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Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31
Morris.

MR. EDTroR;-A recent issue of your paper-May 17th-under the head ofssFa- tal Accident in Morris. needs a little cor rection. On Tuesday May 15th-the la- nented Mrs. J. W. Mason took breakfast with her family in her usual health and not long afterwards. went into the garden to cut some asparagus? not returning as soon as expected. they went to look, and found her lying on the ground with life extinct. Whether she stumbled and fell. thereby dislocating her neck, or from some other casualty is not known. Her ifeless remains were found within half hour after her leaving the house.. Her age was 75 years.
 This sad bereavment falls heavily up-
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Thomaston.

Last week the wife and mother of the Reilly concerned in the Hopkins robbery were arrested and lodged in the iocK-up. oam Reilly Is still at large.
 Arrangements are being made to ob- serve Decoration day in an appropriate manner.
 Prof. Bundle, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is to deliver Q lecture on Congregational music in this place on the 9th of June.
 Mir. 0. P. North is having house built on Clay street. qs1e
 Last week tho youngsters began to enjoy the warm weather by bathing.
 We nave had heavy frost here dur ing the past week.
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A Gard.

7& In iussice to the Court, Henry S. Whea- ton, Icorrect your cdrrespondence from New Preston. in last weeks issues in the case of Hitchcock vs. Newton. He says, ..in fact Mr. Newton broughN before tho court debt against Hitchcock which was much larger than the plaintiff and which to all appearance was just, but to the sur prise of all present the decision was rem dered that he should pay seventy-five dol lerszand eseostss ssazas-NguFA &eoFFespeadent could not have been present am snre, for it would be hard to believe that you have q correspondent from New Preston that would willingly and knowingly write sudhl a falsehood. It must have been a mistake of Your corresRondent, for Henry B, Graves is my witness Counsel Tor NeWtOn1 that Newton did not present any. claim against me at all. in any shape. manner, or form; by way ofset of :oF, a1y, other way. Therefore it would De GiddcfE 4hiore credit able to all correspondents. to know what, they write te be facts before they write, and certainly more ecreditabIe to Q paper. Believing the statement was aa shearsay. .statements by your correspondent and trusting lie will. ascertain facts before commenting again upon any subject ex cuse him and remain.
 Yours truly. s
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HarWinton

MINISTERIAL pr. Griggs, of Bristol. preached here Sunday. Rev. Mir. Cur tiss has removed to Amherst, Mass.
 SIcK.-Mrs. David Hinman is ill of erysipelas. Mir. B. Hart is improving. Mrs. Enos Potter is helpless from fall, few days since. ........
 IMMIGRANTS The "Eeather Man" passed through, this place on Sunday. Mir. Geo. Potter, of Hartford. and E. B. Parsons, of Winsted, have been in town the past week. s x 1a
 IMMIGRANTS. Mir. Chas Barber has been to New York for another lot of emi. grants to work his farm. Our new mer. chant, MT. Andrews, of BurrYille., has been in Hartford buying goods. The un- dersigned has been to the. "land of Cos hen" after new "rib."
 LITTLE GHoNNIE
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on the afflicted family. so suddenly called to part with a beloved companion. dear mother, and affectionate sister. Our whole community likewise mourn the de parture of highly respected and valued friend. Tine manner of her death, so
 startling and unexpected. still has sts con- solations. She doubtless passed without pain or suffering to perfect rest in man. sion prepared for her in Heaven
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Coshan.-Mo. 28Q.


