Litchfield enquirer., 1879-11-13
LITCHFIELD.

See new advertisement of Bishop & Sedg- wick
 There were two baptisms at St. Michael's, Sunday.
 Miss Caroline Parmalee is having her house repainted.
 -McNeil & Co.,, come out with new adver- tisement, this week.
 Mir Clock has been putting a new pump into the jail we'll.
 Mr. Geo. w. Munger and family were in town over Sunday. The Waterbury American had represen- tative in town over Sunday.
 - MT. Thomas H. Richards has sold his span of bays to MT. Charles Merriman.
 MT T. s. Sedgwick has sold lot on the north side of East Hill to William Ber- gier.
 -Wessells & Gates offer great bargains in stationery, diaries, lamps, etc., See adver- tisemcnt.
 The old Bolles store, removed few weeks since, has been raised in Bantam and is being covered.
 Dr. Buel has the pipes all laid for the introduction of water at Spring Hill. It is a great improvement.
 MT J. D. Blakeman has rented the new house recently built on the north side of West Street by Mir. Malachi Tracy.
 Rev. Mr. Wilkins, formerly of St.. Michaers, and now travelling in Europe, preached at the American church in Geneva, Switzerland.
 Lieut.. McNeill, U. s. A., of this place, commanded the escort of regulars which ac- companied the body of Gen. Hooker from Garden City, l.. l., to Cincinnati
 Nearly all our summer residents have re- turned. Charles H. Woodruff Esq, Miss Lucretia Deming Mir. Van Wrinkle, Mir. Jones, Dr. Farnum, Mir. Wheeler, Mrs. Moves, MT. Trowbridge, and others, have deserted us for the season.
 Mir Edwin R. Morse and wife. of Chicago. have conveyed 12 acres of land near Campville, to John w. Shanley of this town, MT. Garner B. Curtiss also sells five acres near the above to Shanley.
 We regret to hear of the sudden death, last, week, of Miss Ella, daughter of Mir. Geo. K. Morse, recently of this place and now living in Cheshire She was to have been married, this month, and new house had heen built ir which the young couple were to begin house keeping, at once.
 Mir. Foster, of West Winsted, will be at the store of Vessels and Gates, on Monday next, with a choice selection of foreign and do- mcstic woolens, prepared to take orders for anything in his line. Persons wishing good custom work, should. give him call. This is an extra call, and not one of MT. Fosters regular fortnightly visits
 COURSE OF LECTURES. Shall we have { first class course of lectures, this winter2 w learn that a course can be arranged for six lectures, including Wendell Phillips, Mrs Livermore, and Col. Sprague, at $2, ticket for the course, providing 15O tickets can bt sold. There ought to be no question of the success of the plan. We hope to report furth CT progress next week.
 On Tuesday night Mr. Taylor left Pratt's ponies unhitched before his house on Meadow Street. The horses started, cleared them selves from the wagon and went over the hil pe'l mell towards the East. Just beyond tho East Mill they met Marsh and Lampson's light stage, coming over from the station, ant ran into 1t at full speed. Gov. Andrews and another passenger were in the stage, but lucki ly no one was hurt. The stage top was con siderably smashed, and a number of spoke knocked out of the wheels.
 Mondays session of the County Commis sioners, to act on licenses, was an extremely lively one. A number of persons appeared from Thomaston and opposed the licensing oi certain applicants, and license was refused to Drumm and Mullen of that place. Wolcott vile people also appeared and license was re fused to Mir. Hayes of that place. Harry Scovile, of the Litchfield Station, finding tha full liquor licenses were to be $2OO, asked fol e beer license which the Commissioners refus ed him. He has taken out no license. Sever al applicants from abroad imbibed little tot much, to be presentabie.
 The new School Committee organized ou Wednesday last; Rev. Storrs O. Seymour, Chairman; D. c. Kilbourn Secretary (By inadvertence, the name of Everett H. Wright was omitted from the names of the Committee reported last week.. On Saturday there was an examination of teachers at the Town Room. The following teachers have been em. piOved for the town schools:
 SCHOOLS. TEACHERS.