Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-04
, COUNTY ITEMS

NEW HARTFORD recently had lawyers lawsuit, a member of the bar figuring in the capacity of defendant. The amount of fire and feeling lavished on that defense astonished the natives considerably. $2O of funds remaining over from the recent
 voted to the Nepaug cornet band. "A Young Peoples Prayer Meeting has been
 started for Sunday evenings.--A new sul- phur spring is exciting considerable inter. est. There ought to be plenty of these about Satan's Kingdom. .E sad t. ,s-sl5 !, CANAAN talks of 'otganizingta a cornsi band and Dr. Cummings (fondamanD has offered his attic for band room. The new graded schools have organized in the new school house with 3S pupils in the high school; 30. in the intermediates, and 30, in the primary departments. aThe Episcopalians of the village had a. nice picnic recently, with the Southfield cornet band in attendance. .a0 .'ua sae1 O. a; a SALISBURY aY has voted s5ooo for lr repairing air their town han. .4Dr.' Reid, the oldest $, set tied CoDgregational minister in the State, and for 40 years pastor of the Salisbury Congregatfonal church, tendered his res, res ignation on Sunday of4asst week. A con- rd |. mittee was appointed to confer with him and ask It's withdrawal. Miss Grace War her has opened select school at the Academy. ~l'' '2A ~ an',,'-' 's-'''-''' v '. '@ WoLcoTrvILLE has been playing several match games of base ball. On Tuesday afternoon of last week the Rolling Mill beat the Cap Shop nine 25, to 13. Then, on Thursday, the Rolling Mill nine play ed the Excelslors of the, Needle Shop and were beaten, 9 to 26. Berry and Dewey will soon open a fish market in the base. ment of the Allen House. This years fair realized s7OO. Addresses were ve made by Messrs. T. s. Gold and F. K Starr.
 At RtvaagoS, week before last, there was a conference of Congregational church at which the American board of Foreign Missions twas 5, criticised pretty sharply; but, as Riverton. christians receiy- ed some $9OO from outside. the eerrres- pondent of the. News thinks they gain rather than lose by the missionary spirit of the timess sU ss'ig II s1oda lo j
 BARKHAMsTED has had an artist ont sketching her rough c0uhtenance, recent ly.-The new minister IMr. sTifsrsJ arris. yes with his family. uthis .wseirs+Seveu. men tumbled oif.the roofofythe parsouaee they sere, 'shingling laonv tho 21sf. 1,iphe righteousness of stheita eaas6 saxedl dls all their necks. sia baa gihd hlO 'Iifw ,s:e P WARREN has fine 'n new a7sh,l school house ho in the Pond District costing about s1.i5OA says the Ray snoe .s1ao@ -Raa sia1s | The walls are hard finished, there is alaa,. d. handsome ceaterpiece, and selected vel low pine for flooring. castings aud, door. The room is wainscotted with black wal nut and yellow pine, alternately, and selected to give the best effect of the grain. The floor Is raised for the teacher,s desk declamations, etc. ahd across the oppos- ite side of the room for recitations, black
 board exercises. etc. of unusually large black -boaEds, ase entirelg across one end. and nearly across the other in the rear of the teachers desk The sashes are hung with weights; the desks are of inipntrrooyyea pattern, having castings'% %4sha black waE nut and maple. Iseai 1as fo taa sssW :
 All the THoMAsroN shops are hrtunnino full time and seem to have plsntyaf zorki which are indications of better atimes,--, lMs. Rev. NIT. Ockford. of the. church of Trinity and bride. have sfetufned rom rs6lnl theft wedding tour.-M Mr. Geofes F. iNorh's new home is now, finished and about to be occupied by himself and .siat. CT from CorDwall.-Thomas B Sanford has purchased the livery of hls barot her s- - There are still q few casesi of y dipllther;a abeut,' creating some anxiety lest it nav. spread. Cutlery is mostly. finishedt \ and many of the hands .haEe resn,n sJ work Mr Geo. E Noodfofd, formsrlya Superintendent of the cutlesylas sNenoa.s tuck. is now engaged here.-Herald.