Litchfield enquirer., 1877-06-07
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 LITCHFlELD, CONN.
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MT. Candse, on Prospect St., board MT. Slosson and family for the season. Mir. kilborn, of the..frm of Shelton !. Kilborn, has taken half of the Watts hous on West St.
 Mir J. Deming Perkins has returned and renewed activity on the part of tn V. s. is universally expected.
 Rev. Leonard W. Bacon, formerly pas tor of the Congregational church here has returned from Switzerland to thi country to educate his two sons at Yale. Mrs. Moves, Mrs HassaFd, Mir. TroW dridge. Miss Deming and Dr. Dufie ar among the summer residents who hav reopened their houses here.
 The Hon. William Barney of New York and Mir. B. Phillips, brother-in-lav ofE. s. Jaffray, a prominent New-Yorl merchant, are stopping at the Lake View House.
 -Lavinville was in eruption again Sunday; 90 arrests The erection of an equestrian statue of Mir. Rufus Smith, in the suburb he founded, is suggested by | grateful townsmxn.
 The annual meeting of the Circulat ing Library is held tomorrow (Thursday evening, at the old church. The library will not be open for the issue of books till Saturday afternoon.
 The county commissioners are mak. ing us their monthly visit. We hear that Afr. Birch, of Woodbury, has resigned his position for the few remaining weeks of his term. On the fourth of July Mir. George Pierpont, of Plymouth, begins the three years term to which he was appoint ed by the last legislature
 Many of the lawns on North and South streets have been closely mown and look their prettiest. A former resident of the place, returning here short time since. expressed great surprise at the won- derful improvement noticeable In the ap. pearance of our streets, houses and yards. 4 good deal remains to bs done yet.
 The trial of State vs. James Drury ct al. was finally concluded on Friday last. Several witnesses were offered by the defence to show provocation in the case of Drury, and the innocence of the other prisoners, the justice acquitted Lay in and Birmingham but sentenced Drury to fifteen days imprisonment and the pay ment of fine of $7, and costs.
 We have several times heard a grea improvement. of the north sidewalk o West Street suggested. That walk is now extremely narrow and uneven, as there ii not room for good si iewalk between tho trees and the fences. The improvement, suggested is to make 8 new sidewalk just outside the trees, advancing the fences SC as to enclose the elms. The chief obiec ton to this plan is the narrowness of the street at its upper end, by the jail.
 The Clerk of the Court has been no tified by Judge Culver of the decision oi the cases tried, but not decided. at the April Term. Judgment was rendered in all the four cases in favor of the defendants. They were the following: Wm. Bull vs. Henry A. Shelton, for islander; E. Hotch. kiss X Son vs. James F. Messenger and wife, bill for foreclosure of a mechanic'l lien: Geo. N. Cooper vs. Harvey Holcomt for improper detention of attached property; Town of Washington vs. Abia S- Lennon for balance of tax claimed te have been collected and not paid over We witnessed a queer sight one da, last week. in the arrest of a woman for refusing to pay her taxes. Sh scratched the collector pretty severe ly, and escaped, while one of our promi nent merchants refused to assist this off cer when called on to help secure the pris Oner, and justice of the peace threaten ed to have the collector himself put il jail. The occasion of the arrest was this The woman sold her house, this spring leaving the tax of 1877 an unpaid lien up on it. She undoubtedly has money ou on loan. but little if any property tha could be reached on execution, so tha the collector was obliged by law to tak the course he did. Nevertheless, we car not but observe: 1st. that it is relic ( barbarism which subjects the citizen arrest for tax, while he cannot be arres cd for any other debt; 2d, that the la' should be SO amended as to give tax co IectOrs some mode of attachment simil. to our factOrizing process; 3d, that it utterly wrong in principle to compel VI men to pay taxes they are denied an voice in laying.