Litchfield enquirer., 1876-02-10
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 -Mx T. A. GaHung of Hartford is at home on his winter vacation. .....-
 The Rev. Hiram Stone oficiated at St Michael's. on Sunday evening last.
 The Christmas decorations of St. Mi chasl's church were removed. last week.
 Miss Nina Brisbane has taken charge of the Primary Department of the Insti- tute &# 1.
 St Paul's church, Bantam, has been stripped of its profuse Chrlstmas dscora- lions
 -Chas B. Lane was chosen First Lieutenant of Co. H. .on Monday evening, vice F. C. Webster resigned. ,~--
 The funeral of Mrs. Lewis Hotcbkiss was attended from St. Paul's church, Bantam Falls. this Wednesday morning.
 In our recent article on the old people of Litchlield there was a mistake in rating NE. TOmlinson Wells at ninety years. His true age is g..
 On Monday, Mir. Homer W. Babcock, of West Morris, caught pickerel in Mount Tom pond, which weighed five pounds ten ounces. The largest pickerel we have ever heard of being caught hereabouts w2s one taken in that pond by Mfr. Cos lee. about fourteen years since, which is said ts have weighed six and three.quar tsrsPOunds.
 The case of Dnvtd NOrthrOp US. Lsa0c 4- NOrthTOp was finished. last week, and verdict rendered for the pl'f to recover S3.55- The parties to this case are brothers. the litigation growing out of a note gwen on the settlement of their fath- CTS estate. It is a bitter family fight and the verdict seem to have been comprom. ise one
 A gentleman of a6other state, who has recently carefully examined the cata- lOgae of our Circulating Library suggests that the addition of some few volumes of hissOues and essays, would be decided improvement Is not the suggestion wor- thy of the attention of the Book Commit- tee?
 The list of Eames for an excursion to tO Washington. on Friday evening, to the play Led Astray" is not yet full, and names should be given in at once to secure its sncce$s Unless the weather is unpro- PStiOus it will be pleasant trip. the en- tire cOst of which-for railroad fare, trans- PoEtzfiOn tOand from the Hall in Wash, Ington. and reserved seat-will be but $I-l5 per head. The list is at the Post 41Soe-
 The Superior court has been engaged zhis wesk in the trial of criminal cases. HeuEy Bantine. of Washington was tried for barRlAEy in Roxbnry. His aceom- Pl5ce Wilson turned states evidence and he wxs convicted and sentenced to IS s@Oq1hs m State Prison. Edward Will E1=z. the Maryland chap who broke into th~ kOase of tke Methodist minister was SOzvScsei of burglary and sentenced to tuO years in State Prison. The jury were dzszA<rged Wednesday morning. The oSzrs VII remain in session only one week kO4ser. which will be occupied with trial Of Fx1kzte cases.
 -Atte1tSOa Is called to the advt. of Ap- FAeaOais new CyclOpedia in another col UzA IAs vOrk ss selected library in lkset. @aa deserves a large number of sub- SczThers among our professional and busi- BssE men and farmers. The latter waste zsO@ey e9OagA in very few years on trash srO.ded O2 them by canvassers, to pay for tAss <s21dard wOrk. which would place Laza~15Ately 6efose then sIl the science, 4r1. hhsary saa general informati6n "a FE@-<sHEl Eza needs in the business oflife. NE BS1kley.4a able and energetic canvas @ez. Ss cO031cting the business in this R&zS CE the cOantry.
 -ne costume perty for the benft of tAe LEsr1zv. nj Belden's on Monday night. w1S so e1csiy on the line between gpublic and Pr5vzss entertainments that we hardly kRs~ wAesher to '-rePOFt" it or not. The a-ssz@ss were a dscaded success, with u1=a vSrs~Ey. and many of those of the hsales rr@3rkably pretty and becoming. Ts ~sze tAs Fifteenth Amendment person @1y have ses2ed . tfiae frequent, though ss ss the 4A-k<T ia thing of beauty and gr@ne fSe~ver- Of the presentations, the ASEs a the evening were ". s. Judas s5s<zgez, 2zd Mother Hubbard." The Es<w1 w1s tAe perfection of art as the sOss<ky fe@ale- Her infinite condescen. S5u1. ready MOw of small talk and high tsu>1 co@paay HAnners. we have seen 3D. PrS@<A@a bat nevsrqaite equaled. eMoth. < HHb5ard" w2s indescribahle, inimita. hSe. irresistible - the 'Istar" performer sf tA@ ezsexsa1nmene. The costume fea- t&re k@E E8s drawbacks.l of course. We Ll<<ASa24zss are stiff race in our own <A~sA@s. sa&. after everybody has seen 4svs<ySSay e1se, the consciousness of unu. Szl --soggesys and sAe nesaasits Of s'play. BAg Pau sesm tO weigh rather heavily ca a saEsAhllzty none too genial before Tke rssszPsz wsEe tsenty-one dollars.
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