Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1880-11-11
Washington.

RumOrs OF marriage anu giving IN marriage
are afioat in the air, whether they will alight
On any one remains to be seen.
Those in want of "a ''love of bonnet" or
winter hat, would do well to call at Miss
Laura Whitehead's, at Baker & Brinsmades,
who has Just returned from New YORK with a
full line Of winter millinery in all the modern
styles. 8 Z
The election passed of quietly. Sey-
mour H. Welton, and Earle Buckingham
were elected Representatives, but it is said
Mr.. Buckinghatn's seat viii be contested.
Garfield, A majority; Miles, 2; Porter for
Sheriff, A.: English for Governor. q
The Harvey brothers and Archer Ford
started on election morning and caught the
same old coon the Wings pursued some forty
years since, as hale and hearty az ever, and
good'for twenty years 70 come.
The LIST Ecclesiastical Society held its
annual meeting, on Tuesday. the End inst.
The Committee reported the Society out of
debt and some $3.50 10 advance. S. D. Plat,
D. s. Baker and John Woodruff were chosen
committee ; c. L. Hickox, Treasurer; F. N.
Galpin, Clerk Sale of slips to take place the
last Saturday. in this month. .s- .-...
IN MEMoRIAx Died at the residence of
her sister, Mrs. Henry Mcneil, in Wolcott-
vile, Ct, Oct. g., Mrs. Minerva O'Dell,
daughter of Col VIM. ODell, and wife of the
late Frederick Newton, of this place, aged
90 years. Her funeral was attended on Fri
day at St. Johns church, Washington. when
the Rector spoke appropriate words of conf
dence and trust in the Redeemer and large
audience testified their sincere respect for de-
parted worth. Endowed by nature with an
amiable disposition, which was refined by
grace, and sanctified By affliction, she devel-
oped character of unusual loveliness and
self sacrifice Bereft of husband and son, to
whom she was devotedly attached, she drank
deeply of the cup of affection, and like her
Divine Master, was in measure peculiarly
adapted to minister comfort and consolation
Christ, of the Church, and its ordinances, she,
with her three remaining sisters, one q resi-.
dent of st. Louis, Mo-, about two months
since, knelt and for the first and last time,
love In the same church, where morethan
fifty years ago they were given to God with
the sacrament Of Baptism, and from which
her remains were carried to their last resting
MI fn nlO
Though friends deeply feel their bereavement
they can joyfully say; & ra ar.N-J
Sister, thou art gone to rest,
We will not weep for thee,
For thou art now, where if on earth.
Thy spirit longed to be-.
The intelligence Of the death of Rev.
Ephralm Lyman, our former Pastor has reach
ed us. We hope in future number to speak
of the estimation in which he was held in this
community.
Died at the residence of her daughter, in
Brookheld, Oct. 30. Mrs. Amanda Bryan,
wife of the late Plat Bryan, of this place,
aged So years. She professed Christ 10 adj
vanced life, uniting with the LIST Presbyterian
church, Cleveland, Ohio. Some four years
siace she brought letter from that church to
| ours remarking to the writer of this that she
wished her church home here, and her home
with the dead here. Her request was grant.
ed and her funeral was attended from the
| Congregational church in this place on Sun
day, and her remains rest with friends here