Litchfield enquirer., 1877-11-22
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Litchfeld.


 MT. Aliens ney. house has been raised ard is now nearly covered.
 They are about manufacturing new pat tern of shears at the Milton Shear Shop
 -Mr. Taft, of Harwinton, is teaching at the Milton Academy, this term
 -Auen.inn is called to Judds new advt. with reduced prices for meats, poultry, etc. -Nessrs. Devoe & Hills have each dwell- ing house raised on the north slope of East HILL
 Mir. l.. Norton, of East Litchfeld, is recovering from a severe attack of typhoid fever.
 Mir. Joseph Slack is laying asplendid wall on the north side of East Street. at the foot of East Hill.
 Rev. Mir. Mclean and Geo II. Woodruff Esq. attended the Conference of the Congre- gatiOGal ciIurcIles at Hartford, last week. The Chapel at East Litchfeld has been re- shingled and the ways and means are earnestly sought for repainting the same.
 After December lst, the Circulating L- hrary will be open once in two weeks, on Sat- uriay, from 2SO to 5 o'clock, P. M.
 Mir. C. C. Smith, formerly of Southwick, Mas, has stocked and opened the store op- posite the East Iitchfeld depot.
 Mrs. H. NJ. Baldwin has bought the Crane place. on South Street, of Miss Sally Murray, and C. P.Augir, Execrrtor, for $7, 900. MT. Henry P. Warner, of Thomaston, has been engaged by Committee Cheney to teach the school in the First District, and commenc- ed On Monday.
 Quite number of the members of Co. H attended the hall given in Wolcottville on Fri day night and report s good time. The net pFOceeis were about $25. Some boys stoned the house of Wm. Bra han in Milton, one night last week. Mr. Bra han caught one of them, and prosecution was threatened. but the matter hassince been drop ped we hear -FrSi Iutz, conductor of the Naugatuck freight train. had a narrow escape, Monday night As the train was coming up from Thnmaston. boy by the side of the track frei pistol, the ball from which passed through the ear only a few inches from Mr. I.1sz
 -The twenty rods of road through the bot tn-alsss swamp between Charles l. Pages and wIa j. Halls. which has always been a very h-zvy expensr to the town. has been thorough Iy .'rslryiuroyed, " this fall. Logs about foot through and fourteen feet long are laid close t0rrthrr on sleepers. and then covered with s~rth. I, is thought this will be permanent Improvement
 The various District schools of the town are now bring taught by the following corps of temrherS:
 Center, Henry F. Warner.
 Chestnut Hill Andrew ID. Smith.
 Harris Plain, Clark B. Loveland.
 F. CheSsnuf Hill Arthur W. Bissell. Narth Street, Mary w. Welch.
 South Plain, Mary A Duggan-
 North Farms. Mary B. Wheeler.
 Beach Street, Louisa Osborn.
 Depus. Fredexika l.. Bentley.
 NMrxh, Alice E. Buell.
 Guernsey Hill, Geo. P. Pickett, Jr.
 FIufeviIle, s. Jennie Castle.
 North6eld. Adelaide H. LambertOn.
 Milton. George Barnard
 GiIbers. Fremont M Granniss
 Headquarters, Fillmore Brown.
 Mt Tom, Sarah A. Clark.
 Bantam. Nellie 4. Duggan-
 RradleyviIle, Ruth. Hatch.
 The annual meeting of stockholders of the Shepaug RailrOad was at Litchield on the iSsh instant. The report, for the year ending S~Vs- Sa, IS77, shows the receipts from all soarces to have been e49, O79. .49 and expendi- turvs fx openting rOad, renewal of ties, iron uew masonry, &c-, $SS. .O40.91. The balance, uG shout $I1. .OO0. has been used in repayment oG nsuary borrowed to meet the interest ($14,- ' e08l due. and paid to First Mortgage Bond hnairrs. October 1st 1S76 The following Ezued gentlemen were reelected Directors; !; Henry W. Buel, Origen s. Seymour, Henry R Goa. William Deming Dorsey Neville, Lev ervste w wesseIls Emery M Wooster, Holmes O Nurse. AsaheI H. Morse. At subsequent meeting of directors, H. W. Buel was re-elect- eSi PrrsiCieut; H. R, Colt, yice-president; Will liam Dcming. Secretary; Henry R. Colt, Treas wrT. Chas H. Platt was wasre-appOinted Super insr0slenG. C. M Allen, Master Mechanic and Sup<rvis1r Of Road; Dewitt c. Garrison. Road master.
 A large number of cases assigned for trial in thr Suprxi0r court have been settled and ushrrwise IiSpused of. James M. Chatfeld, of k ThuusSeuu. vsA FredeEick s. Porter, Justice os tAr Psare OE Iitchfeld, has been tried. Mir. s CAzrfeld is a Deputy Sheriff who had charged @Im. 70 for pursuing, and taking prisoner in J Rh.rlr Island The Justice refused to allow this sssorusOGus hin of fees. whereupon Chatield h<SxE<hs a private suit against him. Judge Gsrxnrrr diSpOsel of the matter pretty summa- rily and gave the defendant judgment for costs. Oa Tae=aay four Probate cases; two appeals oE Alma F. Atwood. and two of Frank P. NmrsA. were tried On plea in abatement. The wruund cF abatement was because the bond or she app~aAs w2s taken under the old form, tt tAr Judge of Probate, instead of to the State xs the Iaw nov requires The pleas were sus 1asn~a anua mCeious to amend denied
 ne COxs b expected to adjourn sine de, sAss wrxk
 The foGBOxing rules have been adopted by A< bar oT this county, during the year past l. Thns in future, weekly bar meetings fo xhe zzsgzmenR OG cases be held on Wednes skMr af esnrh week al 2 o'clock. D. m
 . Thzs Weanezaay afternoon of each weel Sawsnw the texns uf the Superior Court, be as sswwra faw she making and hearing Of motions ssa sa smke vnz1gdense q an 0ther business.
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