Litchfield enquirer., 1880-02-05
LITCHFIELD.

MT M. E. Dutton's bond has been reduc- to SI.OO0.
 The thermometer was down to 10o below zero. Monday morning.
 There were services at St. Michaeps Chapel Monday morning (Candlemas)
 Mrs, Lenuel Berry has bought place dnEn Easl Hill of Mr. T. s. Sedgwick.
 Mir Patrick Lavin has conveyed his place on the WoIcottviIIe road to MT. F. D. Mo neil
 The snow storm of Tuesday wasa ''rush- er.~b1t the average snow fall was about 10 inches only
 The Naugatuck R. R. Co.,, are cutting about 70 CAT loads of ice per. day at the Litch- field Station.
 Mir Geo. E. Jones has bought the Lewis Hoschkiss pIace in Bantam, with waterprivi- lege, for $500.
 The Center School did not keep, Monday, hat M-- Smith was we'll enough to return to his duties m Tuesday.
 The grand list of the town for 1879 will fo1s up about S1,9OO, 900, an increase of about s40, OOO on last year.
 -Attention is called to the advertisement of MT Hen.y j. Allen, of Wolcottville, offering to rent his fine hotel in that place.
 -Mr Eiward A Pierpon: bought a jack knife If inches long with eight blades, some . fOs hong. al Baldwin's sale on Monday.
 -Ta=re will be meeting of the subscribers of the telephone system at the Bank, Friday eveniug. Feb. Eth, at 7:30 A full attendance is requested
 -Oa Monday, Thomas, son of Patrick Lav- Iu. bTuke through the ice on Little Pond. He wzs rescued
 " S-The next meeting of the Fair Assoc5atinn will be held at the residence of Mrs C. F Ray on Thursday, Feb. 18th, at 3 O'c8ock p m
 -Ou Saturday afternoon the ''varnish" case WAS decided by Justice Kilbourn in favor of the plaintiff Defendant appealed. Graves and Present. for plaintiff; Hickox and Kellogg fOE defendant
 -The enumeration Of children of school age ghrswecn f and l6l throughout the town shows toSzI us 73I. g. of whom did not attend any s-sssoI during 1879; seventy seven of these arc. b"weveT. under 5
 -L4ss week. Mr David M Reed, of R-TiSep1r1- was cheated out of S60. on bo- sxzx c-TtIfsed chork on the First National Bank of this pEzce. The fellow who played the r5ck spaghl carpet of Mir. Reed for $50, and oeErret very skiIfully prepared check for SII0 ia payment Mr. Reed gave him Ssa baAzDce Fn cash. but discovered the fraud tz uze tc save the carpet which had been er8ervzt srnE 50 AnsOuia-
 -pzins ;o the storm of Tuesday, little has h.szu dsJng tn the Superior Court. The Wood hEv Tax cxss dependent upon the decision of Ehe case of Kirkland and HOtchkiss were b,efsre the court. and judgment was rendered f,r C1gBccsar H0schkiss in the Fabrique case by spu-szis- EvideRce was taken in another aE the c2seSs but the trial was not completed. THs- W5u<serf Town Hall Injunction case is before the court this Wednesday, forenoon. Rev E L. Swan, after service of four yezrS wiEh the Presbyterian church in Pontiac, TIlzz15< h&s declined a renewal of his engage UlzzE there- Resolutions were adopted at the aaz1El gBessing of the church expressive of regret zs his leaving and gratitude for the f.7rAfaIuess with which he has fulfilled the dst5-s oF his ministry, and for the loss of her wa1 has been '-the partner of his labors, his rssaissraEioas and his triumphs. by her tireless 1zi dsvOsei l.bOCs of love"
 -AE ,A@ adjourned town meeting of Mon- <t4v. tax 0f thirteen mills was laid on the 6as2zr. Fs&yabse o1 the first of March. Mr. WEIEtm Slrs"n Is appointed collector at $50. Th< seA~cSsHeG estimate the town ex- p.ease fx the oOSniEg year at S24 900. The <sae<sSOa Ot laying tax for payment of school prUpersy taken hy the town under the vote of SssssIstasSO1 at the October meeting, then czmS Ep. and the following vote passed:
 VSrED--Ta&t the selectmen be instructed ts ex1zETsc and report as to the best mode of pzvz-zs Sy the town for the property of the s-apsg districts. oC whether any action by the ts~z 5< Bec=sSary-
 -The SeEectmen have made the appraisal sgszzirs1 s.y Iaw Of the property of the school