 GoNE FOR HIS HEALTH.-M Edwin White, who has been sick sometime, has gone to the seaside for his health.
 RETURNED. Moses ". Gray and family have returned, as usual, from Bridgeport. where they spend tAeir win ters. s.ss s
 LECTURE. MT. Giddings, of the Win sted Herald, gave nsa lecture in the Town Room, Saturday evening: subject. the three duties of life, to think, to love and to labor. Fs
 HISTORICAL SERMoN.-Last Sabbath afternoon, MT. Dikeman of the Methodist Church in West Goshen. gave a history of the Methods. Church, and there was no meeting in the Congregational church that afternoon. Besides our two congre- gations, we noticed many from Litchfeld, Cornwall, Torrington, and Norfolk. The first Methodist meeting was held in the house of Jabez Wright, December. l797, and iD the winter and spring of 1z98 there were meetings in private houses. They began to build their first meeting house in 1909 on land leased by HelmotK Kellogg for 999 years. The present church was built in 1885. MT John H. Collins composed the hymn which was sung at the dedica- tion. The exercises last Su nday were quite interesting, and the choir sang an appropriate hymn to the old tune ''Sher- burne. and also the old tune" Concord"
 SALE OF REAL EsTATE.-Mr. John O. Bishop, of Boston, has sold the grist mill in West Goshen to Mir. Wilbur Wad- hams.
 THE PARRoT.-Mrs Noah s. Wadhams has the only parrot in Goshen, and it es- capped again last week. Instead of going off to Pond Hill as it did a few years ago, it remained in the top of high tree, and it took over two hours to capture it. This was done by fastening the cage to long pole and raising it to the top eff the tree, when Polly went in. H. N.
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DR. Cooks CARBoL1zED CORN AND BUN- ION PLAsTERs. Few discoveries in Chem istry have produced greater sensation in the Medical world than that of Carbol- ic Acid. Combining it's wonderful cura tive properties with other valuable Bal sans, we have produced the acme of Corn and Bunion Plasters.
 Feeling therefor, confident of their qual. ities, we offer them to the Public as a boon to all those suffering from the an- moving and painful excrescences. guaran- teeiDg perfect satisfaction.
 All Druggists Keeping them will speak in their praise, we'll knowing their supe- riority over all other remedies in the mar ket. Try them once and you will never be without them.
 Sold by John F. Henry, Curran X Co.,, W.H Schiefelin & Co.,, Lazell, Marsh & Gardiner. Wells < Elliot. Day, Hoag- land & Stiger. Chas, N. Crittenton, McKesson < Robbins, John H. Francis. John M. Grosvenor. and by Druggists everywhere. J. K CooK & Go, Manufac- turers, 10 Clinton Place. New York.
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Court of Probate holden ct Plymouth, within A and for the district of Plymouth the i6th day

A T Court of Probate holden at Plymouth, within A and for the district of Plymouth the l6th day of May, A. D. 1877.
 Present, Geo. W. Cole Esq Judge
 Upon the petition of c. B. Judd, of Plymouth, in the County of Lchheld, sheweth to this Court He is Guardian Ot Rozetta M Judd Willie c. Judd, Charles Fl. Judd, Della <. Judd, George T. Judd, all of Pym outh, within said district minors. That said minors the of real estate situated in said Plymouth viz: each of the above named persons being owners of one seventh Q7) of one fifth Q-5 of the following described real estate, being reveItibe interest to their mother from estate of Charles D. Granns, sub ject to his widows dover right being the homestead lot and house containing 1h mofe less. For description, Plymouth Probate Records, vol D. S60 under date of March 6h 1877, being all therein described. Also certain piece of land revertng to each of the above named minors from estate of Martha B. Judd their mother, said land being known the East Corner lot ana lying opposite the house of John Schuyler, bounded north and east by highways and containing one less valued at abou. $1O5 for the first desclibed homestead and the last described price $S5 That it would be for the inter- est of said minors that said property should be sold and the avais invested and disposed of according to law, and praying for liberty to sell said property for the purpose aforesaid, as per pei ition on file
 It is ordered by this Court That said Guardian give notice of said application. by causing the to be published in one of the, newspapers printed in Litchfeld, in the County of Liehfeld, three weeks successivey before the hearing and that said peti ton will be heard at Probate Office in said district on the 9th day of June next, at o'clock afternoon.
 Certified from Record,
 8-3w GEO. W. CcLE. Judge.
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0 H. V. HITCHC New Preston, May 2Sth, 1877.

]. We desire to say good word about the business of the celebrated Dry Goods and Carpet dealers. Messrs. Hall & Read of Bridgeport. Each season finds their sales increasing and there is every reason why it should be good place to trade. This firm makes all their ingrain carpets thereby saving their customers one profit. They buy their Domestic goods direct from the manufacturers-they sell every article at the lowest market rates-they love their business and are determined to please the public. When in Bridgeport. go and see theL..
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nlSTRICT of LITCHFIELD ss. Probate Court, U May 21st, 1877.
 Estate of Eunice Bissell, late of Iitchheld, in said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Litcheld has limited and allowed six monlhs from the date hereof for the creditors of sau estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts properly attested ithin said time w be debarred recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 S-Sw HENRY B. RESELL, Executor.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31

Do YOU WANT TO BUILD OR REPAIR A BUILp1Na?- Send or go to E. J. Hill, Nor walk, Conn. and your orders, accom- panied by cash or good references. will be filled with the best material at reasonable prices. Every thing, made of wood, that goes into house. for sale. at wholesale and retail. Danbury and Naugatuck rail- road runs through his yard and customers can rely on prompt delivery. 6-3m.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31
Cornwall.

