Litchfield enquirer., 1878-07-04

subsiding at last. About twenty children have been attacked by this dreaded disease, eight have dled. and the remainder are convaleseent. The schools have been suspended for four weeks.
 THoMAsToN schools closed on Friday last. MT. Forsyth, the new principal, is much liked, says the American.-Robert Henderson is to build a new house on Bristol street.-lt has not yet been decided to have any public cele- bration on the 4th-Mr. F. J. Bradstreet has been serely afflicted with lameness. ess.-Messrs. Aaron Thomas and Noah A. Norton will leave Paris for home, July 9th. They experienced a week of rough sea going over, and very rough crossing the channel Several new tenement houses are being rapidly completed. They are plastering Mr. Morris house on Park St. Col. Ayers is enclosed. F. J. Bradstreet's is near ly ready for occupancy. J. B. Foxs double house, corner of Elm and Park Sts, is finish ed and occupied There are three or four parties of tramps encamped in different parts of the village.
 NEPAUG still keeps up it's temperance work. Says the Herald, Hast Friday evening the Cong'l church was again filled with large, enthusiastic audience. Delegations from Win sted, Wolcottville, New Hartford, Harwinton and Collnsville were present and helped to sustain the interest. A large crowd of people assembled in front of the church previoustq the meeting, listening to the music of B. s Osbern's sextette band which was very fine. T
 FALLS VILLAGE has an excellent band, says the New Milford Journal-E. w. Spur, Esq, has fully recovered from his injuries The trotting stallion Conrad died very sudden ly on the Lime Rock track a few days since, with heart diseaee.-The auction sale of the personal property of the late George H.. Peck was largely attended and fair prices realized. A band of gipsies are encamped near South Canaan, and spend their time mostly inswap- ping horses. -''Schenck" beer, must be avery popular beverage in this place, judging from the quantity received at the depot of the Hou- satonic Railroad Co.-Charles. w. Barnum has moved into his new house at Lime Rock. The Amesville school house is being finished rapidly.-Th Good Templars of this place have fixed up new scenery and remodeled the stage front in Citizens Hall.-A party of New York gentlemen, civil engineers are sur veying in this vicinity for a proposed acque- duct connecting with the Housatonc river. They are in the employ of the New York Public works.
 The WEST NORFOLK Tannery has been us- ing hemlock bark, from 100 miles west of the Hudson river. MT. Shepard gets it $1. 30 a ton cheaper than he can buy it near home, and as he uses several hundred tons annually the saving is considerable.
 The CANAAN News urges the selectmen of that place to provide the lookup voted by the town.-The Warner House has free reading room.-Mr Samuel Bennett who had such a tossing by cross bull, recently, is recovering The schools are closed for two months The first year of the new graded school has been highly satisfactory.
 The NoRrHFIELD paper mlll is running on full time.
 SHARON enjoyed a concert from the Hutch inson family on Tuesday evening of last week. The malleable shop has stopped work for a short time in order to repair some of the ma- chinery. furnace in the Valley starts work on Monday. of this week-Hon. John B. Smith had two calves killed by dogs last week. Both dogs were killed.-The boarding houses are being rapidly filled with city people.-The work on the new chapel is being pushed rap- idly forward. The Rev. J. o. Stephenson, of Ellsworth, will address the Sharon Temper ance and Reform club on Monday evening, July Sth.-The recent Episcopal festival net ted $50.-A party of New York surveyors have been through here to see ifthey can ''tap' the Housatonic for New York use-Some o1 .our blue ribbon men are breaking their pledg es.-There will be a picnic in pine grove or the Fourth, with temperance lecture in the | evening.
 MERRYALL poultry is suffering from coons says the Gazette, but Democratic reports about coons are apt to be exaggerated | A BRIDGEwATER correspondent of the Ga zette remarks that with parties seizing bass in their spawning month, and other parties catching all that come out of the lake before they get to the river, our fishing will very seor be minus quantity"
 CoIEBRooK has patent punctuator who re- ports to the Herald, as follows, Hte,uttm c pataactuattm:
 Another funeral last week. .--Another agei person gone.- Hiram Baldwin, late of Nortl Colebrook. IA recent purchaser of the Rus sel place, e,--Lived there but few weeks. = An excellent man.--And well-te-do. - Not an enemy in the world.-Will be miss l d.-EXchange of ministers next Sabbath. Rev. Mir. Bugbee, of West Hartland ex pected. d.--Sacrament to be observed.
 Perhaps this style of punctuation might giv, offence when applied to more serious affairs but in the lighter matters of obituaries, sacra ments, and the like, it is decided success,
 A CORNWALL man lost his horse recently and found it dead on the top of Colts foo mountain. It was worthless beast, but tn,
 killing of it was shameful cruelty.-Wm Stratton raised his new horse barn on the 2Oth Five bands are to be at Pine Grove on tn l 4th.-Summer boarders are arriving.
 The SALISBURY Town Hall is finished a last. It presents very fine appearance, and i well arranged for the public convenience.
 Mr. s, Moore of Salisbury, and Mir. Ball of Great Harrington have been appointed trus tees of the property of Landon and Landon Go. Their indebtedness is estimated iron
 $150, GOO to $e0O, O90 The unsecured claim
 amount to over $1O0, GOO The Fourth is t
 be celebrated in fine style at the Twin Lakes IN. Brewster, of Washinee fame, has remoy
 ed with his family to Norwich. The Lake
 vile Steamboat Co have now completed thei
 dancing platform. It is 9 by 50 feet am
 covered over.-There is also a nice verand :. surrounding the building for promenade. e.-Th
 Catholics of Lakeville and vicinity will hol
 their annual picnic on the 4th of July an i have hired the grove for the oceasion.--Ol Ina 10th tvuo howe xx-aro bo3Iv 1,iftny, hv