Litchfield enquirer., 1880-09-30
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LITCHFIELD.

of fall goods this week. New Advertisement
in next issue.
p c. Wheeler, Esq, of New York, will
address the Democrats of this place this
"wednesday evening at ArmoryHall.
The Republicans hold their caucus foI
nomination of town officers, this "wednesday
afternoon at O'Clock p. IN.
Mr.. P. S. Beebe was in town, this week,
the coming president.
We had a pleasant call, Wednesday,
from Mr.. John Pearce, late of Newtown Bee,
of which paper he has lately disposed.
DIR. Henry w. Buel and his son returned
from their European trip on Monday evening.
The Doctors health has greatly improved with
his vacation.
MIR. j. C. Lamphier, of Beach Street, has
brought us in basket of red raspberries as
fresh and fine favored as any that were
to be found in market in July.
The case of William L. Hopkins VS. VIM.
NJ. Hopkins has been tried in the court room
before Judge Catlin as Committee. Graves for
plf Hollister and KilbOrn for def.
DR. Newcomb cut his hand recently, and
is suffering very severely from the injury. An
artery and nerve mere injured which makes
the affair quite serious.
MIR. Adam Watt has changed the loca-
ten of his store to that lately occupied by
MIR. f. E. Chrmplin, and later by Mr. T. II.
Richards. We wish him better luck than
previous proprietors.
The addition to the West St. school house
has been divided into two rooms which will
hold forty scholars each. New seats have
been procured and the three rooms will now
accommodate 100 pupils.
The Center School has started with Mrs.
Ferris temporarily in charge assisted by Miss
Stanton. Near eighty children are already in
attendance. No principal is yet engaged 30
far as we have learned.
THE Amy Stone Triple Alliance" give
"Cigarette" at Armory Hall, on Saturday
evening Of this week. The public can always
expect good entertainment from this enter
prising manager and there should be good
house.
There was very large attendance at the
funeral of M. John Ryan, Tuesday. There
were about a dozen double teams and over
forty single teams in the procession in spite
of t he bad weather, and the church was fill
ed.
Hon. Greene Kendrick, of Waterbury,
will address the Hancock and English Club at
Armory Hall on Friday evening of this week
on the issues of the day. He has the reputa-
ton of being fine speaker. The public of
all shades of political opinion are cordially in
vited to attend.
-"Straws show which way the wind
blows" and the reverse of this is sometimes
true. ''The wind" as ''blown through the
melodious tin-horns," showed last week which
way ''straw" ride was being taken. If the
ladies enjoyed 1t half as much as their merry
laugh betokened, we pity even more than
ever, ''the girls they left behind them" ."
MIR. Geo. H. Browne closes the Lake
View, this week, after very successful sea-
son. The hotel has been very we'll filled, and
Mr.. Browne has proved fully equal to the
high reputation he has always maintained
elsewhere as a popular and successful land.
lord. We hope that his connection with oul
largest hotel will not close with the present
year.
On Monday evening, Sept. Goth, Mr.. apd
Mrs Seth III. Hurlbut of Bantam celebrated
the fifth anniversary of their marriage, wher
friends to the number of one hundred anG
seventy sat Down to we'll furnished table
Gifts were bestowed upon Mr. and Mrs. Fl
to the amount of fifty dollars, consisting o.
money and various useful articles by way o.
dress aud furniture. =.
We understand that Judge and Mrs. Sey
mour wish the reference in our last week
paper to their Golden Wedding" to b
taken as an invitation to all their Litchfelt
friends to attend the reception which they will
hold on the 9Th of October. No cards of invi
tation have been sent to friends in Litchfeld
but OILY to those not resident here. They
will be glad to see any who care to call upor
them on that day.
There should be full attendance at tn,
respective caucuses for nomination of tow
officers. Under the minority plan it is o
special importance to attend the caucus
since, in most instances, nomination
equivalent to an election. We have general,
favored joint nominating committee, wit
a view of properly distributing members @
the boards throughout the various sections q
the town. This year, however, the Republ
cans have called their caucus for 30 early an
the Democrats forso late date, that it
impracticable.
Politics is quiet for presidential year
though little interest begins to manifest i
self. As yet the demonstrations are all on tn
Democratic side. With the close of this wee
they will have had three addresses at Armor
Hall. and their mountain howitzer has bee
fired on all joyful Democratic occasions an
some not SO joyful. So much for the 4ilou
hunt" Their ''still hunt" lie equally activ,
with very little Republican counter-work, an
yet there good deal of legitimate prepar,
ton that can be done now that cannot be a.
complished fortnight hence.
-OBITUARY.- William A. Kelley WI
died recently at his residence in South Plail
In this town, at the advanced age of Ninet
One Fears. was born in the town of Oxfor,
Ct. In early life he moved to Goshen, whe
he resided more than fifty years. After pu
suing the business of tanning and shoemakir
for thirty or more years, he turned it over
his eldest son, retiring himself to a sma