Litchfield enquirer., 1878-01-10
Litchfeld.

stunned, Friday.
 There was Union meeting at the Meth odis church on Monday night, last
 Mir. Slack is busy cutting ice on the mill pond. It is of magnificent quality.
 Tine Board of Relief soon commences it's work. as will be seen from notice, elsewhere
 The Naugatuck Railroad Co: are cutting large quantities of ice at the Station. It is a foot thick and of fexcellent quality. They sent of 2s car loads on Thursday.
 The 'IitchfieId Centennial Total Absti- nence Society will hold public meeting at the Congregational chapel on Monday evening next, January 14th. at 2 o'clock. All are cor dialIy invited.
 MT Foster, of the firm of Foster X Hurl- but, of West Winsted, will be at the store of Vessels & Gates, on Monday next, with a choice selection of foreign and domestic wool eas. prepared to take orders for anything in their line. Persons wishing good custom work done should give them call.
 This has been a glorious week for ther- Inome,ers In Wolcottville that instrument of torture registered 2Oo below zero, we hear ; and at the Litchfeld Station, F below. On our hill thermometers never subside to any, thing like the depths they reach in the valleys, nevertheless it has been very comfortably cold for the past week.
 Kate Kelley, tramp sent with her hus-
 
 summer. and discharged in July, returned vol untariIy last week, pleaded guilty to vagrancy before Justice Kilbourn, and was committed for 90 days. She now has child about three months old Is the common jail the proper place of refuge for paupers?
 The week of prayer" is being observed in this village by daily union services of the Con. gregational and Methodist churches The meeting tonight Wednesday, s at the Con- gregational chapel at : o'clock, on Thursday evening at the Methodist church. with preach ing on Friday aftesnoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Congregational chapel; and on Saturday after noon at e:30 o'clock at the Methodist church. On Tuesday evening of last week there sas a grand presentation to Constable F. E. S Munger of an enormous policemans club, and badge, stamped ''99" The presentation address was made by Dr. Deming, who made affecting allusion to the coincidence between the number on the new officers badge, and the title of MT. Sankey's celebrated hymn Ninety and Nine" The incumbent bears his honors Eneekly, bat keeps his eye peeled" and his revolver loaded, and the way of the transgres- sor OR Upper West street is likely to be hard -un Monday there was grand turnout to the Civil Authority's dilner; their names fill near two pages of the Mansion House Hotel register, and We notice ''F. F.. Seymour Mun- ger, Chief of Police," and ''J. Deming, Ser xeant'' among the entries. It is customary we brlieve with the Civil Authority, &c., in sc- lecting names forthe jury box, to put in all of their own number who are willing to serve. This year. outsiders were given quite fair show. as will be seen by the list reported else when.
 The following gentlemen were chosen Ju- rUrs for 1873, by our town authority at their meeting on Monday:
 Joseph Wooster, F. M Hale. Erastus P MOulthrOP, Hiram Merriman, William Bissell, Auson C. Smith, Horatio P Griswold, Itha- mir Page, Thomas M Coe Harry Clemops, William R. keeler, Eli D. Weeks, Geo Guern- sry. Henry Morse, J. Howard Catlin, Anthony Newton, Andrew J. Pierpont, Royal A. Ford, Asahel II. Morse, Daniel G. Turney, Amos C. Benton. James B. Peck, Samuel G. Beach, AsEph =. Wright, William H. B aman, Ever ett II. Wright. Noah w. Beach, Edwin F. DckensOn. William M. Wheeler, Albert B. Hsllock. George w Bement, Lewis C. Hotch- kiss. William II. Palmer, Garner B. Curtiss, Frederick :. Porter. Joseph II. Hopkins, James N Smith, Clifford C. Newbury Darius F. Grisw"ld. John McNeil, Edward X. Pier .pn:i-
 The harness thief whose trial We noticed recently has again come to grief. The whole >:OFy of this curious affair is as follows:
 On the 2lst inst. Selectman Jacob Morse had a new harness stolen from his horse barn. Mr. H. R. COit happened to go downthe Naug- atuck rad the next morning, and noticed a stranger al the Litchfield Station who had a buBtue and took the cars for Bridgeport. On ;bc arrival of the train at Bridgeport, Mir. Colt zhs th"agH something seemed wrong about the fellow spoke to officer Arnold about him. The latter looked fer the man, but could not find him Soon, however, a hackman came for the bundle which had been left on the plat form Arnold jumped into the hack, and, when the maa came for his bundle, arrested him. The fellow gave his name as Jerome Brown and the bundle was found to contain two harnesses. The officer telegraphed to iitchfeld, and Mir. Horatio Benton, from whom. three harnesses had been stolen, last July, went directly on, and claimed one of the harnesses as his own Brown was brought to Litchfeld and settled the matter by paying for the har- nesses taken. as we'll as by paying the State a line and heavy bill of costs. The culpri, then started hack for Bridgeport ria the Naug stuck raiIroad
 After Browns departure it was found tha h. had had also in his possession harness lik' that stolen from Mir. Morse. X telegram wa s-nt al once for his arrest on that charge. Or their return. Brown and Officer Arnold botl took the same freight train, and there was quit long stop ai Waterbury. Arnold had gon uP into the city when the telegram came di recting him to re-arrest Brown. The boy witt she message went upon the train and enquiret for Officer Arnold, saying he had dispatcl for him Brown took the hint, and decampet Isefore the disnatchreached the officer to whom il was sent The harness. however, had beer left with Browns lawyer. It was seized b. inc officer. and identified by Mir. c. W. Shep ard, who made it, as the one he had sold Mir NoESe
 Ihe case was then put into the hands of NIT
 - O. Peck, of this place, to work up. II ieiegaphed and wrote to different places | Brooklyn \. l., amongothers and, on Wed ssesday lasa. received dispatch from Detectiv Raache.0f Brooklyn, saying that he had caugl Brown. After some demur, the prisoner finall suonseH6ed to come on without requisitior Rerk Ieff immediately, and returned with hi