. Bradstreet and George P. North were chosen dele gates to the state convention The town committee appointed were G. P. North, A. G. Smith. D. o. Churchill, Wm B. Gill bert, s. s. Lamb, Timothy Corcoran -C. Foster is giving the front of his store a lively appearance by printing it red and white.-Mr. Hanley of Perth Amboy, N. J. and Miss Lizzie Delay of this place were married Wednesday forenoon Tn the Catholic church. "Wednesday morning Officer Chatield served papers of attach ment on the available property of George Bristol, to cover claim for the Washing | kDy s,aokah 0f kh:n hak ceryman Lawton exhibits large tomato which was grown by Mrs. E. H. Barnes of the Hill, and weighs two pounds and three ounces. MT. Hotchkiss has the frame to the house he is building on Judson street up, and so has Mir. Sanford, who is build- l ing house in the upper part of the vil- l lage. on the east side of the river.- | American. ~
 The other day Myron Kellogg, of SHARON, an old Scatacook Indian, whose weight does not exceed eighty-five pounds at the most, was in the hay field l conversing with Mr. Albert Hall, when a l whirlwind twisted hlm around two or three l times. and finally raised him from the earth, carrying him up distance of about thirty feet, spinning around like top and | finally dropping him in swamp hole near by almost entirely uninjured. but burying him to the waist in the mud.-AOerican We don't ask for any affidavit to the truth of the foregoing, but if the vener- able Scatacook would close with his mark it would give it more natural look.
 The FALLS VILLAGE Camp Meeting {Pine Grove) is firmly established as one of the permanent institutions of the land. New Cottages have every year added to the growth of ''the city" till there are now altogether nearly forty permanent build ings. These. with the great number of cloth tents always spread for occupation during the meeting, make village of no mean dimensions. There have been built within a few weeks past four new build. ings. Lawyer Enc of Pine Plains, Judge Tollman of Poughkeepsie. and Rev. Mir. Nash of Curtisviile have each built new cottages for their occupation, and the so- T