Litchfield enquirer., 1879-02-13

evening.-Mr Dwight Phelps. of this village. has been chosen delegate te the next couven- tion of the American Pharmaceutical associa- ton which we'll convene in Indiana Chief of Police Sage reports favorably on tramps. Dur ing the month of January, '79 there were en- tertalned only 65 tramps, against 132 in Janu- ary '7S,-a decrease of about one-half. This looks as though times were certainly growing better.-The Annual Ball of the Steele Guard came of last Friday evening at Music Hall:- The case against ex-selectman Dutton, which was to have been heard on Monday of this l week, was posponed to the e4th inst. grind stone burst at the Winsted Mfg Co.'S. shop last Saturday, but strange to say, though man was grinding on it and was thrown from It he came off without a scratch, and no damage done to machinery. Stone Bros of late carrying on the painting business in town, have bought out Nelson Barkers fish market and grocery stock tn Moore's Block. -N[essrs Miller & Dckerman, proprietors of the Win sted Bakery, in Thompson's Block, have dis solved partnership. The business will be con- tinued by MT. Dickerman. The Episcopalians anticipated the arrival of their new pastor, last Sunday, but he failed to put in an appearance owing to sickness.-P Gib- son, whose great aff1iction and subsequent death we noted last week, committed suicide in the insan retreat at Middletown strang- ling himself to death by means of a scarf which he had in some mysterious way pro- cured. He was found dead in his cell, with one end of the scarf tied to the bars outside the window and the other end tied around his neck.-Press.
 NEW MILFORD has lost some of it's tobacco so:ters, gone to Hartford, to work for E. A.
 Wildman.-The house of Mrs. Samuel Smith, on South Main St., is nearly completed. The inside finishing is now in progress. Some time ago Dr. Henry Hartwell had to have a surgical operation performed for some trouble with which he was afflicted and now, his friends will be pained to learn, he has got to submit to another operation of like character Last Tuesday evening the friends of Rev. MT. Crofut paid him their annual donation visit.-J. R. Johnon has finally decided to de- liver his lecture on the ''Signs and character of the Times" at the Danbury Opera House, on the evening of Tuesday, February 19th-The Housatonac Railroad Company have fitted up the engine lately purchased of the Connecticut | Western Road and have named it in honor of our New Milford Director-A. B. Mygatt- | All of the boys reported three weeks age as | truants and two or three others who should | have been so reported, have returned to school l and are fairly at work.-The New Haven Un- | ion says: '1t is now stated that there are no entries on the famous B. Moves stub book | showing directly that Legislators were bribed in B. Moves interest in 1875, but that there are indications that certain newspapers were 'influ- l enced financially. It is also said that one Litchfeld County man received 1000" Was this the man who was ready to be con- vinced ?" Can anybody remember whether he was unusually flush about that time ?-The Lyceum is held in the Selectman's room in the Town Hall building. The question for Friday evening, Feb. Eth, is" Resolved, that the Immigration of Chinese into this Country ought to be discouraged" ."-Ray-We regret to hear of the dangerous illness of Selectman Al l.. Frost from paralysis of the brain.-The latter part of last week Mir. Charles E. Marsh, or Merryall. hBd Six sheep. which were in his barn. yard, by dogs, four of them so severely hurt that they died. One of the dogs that did this belonged to MT. Marsh himself. New Milford enumerates S33 scholars for 1S79.-At the An nual Meeting of the Housatonic Agricultural Society held last Monday afternoon, the fol lowing officers were elected fer the ensuing year; President-Wm. D Black, of New Milford.
 Secretary and Treasurer-Andrew M. Booth, New Milford
 Recording Secretary-E. F. Warehouse, New Milford
 Vice Presidents-George W. Squires, J. L.
 Buck, J. M. Halock, New Milford; George w. Hoyt, of Sherman; H. G. Betts, New Fairfield; Isaac A. Hawley, Samuel Thorn hill, Ezra Somers, Brookfeld; Harley Sanford, | Daniel Garfield, Bridgewater Samuel Bald
 win, Roxbury; Ralph Buckingham, Charles
 H. Mason, Washington; George Hopson, War ren /; John Warehouse, Kent Gasette.