Litchfield enquirer., 1877-09-20
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The silk mill at Warehouse Point has nearly suspended operations for the pres- ent. 9.oF1 Ha 3zago1Q 9E Sh}as.. S 7a@ ii A new boot and shoe manufactory for Norwalk is making the local journal proud. si9vasH sro less3'G ..teI g --er ..l
 The southeast school district of New Britain is to have a new school-house, costing not more than $3, 300. .* # st'. F An Adventists' camp meeting which has been in progress just below ,Plainyille for tenedays has just closed. .aa sult if
 The Southern Connecticut Poultry asso- citation has about 100 members. over half of whom are from Bridgeport. 'si- 1 7'..' ., :, ~
 The oyster cultivators of West Stratford have planted about 600 acres with oysters and long clams this season. .Jassasf-gd1
 Atkins Lord. IT,, Warehouse Point brick mason. committed suicide, last week. by taking half an ounce of iaudanum.
 Fifty-seven persons have signifed their intention of joining the new military com pany in Derby. and have chosen A. P. Hnkham, captain. 5aus aaT-A-'s Dwight SchoReld, of Oxford. and Isaac Hotchkiss have been arrested for robbing Deacon Hills house in Middlebury a few weeks since and bound over. snd5 fa'of ss The corn crojp, croojp,Hof of sufield is fully double that of. f.last year as to acreage, is yielding handsomelys and is of excellent quality, spite of the dry season. -,AJ ls.os s5s}a
 Wilton young men ara talking of organ. SrefF, ,fpt n HroO Aam Aa~~ awful warning given them by the recent death of the Westport- band.
 The sittings in the Sufield Episcopal church have just been make free, the ex- pensesof thsBa church. boing defrayed by subscriptions on the enyelore systsm.stI lls The great rlissieugine exhibited at the PhiIad delphial exposition Tis. returning to Providence by way of New London, 1T It
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 William Plat of Newtown; who is something of a pedestrian, recently walked a distance Of six miles in one hour and seven nainhtesaisHa IS asixty.three years tlsd oic. sasmyoiae oaa ct dana as Ds3gdi1tn 4, yonn& lady irssidingI near ,Fiaid's Point -GreenEich. was seysrely ipinsetl.. last week, by being thrown. from :. ham. mock. Her face was badly cut, and her left ear almost ssvefed from the head. .9i oilThe breakwater at Cedar Point. West. port HafboFs which cost shs government $6, ,OC0 0.vis being redacad by a. fbropsrty owner residing near, who has for some tlme been carrying of the stone and ap- propriating them to private use: stata ! Companies I, B and ID members eab of the hand of the First iConnecticut aartillerry met .ora thei6 6ecasionsofst their seighth arhu. al reunion at Danbury, Wednesday. the l2th inst, 'Trhere There were present fifty-fonr 1ll0'A M psf Fl ''td ''tdfniW alaIqsa0 .elia a < Patman has aEnew industry in the man. nfaeture of eafbonated stone. It is ..1saa. for windowscapss steps, front sills. .filinc borders. etc. The pfincipal ingredieit If the manufactures ia the same as natural carbonate mortar. sAh fgIaS .iiI18vA l |I The Charter Oak Life Insurance com. pany has sold the Oakwood hotel proner- ty at Charter Oak park.. Hartford, for $l4., ], O00,to Geo. Pomeroy. The buildings cost s5s. 900 and dt tAere < are three acres of land. The grand jury has found true bin against Horace Watson. the man who. ashot James Purdy in Greenwich. recently, for murder in the first degree. and he will therefore be tried at this term of the Su- psrior Court.