Litchfield enquirer., 1878-04-18
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 Mir. Eugene Phelps has dug cellar for new house down East Hill.
 MT. Fitzgerald and family have returned from the city for the summer.
 Mir. J. Deming Perkins has been in town for few days.
 The sHClosing Ball of the Season" comes of at Armory Hall, next week.
 Tine Chief of Police goes to New Haven, on invitation. to enjoy the festivities of Friday next with the New Haven Grays
 A new barbers pole with shaft and .-Clie" and other architectural features adorns the Mansion House Corner.
 Services will be held at St Michaefs chap el on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, a5p. m. and on Friday at the usual hours of Sunday service.
 The Annual meeting of the 1st Episcopal Society of Litchfield, will be held in St Mich aeFs chapel on Easter Monday, April 22d, at o'clock
 We are requested to give notice that there will be meeting of Darius Chapter. No. 16, Royal Arch Masons, on Thursday evening of this week. Important business to be transact ed \ full attendance is requested.
 There was a temperance meeting at the chapel in East Litchfeld, Sunday afternoon, conducted by Mir. Geo. E. Graves of Water bury well attended. Thirty-seven signatures were obtained to the pledge.
 Mir Davis. the artist of Harper's Maga- zine, was in town this week, taking sketches at Echo Farm. Our local photographer assist ed him in taking pictures of several of the noted animals of Mr. Starr's herd. Look out for an illustrated article on Echo Farm in Har- per's for June or July!
 On Sunday afternoon last, Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. Barnes, of Waterbury, addressed the people of this place at Armory Hall regarding the formation of a womans temperance union, and there is to be ladies meeting at the Congregational chapel this "Wednesday af- sernOOn, at three o'clock, to take the matter in fo consideration. A full attendance of ladies interested in the subject is requested.
 Mir J. L. Judd has rented his residence on West street to Mir. Clark Marsh, of Bridge port Prof Dwight has rented Mrs. Braces place on North Street l; and it is said that the same families will occupy the Webster and Colvocresses places on East street who rented them, last year. We hear, also, that MT. .Gurney will again rent Mrs. Matthews place on South Street.
 On Sunday evening there was the largest temperance meeting at Armory Hall that has ya assembled here. Over six hundred people were present, and over an hundred new sigma rursx were obtained to the pledge. Addresses were made by Mir. Garragus of Waterbury and by Mir. Geo. B. Graves, of that place, and music was furnished by large choir. We hope the movement will be pushed vigorously, and that provision will be emade for more meet ings in the near future.
 William Kelsey was brought before Justice KiIbWn, on Tuesday. charged with stealing variety of carpenters tools from Lewis and Samuel Bissell of Bantam. He plead guilty, was required to furnish $1O0 bonds, and was sent to jail in default thereof. Kelsey was employed last fall, at the Shepaug Depot In this p4aez, and we hear that large quantity Cf articles stolen from the depot, and depot grounds. have been since found in his posses sion
 MT C. F. Daniels will give concert as- sisted by the Ltchfield Septet Club, at Armo- " Hall, on Thursday evening, the 25th inst. the program includes aScherzo of Mir. Daniels own composition, a very bright and attractive EOE< scored for full orchestra, but arranged fOT this concert for piano, quintet of strings and horn- Among other numbers will be found MeDdelssOhn's Concerto in D., for piano and quintet of strings; movements from Mendels- sohn's trio inc. minor, and Raff's Quartet in c minOr arrangements from Verdi and Lizst, and beautiful Andante from an unfinished symphony of Schubert's.
 In the Superior Court last week, the Vol cOttville case of WdihGmS vs. Le,cis was tried on plea in abatement overruled by the justice. The case was ordered erased from the dock a
 Whiibeck and Moore, a Salisbury case, was then tried. This action was for cove- nanf broken in selling land covered by right of way. with the usual covenants of warranty. The plaintiff recovered s damages Graves, Andrews and Roraback, for plf. Warner and Warner and Woodruff, for delft.
 Thetwo cases of Hurt vs. Chde and Chas9s 4PpraI were also tried. This was Cornwall matter involving the question of the payment of encumbrances on wife's estate by the hus- hand The counsel for the respective parties were Graves and Andrews. Warner and Woodruff
 The Court adjourned on Friday till Monday TlE 29th inSt. A jury is summoned for Tues S9y. the 3Oth, for the disposal of criminal bus inezA 4 large number of prisoners are in jail waiting frisL
 On Sunday night the Litchfield station or the NaHgatuck railroad was broken open, tho safe taken out, placed on dump lear" and taken half mile down the road, where it wa. hgukenopen, rifled of it's contents and rolled down the embankment. The contents were nCs of great value to the finders. and there is s0use slight hope of their capture. Three mer looking like tramps, were seen about the sta tEioa when the milk train went down, Sunday =zfternOOH Mr. Clark Hurlbut, returning from HArwinton, about a. m., Sunday morn ing. met three men, one of whom jumped osEr the fence On arriving at the depot h, dsmnUsezrd tine damage done ther w.Jked up the station agent, and the safe an, e.r were soon discovered down the road The .Nafe had been broken open wit hicks and other tools, taken from the hand rzr house tn Wolcottvills. The work wa clunlaily do.,e, and everything indicates tina the three tranps seen there, Sunday after nOon. were the burglars. The wonder is tha 90 much noise co0ld have been made withou