Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-15

-Ash Wednesoay ana OG faensineS day. to day.
 Rev. Mfr. Sherman, of Wolcottville, OAsciAied at SL Michael's. Sunday.
 A conference of Congregational churches is being held here to day (Wed- nesday.l
 The sudden turn of the weather nips the citizen. enervated by the Spring soft ness of the past week, very sharply.
 Mir. c. W. Shepard has opened Har- ness Rooms over Braman's store. He vill keep first class line of goods and do work promptly at reasonable prices.
 Several of the Waterbury roughs concerned in the Bethlehem matter of last week were released on bonds, Sat. urday.
 -Litchfeld loses something by the de. fAlcatiou in the Farmers & Mechaulcs Bank, of Hartford. The Savings Society has, we believe, some s5OOO in it's stock; the Episcopal Society near 5000; and in- dividuals, some S3OOO more.
 The March Harper has an. article on 'Iitchfeld Hill, with portraits of Judges Reeve and Gould, Gov. Wolcott and Col. Talmadge. Recent celebrities-editors of Enquirer. Sentinel, &c.-are probably left for another article.
 The saddest event of the week, and indeed of very many weeks. is the death of Mir. Henry E. Fenn, from typhoid pneu-, mOnia, after brief illness. He was in the prime of a useful life; universally respected, and as universally regretted. His funeral will be attended from the Congregational Church tO-morrowC Thurs day)afternoon, at 1 o'clock.
 In some respects our annual regis trars report of marriages, births, and deaths, does not give the full statistics of the town. For instance, but three mar riages between residents of foreign de- scent are reported. Most of the Catho- lies are married in Winsted. Probably neither the report of births or deaths is quite complete. Of A deaths reported we notice that II were from consumption or pneumonia, showing how the sharp eli mate of New England deals with the hu- man lungs. There is but a single death of paralysis, disease that we had SUD- posed on the increase among us. The gain of 13. by births over death s, shows that at least we are not declining in population.
 The Temperance meeting at the Con- gregational Chapel on Monday evening was very we'll attended in spite of the storm, oyer an hundred people being present. The exercises were conducted by Mir. Mclean, in the absence of the President of the Society, and consisted mainly of Temperance Readings: and Tem- perance Songs well performed by an ex- temporized choir. Dr. Hollands article on ''The Liquor Interest" was admirably read by Mir. Mclean and a reading and recitation by Miss Noble were listened with marked delight, and received with much applause, by the audience. A comic poem, read by the Secretary, was also very we'll received. There were short ad- dresses by Rev. Messrs Graves and Me Lean, and at the close of the exercises a number of persons came up to the desk and signed the pledge. This was the most successful meeting the Society has yet held. and we hope that future gather ings will show growing interest in this important reform.
 The Superior Court is still busy with court cases. In Cothren vs. Atwood, Huntington appeared for the plaintiff and not for the defendant, as stated last week, and his fraternal labors were rewarded with judgment of $63 Il.
 The next case tried was that of Loyal Barber vs. Elliot B. Hinman, and arose in Harwinton. It was suit on 6 note given for piece of land. with a defenct of fraudulent misrepresentation at tht time of the sale. Andrews, for plaintiff Catlin, for defendant. Plaintiff had iudg ment for $224 O5 and costs.
 The case of Geo. 0. Hitchcock vs. Hen ry Upson was next tried, and a cloud O New Preston witnesses were in attend ance. The plaintiff IS well known horse dealer, and the defendant the minister o the New Preston Hill church. Till abou two years since they were fast friends. and the defendant had the use of a number O tue plaintiffs horses, gratultously. as h. swore. but with the promise of pay 1T some instances, as the plaintiff testified The plaintiffs bill. deducting credit e $75 cash, amounted to about S55O. Tn, defendant offered long bill of counter items, not demanding judgment thereon but by way of set-off to the plaintiffs ac count. In this bill he charged Hitchcocl for keeping the very horses for whose us the latter claimed some hundreds of dol lars. He utterly denied the plaintiff