ARRIvAIs.--Mr & Mrs. Kinney, of New Milford, are in town, guests of MT. Jos eph Whitney. Mrs. Kate Whitney has returned from New Milford. Mir. Andrew Palmer is in town.
 Soc1ABLE.-The sociabie at Dr. Whites was very enjoyable affair. The music given us by MT. Edward Pierce and daughter. of New York, was an especially popular feature.
 CoNsoGAToN.-The exercises of the Consociation on Tuesday afternoon and evening were very interesting.
 MORE ARR1vALs.-Book-a agents, pedlars, potato bugs. and spring hats are won. derfully plenty, this season
 warren.
 Rev. Mir. Colton left for Washington. at the close of the morning services, last Sabbath, to attend the funeral of Mir. Bronson, consequently the evening ser vice was omitted. He has had frequent calls of like nature from his old par ish since he has been with us.
 Mir. Charles Colman, of Wisconsin, has been spending few days here with his old friends and neighbors after an.ab- sence of nineteen years.
 Burglars attempted to enter Mir. Gill bert's store, recently. by boring around the fastenings of the hatchway door with . large augur, and would have snc- ceeded, but for the dog. This animal was shut ln the house, and became SO restless that he was let out by the family. and the thieves scattered
 Summer boarders begin to arrive.
 May baskets have been found on our door-knobs, the past week, after the usu- al nasty summons.
 The number of acres planted to pota- toes is large here, and farmers have com menced the warfare with bugs. Which will come off victorious. remains to be seen. x
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31
PROBATE ADVERTISEMENTS.


Ii DlsTRICr OF LITCHFIELD, ss. Probate Court. | May 26th, 1877. S0"''' Estate of Emily M. Smith, late of Warren, in said district, deceased:
 The Administrator represe nts the Estate ps olvsnt and prays the appointment of Commis sioners there on.
 Ordered, that Commissioners to receive and de- eide upon the claims of the Creditors of said estate be appointed at the Probate Office in Iitch feld on the 4th day of June 1877 at los clock fo enoon and said Administrator is ordered to cite by advertising in a newspaper publfh he'd in Ltchfield County, all a4s Bais time end Plaep to be- heard relative to said appointment.
 Certified by
 GEO. NJ. WOODRUFF, Judge. All ersons interested will take notiee, and appear if they see cahke, ahd be heard Ithsreen. " 9-1w c. W C0GSWEIf. Administrator.
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False impression.

It is generally supposed by a certain class of citizens. who are not practical or experienced, that Dyspepsia cannot in- variably be cured, but we are pleased to say that GREENS AUGUST FLOWER has ney- CT, to our knowledge, failed to cure Dys- pepsia. and Liver Complaint in all its forms such as Sour Stomach, Costiveness, Sick MAaaaaha, palpitation of the Heart, low spirits. &c &c. Outuf 90 900 lozen bottles sold last year. not slngle failure was reported, but thousands of compll- mentary letters received from Druggists of wonderful cures. Three doses will re- lieve any case. Try it. Sample Bottles, 10 cents. Regular Size 75 cents. For sale by A. s. Wright X Co.,, Litchfeld.
 'a RHEUMATISM. -Galen's Great Remedy, a speedy and sure cure for Rheumatism, Neuralgia. Gout. Gravel, etc., This well known remedy has effected more wonder full cures of acute aud chronic cases, and given greater satisfaction than any other medicine. The,greatest blood specific ev- CT known. Price $1 and g. bottle. Sold to McKEssoN1 X ROBBINS. and druggists generally. J. K. CooK, & Co.,. Manufac- turers, No. 10 Clinton Place, New York
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31

The Winsted Herald issues an extra on the department decision retaining two post.ofices in that contentious borough.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31

Birdsey < Go. of Bridgeport, advertises this week large list of their summer goods which they are selling at prices that command quick slles.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31

n Anything in the ship chandling line will be found in Mir. Sammis' advertise ment in this issue. He also advertises painters supplies at wholesale or retail.
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heard relative to said appointment.
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n D1sTe1GE QE coRSwALI-ss.RsOsAsscourt.1Iss May.
Estate of Flora ]! NOrthrop lste of Cornwall in said

