Litchfield enquirer., 1880-07-22


DIR. VIM. Deming has taken rooms al
Mr. Edison Staples, boarding at the "Lake
View.
Anyone finding rubber hat will confer
a favor on the loser, and will be suitably re-
warded, on leaving the same at Walter K.
Peck's store, West St.
e. b. Sanford, of Bristol, has been in
town this week. He speaks confidently OF
Hancocks election favorte delusion with
Democrats for few weeks past.
Mr.. John A. Latimer, and wife, of Brook
lyn, have sold to Mrs. Mary E. Thompson, of
this place, the house and part of the lot own
cd by the former neat South of the Sheriff
Baldwin place. ON South Street, for 80,
100
On Monday OF last week there were some
500 summer visitors here. On Friday, the
Mayor was over from East Litchfeld. Curl
ousiy enough there seemed to be more people
in town, Friday than Monday.
the present season are requested to inform the
President Of the Village Improvement Com
pany of the number of square yards they wish
laid.
Mr. Geo. G. Winkenbach, of New York,
has conveyed TO Geo. P. Picket, of this place,
several tracts of land lying about three miles
southeasterly from the court house, and con-
tanning in all about 1856 acres of land, with
buildings, mill-privilege, &C., for $4,000.
Mr. J. w. Lane, of New Haven, who has
been connected with the custom house at that
place for twenty years. has been staying few
days at Mr.. DeForest's. His son Francis b.
Laue, Postal Clerk on the New England Di-
vision from New York to Boston, with his
family, are also here for few weeks.
Mr. Seth Pratt has leased of Mr.. Samuel
u. Beach about half an acre of land with barn
and shed thereon, in the rear of the Beach
Diocu for ten years at an annual rent of S125
We hear that MIR. Pratt intends building car
mage barn 100 feet by ~. ON the leased prem
Uses.
The Pinafore entertainment of Tuesday
evening attracted one of the largest crowds
ever seen in Armory Hall. "Deadeye" and
'Buttercup" are said to have been splendid,
and many of the other presentations very
amusing. The manager was disappointed in
getting piano tuner-a' drawback which we
expect will be remedied before this evenings
performance.
Vessels & Smith are probably for Gar
field aud Hancock as they have excellent pho
tographs of both gentlemen on exhib ition in
their store window. They also have a popular
style of hat called the campaign hat, inside OF
which the purchaser can have q good picture
of his favorite candidate placed without ad-
ditional expense.
The following are the arrivals at the
Lake View" during the past week:
l.. ID. Brewster and wife, Danbury; Geo.
}. Hail, New York; Vim. 4. Leah, New
York ; g. s. Morehouse, New Haven; Vincent
Ford, Brooklyn; j. q. Haddock and family,
New York }. w. and +. NJ. Goddard, New
,
L. W. Lambert New York Miss NJ f.
Hoyt, Daubury Mrs. Samuel Dudley, Kings
reuy, n. T., Mrs MN. Fitch and Maid,
New HaVen; Mrs. j. Frisby, New Haven j.
l.. Deacon, OF the American, Waterbury !;
ilenty O. Sturges, New York r. Ray Hamil-
Ion. New York; Il. +. Hall. New York.
". |. S.-The ladies of the Village I'm
provclnent Society hold fair and festival in
Armory Hall, Wednesday afternoon and even
lug of next week, July 28th. A tempting
display OF useful and fancy articles will he pre-
scented. An attractive feature will be table
OF Japanese work from the well known house
oil Nantine u Co., Mrs. Vantine kindly con.
trlbutiug many valuable articles. Mrs. Sey.
nours Profile House" will be full of heads
Open at TOUR o'clock. Supper at six. Ice
Cream at any time. Come See!! Buy n!
-EoHo FARM.-The large and increasing
number of visitors at Echo Farm has made il
necessary for MIR. Starr to limit the hours OF
admission from eleven O'clock a. m. till foul
o'clock p, N. The barns are open every da,
except Sunday. The butter department O.
dairy is open ON Wednesdays, Fridays. ane
Saturdays. AS many of the visitors com,
from u distance, and are often too late to b,
admitted, thenewspapers throughout the coun
" will do their patrons a good service by
making known these regulations. Visitor,
must reach the farm SO as to see it in time t
leave at four o'clock.
There was a hard shower here on Tuesday
morning accompanied by the heaviest rain
tall OF the season. During the shower, light.
ming struck the Jail, entering through the larg,
south window. A small piece of plasterins
was torn off and hole bored in the pavemen
where the fluid seems to have made its fina
exit. A prisoner who was standing near tn
iron stairs was considerably shocked, an,
slightly burnt by the fluid on the hand am
leg. One of the prisoners who had been i
the war said the noise made was much lik
the explosion of q 100 ID she'll One of tn
large elms south of the Jail was also slight
injured.
Governor Andrews has made credtabl
Governor. No one presumes to find any fau]
with hin, but inasmnch as he has held the OF
nee for two years-the customary term G
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