Litchfield enquirer., 1878-10-10
COUNTY ITEMS.

TEKRYv1LLE has been enjoying two enter tainments given on successive evenings by the Terryville Dramatic Club and the Clark Or chestra under the management and direction of Mir. F. J. Thomas, of Birmingham. Tie concert was in each case followed by the drama Among the Breakers" in two acts. A flute solo by MT. Thomas, and singing by MT. A L. King, of Hartford, were among the chief attractions of these entertainments.
 The NEW HARTFORD case against the young men who eallithumped Adolph Tonn has been appRaled without trial to the District Court.-- George A. Driggs, proprietor of the brick tavern in Puddletown, wasarrested by Constable E.. F. Moses for violating the liquor law John Barry's recent temperance lectures here producted little apparent result.-The stone work of tine new bridge seems to be progress ing slowly.--It has been voted to enlarge the cemetery.-John Monaghan has raised on an acre and a half of ground says the Herald, ov- CT 5000 heads of cabbage, which he sells read fly at an average of 10 cents per head.-On the 18th of September Fitch W. Burwell, Esq, having arrived at the age of 70, retired from the office of judge of probate, after holding it about twelve years.-The following names have been drawn as jurors for the district court John S. Burwell, James H. Merrill Lyman Moulthrop and Riley M. Olmsted.
 KENT Cottage Seminary opened. last week, with about 25 scholars, Miss Mary A. HOpson, principal. al.-License was one of the issues at Mondays election.-Surveyors are still at work in this vicinity to find the most feasible spot to take water from the Housatonic, and to transfer it to the headwaters of the Croton River near Pawlng, so as to secure an abund- ant supply for New York City. The surveyors began above the falls, near Bulls Bridge, and are working north.-Charles Benedict is at tending medical lectures at New York
 TWISTED had a rousing temperance meet ing on Friday night last.-The school reopens on Monday of this week, there being but few new cases of diphtheria. Chapel of the Second, Congregational has new organ, the gift of several prominent members of the church. h.-The District Court is finally located by the County Commissioners in The City Hall Block.-Ridgeway, foreman of the gas works, sustained severe injury while on his way to England, recently. He fell from the upper to the lower deck of the steamer paralyzing his left slde.-On Saturday of this week another popular excursion will be run over the Conn. Western from Hartford to LakevilIe Miss Eunlce Carpenter, recently decreased here, gives one quarter of her estate to the A. B. c. F. M.; one quarter of the American Tract So- ciety; and the remainder to her nephews and nieces, four in number, children of Che late James B. Phelps. Her estate amounts to about $4O0O. The number of tramps enter tained at the lookup during the year past is reported as follows by the News: October 51, November "A, December 142, January 131, February 15S. March 77, April A, May 40, while during the months of June, July, Au- gust, September there were only 16, making a total of 734 for the year."
 At ELLSWORTH on Tuesday and Wednes- day of last week, was held the annual meeting of Litchfeld North West Conference The ques- tions of duties of our churches, charitable societies and religions the duties of our con- ferences to the strong and weak churches and the foreign missions, were warmly and interes- tingly discussed by the pastors and delegates of the churches of Salisbury, Canaan, Norfolk, North Cornwall. Cornwall, Sharon and Warren. The meeting was toned up at the start by the prenence of an unusually large number of cur Sharon friends, and by the presence of that indefatigable worker, Dr. Knight, of Lakeville.
 The SHARON Village Improvement Compa- ny have made their sidewalks smooth and level.-The Young Mems Literary Club held a meeting Wednesday evening, October 2d, for the purpose of recognizing. new rector in the Episcopal Church is quite popular with his people. Frank Hotchkiss is teaching at Gay street. The Gould Memorial chapel is very nearly completed, and is a nice and much needed addition to the Congregational church.-A. c. Woodward & Son have sold their branch store at Amenia Union to David Woodward.
 The NORFOLK Temperance meeting of the 26th ult., was well attended.-E. T. Butler and family are visiting friends in Buffalo, N. Many Winsted people are coming to the Norfolk hills to inhale the invigorating air, as preventative to diphtheria. Edward M. Shepard, graduate of Willlamstown College, has accepted professorship in college in Springfield, Mass.
 CORNWALL is waking up on the subject of temperance. The hall is filled every Wednes. day evening. There was nice picnic at Cornwall Hollow, recently.
 A wicked WATERTowN correspondent of the American remarks as follows regarding Sun day turneuts there ''It is tacitly understood by those who attend the Congregational church that those who come in carriages will land their passengers on the board platform of the porch, except those who have what they con slider extra fine turnouts which they wish to
 exhibit. who can drive on to the grass plat in front of the steps. No matter if the ground is a little soft, but few will do it, and the dam age to the grass will of course be trifilng.n- There was a Union Temperance meeting At the Methodist church on Sunday evening last
 CORNWALL contractors have been very busy repairing their reads; all their contracts ex- pired on Monday. Inspector Whitney has been over our roads three times this season, going the entire distance on foot. ot.-Petty thieving now reaches porkers as well .as poultry; as John Brown once remarked, Look out for the back sight," most men overshoot when they are excited.-Some of the Litchfeld people with their boarders had picnic short