Estate of FIorA Northrop, late Of Gornwa in said District deesaeeafflfT-1 Gi3FfH1tFt 2 efl
 The Court of Prohate for the District of Cornwafa hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claimsfOr settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts properly attested. within said time win be debarred recovery All persons indebted to said estate are requestea to make imHediats payment lo
 9-Sw HARVEY HOIC COME. Adfninfstrafor
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31

J. H. Folsom, Artistic Photographer, Danbury. Conn. Ivory Finish Photo graphs and Life-size portraits speciality. Call and see our new styles of Promenade, Cabinet and Card Photographs. We ask an Inspection of our work, for which we were awarded Medal and Diploma at the Centennial Exhibition.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

Turkey.- Nothing of importance. has been accomplished by the Russians on the Danube except the siuking of moni- tor. In Asia they seem to have driven the Turks back on Ezerum though they have not yet taken either Kars or Batum.
 Hance.-The removal of Republican officials contidues by the reactionary gov ernment. and there is a sharp censorship. of the press. .a
 DOMESTIC. Seven men were killed in launching an iron steamer at Chester, Pa.. last week A Conservative Hayes party is said fo. be forming in North Carolina. Yale has won the first game. of their base ball match with Harvard, 5 to O. There is to be a reductiou of 20 ner cent. in the force at the N. Y. Custom House.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31
How to Elecr a President.

The spectacle of a popular government deathly afraid of the people. recently es- tablisked in Franco. seems simply ridicu- lous to us Americans. Yet our own coun- try is fulEef repubficans who are just as afraid of U krepublio as these poor, king ridden, mob-ridden. soldier-ridden. priest ridden FEsnchmen.H Outof this unreaeom. able. distrust have, grown more cufiops projects for avoiding repetitions of the famous dseiaion of eight to seven, in fu- ture presidSnsfal elections, than we can possibly snnmerate. No one wants any more dummy electors, but what shall we take in their placs?
 There seems to us but two sensible ways of choosing . president; one is by direct popular.yots, making the president re- sponsibls directly te the people; the oth- CT, through elections by Congress, ma- king him responsible to and removable by that body. The former plan would simply remove the obstacle of a board of electors who practically exercise no discretion, and who occasionally defeat instead of giving force to the popular will The lat ter is in sAeet the English plan, and has the advantage of bringing the executive in accord with the legislative branch of government. r
 To the plan which would restore the choice of electors to the several state leg islatnrea. we are unalterably opposed. Connecticut has more legislative ap. pointments than any other state in the Union, and the selections made by our legislatures are greatly inferior to the selections made by our people. We heartily wish the choice of U. s. Senators was taken from legislatures and given to the people; and we do not wish to see the men who send Barnums and Camerons to the Senate making presidents for us.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31

The late Austin Dunham. of Hartford leaves an estate of over million.
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TIE LRoTURH AT WASHINGTON, CT.-- Those who attended the Lecture of Moung San Win, the Centennial Representative from Burmah. delivered at the New Hall in Washington. on May 25th. were well paid for their attendance. The man could talk no English when he came here last fall. but has made such progress in learning the language. that he could be well undefstood. His English was not broken, but he could not speak it quite 50 plainly as our native Americana. He spoke very rapidly showing great ability in learning 90 soon. He seemed to have 6 very active mind, combined with keen intelligence and comprehension. His lec- ture upon Burmese manners, and customs, dress. Oourt-ship and marriage, with a de. scription of their religion, was exceeding ly interesting and instructive.
 As it ia expected that he will return to Connecticut in about a month, the diff ferent towns in this county can enjoy a good lecture at little cost. The curious, the inquisitive, the ignorant. the learned and the intelligent, can find food for thought in his lecture. After hearing him, and conversing with him personally, the thought stole over my mind. "What are we sending Missionaries to Burmah fori One half the people of the civili- zed world will not compare with this manl"
 l., F. Soorr.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31

