Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-25
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 LlTCRFlELD, CONN.
LiTcHFfELD.

-Glee Club, at Mrs. Colts this week at Mrs. G. A. Hickox, next.
 Mrs. Colvocoresses has returned to he home in this village.
 There was Sunday School conven' tion at the Congregational Church in this village. on Tuesday.
 MT. Allen is making preparations fo the erection of dwelling house on his To in Meadow St.
 MT. Wright, of Winsted. opened hi dancing school at the Town Hall, Tues day evening.
 -Some one pu. in our key-hole, day or two since sprig from raspberry busf with ripe berries thereon.
 Rev. Mir. McAllister, of Birmingham Conn.,, will preach at tie M. B. Church in this village, on Sunday next, morning and afternoon.
 The members of Go. H are hereby notified that there will be target practice on Friday next. and are requested to meet at the armory at 9 a. m.
 Judge Seymour has been in attend ance at the Episcopal Triennial Conven- tion during it's. session at Boston. as one of the lay delegates from this state.
 Inside painting has been reached or Dr. Deming's new house on North St. ,and it will be ready for occupancy before the end of next month.
 The School meeting of Saturday eve- ming, this week, will no doubt draw agood crowd together. Doors open at 7:15; per formance commences at 7:30.
 MT. Harry Vessels has entirely re- modelled tue Webb house, has added to it, put in. bay window. and made very neat little dwelling house of it.
 -Wflkinson's Uncle Tom drew crow ded house at Congregational Hall on Thursdsy night of last week. The audi ence was much delighted and the enter tainment was a decided success.
 -TKRRIBLR STORM - DESTRUCTION OF SHIFTING ON LITTLE PoND-A LIFE IM- PERILLED. - The squall of Tuesday of last week wrecked 0 boat on Lit tie Pond in which a noted musician of this plac. was fishing for pickerel. He had caught one four pounder when the squall drove him into the weeds on the sOuthvess aide of the Pond where he left the boat, and waded ashore, losing his big pickerel. The boat has not been found since. The unfortunate sea-farer returned by way of South Bridge. He has not made a pun since. and there are hopes of permanent reformation.
 Officer Blakeman arrested Charles Lockwood. an escaped prisoner, in Sharon under curIous circumstances, recently. The fellow was in jail here expecting soon to be discharged, when he took an oppor- tunity to escape. Mir. Blakeman traced him to a house occupied by Mrs. No dine, few miles this side of Sharon. On entering he was told that there was no such man there. He made thorough search, however, and while examining the cellar happened to notice the tip of a mans nose protruding from the earth by one of the cellar walls; whereupon he pro- eeetled to resurrect Mr. Charles Lockwood, whom he found alive and we'll, carefully covered up under few inches of earth, with only enough of his face exposed to admit of his breathing. Blakeman was standing directly over the mans breast when he discovered the tell tale tip of his nose. He is now safe in jail This ingenious dodge might succeed in case of temper ance man. but there are persons in this world. not to say in Litchfeld county, so constructed that the tip of the nose would illuL-inate pretty large cellar and make that style of concealment out of the ques-
 The Annual Meeling of the Village Improvement Company was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening last aud the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: .s ~
 President. Nj. Woodruff.
 Secretary. M Colt.
 Treasurer -Clara +. Ray.
 Executive Committee. Woodruff. Miss Colt. and Mrs Ray, er-o6sciO: J. Deming Perkins, Cornelia IL, Hinsdale. Harriet B. Belden, Grace M. Gates, Eliz. abeth F. Woodruff, Mary O.. Campbell, Frank w. Wessells, Alexander B. Shum- way. nsesr -t ses--esx.-s ee s -,
 The Executive Committee made the fol- lowing report which vas accepted and or dered tO be recorded: s s'ss~
 When we presented our last report @ year ago, we promised so to conduct the affairs of the Company as not to be oblig. ed to report any indebtedness at this time, and in. pursuance of that poli- cy determined to undertake TO work, unless we were assured of having the means to pay for it. No walks have been laid the past season for the reason that all those of strictly public nature seem Co have been attended to, and our offer to pay for one half the expenses of laying walks anywhere in theyVillage, pro- vided adjoining propnetors would pay the other half. not being in any instance accepted. The only public work under taken by us has been the attempt to pre-. vent the placing of rubbish in the streets and ditches. by having it moved from the stores and residences at the expense of the Improvement Company. Perhaps we ought also to include, as being under our auspices. .Ishe prOiect to providea Town Clock Tor the Village. inangurated by the lecture of Mir f. Ratchford Starr. and supported by subsequent subscriptions A good many complaints have been heard by the committee to the effect that by the spelling matches, lectures, fairs, festivals and other entertainments we had so drawn upon the hberality of our citi. zsns and visitors as to have left no op- pOrtuniky for other good objects to secure their share of this kind of public patron. age. With the slngle exception therefore of a strawberry festival, to provide the means 0rpaying our debt, we have the East ssAsoh left fhe feid open to sthers ir the confident expectation that another season will find our people not only will ing bat anxious to contribute to the sup. sVf tfafa hnkI nf A.1a e.