Litchfield enquirer., 1876-02-17
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 HABw1NToN is trying to start writing school, to be taught by MT. Naylor.-Mr. | Geo. E. Taft is at the Snfisld Institute.- Mir. Wm. Kembel recently sold two ton pair of cattle for beef. Mir. Minor is re. covering from felon on the hand which was at one time attended with infamma. ton that seemed to threaten his life. The choirare busy with Moody and Sankey's Gospel Hymns.-A centennial company of Harwintofi veterans of the war of the re- bellion is soon to be organized. l1
 At TERRYv1LnE on the 4th inst, after the regular prayer meeting, the people adjourned to the adjoining school room at the request of the Rev. MT. Griggs. There they found the cornet band and and proceeded to surprise Mir. and Mrs. Samuel W. Morse with cele- bration of their crystal wedding. Some 200 people were present, and the affair was a very pleasant one.-One day, recently, as a woman was crossing the railroad bridge, near the depot, she slipped and fell a distance of about twenty-two feet, into the stream below. The ice gave way. and she was thoroughly soused, but, luckily. her fall was seen, and she was soon rescued cared for, and returned to her home in Fall Mountain.
 At NoRrHF1EnD, on Tuesday of last week, James Roberts blacksmi:h-shop burnt down.-Mr. s. H. Guernsey upset a load of hay. recently, with tall tumble and some bruises as the result. a
 At WooDBURY the Rev. Mir Jacocks, rec tor of the Episcopal church had surprise recently, says the American, at MT. and Mrs. Fred Walker 's.-Theodore Walker,
 who has run an express betW cen here and NeY Haven. has sold ont to E-.r,, ,..awn for .
 new bridge at West Side.-Mr. Joseph
 Capewell, of West Side has sold out to
 R8nhaE 8n 4Gsaugs nP and sas
 enter in the business at the old place.
 There is talk of building chapel at Pom
 ug.-Lot Fenn was acquitted of forg-
 ing his wife's name to bank book.
 WoLCoTTvILLIANs were much disap- pointed that the excursion train which ran to the Thomas concert in Waterbury came no farther north than Waterbury, The Coe Brass Co.,. and the Excelsior Needle Go. are the only ones of the Vol. cottville manufacturing companies that declare dividends, this year, says the American.-There was very jolly cele- bration of the silver wedding of Mir, and Mrs. c McNeill.-An association has been formed to secure a course of lectures next season.-Rev. H. o. Judd has been here lately on visit About 75 people went from here to the Hilton lec- ture. There is to be another Leap Year ball at the Allen House, on the 18th inst MT. and Mrs. Edward s. Andrews of Torrington, celebrated their wooden we'd ding on the fifth. .... . ....l. ....
 The NEW MILFORD Temperance Society % members, says the Ray.-Mr. Perry N. Hall is sorting tobacco with a full complement of hands.-Mr. James Walden has made an assignment. MT. Fulton Baker butchered two hogs recent ly which weighed 1234fbs.-Cel.~ Marsh has his new building on Railroad street is nearly completed MT. Oviatt, it is said. has over 300 tons of ice in his ice J. B. Sinclair's woolen facto- ! ry was burnt on Thursday night. MT. Sin- clair saved most of his cloth. It is thought that his loss will be about g, ,OOO; insur- ance. 5000. The building and machine ry, worth about 8. 900, were owned by Wells Bros, and were insured for g, 400. only one machine, worth about $500, Seing saved. Fifteen hands are thrown out of l by the disaster.
 THoMAsroN had lifting match, recent y, says the American, between Messrs. 1 Mix (colored) and Hennesey. Ireland 1 'eached its limit at 575 lbs, ,and Africa car 1 lied of the prize. One Carll. (German?) l at the rolling mill, added three dock weights and lifted the pi1e.-Anoth- 1T wager (S100) was also recently decided. the broom-m maker, bet Reed, l he butcher, he could not cut two cords If seasoned chestnut wood 6 cuts) in tight hours. Reed accomplished the job, finishing the first cord in 3:15 and his econd, fifteen minutes inside the eight lours.-The clock shops are running on light hours time.-Dr. Woodruff recently old what he saw in Paris two years ago, at he reading club About fifty of the new amps are in running order.-Two bakery f cams are here semi-weekly.. one from Wa erbury. and one from Bristol. aa
 A EMBARRASSED town meeting recently sought for sign" with better luck than sed to attend the efforts of such peopIe. hey ordered the celebrated signs illegally osted in the center of the iron bridge to e removed and placed at the ends of the cythe shop bridge There is war to the nife in :he Center district. Raiders have arried of the windows and mashed the tove, and still the teacher teaches on.-l he town has decided to issue six per ent. bonds to the amount of S18,OOO hich are to be paid of, at the rate of l .0O0. principal, each year. E.
 WAEERFeEa has lost its last pensioner 1s12 in Nr. Asher Pultchard, who died ! a the 5th at the advanced age of ninety | vo.-A candy pedlar smashed up on Pur- atory hill, recently.