Litchfield enquirer., 1880-09-02
LITCHFIELD.


There was wonderful collapse of Their
rnometer from Sunday to Monday fall of
800. These sudden changes are very trying.
On Monday night somebody entered the
house of Mr.. Robinson, on North ST. He got
in through library window but found all the
doors leading to other parts of the house
locked. He rummaged desk but got moth
ing of any value.
On Monday the replevin case of Felix
Quigley vs. Lyman W. Whittlesey, Of Morris
was tried before Justice Porter. There
was a plea in abatement and plea in bar,
both of which were held insufficient.
The plaintiff had judgment and the defend
ant appealed to the next Superior Court.
1t is to be hoped there will be large
gathering at the tournament of the ''V. l. s. :"
on Thursday. Let all eye gallant knights
and gentle ladyes" turn out in full force, for a
similar meeting last year was the most attrac-
tive entertainment offered that season by the
"V. /. 81 ..... .Eg-..-
AT St. Michaels, the Rev. Mr. Hartman,
now of Portland, Conn.,, preached Sunday
morning. Mr. Hartman was listened to with
interest not only for the sermon itself, but
because many present knew hisgodly ancestry
and kindred who were in their lifetime so
identified with St. Michaels parish. In the
evening the Rev. Mr.. Smith, of New York,
preached very eloquent sermon from the
text Glove casteth out .-..,
On Sunday night the cellar of Mr.. E. P.
Cheney was entered and quantity of eatables
taken by parties unknown. Mr.. Cheney ex-
tends his thanks to his visitors for the equit-
able division they made of the property found.
There were two pats of butter, of which they
took one; twelve herrings, and six were
taken; two shirts on the grass in the yard,
and one taken. He thinks, however they
ought to return half of five pound piece of
veal carried off entire.
C. q. Woodruff, Jr, and W. B. Hickox left
for Phillips Academy Andover, on Monday, and
when the College term and the Hartford High
School begin, we shall lose a good many more
of our rapidly rising generation. We hope
Litchfield will always be ''home" to them
wherever they are, and so it must keep a
warm place in their hearts. PERHAPS as the
spot where vacation" is spent, it will be even
more attractive than as a work place. Sue
cess go with them. S.
Politics beg to warm up slightly. On
Thursday (tomorrow) afternoon there is to be
flag raising at Wolcottville with addresses
by Gen Hawley, Hon. s. W. Kellogg, and
Judge Catlin, of Harwinton, Republican can
didate for Presidential Elector at Large
On the other hand, Senator VIM. W. Eaton
has agreed to address our Hancock club on
Friday night Mr.. Eaton is fine speaker
and there will no doubt be fine turn out to
hear him. His speech Is to be delivered at
Armory Hall.
d. c. KilboQrn, Esq, Secretary of the
Regimental Association, has addressed the fol-
lowing to the comrades of the Second G. Ii.
A. and 10Th c. ": 'Our next reunion will
be at North Canaan Friday, Sept. 10th. Extra
trains will be run on the Housatonic railroad
from New Milford and on the Connecticut
Western from New Hartford, leaving Winsted
upon the arrival Of the early Naugatuck train.
The citizens of North Canaan are making
ample arrangements for our reception. Gen.
Hawley and other distinguished gentlemen are
expected to be present."
We publish on our outside pages several
letters from correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun who has been paying New England a
visit. His views of Litchfield and its people
are frank and interesting sometimes flatter-
ing, and sometimes not 80 f1attering. He
seems to take a peculiar interest in the New
England colored man, and has made personal
inspection on that point. He probably thinks
that whatever prejudice there may be against
the negro as voter, in the South, there is
more social prejudice against him in the
North. s-
Col Delaney Kane, the famous "whip,"
with party of six and two servants was in
town Wednesday night staying at the Lake
View which was prettily illuminated with
Chinese lanterns in honor of their arrival.
The Colonel drove the party out from New
York in his famous italy no" coach nearly to
Bridgeport. He then took an English ''drag,"
and drove to Newtown, and thence up to this
place. From Litchfeld he went over into the
Naugatuck Valley, staid Thursday night in
Waterbury, and from thence started for New
Haven.
AS the late evening Shepaug train was
leaving Hawleyville on Saturday last, young
man named John Brennan, living with Isaac
Hawley and about II years old, was killed by
jumping from car near the Housatonic
crossing. He struck against some iron piled
by the track by which he was terribly injured
and was thrown back under the car wheels
and run over. He lived but a short time.
Boys make practice, it seems, of jumping on
the cars as they leave the Danbury branch
station, and springing off near the Housatonic
crossing. On the evening in question several
boys did this very thing safely, but Brennan
, was on the dark side Of the train, and could
not see the pile of iron, his jumping into
which cost him his life.
Business and politics do not mix. A
Democratic delegate to the recent State Con-
vention can certify to that fact. Being a
constable he had thought to ease up the ex-
penses of trip to New Haven by taking
along warrant for the arrest of an ex-school
teacher of Milton, who left without paying
for his board. He had got his man, and they
stepped into the New Haven House for a
moment to see how the political part of the
mission was progressing. A fellow delegate
seized on the officer for introduction to the
next Member of Congress from the Fourth
Congressional District of Connecticut" II
was rather impressive ceremony and when
the Milton delegate bethought himself of his
prisoner, 10 there was vacant space where