Litchfield enquirer., 1877-09-13
GIle fitfbhslh Gr1uirer,
 uTCHFlElD, CONN.
lTTCHElELD.

Mrs. .P,ck is this week receiving a fine stock of New Millinery Goods. 5. MT. wm. H. Braman is constantly re- csiving large stocks of new fall goods.
 Bishop Perry. of Iowa, will preach to his old practitioners. at St. MichaePs church, oa Sunday next. 1ss .' } The place to buy Lap Robes. Elan. kets Whips, &c.. is at Shepard's, the Harness Maker; prices to suit the times. A tame bear, in custody of Canadi- an, has been performing on the street. this week He is trained to do variety of tricks.
 -HandbiIls are out for Social Tea Party for the Circulating Library There should be good turnout for so good a -H.B Graves, Trustee. and Harriet Homer. have sold lot about half mile south of the courthouse to John Burns for S250. -.
 The subscribers to the Organ fund, ,of Bantam Division, Sons of Temperance. have given s2O. the balance of that fund, to the Village Improvement Society.
 -One, sure indication of liquor case on trial in the courthouse, is the knots of people Un the street accusing each otl- CT of perjury. s,'s sT -Dr, Bush Secretary of the Foreign Mission Society. preached at the Congre- gatiOnaI church on Sunday evening last. On the religions aspects of the Turkish war. sess sa.s a4asag. ..#,ss.s-. -r s. sg s4, The Medal and Diploma awarded Mir. F. Rahchford Starr. by the Centennial Commissioners, for his Jersey Cattle. may be seen. for few days. at the store of Mir. F. A. Shepard. Jeweler. South street. rss. -..
 The Reunion at New Hartford, on Tuesday. was very pleasant one and will be fully reported in our next. Some 200 of the old regiment were present with a large attendance of visitors. Next year's Reunion will be held in this village. MT. E. E. Champlin has splendid mel- ems. pine-appIes. grapes and all the other fruits of the season which are dispensed by his contemplating salesman with an easy grace to which no one ever quite attains who has not been in the employment of the General Government. .se.-. 'a -Dr. Edwin Barnes of Buffalo (son of tre late Dr. David Barnes. formerly of LtchHeId). in attempting to enter his office about three weeks since Tn the night season, through window, fell on an iron fence and sustained such injuries as to render it probable that he cannot recover. At last accounts he was uncon- scious. z
 The Superior Court has been enga ged during the past week in the trial of crimi- nals. Wm. Birmingham and George White were convicted of breaking into a house in Lanssville (New Milford). Geo. l.. Gansen, of Huntsville. Canaan. was acquitted of the charge of stealing chickens. M. Ournane and Edward Coy, were tried for breaking into still in Ply mouth. and stealing liquor. The jury ac- quitted Curnane and disagreed as to Coy. James Tattle. of Woodbury. was convict. cd of an assault. John Harrison and J. Mcdonald pleaded guilty to committing a nuisance in e school.house at Winches. ter. and were given 30 days in jail. Nora Ryan pleaded guilty to stealing pocket book from Mir. George Pierpont in Ply mouth, and was sentenced to four months in jail Thomas Satchwell was tried for keeping house in which liquor was re- puted to be sold at Hotchkissville, Wood bury. snd convicted.
 We are in receipt of letter correct ing some of the statements in c recent com municatiou regarding John Gatta. from his grand daughter. His true name was John L0atta and he was native of Hesse Gas. sel. not of Saxony. He was the only son of wealthy baker of that place. to whose business he was bred. After joining the American army he was set at work baking for the troops, and probably was in no other sense Gen. Washington's cook. He sent for no wife or children from Germany for he had none there, but came here sin. gle. and. in 1791. married Sarah. daughter of Oliver Collins, grand daughter of the late Rev. Timothy Collins. The lette, concludes as follows: zs B. "a ''X-says he always closed his days, worl with jolly old time What that jol Iy old time was.ls more than his descend ants know. for those who knew him well speak of him with great respect. as if he was a worthy man. It is said of him that he was marked character. and somewhat eccentric.' ." @ 1EtS