Litchfield enquirer., 1880-01-22
LITCHFIELD.
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candies. &c-
 -Dr BueI is drawing ice from the mill poud Io fll his ice house.
 There is to be dance at the Town Hall to,nosrox CThursday) night
 D C. KibOurn Esq, has bought the cut Iery works of John Career at Campville.
 There is to be military ball at Armory Hall, probably on Thursday evening, Feb. 5ih
 The subcommittee for enumeration Of scholars meets at the office of D. c. Kilbourn on Saturday at 10 a. m.
 MT Oliver P Peck has taken charge of the jail, whether on permanent or temporary -appoiulG.en, we have not heard
 The ice houses of the Naugatuck Rail- road have been filled from BurrviIie. Very little has been cut at the Litchfield Station.
 MT. Reed is holding series of protracted meetings at the East Ltchfeld Chapel which began On Thursday of last week, and close oa this "Wednesday evening. Great interest Is manifested. S.-The second meeting of the Fair Association will be held at Mrs. w. H. Bra n,an's Wednesday, Jan. 2Sth, at p. m. The gentleman are invited to tea. not forget ting their D cts
 MT. Geo. M Woodruff, of this place, has been nominated as Railroad Commissioner by Gov Andrews, and confirmed by the Senate. Senator Hayward was also nominated to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Prof. Walker, now III charge of the Census Bureau. -SHEPAuG MILK-The milk business on the Shepaug still continues to increase. Dur ing 1879. %, 900 cans and cases of milk were sent over this road containing in all some B. 6OO, 900 quarts of milk. The company is now huiIding another ice house at Bantam Station, being the third they have put up on the line. In the spring, they will be obliged to run third car to accommodate the amount of milk they will then be obliged to transport.
 Mir Seth Pratt has just received another carload of fine horses We clip the following from the Decatur Daily Republican of Janua " 14:
 Yesterday Mir E. B. Pratt bought the best pair of five-year-old jet black mares ever shown for sale in Macon county They were purchased from Mir. Wilbur L. Dunkle, who resides near South Macon. The mares will be shipped to Connecticut tomorrow, together with carload of fine horses purchased by MT. Pratt.
 There have been more races after burg lars, this week. One young man was taken out of church in Milton on suspicion arising from finaing parts of a letter addressed to him near two of the places where the recent burglaries were committed. He claims, however to prove an alibi by the clearest evil dence He accounts for the letter by saying that he lost it out of his pocket while going to see Uncle Toms Cabin. He was brought be- fore Justice Kilbourn on Tuesday morning, and gave bail in 5000 to appear on Saturday at a. m., for trial.
 Tine Registrars record of births for 1879, shows a total of 61; of which IS are of foreign percentage; three, colored. There are % mar riages (the same number as last year); only one of foreign parties, most of their marriages be- ing celebrated in Winsted. Therehave been 36 deaths. The list opens with the name of a person, whose occupation is recorded as that of "Loafer," and who died of ''gun-shot wound"-a capital beginning Four died of pneumonia; two, of diptheria; two, of con- sumption. There are no deaths recorded from typhoid fever or apparently from levers of any kind.
 -Litchfield has reason to be proud of the stand her young men now at Yale are taking there. In the Senior class, Mir. Dickinson w. Richards will nnquestionably take the Saluto- y appointment, and Mr. J. H. Hubbard is Tn the First Division. Of the Juniors, Arthur E. Bostwick is given Philosophical Grafton, and is consequently one of the eight highest in standing. Arthur White takes High Ora tion, and is consequently one of the first 15. MT. Fitzgerald maintains very high stand in the Sophomore class, and Mclaughlin, Fresh man, ranks not only as an excellent, but as a remarkable scholar.
 The American's- -Naugatuck news reporter made the following announcement on Satur day evening last:
 k. B. Kellogg, from Litchfeld, the new principal of the High school, has arrived in town and assumes his scholastic duties
 We doubt the truth of this statement. MT. Kellogg was once principal of the Naugatuck High School. He resigned that position more than two years ago and is now practicing law in Lltchfield in company with the editor of the Enquirer He did stay in Naugatuck one night last week. on his return from hearing the arguments in the Hayden case. Thence he came back to Litchfield on Saturday night and now sits in chair opposite us reading law book. We are therefore inclined to be- lieve that he has not eloped from us in tht heartless manner this American scribbler st recklessy represents.
 The Teac hers Meeting on Saturday wa held at the Center School House with a very large attendance. There must have been a least fifty teachers present, and the room wa. filled with spectators interested in the subject Very interesting exercises were conducted, an( remarkably fine address delivered by Mir McAilister, president of the local teachers as sociation. Then followed lively discussion upon the topics suggested by MT. McAilister. address. One of the best speeches was that o MT. E. F. Merriman, of the East Chestnu Hill school. MT. McAllister thought that thu educational requirements of the teacher shoul, be very high, almost that demanded for enter ing college (Greek excepted.) He also though that text books should be banished from tn recitation room, and used only for reference Mir. Merriman thoughtthe requirements propos ed by the chairman too high and that tex books should form the chief ground of study MT. McAllister thought each teacher should als take a daily newspaper, and the standard mag