Litchfield enquirer., 1878-03-28
COUNTY ITEMS.

NoRTHFIRLD has been having $1OO islander suit, tried before Justice Porter.-Dr. Gardner, of the Middetown Episcopal Seminary, was to lecture on the subject of ''Ancient Egypt" on Friday evening last.-The Knife Co. sends the splendid exhibit of pocket cutlery it made l at our Centennial, over to the Paris Exposition. The Louisiana Jubilee Singers were to sing on Tuesday evening.
 PLEASANT VALLEY had a visit from mad dog, last week, says the Herald--The Literary Circle continues it's meetings. ''colored" weddings are among the recent festivities of the place.
 NEW HARTFORD has branch of MT. J. K. Beniamin's Music Store-Burglars recently stole four pairs of boots from the shop of James Corcoran, a poor rshoemaker.-Seven milk ped lars, new millinery store, and new tailor's shop are to be found in New Hartferd-Gos- pei meetings were held every afternoon and evening of last week.-Magner, the horse trainer, took about $1OO in New Hartford. TWISTED is to be visited, this week. by Love and Miller, the Temperance reviValists, who have been working in Canaan, Falls Vil- lage, and New Milford. They begin series of four meetings on Thursday, the 18th inst, to be held at the City Hall.-Rev. MT. Miles made an address on Temperance, on Sunday afternoon last, at the 1stCongregational church. MT. David w. Coe is expected to re-engage | in the mercantile business in Winsted, soon.- 1 Thomas Quigley was choked to death by a piece of meat while eating his supper on the 18th inst.-Long Lake is within four feet of high water mark.
 WooDBURY justices have ordered the mug zling of dogs there. No less than eight were bitten by the animal Cor animals) which made such havoc in Morris, Washington and New Milford.-Surprisesa are all the rage now. The relatives and friends of MT. Alexander Gordon gave him surprise, recently, in celebration of his sixty fourth birthday. Some fifty neigh bors and friends also gave Mir. B. Burton a vis- it, recently.-A correspondent of the American states that forty houses have been built in Woodbury during the past four years
 WoLooTTvILLE is to have water brought in- to the village. The report of the committee appointed to investigate the matter reported strongly in favor of the scheme. The sum of $30, ,000 is needed, of which the Register re- ported 1926, 900 subscribed on Friday last.-A Wolcottvillian bought the effects of deceased clergy man at auction, recently, and the Regis ter predicts that barrel of old sermons will soon be utilized by their present proprietor who contemplates taking up preaching in connec- ton with his other business. s.-Methodists real ized $13 at 8 supper and sociable, last week. Says the Register:
 ''If the person who knocked on the door of a gentleman's house on Church St., last We'd nesday night, with a brick will call around at any time through the day he will hear some- thing to his advantage"
 \ CANAAN is to have Teachers Institute next month.-There was Murphy Sociable at the Warner House on Tuesday evening at which Messrs. Love and Miller were to be present. The Village Improvement Society held its annual meeting, last week, and reelected its old officers. s.-The Warren House is conducted on strictly Temperance principles.
 FALLS VILLAGE continues to show rapid pro
 gress in the Temperance movement. At { meeting on Monday evening of last week, 7s new signatures were obtained to the pledge
 which already had over 400 names. There was another meeting, Wednesday night, and a
 meeting at Lime Rock on Tuesday evening o
 last week.-A farmers convention was to bt
 held at Falls Village on Monday at which ad
 dresses were expected from Hon. Mortimer
 Whitehad, of New Jersey, lecturer of the Ma
 tional Grange, and Hon. T. s. Gold, secretary
 of the Connecticut state board of agriculture
 The District Court opened on Tuesday o
 last week.-Some of the farmers have com
 menced blowing for oats.-John B. Owen O South Canaan will move on to the farm o Geo. w. Peet, near Amesville, this spring.
 Maple sugar is selling at 1soents per pound.- 5 Rev. M. Selleck of the Methodist church in } tends to leave this place at the expiration o the year.-Levi Beebe has bought the Johl
 Reed place at South Canaan, and will nov e there April 1st.-Charlie Lowell, enginee
 Hous. R. R., has moved to Bridgeport SALISBURY school children recently raise $S6 for Foreign Missions by an entertainment f at Academy Hall The News thinks the des f titution at home is more in need of relief
 Justice Pratt, who has donned the blue ribbo 3 proves an efficient speaker in the Temperanc . cause as well as an efficient presiding officer
 It is expected that the ''Washinee Woole
 Mills" in Salisbury, will be rebuilt, and i
 working order in about three months. -Throug B the exertions of the Salisbury Game aud Fisl , Protection company 4O,OOO young land-locke salmon nave been placed in the waters of Sal lsbury and they are now negotiating for 90, % 8 young brook trout with which to restock th r streams. They have also sent to Messina (Sit f ily) for 200 migratory quail, game bird re , gently successfully introduced by Judge Evar : into Vermont.
 l The LAKEVILLE Ladies Aid Society recent t realized $26 from ap eptertainment.-T t Temperance meeting at Academy Hall was