Litchfield enquirer., 1877-08-23
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 LITCHFlElD, CONN.
LiTCHFIELD.

raised, Tuesday.
 Mir. wm. H Braman has just re- ceiSed a new stock of summer goods.
 There is no pubic observance of Decoration Day.
 -Mr. & Mrs. John W. filling, of New Haven. are staying at the Mansion H ouse. f5i
 The Judges of the Supreme Court paid Echo Farm a visit, Wednesday morning
 The dining room of the Lake View has been kalsomined by Mir. Slate-a great improvement.
 The auction of flowers by Messrs. Crosby & Rolf. of DAnbury was well at. tended and large number disposed of.
 Attention is called to new advertise ment of A. $. Wright & Go. It shows literary as we'll as business talent.
 There was an exceedingly beautiful aurora, Monday night, and brilliant belt of light extended across the heavens from northwest to northeast. @
 Fuller < Trowbridge have their large warehouse full of chamber suits and furn- iture, and are doing a rushing business, at almost wholesale prices. See adver. tisement.
 There is to be 6 concert, chiefly of instrumental music, given at this place three or four weeks hence, bv Mir. c. F. Daniels, assisted by ''iocal talent" It IS unnecessary to add that it will be a rare musical treat.
 Peck Brothers, Northfeld. .are selling Blue Novi Scotia Plaster O $7.75 per ton cash. Bradley's Super Phosphate e $2. 25 per cwt., and Pure Ground Bone Co 37,O0 per whole Ton $l.90 by the 100 ID. $1.1O cash per bushel paid for goodbye at the Mill.
 On Friday of last week the Railroad Commissioners made their annu al exami. nstIon of the Shepaug railroad. A num- bcr of ladies and gentlemen from this place also took ride to Hawleyyille and back, enjoying the scenery of as pret- ty Q road as there is in New England.
 There is the following list of adver- tised letters at our post-ofice: Mrs. Su- san Blackman, Miss Ruth A. Bennett, Mrs. Louis Welspril. Dr. Sweet, Daniel F. Webster, Mrs. Catherine Waldron, Miss Belle Shepard. Prof. J. A. Shores. Dr. Archibald Y. Paddock, Messrs. Evans Standeker Go. ... Mir. Foster, of the firm of Foster X Hdrlbut, of. West Winsted, will be at the store of Wessells & Gates. on Monday next. with a 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 a call. RETURN OF LIBRARY BooKs.-The annu- al meeting of the Circulating Library oc- curing on Thursday of next week, the by laws require the return of all books on or before Thursday of this week, on penalty of 25 cents for each volume not returned. Owing to the inconvenience of storing and attending to books this year, members are requested to make this return on Satur- day. inptead of Thursday of the present week. ANNA E. VESSELS, Librarian
 The Supreme Court holds its annual term at this place, this week. The follow ing cases have been argued, excepting Nos. and 4 which were continued. None are yet declded. 1-Abel Camp, Adm. vs. Nathaniel B. Stevens. Andrews for plf.; Lawrence, Fyler, for delft.
 Hszekiah Drake. Ex. vs. Thomas Stark. Graves. for pif.; Andrews, Fyler, for delft.
 Charles s. Prindle, &o. vs. Holoomb & Herman. Warner, X Warner, for pf.; Andrews, Dean, for aft.
 Town of sharon, vs. George w. Ga ger, ct als. Sedgwick, Warner & Son, for plf,; Seymour, Andrews, for defts.
 Isaac Sanford, IT,; vs. Andrew B, French. Cothren. Andrews for plf.; Set. monr, Gillette, for delft.
 6. Thomas Peters vs. Daniel Stewart. Hardenburgh, Andrews, for plf.; Grayes, A. D. Warner, for aft. The chief excitement of the week has been tho trial of the prosecution against John Lavin. Patrick Birmingham and James Drury. for assaulting. beating and wounding Henry DeCostaz. The trial began Saturday afternoon; was continued Monday morning; and was adjourned for final disposal. till Friday morning. The witnesses for the prosecution testified that DeCostaz came up from Wash ington, Monday afternoon. That even- ing he went by the Lavins in company with Mir. Joseph Slack, his son Daniel, and Mir. Blackburn. He stopped at John Lavin's, as he swore, to ask whether John could put him in the way of obtaining a job of work which he had once told him about, and Costaz further swears that he had never heard about the squabble con. cerning the hitching post in front of John Lavin's. the Friday night befors, in which Daniel Slack had. been engaged. Drury seeing Costaz leave the Stacks to 70 into the honses walked in rapidly after him, asking Mr. Joseph Slack ca he passed, Have you come to pick fuss with us?" On going in. Drury advanced te- wards Costaz in threatening manner, swearing and ordering him to leave the house. Blows were interchangcd. Drury seized hatchet (only hatchet handle the Lavins testified) and drove Costaz out of the house. On the street he at. tackled Costaz again, with a spade drove him into the road, and at last flung the the spade at him. Costaz then jumped the fence north of the road. Drury follow. ing him close, and Birmingham at little distance, both ainging stones and Costaz throwing one or two in return. While they were running near the fence north of