Litchfield enquirer., 1879-06-05
LITCHFIELD.
The Bank is being repainted.


 residence on South street. for the season.
 The railroad commissioners made their examination of the Shepaug railroad, on Tues dcy.
 There is no immediate danger of drought, apparently, and the heated term has come to a sudden end.
 Mir. Geo. Fillmore is preparing to begin keeping in one of Beach's houses down West Street.
 We hear that Dr. F. H. Wiggin is to oc- cupy his mothers residence on South Street, for the season.
 MT. Robinson is preparing his lot on North Street for the new residence he is about ta. build there.
 There is to be borough meeting sa.nr- day afternoon at o'clock, to authorize mak- ing an assessment.
 The annual meeting of the Circulating Library Association is held at their library room, tomorrow (Thursday) evening.
 Pres Colt has had present of fine trout, weighing about 9 ibs., caught by MT. Cook, in the Shepaug near Judd's Bridge
 Perch are dying in great numbers ia the lake from some unknown disease. Other fish do not seem to be so much affected, though a few suffer with the perch.
 Lieut.. Colvocoresses has four months leave of absence, most of which we are glad to learn that he proposes spending here He arrived with his family early this week.
 The village is looking extremely well, this season. Special effort has been made to have accumulations of rubbish and refuse removed, and the place never looked so neat as it does now.
 Little was done here on Decoration Day. The monument was decorated, and we saw many flags displayed, but it is long since there has been any public celebration here on that day.
 It seems that the case of Osborne vs. Schoverling and Go. was not settled as we had been led to suppose but judgment was ren- dered fer the plaintiff to recover $5, and costs. This is substantial victory for the def endents who had suffered default.
 MT. Foster of West Winsted, will be at the store of Vessels and Gates, on Monday next, with choice selection of foreign and do- mestic woolens, prepared to take orders for anything in his line. Persons wishing good custom work, should give him call.
 The prevalence of thunder storms suggests the need of the lightning rod man. A worthy representative of that profession was among us, last week, whose name we forget, but whose ingenuity we hear highly spoken of by those for whom he has been doing work.
 There was grand wedding in All Souls Church, New York, last Saturday, on occasion of the marriage of Edith, daughter of Mayor Cooper to Mir. Lloyd s. Brice Mr. c. F. Daniels organist of that church, rendered Mendelssohn's Wedding March with his accus- toned elegance and vigor. That gentleman's Nocturne for orchestra, is to be performed this week in Baltimore.
 On Monday evening next, at 7:30, M Laloux, of Hartford, will give free lecture
  of teaching French by conversation, and will read selections from French authors. M La- loux is desirous of forming class here for the summer months. Persons wishing instruction in French should not fail to attend. This gen. tleman has met with great success in Hartford and comes to this place we'll recommended.
 Miss Mary l.. Bradley, of Plainville, and Mrs. Matte E. Vaill, of this town, will open select school for boys and girls at the ''Old Armory Building" September 10th, 1879. Miss Bradley comes highly recommended as a young lady of excellent character and fine qualifications as teacher. We hope the citi- zens of Litchfield will entend to them a liberal patronage For further particulars enquire of Mrs. M. E. Vaill, Litchfield, Conn.
 At the meeting of the selectmen on Men- day last, the question of enforcing the law re- quiring the registration and muzzling of dogs was discussed quite seriously in view of the complaints made by the minority of dog uwn- CTS who have complied with the statute There seemed to be disposition to allow delinquents chance to register their dogs provided it is done on or before the 10th of this month In case of neglect beyond that time, however, the prosecuting officers will certainly take measures for the enforcement of the law.
 The summer arrangement of trains on the Shepaug railroad will go into effect on Mon- day, the 9th of June. Two additional trains will be run each way, daily, the same as last sea- son, making connections with the 8 a. m. and Sp. m. express trains out of New York; both trains make connections from New Haven Bridgeport, and South Norwalk On and after Monday the 9th inst, passenger accommoda- tions will be withdrawn from the freight train, and therefore no passengers will be taken on that train, except on Saturday nights, when the train will be run back to. Litchfield as pas senger tram, as at present, and on Sunday milk train down.
 The Nameless B. B. 0. have begun their summer season with two games played with the Watertown Club. On Saturday of last week they played at Watertown and were beaten to 6, the game being decided on the lotn inning. On Friday of last week, the two clubs played at Fair Ground in this village the Watertowns winning again on score of 13 to 5. On Friday, all the heavier batters of the Nameless found it impossible to hit the curved pitching of T. Riley which is extreme ly effective. The Nameless also did some very wild throwing between bases. John Roberts made very difficult catch; Hollister was the most successful at the bat and