Litchfield enquirer., 1879-04-17
LITCHFIELD.

MT. Arden Coe has left the Wilmot farm and bought the Wheeler place near Beach St. There is preaching at the Bantam Baptist and Episcopal churches alternately, Sundays. -Messrs Flynn and Doyle are still in the carriage works, doing very good busnss
 The Fast Day services of last week were unusually interesting and well attended.
 Willard Peck has left Champlin's to go to Wethersfield with his father, Warden Peck.
 There is to be another walking match at Armory Hall on Saturday evening of next week.
 -Judd's meat market has been enlarged and remodeled into very fine room for the business.
 MT. J. D. Bakeman takes the Solomon Marsh farm, and has contracted for labor of the prisoners for the coming year fer S450. we hear.
 On Monday there was spirited squirt be- tween Judd's roan and gray driven by Land lord Watson. It was a sharp but lndecisive contest.
 The attention of farmers is called to the advertisement of Flows at Auction. We are assured they are all good and perfect in every respect
 The Methodist pulpit is to be filled during the coming year by Rev. w. L. Douglass now a student in the Yale Divinity School from which he is to graduate and come here permanently about a month hence.
 Mir Donahue moved his shop from the rear of Meafoy's store, to the room above it. This enlarges the room of the firm below and enables them to keep much larger stock.
 On Thursday of this week, at p. m., the remains of the late Mr. Schermerhorn will be removed from the vault in which they were temporarily deposited, sometime since, for final burial in the New Cemetery. Members of St. Pauls Lodge F. dG A. M. are requested to attend punctually.
 Mir Segur has been in town, this week, delivering numbers of the Bible Commentary previously engaged in this vicinity. The maps and illustrations are something far beyond the ordinary. This work can be taken in parts, of 210 pages each, with flexible covers, suitable for Sunday school use; the price per part is $250. For further information address Box 165, Litchfeld.
 A series of Union Services of the Con- gregational and Methodist churches will be held as follows: beginning Friday evening next at the Congregational chapel, at 715 O. clock. Saturday at the Congregational chapel at 2:30 p. m. Saturday evening at the Meth odist church at 7:15. Sunday morning at 10:45 in both churches. Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Methodist church. Sunday evening at o'clock at the Congregational church. Messrs Johnson and Coe, who conducted the series of meetings held fin January, will be present, as- sisted by H. D. Smith, Esq, of Huntsville. After finishing trial of the case of Osborne vs. Schoverling, on Thursday last, the Superior Court adjourned till Tuesday of next week for the trial of civil jury cases. The following are the assignments for days:
 Tuesday, April 22nd, ,-Culver's Appeal, &c.; Soudant vs Wadhams Hitchcock vs. Beardsley.
 Wednesday, April 23rd d,-New Hartford vs.
 
 ware Co. vs. Torrngten Brown vs. Hitch cock; Atkins vs. Nichols Brady vs Welch.
 Thursday, April 23th-Landon < Co. vs. Railroad Dayton vs. Seymour, Marsh vs. Holly Smiths Son vs. Prescott Randall vs Austin Beckley vs. Owen; Hitchcock vs. Warner.
 While Bantam Division, No %, Sons ot Temperance, was in active operation in this village, some years since, temperance li- brary was procured by subscription for use of members of the Division. By the terms of the subscription, the books were given to MT. Walter K. Peck, in trust, to hold for the Di- vision during its existence but on it's abandon ment, to go to such other use as the original subscribers might direct. Since the forfeiture of the Division charter, the books have re- mained in the Masonic lodge room, where the Sons of Temperance held their meetings. The original subscribers are requested by Mir. Peck, the trustee, by notice in another column, to meet for final disposal of these books and a small sum of money in the hands of the libra rian.
 The annual meeting of the First Episco- pal Society was held at St. Michaels chapel sn Monday afternoon. The following society officers were elected O. s. Seymour, Treas. urer c. W. Hinsdale, Clerk The following boards of parish officers were chosen:
 WARDENs-St. AichaeFs, Tomlinson Wells Holmes O. Morse Trinity, R. H. Wright Wm. Bissell; St. PauFs, Lewis Hotchkiss Seth Pond. VRsTRYMEN-St. Mictaers, E. W. Seymour T. $: Sedgwick, s. G. Beach, E. E. Champln A H: Morse, J. A. Robinson; Trinity, c. ID. Wheeler, k. F. Dickinson, T. L. Jennings. l. Dickinson, Gee. Smith; st. PauPs E. D. Weeks, w. l.. Landon, Lucus Carter, w. H. Palmer, U. P. Bartholomew.
 DELEGATEs-iSt. Hichders O. s. Seymour. H. o. Morse; Trinity, Wm. Bissell; St. PGuFs, E. D. Weeks
 ALTKRNATEs-,St. Mich0eFs T. S. Sedgwick, H. E: Gates; Trinity, T. l.. Jennings st. PuuFs, k. w. Pond
 PARISH CLERKS AND TREAsURERs-ISt. Mich- -deFs, Wm. Deming; Trinity, E. H. Wright !; St. PGuFS, l.. c. Hotchkiss
 Adjourned till the 18th of May for sale of slips.
 EASTER sun shone brightly and birds sung cheerily this cold Easter morning, and it was not until we entered St. MichaePs church and the perfume of flowers met us that we felt nature was emancipated from the tomb-em- blsmatic of this holy day. Scarlet, white, and yellow blossoms dropped from the beauti- fui font almost over the name it perpetuates An anchor of flowers adorned the lectern. and cone of rarest bloam surp,ourtad hv O o-oss