Litchfield enquirer., 1878-09-26
COUNTY ITEMS.

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 branch railroad, and excursion tickets are sold at SO cents. The premiums offered aggregate
 Ss,oOO A fine display of cattle, and fine
 horse trot are confidently expected. The
 Thomas Clock Go. Band furnish the music
 Prof. Jennings is still supplying the Congrega-
 tiona pulpit.-A Sunday schoof Picnic of 100
 or more went to High Rock $rove, on We'd
 nesday last.
 NEW HARTFORD is being visited by dipthe-
 ria. John Barry re-opens the Temperance cam-
 paign at the hall on Thursday and Friday eve
 mngs of this .week.-A daughter of Richard
 Yale recently had bad upset at the bridge at
 the lower end of the village. Horse and car
 riage were precipitated down the bank, and
 Miss Yale and a little cousin were thrown ont | Luckily nobody was seriously hurt.-The Her
 aid tells curious story of the finding of a lost silver spoon. In August 1850 the only
 son of MT. Walter Beany, two and half Eyears old, was killed by falling upon a pair
 of scissors. Just before his death, the little
 fellow had been eating a cup of bread and
 milk in the yard. The cup was found in the
 well, where the child had probably thrown it.
 On Friday, the 14th inst, the spoon was found by MT. Beany while setting out rose bush- MT. Goodwin, who attached the C. W. R. R.
 Co.'S. locomotive "Bloomfield," for damages received at the Tariffville disaster, has had a a little engine-house built with no doors, in which she is "boxed up," and safe from molest- ation.
 At NORFOLK new company has been form ed to operate the Axle Works The Congre- gational church took up collection for yellow fever sufferers, on the 18th inst, raising S195. Rev. J. +. Gaylord, late of Manistee, has been visiting friends here. He goes soon to Springfield, Mass. He addressed Temper ance meeting on the 18th inst-Mr, J. B. FL drldge has returned from Kansas with good re- ports of the country.-Postmaster 0. H. Vol colt has been bleeding at the lungs, at two sep arate times. He is now slowly recovering.
 CANAAN is the point at which the Barnum and Richardson Co.,, take their ore coming from West Stockbridge over the Housatonic R. R. Instead of being transferred over the c. W.R R. to their furnaces in East Canaan, it is haul ed in wagons. The change in the Conn. Western railroad management perhaps ac- | counts for this change in the mode of trans portation.
 WORTHWHILE has temperance meeting on Friday evening of this week. Speakers from abroad are expected, and delegation from New Preston will probably be in attendance. Mrs. Crossman, Mrs. Baldwin, and Mrs. Charles Stone are on the sick list.-Ata a recent school-meeting, Edwin Wells was appointed committee, and Geo. Hill is expected to keep the winter school.
 meeting house Closed %th Sunday ths d Of last week. For nearly ten days meetings have been held day and evening, and many conver sions are reported. A Sunday school was or ganized, which will be kept up. Mir. Kimber his wife and sister have been specially faithful workers.-Foxes are committing many depre- dations on the poultry.-Mrs. Francis A. Payne is very sick at Oscar Bartram's- Lillie Butcher is also quite sick.
 CORNWALL boarders have all gone back to the city.-Peaches are in abundance this sea- son and many trees a breaking down with their load. Contractors are busy fixing up their roads, All contracts expire the first of Oct. AtWEsT CORNWALL, says the Herald, there were shipped during the month of July, 1,818 cans and 355 cases of milk, total of 9O,175 quarts. During August there were shipped 1,511 cans and 272 cases, total of 66, 152 quarts.-As George Potter was ''toting" an old-fashioned long clock across the railroad track, recently, the cars came on him sudden ly, his horse jumped and split the venerable time-piece upon the track where it was speed fly ''knocked out of time''
 FALLS VILLAGE city boarders have all re- turned home.-M. A. Dean for several years treasurer of Falls Village savings bank, dis solved his connection with that institution, last week.-Cider is only $1, barrel; apples | fifty cents per barrel, picked fruit; potatoes | fifty cents per bushel-Miss Brigner teaches school on Beebe Hill; Miss Lane on Grassy l Hill; Miss Cleveland of Lakevile, and Miss 1 Owen, in Amesville graded school
 SALISBURY ladies sent three barrels of cloth- ing together with small sum of money, to the yellow fever sufferers yesterday-Mrs Geo. Clark, who has been very sick with pieu- | risy, is convalescent. on the church is progressing slowly. The frescoing is com pleted and we hope satisfactorily so.-Nescs At CHAPINsvILLE A. J. Spur lost one of a pair of steers, recently, says the Courier. He | got an apple in his windpipe and rod with ball at the end was inserted to relieve him. It did so temporarily, but made slit in the wind | pipe of which the animal soon after died. Mr. | Spur also had smash up at Falls Village re- gently, his horse being frightened by the cars. | LAKEv1ILE has been visited by number of l picnic parties recently.-About $1OO have been collected for yellow fever sufferers. MT | Geo.W Dodge met witha very severe accident one day last week. In getting on the train at | Canaan, he slipped and fell receiving some very bad bruses on one of his shoulders, arm and side.-John Lumly, of Waterbury recently caught a four pound bass In one of the Twin Lakes.-The grand Temperance meeting post poned on account of bad weather, was held l here on Friday last
 The REYNOLDS BRIDGE independent social club dance came off, last Friday night, in the l Woolen Mill hall It was grand affair and was kept up until four o'clock Saturday morn l ing-There is a case of diphtheria in the vil- | lage.- The corner stone of the knife shop chap el will be laid on next Sunday, the 29th, ii the weather permits. .-Inder.
 The CHARLOTTESVILLE Ladies' Benevolent So- ciety of the M. B. Church, met at the house of Mrs Chapman on Thursday afternoon of last week-Rev. Mr. Elsden is off this week on a short vacation.-Twenty-f persons were received into '.full membership in the M. E. Church at this place on Sunday morn ing, the fruits of the Bulls Bridge revival l The Ladies' Benevolent Society, connected l with the Sherman Congregational Church, met l at the honse of Miss Tibbits, in this place, on l Thursday afternoon of last week.-Roy 4- The PINE MRADow Christian Union meet