Litchfield enquirer., 1878-03-28

success. There are over thousand signers of wear the blue ribbon and preach temperance fearlesSly in all places are Messrs. Ebert Egg gleston and ". Cain.-Frank Pettee has sold his farm to Dr. Knight.-James Martin, Jr., is going to Hartford, as clerk in the Bee Hive Sale of the Miller House is postponed. Many of the employees at the knife shop have gone to Plymouth, owing to the dullness of business, here.
 SHARON was much pleased with Mir. Oakley's lecture on t'Rome and Pompeii. "-H. C. Row. ley and s. A. Prayer are to occupy the Berry place, on the avenue, the coming year. J. Wade Hughs will move into the house MT. Prayer leaves-he having purchased the same. s. Englekee, of Pine Plains, will occupy the rooms vacated by MT. Rowley.-Mrs K. Goodwin, who has been very i'll, is convales- cent Miss Stella White has been dangerous ly i'll with typhoid fever, but is now recovering. Frank Dakin will leave his farm this spring, and move into Mir. George Kelsey's house at Sharon Valley-A Temperance Union has been formed which held it's first meeting Mon- day evening On Sunday of last week eighteen persons joined the Congregational church. Three of our towns people left for Dakota on Monday, the 18th.
 NEW MILFORD continues to be much arous- ed on the subject of temperance, and holds frequent meetings. In last weeks Ray are letters from an Episcopalian and from the Ro- man Catholic Priest at New Milford, excusing their taking no part ill the movement on the ground that their churches have the matter of temperance ill charge and manage it better than any secular organization. Ben nett's 30 foot windmill is expected to go into operation, this week.-The estate of J. C. Hawes'pays dividend of about 21 per cent Arnold Payne of Worthwhile, has been exten- sively repairing his house-Louis SmeltZ sold his place across the River, at auction, Monday. The April Term of the District Court is to adjourn till April 23d.-.James Mealia has giv- en up his position in Mir. J. R. Bostwick's market and returned to Washington Rich ard Stone has sold his place in Worthwhile to a man from Waterbury for $962.-Mr. Hunt has his new store at Worthwhile enclosed. WATERTowN has new meat market.-The new Catholic churchis finished and was occupi- ed last Sunday. It is pretty little edifce.-Dr. Tuxbury's lecture on The Antiquity of Man." has been postponed till Sunday evening next. Prof. Brewers lecture on California drew a full house. Wagner, the horse trainer, has been in town.
 At TERRYv1LLE, recently, some scoundrels broke into J. O. Gidding's store and stole property to the amount of $50 or $4O.-The Cornet Band went to Ansonia, on St. Patrick's
 Day, and had good time.-$4, 900 of the money needed to repair the Congregational church was subscribed at once, at recent so- ciety's meeting, and committee was appoint | ed to solicit the $2,60O additional funds re- quired.
 EAST CANAAN reports to the Herald that the | temperance movement is fourishing there. The hotel-keeper no longer sells liquor and a local temperance society has been organized. WEST CORNWALL has started temperance society, called the Liberal Temperance Club with quite number of signers.-The Band had an entertainment Friday evening.-Mr E. B. Hart has started garden making.-In the absence of Rev. Mir, Fitch, away on his vaca- tion, Deacons Gold and Pratt have been con- ducting services at church and chapel.