Litchfield enquirer., 1880-10-28
LITCHFIELD.

mated Mr.. George Thrsop for Representative.
Bishop Perry, of Iowa, is to oficiate al
ST. Michaels, Sunday.
The average attendance at the Center
School, last week, was "a, with "a scholars
registered in the school.
The Republican Caucus for nomination
of Representatives will be held on Monday
afternoon next at Q P. NJ.
Eighty new veters have been made by the
Selectmen, and four more are to come In on
Monday.
The topmast of our flag pole has been
lowered 1t occupied eleven me: and six or
eight boys an hour or two, Tuesday, seeing
that it was done properly.
-Messrs. I.amson Il Marsh, proprietors OF
the Naugatuck Stage Line, have dissolved
partnership, Marsh buying out Lamson's In
tercst in the same.
The Democratic caucus for nomination OF
Representatives will be held at the Town
Room at seven p. m. of Saturday, the Both
inst.
Judge S. s. Blake, of Bridgeport, speaks
ut Armory Hall under the auspices of the
Hancock and English Club, on Friday even
ing. The Wolcottville Band will be in at
tendance.
The past week h.e tnlnned out summer
residents very perceptibly. Mr.. Van
w1nkle, Mrs. Noyes, Dr. Wiggin, Mr.. Vince
Ter, with their families, have returned to the
city. Mr.. Chas Ii. Woodruff returns, we
hear, ON Friday. Messrs Jones, Stickney,
and others returned sometime since.
AT the Democratic Probate Convention
for the District of Litchfeld, held at Litch-
field on the 23rd of October, 1880, Geo. M.
Woodruff was renominated for judge of Pro-
bate. Samuel G.. Beach of Litchfield, Horatio
Benton of Morris, and John ii Wadhams of
Goshen, were appointed District Committee.
The following dealers have applied for Ii
cense to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors
in this town: Joseph E. Watson, VIM. Fl.
Crossman, Vessels & Gates, Buell. & Vince
Ter, Harry Scoville. Further applications for
license to sell ale and beer have been made by
Harry Scovile, Horatio P. Griswold, Eugene
l.. Phelps.
"A prominent Democrat we met this MORN
my says it's all nonsense there not being
Moreys in Lynn, Mass. They've got his
first nam. wrong, but you'll find them in every
burying ground in the country. The man
Garfield wrote his letter to was Memaeaato
Mort. The Republicans cant lie us out of
Mdt!"
Everything bids fair for lively time at the
Democratic caucus on Saturday night. We
hear Messrs. G. Fl. Hollister, Asahel III. Morse,
Samuel g. Beach, and DR.. Deming mentioned in
resentative; and Mr.. Horatio P. Grswold, Of
Milton, is prominent for the second place on
the ticket. Would not the business for which
the latter takes out license suffer by an alb
sence in Hartford
The position taken by counsel for the
defence of Benjamin, on trial 10 the Superior
Court last week, may have been sound, but it
had one rather comical aspect. The law as it
now stands does not class cider among the
Intoxicating liquors." Benjamin confessed
ly got one Beach drunk on cider, which it ap-
pears he had legal right to do. But the fact
that Beach went into Beniamin's saloon sober
AMI came out drunk gave the latter the repu-
tation of keeping a place where intoxicating
liquors are sold without license Now this
reputation, argued Judge Foster, was false
and not a true one, and Benjamin was entitled
to an acquital. In other words a man who
drinks too much cider and staggers and falls
into the ditch is not in contemplation of Law
drunk, but perfectly sober; and the fact that
he acts like a drunken man, and deceiyes the
public, ought not to prejudice the reputation
of the place where he gets his liquor.
The Village Improvement Company held
its annual meeting, last Wednesday evening
and reappointed former officers. The report
of the Executive Committee shows an expen
diture of $50 for grading East Hill; $79
81, for street lamps; $69.S4, for attaching the
quarter hour bell to the town clock; and $14
25 for miscellaneous objects The receipts O
the company have been $697. from the Fair
$169.74, from various entertainments; anG
$144. from annual dues and new members
$40, from DR.. Farnum and 81, from Mr.. J.
L. Judd. The balance in treasury Is now
$320.31, and the paving of the bitches dowr
East Hill (not yet completely remains to be
paid for. The committee conclude their re
port as follows:
We have also directed the triangular spac,
between the roads in front of the DIR. Osborn
place to be graded and seeded down. TIT
funds now on hand will not probably be quite
sufficient to pay for all the work ordered, bu
we do not anticipate any considerable defcien
cy, and no other one undertaking demandin.
50 great an expenditure as the "East Hill
will, we think, require our attention In tn
future.
The Superior Court was occupied afte
our last report 10 trying two Winsted liQuo
cases.
State VS.. Timothy Canty was the first cas-
tried. 1t was an information for excepting
place IN which it is reported that intoxicating
aA4UoiS otO hSPs LII odLo, WltuOut having IL
cense therefor" On the trial large humble
of the best men in Winsted testified to th
reputation of the place, and to the seizure 0
ale there. The prisoners BUSINESS ii ap
peared, was that of peddling ale, which b
bought in casks, bottled at the place in ques
ton, and then sent out on his wagon and dis
tributed through the village and vicinity
The witnesses for the defence admitte
that Canty's place was one where it was r.
ported that ale was bottled, but claimed this
it did not have the reputation of being plac
where it was sold. 1t did not appear frol
the evidence, SO far as we heard, whetht
Canty usually made his sales at the place
question, or whether his liquors were delive
ed on orders obtained outside.
There was some difference between couns
4,oft,