Litchfield enquirer., 1878-09-26
Litchfeld.

Mir. B. c. Sweet, of Hamilton, R. l., is visiting friends in this village
 Mrs H. NJ. Baldwin is receiving new Fall goods, this week.
 See Advertisement of Mrs. o. P. Peck, announcing new Fall goods, in another column. The East Litchfield Sunday School con- tribute about 80 in aid of yellow fever suf- ferers.
 -Attention is called to the advertisement of J. H. MaIoy & Co.,, Blacksmiths, in another column.
 Engineer Wheeler of the Shepaug rail- road is marked success as ''tramp-boun- cer." and ''butter-rescuer."
 MT. Pomeroy, the gentleman who rented the Colvocoresses place, this season, returned to the city on Tuesday.
 -'I.ed Astray" was very well performed here by the Amy Stone troupe on Tuesday evening. There was very good house.
 -Freemasons of this place have been talk ing up a handsome contribution in aid of the yellow fever sufferers. The sum forwarded was about $50.
 Mrs. Irene Hadsell has sold her place on Meadow St., to Mir. James B. Newcomb, the latter giving bond in the sum of $40O0 for her support during her natural life.
 The Mutual B. B. C.(S. Rowe's) of this village, went to Thomaston, on Saturday, and played with the 2d nine Union club of that place, defeating them by score of 9 to 8.
 A School Meeting will be held on Monday next "t the School House in this village for the purpose of laying a tax to pay tho indebted ness of the district e-n- -.aNA;~~ :-- ----' umn.
 Mr p. Knickerbacker, from the Farm ouaed by Samuel Clock, brought Tn three fall pippins this week which weigh from 15 to 16 ounces each Each is over foot in circum- ference.
 . The recent warm weather seems to have been unfavorable to health We hear of four more cases of fever in the village. There has been one death here, and one which oc- culTcU III Ddutultl, uuSOuO0OolI OhA6AAo~ -- this village.
 At the adjourned school meeting on Mon- day evening vote was adopted instructing the Committee to warn a new meeting for the purpose of laying tax to pay off the existing indebtedness of the district, amounting to about $500.
 --G. H. Miner, M. D., of Morris, and Hen- " Norton, Esq, of Goshen, have been made Commissioners of the Superior Court. These officers have power to issue writs, take ac- knowledgement of deeds, in fact we believe nearly all the ministerial powers of justices of the peace, except in criminal matters.
 -Amongstother counsel in attendance on the Superior Court we noticed Bro. Delavan, of the New Milford Ray. He started away with full rigged ship, about yard long, across his lap, probably for use in the waters of the Housatonic, recently found navigable as far as Gaylordsville.
 The up Sunday milk train on the Nauga- tuck was delayed about four hO-.D py y..-.i i'm jury to the engine. Nobody was in the tele- graph office at Waterbury, and they were ob- Iged to run hand car down to that place for another engine which came up promptly to the relief of the crippled train.
 The October Harper contains the article on Echo Farm, for which representatives of that paper made sketches and examinations some time since. The illustrations are excel lent and the facts contained in the article are for the most part with those which the readers Ofthe Enquirer have been heretofore made fla miliar,
 -Attendents on MT. Geo. w. Wrights dancing classes of last winter will recollect the beautiful dancing of his pretty little daugh- ter, Kittie, then less than four years of age. She died at Winsted of diptheria on Saturday last, after weeks illness. Very many here mourn her loss, and sympathize with her parents in their sad bereavement.
 A few nights since Dennis Ryan and James Ryan created much disturbance in Meadow Street, and were finally arrested and lodged in jail. On being brought before Just ice Deming, they pleaded guilty to breach of the peace and were each fined $5., which, with the costs, they managed to pay.
 Geo. K. Roberts, Nj. D., of this place, a graduate of the College of Physicians and Sur geon at New York, commences the practice of his profession at New Hartford, this week He is also 8 graduate from the Scientific De- pertinent of Hobart College, Geneva, N Y. a We congratulate the people of New Hartford on having so promising young physician located among them.
 All East Litchfeld turned out to attend the Sunday School Basket Picnic, of Saturday drove over in jolly procession to the Island Hotel. where they frolicked about from 10 A. M till about 8 P. M. when they started on their return. There was considerable fun, fishing, with very little risk to the fish, though we believe one small specimen was captured.
 The Danbury Agricultural Society will hold their tenth annual fair, next week, com mencing on Tuesday and closing on Saturday. No doubt this exhibition will be as good in all departments as those that have heretofore made the Danbury Fair so popular with the people in this vicinity. Excursion tickets at half fare, will be sold by the Shepaug Railroad Company.
 -on Monday Patrick Cavanagh was tried before Justice Deming on charge of stealing money from the person of Lawrence Carol. u appeared that Carol was very drunk and 'i'"' Wilile ID that condition he was put upon a nay mow Dy Patsey and another. It also ap- peared that Carol lost some $2O, stolen from nm wnlie drunk, but the evidence was not conclusive enough to convince the justice that it was the prisoner who stole it, and he was discharged.
 Our people are very naturally much pleas. ed by the nomination of Hon. c. B. Andrews