Litchfield enquirer., 1876-04-20

Village Imprevem snt.-The Holley Mfg Go. send some beautiful samples of knives to Philadelphia.
 WEST CORNWALL shipped 1888 cans of
 milk in March Jas. Foulke, Jr. IS going
 to Babylon, l.. l., to live.
 l BARKHAMsTED contributes greenback representative to the legislature, says the l Winsted News The Riverton correspon- dent of that paper says most of the Gree ley Republicans have left the Democracy, and one of than accepted a Republican nomination, this spring. He stays at home of course.
 NEW HARTFORD has new military or- ganization called the Centennial Cadets. They number 9 already; vary good deal ln size, but are making splendid progress under Captain Jones.-Mr Carlos Hol- combs new house is making good pro- gress, and will be an ornament to the neighborhood.
 At CoLEBRooK, on the 10th inst. Mr. l Edwin B. Root, the new proprietor of the Mills farm, committed suicide by hanging ! himself to beam ill the barn. There is tendency to suicide in Mir. Roots family, his brother having killed himself some 13 years since. The deceased was 63 years of age.
 Mir. Kenney. of HARwINroN, says he has COW six years old, who has had five calves, two pairs ta ains and one at another time; that she gives twenty-four quarts of strained milk i'll twenty-four hours, which produces two pounds of butter in that time. That IS a remarkable coy if this story Is t. ue.-RegiSter. ;
 At TWISTED, last week, 15,00O salmon fry were safely deposited in the waters of Little Pond on Wednesday by Mir. Jelliffe of Westport. The Hurlbut Iron Com pany of the West Village are to make to- day (Thursday) the slapper of the 13, 900 pound Centennial bell which is to be used at the Exhibition. - Herald.-We learn on good authority authority that Mr. Richards of New Britain who is the owner Of neat little steamefis about 10 bring It to Wlnsted this summer and launch it on Long Lak Work preparatory to the erection of the new depot by the Nauga- tuck Railroad company, has already com menced.-The adjourned meeting on Mon- day evening to take action on the propos- ed purchase of Hook and Ladder Truck resulted Tn the matter being indefinitely postponed. .-NeWs.-If the farmers don't bring In some butter ''dum quick" the village of Winsted will be destitute of tai low and bar soap. thus far the only sue cessful substitutes offset the sad news the death of our rich uncle, A, T. Stewart, of New York, comes the pleasant tld1ngs of pleasant wedding in Torring- ford street. last Tuesday, in which Robert Horne and Miss Hurlbut acted as the leading characters. God bless 'em.- Press,
 The Warner house at CANAAN has been leased by B. J. Bradley, and is now being thoroughly repaired.
 John Hanley, of THoMAsroN, who has been working at Naugatuck recently, was found drowned in one of the canals in that place last Thursday morning. Rum did It,. IVolcottvidc Register.
 The NEW MILFORD correspondent of the Winsted News IS that honest, exemplary. truthful, respected, reliable, beloved gen. tleman and scholar, James R. Johnson. The News is to be congratulated. MT. James A. Parks, former resident of New Milford, died quite suddenly, last Satur- day. The death occurred in Fair Haven. Four New Milforders left town, Thurs day. for the West. Robert Erwin goes to Appleton, Wis and Benja min M. Buck ingham, Burns Lasher, and Ash Lasher. go to St. Panl's, Minn. Flowing has con- menced in some places in this village The Housatonic Society have voted to hold a fair the last week in September Mir. John P. Treadwell died suddenly on the 8th inst.-Ray.