Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-04
LITCHFIELD.


 Saturdays excursion.
 A carriage was badly smashed on Harris Plain, Saturday night.
 --The potato crop is heavy, out great con- plaint is made of the potato rot.
 -Champlin receives large invoice of fruit of every description, to-day Wednesday,.
 We are obliged to Asst Editor Bacon of the Derby Transcrl lpt, for call on Tuesday. -NIessrs. E. P. MouIthrop and F. M. Hale have gone to Ohio after car load Of calves for sale in this vicinity. Attention is called to the opening of Miss Annie T. Earnings new fancy store, on Wed nesday evening, Sept. 3rd.
 MT Thomas Robbins and family, who have heretofore occupied the Bostwick place, are staying at Mrs Phelps. for a few weeks - The Litchfield Select School for boys and girls at 'tOld Armory Hall" will commence Sept 18th, Monday morning, promptly at nine o'clock.
 Judge Greenwood, of Brooklyn, and fam iy, and Mr. Bissell and daughter of New York, have been staying for some time at the Mansion House.
 Hon. k. w. Seymour, of this place, atten- ded the recent meeting of the American Bar Association at Saratoga. Ex-Sec Bristow was elected it's president.
 Rev Mr. Mclean is off on his vacation His place was supplied by the Rev. Dr. Pos tlethwaite, Reformed Episcopal minister, of Baltimore, on Sunday.
 We are pleased to see that the residents on North Street have commenced graveling their roadway. South Street was greatly i'm proved, in the same manner, few years since.
 There was good deal of street racket, Saturday and Sunday nights, with the usual amount of blood and bruised faces There ought to be some sharp arresting and convict ing for these disgraceful breaches of the peace. The Case of State 0s. John Kelley for the alleged crime of breaking into the dwelling house of Charles Tharp in the daytime. and stealing property therefrom, is now on trial before Justice Vessels; Kilbourn and Webster for State Prescott, for prisoner
 On their return from Mantle at 7:3O, Sat- urday evening, Co., H marched down to pay their respects to Gov. Andrews, who made few remarks complimentary to their appear ance in camp. They then came back to the Mansion House, where a collation. had been provided by their officers
 The last, and in many respects the best excursion of the season, will be given on Fri day, the 18th inst The "Grand Repubic' has been engaged for this excursion, and will stop at 23rd street, New York, Coney Island and Rockaway, as before The Howe, Wheel CT & Wilson, Grand Republic, Colts, and the 23rd Regiment bands will be in attendance. ". l. S.-This Society has received, from Summer Visitor, two valuable bows, each with six arrows, which will be competed for at an Archery Tournament, on Saturday of this week, upon the Lawn of Geo. M Wood ruff, Esq, President of the Society. Books of entrance now open at the Post office. Fee 50 cents Wessels & Gates add two Targets, as second prizes.
 On Wednesday night, the Dramatic Asso- citation played Cool as a Cucumber" and, ''To Oblige Benson," with an excellent cast of parts. The acting was excellent and especial ly in the latter of the two plays. The home orchestra, consisting of three violins, viola, cello, bass and flute (cornet most unfortunate ly absenD played Pleyels Symphony in D major, very pleasing old composition, more like an overture than the symphonies usually performed in our day. The receipts were about $So.
 On Wednesday of last week the town of Morris indulged in picnic at Marsh's grove on Bantam Lake. Some two or three hun dred people were present. Boating, fishing, rolicking, lunchsng, music and speech-mak- ing were the order of the day, which appeared to be keenly enjoyed by the participants. In the evening theyoung people from Bethlehem, Woodbury and Watertown gathered there for dance which went off to their entire satisfac- tion. They had supper and went home with the best wishes for Solomon" and his place of entertainment.
 A queer accident is reported from Ban tam. A little daughter of John Ravenscroft was injured by the explosion of cartridge in the pocket of boy who was leaning on fence upon the top rail of which the girl ran along, stepping upon the cartridge, as is supposed. The ball passed upwards struck her knee, then entered the abdomen, inflcting it was feared, fatal injury. Later informa- tion inclines us to believe that the wound was caused by the explosion of a loaded pistol which the boy had in his pocket with the cart ridge. The girl has perotinitis and is not ex- pected to live.
 On Tuesday morning news came of the adjournment of the Superior Court till Mon- day next, Judge Culver having been required to sit with the judges of the Supreme Court at Hartford All the witnesses had been sum- moned in the Plymouth road case, and some were in attendance Lawyers and jurors came pouring in, and expressing their views in for clole Vernacular. The recent experience of persons in attendance on the Superior Court in this county has been that the greatest farce of the times is what is called ''speedy justice. " Among the lawyers present we noticed the Hon. H. s. Barbour, formerly of Wolcottville, now of Hartford, States Attorney Huntington, Judge Morrill,, of Waterbury, Messrs Newell, of Bristol, Welch and Cole of Wolcottvile. Horne and Fenn of Winsted, Cothren of "oodbury, D. J. Warner, of Salisbury. The rather unfamiliar countenance of Sheriff Yale was also seen on our streets.
 -lhe excursion on Saturday to Coney Is. land ana hockaway Beach satisfied the high. est antlclpations. The day was everything that could be wished and the inducements held out by the management were made oood The Grand Republic is superb boat. better we presume than any one suspects before see ing her. Nearly four thousand people wer.