Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1880-10-21
LITCHFIELD.

week
MIR. E. A. White delivered Democratic
address at Morris on Saturday night, and
speaks at other places during the campaign.
Citizens entitled to be made electors must
appear beforG the Board of Selectmen at the
Town Room (to-day) Wednesday, or on Mon
day next
The rattling cough that pervades our
streets from all the horse kind hitched at the
various posts which front the stores indicates
that the epizootic still prevails.
Mr.. William Norton, Collector, on the
18th inst, conveyed to Mr.. Geo. w. Bement
about 30 acres of land in the western part of
the town sold on tax warrant against Joseph
Roberts.
We hear that some evil disposed persons
have been tearing pickets from the fence OF
Mrs. Vail, down West Street. The law
against such acts is severe and will be enforced
if they are continued.
Mr.. VIM. Fl. Braman has sold piece of
land of the northwest corner of his place on
North Street, to Mr. James M. Hoppin, for
$3.50, and a similar piece on the southwest
corner to Mrs. Vanderpool for the same
price.
The Flyers Sisters troupe gave an excel
lent entertainment here on Thursday evening
last The music was capital, tie comic actor
was excellent, and the performance was fully
rr ha AS 10 a
which deserves the patronage of all who be-
ieve 10 amusements.
Rev. w. FL. McAllister has had call to
an Independent Methodist church in Balti-
more He has accepted the call and moves to
Baltimore this week. 1t is wealthy, long
established church, and the pastorate per-
manent one.
Mr.. Thomas r. Trowbridge went all the
way from this place to Wlnsted on Monday,
week to cast his vote against License. That
one vote did the business and he returned
feeling amply paid for the time and money he
had spent
Quite number of our citizens attended
the torchlight procession at Waterbury, Tues
day night. From 2, 500 to 5000 torches were
in line and thousands of people thronged the
streets. There were crowded excursion trains
from north and south on the Naugatuck rail-
road, and from the east on the New York and
New England.
We went to press week before last be.
fore the Democratic County Convention had
quite finished its business. They subsequent
ly appointed the following County Commit
tee:
H. j. Allen, of Wolcottville; Samuel L.
n Bloss, of Bethlehem; and William l.. Clark.
a of Cornwall
". l. S.-Annual meeting this Wednes-
day evening at Town Hall at 7:3O O'Clock for
choice of officers and reading annual report,
hope our citizens will show their interest by
attending this meeting as all must admit the
Village Improvement Society have made
many desirable and valuable improvements
within the past five years.
MIR. Foster, of West Winsted, will be at
the store of Vessels and Gates on Monday
next, with a choice selection of foreign and
domestic woolens, prepared to take orders for
anything in his line. Persons wishing good
custom work, should give him call and ex-
anime the new line of Fall and Winter Goods
he is prepared to exhibit
Morris W. Seymour Esq, Democratic
candidate for the Senate in the Bridgeport
District has weghty opponent in P. T. Bar
mum, who is very popular in the city which
casts the bulk Of the vote of that District.
The Springfield Republican pays the Demo.
cratic candidate the following compliment:
In the 10th senatorial district the republi-
cans have put up p. I. Barnum, against whom
the democrats put Morris w. Seymour-one
of the best reform young democrats IN the
state who ought to be elected as he is one of
the kind of men who should be kept in public
life.
Mr.. Stephen Plant, who lives about two
miles west of the village, was found dead in
his bed on Saturday morning last. He had
been complaining of sore throat and told his
daughter the night before that if he did no,
get better he should die before morning.
Messrs. Wheeler and Provost helped him
home and offered to sit up with him or go for
a doctor, but be did not want them to do eli.
ther. Mr.. Plant has lived alone since his
wifes death some three years since.
On Tuesday evening Mr.. John a. Nc
Mahon, Bridgeport liquor dealer; Patrick
j. Leonard, Bridgeport Justice of the Peace;
and James NJ. Chatfeld, of Thomaston, were
brought to Jail on mittimus from the District
Court for contempt in taking liquors which
had been seized and were then awaiting dis
position in that court. The case went to the
Supreme Court on motion in error, and the de
effort was made to induce the judge to remit
the Imprisonment but he refused to do so
but reduced the terms of Imprisonment
third each. Mcmahon is now in Jail for for
ty days; Leonard and Chatfeld, each TO
twenty days. Besides the imprisonment, Nc
Mahon pays fine of 800: Chatfeld of $40
and Leonard, of $50. Wren, partner o
Mcmahon, also pays fine of 800.
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Woodruff presents us cas-
of conscience. He has held the Office of Unite,
States Commissioner by Republican appoint
ment for the past years. During that time h
has received 49, 40, fees of Office. The Repub
lican Congressional Committee makes an ap
peal to his patriotism, ito the patriotism of
Republican who desires not alone the election
of Garfield, but also that of a working MAORI
ty in both Houses Of Congress-" to remi
to the treasurer of that Committee
an additional" one per cent. of hi
salary. The committee further says t
Mr.. Woodruff: 'You have hitherto sustaine
it nobly, and assurances grow upon it that 20
are not weary of well-doing" We don't Sc
how, under the circumstances, COMMISSIONS