Litchfield enquirer., 1879-04-10
COUNTY ITEMS.

At WlNsTED.-Editor Bills has been bound over for trial before the Superior court on charge of assaulting constable and agent Lawrence at the time of the recent seizure of Williams liquors in his office. Williams was fined and his case comes up on appeal. The alleged loan from Bills to Williams, for which the liquor is said to have been taken as col lateral, is thought, says the Herald, to consist of small but frequent advances of ten cents c time ?-Postmaster Roberts has resigned his position as cashier of the new bank, and Frank D. Hallet, late of the Waterbury Index, takes his placC.-A one-legged Riverton man was set down fora walk at the City Hall on Satur- day evening. He expected to make 10 miles in 3 hours. manufacturing establishment are, almost without exception, running on full time with large list of orders.-The Clarke House has been bought by Messrs Wm B. Andrews of Chicago and Franklin Moore of Winsted, and will be under the manage ment of Charles B. Andrews of the Beardsley House, who has engaged MT. Sidney E. Ira cey to superintend matters.-Only one third the tramps were entertained in February of this year that offered themselves last, but March shows an increase. There has been a pleasant sociable at Hon. John Boyd's, recent ly and T. M. Clarke and wife are back from their wedding trip.-Stove coal is down to S4 90 ton.-Ed. Clarke has left town for goed.-A mad dog has been shot in Winches- ter.
 THoMAsToN people were much pleased with NIT. Benjamin's Temperance address.-The town is now not only out of debt but has a surplus in her treasury. An American cores pondent urges not only the building of a fire proof building for records, but convenient hall for general uses.-The Corrugated Metal Go. of East Berlin, Conn, has the contract for building the iron roof and floors of the new fire-proof clock shop.-Mr D. A. Burr is about to raise his boarding house another story.- Mir. Westover has raised bis house another sto- ry.-Mr. H. H. Hotchkiss, Park-st, is enlarg- ing his store building.
 The REYNOLDS BRIDGE Reform Club have elected the following officers President, Thos. Buxton; secretary, James A. Morrow; treas urer, Edward Morse e-presidents, Edwin Gay, George F. Carr, Charles filling; chap lain, c. Ransom; janitor, William Bottom. This Club and the Good Templars are dsing much good, here.
 The WoLooTTvIILE reading room, says the Register, has been much annoyed by the "hoedlums' with which that place seems to be infested. The managers have been obliged to restrict it's use to members only-Christians of all denominations are sorry to lose Rev. G. Lansing Taylor, whose term of residence at Wolcottvile has expired.-A meeting was held Monday evening to organize the Fire dis trict, under the recent statute-A boy who tried to dodge the recent school examination on plea of sickness, got instead mustard plas- ter on his stomach which proved "a confound. ed sight hotter than any school examination "- A young man working at Turner, Seymour & Judd's, recently fell over a ladle of melted iren, and was splashed by it on his back and legs His clothes were stripped off at oncs but his burns were very serious.-Wolc Wolcottville does not notice that the ''times are getting bet ter," but rather the contrary, says the Register A drove of fifteen Canadian horses cameinto town, last Friday.-It appears that the entire cost of the water works was 29,S863l. The total length of pipe laid is five miles; amount received for water rents for six months, $772.- GA. Water is supplied to 80 families, and, doubtless, many more will connect during the coming season. The old board of officers was re-elected.-The gentle zephyrs of Monday night got a twist on the tin roof on the l. part of Dr. St. Johns house, and rolled it up against the chimney.