Litchfield enquirer., 1877-03-29
LlTCHFIELD.


 The usual Easter service will be held at St. Micllael's church on Sunday next.
 The Center District school closes it's term of about five months, this week.
 The slips of the M. E. church in this village will be rented next Saturday, at o'clock, P. m.
 There will be religious services at the Congregational and Episcopal churches on Friday, Fast-day. Et1 Mir. Edson Perkins, of the firm of Merriman & Perkips. has rented tue house owned by F. M. Hale. on West street.
 The April Term of the Superior Court (which opens on Tuesday of next week., will commence with Civil Jury cases -.as..
 -The Lake View select school, Miss P. H. Thompson, commenced it's spring last week. We hear this spoken of as very fine school. ,s4.
 A. R. Blakeslee, Esq, of Derby.e was in town, last week, for the purpose of ma king his official visit to Buel Council, No. 20. R.. X s. M.
 At meeting of Go. H. held on Mon- day evening it was unanimously voted to adopt the provisions of the Legislature regarding the repair of uniforms.
 The heavy rain of Monday and sud. den rise in the river has interrupted tray- ell on the Shepaug railroad by washing out the bank wall near Roxburv Falls Miss Annie H. Noble will open . Day school, on West street. April 2d. 1877. Tuition $7. $10 and $l6. No extra charge for French, German, or Spanish. MT. Wn. F. Marsh, has leased the farm owned by him. and situated about mile north of the village, to Mr. F.. M. Hale, who takes possession about the lat ofApril. @ '.. -Braman, of the "Popular Dry Goods Store" has just received large stock of wall papers and borders of new and beau tiful designs, which he is selling at a de- cided reduction from last springs prices. A damsel asked one of our ssy fish lry.goods clerks, "Why is your moustache like my back hair?" He blushingly gave it up, when the answer caused him to blush still more: "Because it's all down."
 The Little Furniture Warehouse around the Corner. on South street, is do- ing'a large and constantly increasing bus mess, notwithstanding the attempt to con. trol certain articles belonging to the trade, which have caused few wholesale h houses in this State to refuse to sell their goods for cash, teits proprietor. /t y Aj >''#}
 MT. Foster, of the firm of Foster Hurlbat, of West Winsted, will be at the store of Wessells & Gates, on Monday next with choice selection of foreign and domestic woolens, prepared to take orders for anything in their line. Per sons wishing good custom work done should give them call.
 The U. s. Inland Mail Transportation Company, of Washington, D. O., have secured the contract for carrying the mail from this village to the Naugatucl station, at East Litchfeld. The mail will be carried, we learn by Messrs. Marsh < Lampson. who have pur. 'hased the stage ronte from the executors of MR Fenn's.estate.
 The mail route from this place to Cornwall Bridge. via Milton and East Cornwall, has been awarded to Mir. Rich. ard Gage. of Deering. Me. He was ir town, last Friday, endeavoring to sub-let the route. with what success we have not learned. Mir. G. was also, we un derstand, awarded the routes from New Preston to New Milford, which he dispos ed of to Nr. George Wells.
 The gentlemanly clerk at E. D. Mo Neill < Cos store came near meeting with a serious accident on Thursday last He was coming down North street witt the horse for the purpose of delivering some goods and stopped at the post-ofioe On coming out he stepped on the rave o the sleigh. when the horse started and h, was thrown headlong to the ground. Al though stunned for 2 time he escapes severe injury. The horse quietly walket down to his accustomed place in front o the store where. he was fondly carressd b the irnior partner for his good behavior