Litchfield enquirer., 1877-07-05

SALISBURY ore-diggers get but a dollar day and board themselves, says the New Milford Gazette MT. Brewster; the su. perintendent of the Washinee factory has removed to the village with his family and is now busy at work getting the ma. chinery into running order, which he ex. poets to do this week. Michael Boyle has commenced laying the foundation for 6 two story dwelling near the Depot.
 The NoRTHFIELD Knife Go. old water wheel, which has turned the machinery of their factory. for twenty five years or so, made It's last revolution on Thusrday, tn ( 21st, and has been torn away to make room for it's successor one of the National Wheel Go. s turbines. The worksru ruare to be closed for about four weeks, during which time considerable addition is to be made to the main building, which, with the changes now in progress about the of. fee, will allow the company to employ more men and put more goods on the market.-The halt at the factory gives the boys time to play ball and they covered themselves all over with glory, Saturday, defeating the Terryville club by score of 13 to T. These clubs have met each oth. CT on the green diamond quite number of times in the past few years, with alter hating success, but with unvarying good feeling. In Saturdays game the only casualty was cut over the eye which Catcher Rohan of the Terryville nine re- ceived from 'thot foul tip." That is what the players call it. It was the ball that hit him and no doubt it felt hot Rev. John Churchill of Woodbury preach ed in the Congregational church Sunday, and is expected again Sunday. July l. Northfield is mourning again over the loss of a blacksmith, and vacant shop invites 'cand1dating. g.'-AmerSean
 l. WoLcoTTvILLE has no public celebration of the Fourth. Charley Lewis is at home for few days.-O. s. Hopson and his family have gone to the seaside.-Mr. Jo- seph Scovlle has commenced the erection of a new house near her old one on Litch- field Street.-Quite large audience was present to hear the temperance lecture al the Congregational church, last Sunday evening, delivered by Edward W. Bliss MT. William Joyce has just completed hls new barn on Lltchfield Street.-We un- derstand that the Turner & Seymour Mfg. Go :, will close their works next week in order to make some necessary repairs.- The Hendey Machine Go. have just put in mammoth planer which will dress a piece of iron twelve feet by three feet. The machine weighs six tons.-Miss Nor ton, one of the teachers in the graded school, is sick with the measles. Regis, ter. .s te 5ata .$ 3sss 5,zs., From PLYMOUTH, ,Austin's four-horse car ry-all took load of the Caledonian club to Litchfield on Saturday. frame is up and partly covered, of the new tenement house of B. 5. Stoughton, on Main St. The regular monthly concert of the Cong. Sunday School was held in the audience room of the church last Sunday evening. The pulpit was removed, and on the plat. form was erected flower trimmed cross, and flower wreath and shield, the latter
 bearing the inscription, "The Rose oi l Sharon" About the base of the cross was bed of roses, giving an effect most pleasing, and one that led many persons to inspect it after the exercises had clos. ed.-The Episcopalians recently cleared
 over $80. at their festival -Americon.
 Henry Roys, of, EAST CANAAN, is suffer ing quite severely from lead poison. He
 had lead pipe inserted in the bung hol<
 of barrel of cider. and by some means | the pipe slipped into the hole and went te
 the bottom of the barrel. Mir. Roys, giv l ing but little thought to the matter, did
 no4 take the trouble to remove it, and ths
 acids of the cider have acted upon ths
 lead and developed poison, which hal
 been taken into MT. R's system by drink
 ing the cider. Hopes are entertained tha
 it will not prove fatal. -NeOs. ',I
 At THoMAsToN fine gold.headed twen | ty dollar cane was presented to Mr Webs ter of the high school Cat it's close) by hi,
 students. The presentation speech wal
 made by MT. Horace Warner, one of hil l students, who will enter Yale the nex term for college oourse.--There ar,
 some suspicious of mad dog here, as on'
 or two children have been bitten. Her
 aM M-Daniel Webster goes to Seymour tt
 study law in Judge Munson's office: Rev
 H. 0. Judd. of Waterto~n. will occupy
 the pulpit of the Methodist church ol
 Sunday July 8, and will administer tn,
 sacrament in the afternoon.-The Called
 onian club has an excursion to Litchfelt
 pond on Saturday. They took their fiddle
 and two kegs of lager-the rest ma.
 be imagined. .s-.