Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-17
Gbc fitebhelh Ee1uirer,
 LITcHFiELD, CONN.
LlTCHFIELD.


 The thermometer rose to soc, Tues day afternoon.
 -Champlin has some nice pine apples and other tropical fruits in abundance.
 We hear that the residence of Mrs. Colvocoresses is rented to Mir. Pomeroy.
 We lIsar that. the residence of MT. Edwin McNeiII has been rented to Mir. Dixon, for the summer.
 See new advertisement of the new fur uiture firm, Shelton & Kilbourn; also ad- vertisemen. of F. A. Shepard, Jeweler.
 The slips Tn St. Michaels church were sold on Monday. The amount req lized was between sl. 200 and g, 300 with several unsoId; an advance on last year.
 Tine executive committee of the V. 1. s. heII the first of its summer meetings on Wednesday evening. Extension of sidewalks and other matters were consid- cred.
 The report in the papers that the postmaster of Milton, Ct.. is in Hartford jall is a mistake, occasioned by the mis- print of Milton for Wilton. It is Chas. W. Cook, of Wilton, absconding post master. vino Is in prison.
 There was a serious fire east of the village on Monday. Mir. John Cain start ed a fire on his own land, which got be- yond his control and spread over land of John Herbert, Vim. Marsh and Nicho- las Rewett, doing some S1 ,OOO damage, it IS estimated. A large amount of cord wood was burnt belonging to Herbert, and half mile of Marsh's new fence was destroyed. besides other fences. Two suits have already grown out of this fire. On Tuesday. Cain conveyed his farm to his wife, and it was afterwards, on the same day, attached on suits of Herbert and Rewett.
 The annual meeting of the Congre- gatiOnal Society was held on Monday last. F. D. McNeil was chosen clerk; Geo. H. TTOWbridge. Treasurer; and Chas. B. Bishop, H. s. Cables and A. c. Benton, SOcietyis Committee. It was voted to sell the slips, on assessment, as last year, Ou Monday afternoon next. A letter was read from Rev. MT. Mclean declining permanent settlement, and the society voted to invite him to remain with them 50 long as may be mutually agreeable, and to give him a vacation of four Sundays annually, in addition to the salary of $I, SO It was also voted that the second Sunday service should be held at 7:30 p. m- until furti,er notice, except on com- mnniOn Sundays; and the sOciety's com mittee was instructed to have the outside of the church and chapel repainted.
 In repairing our Town Room we hope the side pillars will be retired" along with the posts that have so long disfg- ured the center of the room. Originally the present court and town rooms were one. They were afterwards divided by g. floor separating the one story of the old building into two. This floor cuts the aide pillars of the old room below the middle; and now we have the bases and lower shafts of eleven pillars. starting as if for rise of twenty feet, but cut of ig- nOniniOusly at less than half that height. If the ornamental castings of these side pillars was stripped of and they were simply sheathed up. they might seem very plain, but they would not seem abor- tive and. it strikes us, that the court house eupOla is as much of the ''bob- tailed" order of architecture as one build. ing can stand.