Litchfield enquirer., 1880-11-18
LITCHFIELD.

A child of Mr.. Lyman Tharpe was badl.
kicked by horse on the Eth inst.
Mr.. T. S. Sedgwick has been making al
addition to his residence on East st.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. w. Ferris have removed
to Wiusted where Mr.. F. is employed in har
ness shop.
We are pleased to see our old friend F
Z. S. Munger amongst us again-this tlm'
representing an insurance company.
Mr. and Mrs. George Merriman will b.
pleased to receive visits from their friends or
the evening Of Nov. Both, it being the six.
tieth anniversary of their marriage.
The Rev. Eaton w. Marcy, d. d., Rec
tor of St. Johns Church, Bridgeport, officiated
most acceptably at st. Michaels on Sunday.
u in exchange with the Rector.
Mr.. T. B. Kellogg and wife have depart.
ed for Colorado for the winter and perhaps
for a permanent stay. This leaves US as il
were the condition of legal widowhood New.
ertheless we wish him all sorts of good luck in
his new enterprise.
The Shepaug r. r. Co., held their annual
election on "Wednesday last, and reelected the
old board of directors who have again chosen
DIR. Henry w. Buel, President; Henry r. Colt,
: Vice President and Treasurer; and DR.. VIM.
Deming. Secretary.
MIR. Foster, of West Winsted, will be a,
the store of Vessels and Gates, on Monday
next, with a choice selection of foreign and
domestic woolens, prepared to take orders fol-
anything in his line. Persons wishing good
custom work, should give him q call and ex-
anime the new line of Fall and Winter Goods
he is prepared to exhibit.
-DECEMBER TERN OF THE SUPERIOR Court
William L. Ransom Esq, Clerk of the Su.
perior Court, has received the following card
from Chief Judge Park with reference to the
next term of the Court in this county:
NORWICH, Nov. 18th, 1880.
My Dear Sir-Your Court will have to be
adjourned one week, and then think can
supply you for two weeks and perhaps longer.
I Adj the Judges will be occupied the first week
of your court. Have your court adjourned
one week, and prepare for business at that
time.
Yours truly,
j. d. PARK.
The ladies of ST. MichaePs Parish will
hold an Apple Bee" at the Rectory on Thurs
day evening of this week. for the benefit of
those of our Western Missionaries who have
lately made an appeal to the public, through
the press, that we should send them dried
fruit among our other benefactions. They
read of The bushels of apples wasting on the
they may share.
So let all the benevolently inclined gentle.
men as well as ladies appear at the Rectory
Thursday evening, earned and equipped al
the law" (of Apple Bees) "directs," and We
may hope for abundant fruits of their labors
The Superior Court closed its October
Criminal Term on Friday last David Will
liams, who was found guilty of actual sales,
as reported in our last, was sentenced to pay q
fine of $50. Grove Thompson, another VIM
sted dealer, was then put on trial for keeping
open place where liquor was reputed to be
sold on Sundays. There was a cloud of wit
nesses examined who testified to this reputa.
ton. and also witnesses who had watched the
place one Sunday, and marked crowds of PEG.
pie in and out. The jury disagreed. eleven
M haip in fox, OF
quiual.
The next case tried was that Of Charles
Seidler, of Terryville, also for violation of the
liquor laws. He was acquitted. Huntington
and Cole for the prosecution Pierce for Pris
oner.
On Friday Zimmerman Gosch, transfer
person, was tried for an assault on woman IL
Harwinton and was acquitted on the sol,
ground of insanity. He was sent to tn,
Conn. Hospital of the Insane for three years
Huntington for state; Hickox for prisoner
A. E. Yale had nine liquor cases nolled OF
payment of costs, and Conrad Barreuthe
pleaded guilty in another case and was fine,
$50
Nelson Hudson was sentenced to two year
in State Prison, and David Wallace to 81.
months and ten.days in Jail, on pleas of guilty
Business at the next civil term of the Su
perior Court will begin on the second Tuesda
OF December (by adjournmenD with the tria
OF the jury case of Jane NJ. Lewis VS.. TIL
Travellers Insurance Co., which is expecte,
to occupy large part, if not all, of that week