W. l.. Flynn, of Bridgeport, advertises in this issue a large assortment. of ladies' and gents underwear. and everything in the fancy goods line.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31

nISTRICT OF LTTCHFIELD, ss, Probate Court, U Afay 12th, 1871. '%
 Estate of Harvey P. Merwin, late of Goshen in said disttict, deceased. The Court of Probste for the district of Litchhed hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the Credors of said Estate, in which to exhibit their claims thereto; and has appointed Geo. A. Hickox and Austen Allyn Esq's Commis sioners to receive and decide upon said claims.
 Certified by
 GEO. NJ. WOODRUFF, Judge. The subscribers give notice that they shall meet at the store of Charles Porter in said Goshen on the vember 1877, nine o'clock in the forenoon on each of said days for the pHrpose attending the bus- ness of said appointment.
 GEO. A. HICKOX.l c0,,,,,,,..,o..
 . AUSTIN ALLYN, Commissioners. All persons indebted to said Estate are reoueste 10 make immediate payment to
 7-4w JOHN NJ. wADHAMs, Administrator.
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The Congregationalists of Michigan had up tho irrepressible woman question, last month. Several female delegates were admitted, .'iuat tlis once." after . sharp struggle; and tho whela question whether q delegate could be . woman sas referred to . committee. with q whole year before tbem for its consideration.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31

The trustees of the London University have finally voted. to grant women medical degrees. The Spectator ridicules the idea that men doc tors are to be ruined by cheap female labor.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31

There is no investigation of the De Kalb massacre, as yet, and the Governor of Mississippi asserts that he has gone to the extent of his authority in calling the attention of the judge of ths criminal court of that county to the facts, and urging special term of the court for their investigation. There seems little expectation that Kemper county jury could ever be brought to convict. or even indiet the murderers. In many states, where local feeling makes fair trial inn possible in the county where the crime is committed, change of versae is granted and the trial takes place in some other county. Whether Mississippi laws con- tain any provision for such an emergency we have no means of knowing.
 MT. Lewis M. Norton, grandson of the late Dea. Lewis M. Norton of Goshen, sailed on the 24th inst. from New York in the Steamer Pomerania for Hamburg, Germany. Mir. Norton, who was educa- ted at the Mass. Institute of Technology in Boston, and has been for the last two years an Instructor in Chemistry in that Institution. He goes abroad chiefly for study and work, in the highest depart ments of Organic Chemistry. and will be. for the present. connected with the Uni versity of Berlin, Prussia. His vacations only will be given to travel.
 The trustees of the London University have finally voted. to grant women medical degrees. The Spectator ridicules the
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L. F. ScoTr.

Illinois has appropriated $50,00o to complete monument to Stephen A. Douglass. His career deserves such msdorial. After the death of Clay, Web. stsr and Calhoun-the statesmen of Whig- Deagoeratic times-Stephen A Douglass became the most prominent, figure of Inc decade of political strife that preceded the war. His infu. ence was alternately evil and good. His ambition precipitated the 'sirrepressi- bls conflict" by the repeal of the Miasou- ri Compromise: and his plucky stand against Jefferson Davis and the Fire.Eat- CTS in the Senate, and the Democratic Na-
 tional Convention of 1860, paved the way for the patriotic uprising of Northerners of all parties on the outbreak of the war. With all his faults. Douglass was one of the abIest. pluckiest, and most patriotic of our public men.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31

The meeting of preferred stockholders of the Conn. Western. railroad, last week, was rather livelier than stockholders meetings usually are and resulted in the involuntary 'retitement of Mir. M B. Stevens. and others. from the direction. The following was the board chosen:
 Timothy M. Allyn, of Hartford: Chas. T. Hillyer, of Hartford: Henry s. Bar bour, of Hartford; Caleb J. Camp, of West Winsted; William l.. Gilbert, of West Winstsd; George Dudley of West Winsted; Egbert T. Butler. of Norfolk; Leman W. Cutler, of Watertown; Donald J. Warner, of Salisbury; William H. Barnum, of Salisbury; Alexander H. Holley. of Lakeville; Lent B. Merriam of Hartford.
 On Saturday the directors held their first meeting. Caleb J. Camp. of West Wlnsted, was chosen president in place of Senator William H. Barnum; Chas. T. Hillyer. .vice-president, in place of George M. Bartholomew; and William L. Gilbert, of Winsted, was reelected treasnrer. A resolution was passed continuing all the other officers in their positions until oth- orwise ordered. The Times is quite bit ter over the defeat of Mir. Barnum, but the Couraut eonsiders the change judi cious one. @J
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-31

Our tarif laws are very complicated and curious. Recently an additional duty of $1SO was imposed on machine on ac- count of single steel spring of the value:of q cents.