Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-08
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 MT. James Herbert moved up to the Andrew Buel place, Tuesday.
 Tine application of coal ashes to the showed up sidewalks of East street is not a success.
 The children of school age have been recently enumerated and number 730-an increase of 27 on last year.
 The monthly drill of Go. H occurs on Monday evening neyt. All interested are requested to take notice.
 The Waterbury American announces the marriage of Mir. John R. Farnum. for. merly of this place, to Miss Augusta Smith, of Hartford.
 Mrs. Rosa Welch has sold building lot of 99 feet front on Meadow street to Mir. c. NJ. Allen. master mechanic of the Shepaug Railroad. for $420.
 The value of young ladies under ff teen now varies with the length of their strings of buttons. A five hundred button girl is passable; but there is c damsel of 1000 buttons who Is the envy of the town.
 Mrs. Frisbie has gwen up her Bak- cry business, and resumed her Laundry at the old place on South St., where she would be pleased to zee her former cus- toners and as many others as will favor her with their custom.
 On Wednesday. the 14th instant. conference of the Congregational Church es of this vicinity will be held with the First church of Litchiield commencing at 1O:3O o'clock-and adjourning at o'clock. Ten churches are included in the invitation.
 -Messrs. Wm..E. Davis and Wm. 0 Davis Jr. remonstrate against being get down as chicken thieves in last week s Enquirer. Their crime is a rather high grade burglary. committed at Wolco't. vile, and they go to State Prison, not to the common jail.
 A devotional meeting will he held at the Chapel of the Congregat' onal Church on Thursday afternoon at o'clock. at the request of the Tabernacle Committee" of Boston. that the day be observed through out New England as day of Fasting and Prayer MT. F. R Starr will conduct the meeting.
 A blll is before the legislature for an appropriation of $2. .0OO towards the ex. pense of twenty engravinos from the DOT traits of the distinguished men of Con necticnt for the forthcoming history oi the State by Hon. G. H. Hollister. This is only half the actual expense If the plates, and we hope the bill wlll'pass.
 -Messrs. Fuller & Trowbridge have been having a splendid thousand dollar hearse made by Wm Yonle.o of Norwalk. .or the model which took the only Centenni al medal awarded vehicles of that kind. It will be mp. next week, and will make the last appearance of the average Litch fielder on this earth. a good dea more glorious than anything in his pre-. vious history.
 The annual enumeration of scholars from the various districts of the towr shows that material changes in the dis tribution of population certa inly call fol a change of district lines. Such a change was proposed by MT. Geo. M. Woodruff on behalf of the School Visitors, some years since. and has ever since beer thought desirable by those best informed on the subject. For instance. in tn, Thrall District, in the northern part O the town, there has been no school fo several years. There is no school hous, in the Hopkins District in Northfeld; ana of ten enumerated scholars in the Marsl District of that Society. only four form tn usual school attendance. In Distric No. Is the school house with fev of the scholars were recently set of to Torrlngton, while 12 of the scholars stil remain Tn this toWp. With A enumera ted scholars in the North District, ther is an average attendance of IS to 12. I'm is a matter that has been greatly neglect ed by the town, and we hope something will soon be done suitable to an era c Reform.
 Tine Superior Court has finished it criminal business and begun work on tn court docket. The'following state case have been disposed of, since our last re port:
 George Bailey pleaded guilty to tn theft of harness in Torrington Burr ville) and was sentenced to one month i jail.
 h the case of Leonard Bross the fur disagreed.
 Howard Banning ct al were convicte of sealing for y- hree chickens from Fl zur Jndaon, of Woodbury, and sentence to six months in jail.
 Frederick Hungerford, of Washington pleaded guilty to burglary of gooi from the house of Mr. Van Ingan in tn