Litchfield enquirer., 1877-08-02
Gbe Gitfbhelh Fr1uirer,
 LITCRFlElD, CONN.
LITcHFIELD.

Miss Rhoda Tay Tor has returned from her eastern visit. A large load of New Preston people paid this village visit, last week.
 Mir. & Mrs. D. 0. Kilborne have returned from their trip to the seaside.
 Hasn't the grass at the southeast cor ner of the West Park m atured sufficiently to be cut?
 There was hop at the Lake View on Thursday evening last, closing promptly at twelve.
 Mir. Allen E. Beeman sails from New York for Europe this week. He is to re- side in England for some two years.
 Mir. Leonard Stone has the contract for building the house of Messrs.. Buel X Cook.
 Miss Mary A. Botsford, daughter of ex-Sheriff H. A Botsford, is staying at the Lake View.
 -Mr. Frederick B. Hand. of Water town, has sold place just this side of Bantam to Jane Burr, for Sl2OO.
 MT. Samuel Clock is raising his house in West St.. making it three stories in height.
 Look out for your change. Lead fifty, twenty five, and ten cent pieces are being passed on our unsuspicious com munitY.
 Mfr Apollos W. Buell. has sold his farm of 40 acres on the old Goshen turnpike, and just this side of the Goshen line. to his brother Wm. A Buell..
 Bishop Williams, is to deliver a course of Friday evening lectures at the Episcopal Chapel, on Confirmation, com mencing this week.
 In setting up the criticism of our re- cent concert in last weeks Enquirer, the printers omitted the initial letter append ed to show that the article was contribu- ~ ted.
 States Attorney Huntington, notifies the bar that criminal business will occupy the first and second weeks of the Septem- Der term of the Superior Court in this county.
 Rev. Leonard w. Bacon was in town with his family, last week. for short vis- it, for the first time since he resigned his pastorate of the Congregational church, some sixteen years since.
 On Sunday, Bishop Williams preach ed at St. Michael's church. Though stay ing at the rectory for the summer, he is absent much of the time visiting the va- rious parishes of this vicinity.
 A game of baseball was started on Monday between the Washington and Nameless clubs, at the Fair ground. Play was stopped by sharp shower be. fore the second inning was finished, and the game was postponed till this (Wed- nesday) afternoon.
 The new town room looks very pretty in it's new paint, and the tints are nicely contracted. The red, white and blue of the pen for enclosing our local Return ing Boards, makes a curious looking con- trivance of it, but the room as whole is more improved than VIC could have be- lieved possible. .. ". I-S. The Litchfeld Village I'm provement Company having obtained from MT. Jacob Morse the privilege of using 'the clay pits" as dumping ground, hereby give notice to all house. holders and storekeepers, that if they will place in box or barrel, to be kept for that purpose, all such broken glass, crockery, old cans, and other refuse as they may desire to have disposed of, the Improvement Company will have the same removed once each month, or SO of- ten as may be necessary. Any one may mako use of "the clay pits" for any de- posit other than dead animals.
 By order of the Executive Committee,
 GEO. M. WOODRUFF, President.
 Litchdeld, July 28, 1877.
 We clip the following persona" from Fridays American:
 We learn by a special dispatch from Litchfield that there is no truth in the ru- nor that Go. H of the Fourth Regiment, o. N. G., was call ed out this forenoon to prevent the destruction of the property of the Shepaug road. Capt. Shumway is at the lake fishing for bass, while President Colt sits on the brow of the hill overlook. ing the depot watching the coming and outgoing of every train, completely ebliv- ious to the merry chatter of the lady boarders ut the Lake View House, who sit in groups On the piazza above him. Silas E. Cheney breathes easier.
 The Shepaug railroad isa trife les s than 33 miles long. The editorial wit it has called into print would measure twice that distance, already; and yet there are those who say this road should never have been built.
 There was fair attendance at the lecture of Mir. F. Ratchford Starr on We'd nesdsy evening last, and nearly $50 raised for purchase of town clock. Some ten years since the lecturer owned the yacht Josephine, then Gas we hear from other sourcss)the fastest sailer of the New York yachts, and, in her. he made trip through Long Island Sound and up the Atlantic coast. stopping at Boston. Haii- fax and other ports. When off Nova Sco- tia they encountered a severe tempest which the yacht weathered successfully, though put to severe test. The audi ence seemed much interested and applau ded frequently. By the way, among hi' other experiences, MT. Starr had to ssne mutineer ashore, before reaching Bos ton. The fellow made some pretex about watches. but it occurred to us tha the real difficulty was that he hated puni -so unreasonable are strikers!
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 West Cornwall,