Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-11
LsTChFtELD.

Tine first ice of the season has been noticed within the week
 MT. John Powell is preparing the eel lar and foundations for new house be. tween those of Ralph Tompkins and David Beach on Cheney Street.
 MT. W. Fl. Braman has opened this week new stock of Fall and Winter goods, all of the latest styles in dress goods. shawls. fancy goods, &c. See advertisement next week.
 Mir c. B Bishop planted little of the Kansas corn exhibited at the centen- nial, in his garden. this season. One of the stalks grew to height of 12 feet; 2 inches, and three more exceed II feet, each
 Mir. 4. J. Beach, of Milton, brought us mammoth cling-stone peach of his own raising, last week. It measured 104 inches in circumference, lengtlIwise; 83 inch. scrosswise;and weighed nine ounce". The members of the V. I. s are re- quested to pay their annual dues to Mrs. Grace NJ Gates. Treasurer. before the an. nnal meet ng named for Wednesday eve- ming of next week. Those dues were $l for each member; they were payable on the first of August last. but large pro- portion still remain unpaid.
 The subscriptions for clock in the Congregational church, started by the proceeds of Mir. StaTr's lecture, have been raised by two other subscriptions to $1O0, and we understand that another gift of $1OO is promised, which would have only $325 to be raised. The paper is now r-~'- cd at the store of Weseells A UateS' put peeple s.e-s buckward about adding their subscriptions. We hope some one will take the matter i1 hand and circulate the paper. The clock would be the greatest possible convenience and it seems as if there ought to be little difficulty in rais- ing the sum needed.
 At the meeting of the First School District held at their school house on Sat- urday evening last it was voted:
 ''To lay tax of such per cent, on the list next to be completed as will raise the sum of $25O, to pay the indebtedness of the District and defray the expense of as- sessing and collecting the same The meeting then adjourned till Satur- day of this week at 80 p. m. The items of indebtedness reported by committee s. E. Cheney were as follows:
 D. 0 Kilborn, ,enumerating schos.$ 7.3O E. G. Clock. wood 24.00 E. E. Champlin, wood (order giv-
 en I. Taylor), I4.65 Merriman & Perkins, wood (order
 given I. Taylor), 700 Buell. & Wheeler, books and sta
 tionery N. 2.95 Miss Bentley, services as teacher, Al, ,OO Devoe < Hill, repairs and maternal 14.92
 $2O1. .S2 The annual meeting of the Litchfeld Go. Medical Association was held at the Mansion House, Litchfeld. on Tuesday, Oct. 9th. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year
 President,- Deming.
 Vice President, ,-Dr, K, 5. Goodwin. Clerk,-T. G. Wright.
 Committee on Membership and Ethics for years,-Dr. W. J. Beach. Fellows,-Dr. O. Brown, Dr. H. w. Buell.. Dr. T. G. Wright, Dr. l.. H. Wood, Dr. s. H. Huntington.
 Delegates to American Medical Asso- ciation,-Dr. Wm. Woodruff, Dr. J. B. 2 Derrickson, Dr. Chas F. Couch, D. J. H. North.
 Reporter,--Dr. l.. H. Wood. Owing to the stormy weather the at- tendance was small The President Dr. Deming, read paper on Alcoholic De- lirium." Several interesting cases of dis. eases and injuries were reported and dis. cussed. The next Quarterly meeting is to be held at the Clarke House in Win sted. on the 2d Tuesday in January, 1878. The Superior Court is expected to close its September term tomorrow (Thursday) In the case of Geo 0. Wood. ruff. Ex, vs. A. F. Migeon, decision was rendered against the claim of the latter. InJonathan A.Stevens vs. Town of Nor. folk, the burying ground case, the tempo raly injunction was dissolved and a mo. ton in error filed by the petitioners. Law. renOe and Graves, for petitioners; An drews for responde nt.
 ohn Ingalls, vs. Henry R. Jones was a New Hartford case regarding the fore. closure of a mechanics lien. The report of committee in favor of foreclosure was accepted but there was an argument concerning costs Andrews for petition CTS; Fenn for respondent.
 Jay A. Benedict vs. Levi P. Giddings was petition for foreclosure of mortgag- ged property in New Milford. The re- spondent set up fraud and want of con- 'ideration in the mortgage note. Andrews and Turrill for petitioners; Seymour and Seymour for respondent.
 h Nelson W. Gee "a Jesse Rose, regard, ng costs no an injunction concerning Iome burYing ground lots, the costs 'laimed by the respondent were denied Andrews for petitioner; Welch for re- spondent.
 Thomas W. Griswold vs. Ralph F, Cook, ct at. trespass against the defend. mt and tue officer attaching some hay, is low on trial.
 We clip the following from the New fork Tribune. Romance is not so com non an article in Litchfeld society that Ve like to see any spoilt, but we are assur- d by those who ought to know, that the Tribune version is substantially the cor ect one:
 A romantic story is going the rounds of he newspapers about the late Archbishop If Baltimore and a brilliant Connecticut belle. It is said that when Mir Bayley became a priest he broke of an engage