Litchfield enquirer., 1880-02-12
LITCHFIELb.

% Mrs Rays, on Thursday, Feb 18th, at o'clock p. m.
 MT s. NJ. Wheeler is making important changes at the Lake House in view of the coming season. pr J. G. Beckwith has been selling a small strip of land back of the court house to Charles Merriman.
 Mrs. Nicey M Woodruff has transferred her real estate a this village to her husband John A. Woodruff.
 MT. John E. Sedgwick Jr., formerly of this place is nominated and confirmed jalor in place of Barse, resigned.
 The annual supper of Darius Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, will come off at Cross mans on Saturday evening of next week.
 The street lamps are shining out anew under the auspices of the Village Improve ment Company Willis Carter lamp-lighter. There was an interesting teachers meet ing at Milton, Saturday. Quite number of the School Committee were also in attendance Gov. Andrews, who has been at ome sick from very severe sore-tl roat, the past week, returned to Hartford this Wednesday, morning.
 A E. Bostwick, of this place, is chosen one of the class historians of the class of '81 Isaac Bromley, son of the noted journalist, is another.
 "A grand jury has been summoned in to investigate the charge of rape against Paul Herter of Salisbury, and found "a true bill'' against him.
 There will be a grand convention of horse-dealers at this place on Thursday and Friday of next week headquarters at the Mansion House.
 The Naugatuck R. R. Co. are still busy getting out ice at the East Litchfeld Pond. Nearly one hundred men are employed, and ice ''booms' out at the rate of some 800 tons day
 Mrs. Mary Trail, was badly hurt by being thrown from a wagon up North St., on Tues day afternoon, brea king one arm in two places and bruising her severely about the head.
 Lent begins on Wednesday of this week There are to be services in St. Michael's church on Ash Wednesday morning, and spec ial chapel services Friday morning and eve- ming and Saturday afternoon.
 A CARD.-I wish to express my thanks to the Citizens of Ltchfield for the many acts of l.. detention in the County Jail for nearly six months. MORTIMER E. DUTToN.
 Litchfeld, Feb. 9th, 1880.
 Master Frank Hubbard, son of the late John H. Hubbard. whose life was for many days despaired of, is now recovering from the attack of pneumonia which brought him to deaths door. z His has been very remarkable deliverance and the many friends of the fami- ly are greatly relieved in their relief from fur . ther apprehension.
 We have no doubt but that the extraor- dinary term fee case, referred to in last week 8 Courant, and also by our correspondent HI. N. as having occurred in Goshen is that of Moses Cook vs. Ralph F. Cook. Gov. An drews. one of the counsel in the case, denies $420 for term fees was sent in; and affirms that. on the contrary, a moderate bill Was rendered for actual services only
 The Superior Court only found business for three days of last week. Many of the cases assigned were settled others were con- iinued, and but few hearings with witnesses took place
 The Winsted Town Hall injunction turned out to be question of cost merely. Several witnesses were examined to prove a larger ex- penfiture than the S1O,OO0 allowed on the temporary injunction, but it is claimed, we believe. that most if not all the subsequen, expenditures have been authorized by subse quent votes of the town. The bill was dis missed without cost to either party. Law renee for petitioners Fenn for respondents.
 On Wednesday the case of D. B. Randall vs Obcer Austin. Chief of Waterbury police was tried. The case was this: Mir. Randall had horse sent up from New York The man who brought him, one Castle, got drunk was taken up in the streets of Waterbury, pu, in the lookup, and subsequently, fined fol drunkenness. The horse was put by DO lieeman in Halls Stables Mir. Austin wrote Randall that his horse was there, and he wen down to Waterbury to get him. Going tt Halls stables, Mir. Randall was told to go tc the Chief of Police and get an order for de livery of the horse. Mir. Randall called ol NIT. Austin, but the latter refused to give ul the horse unless he was paid the fine and cost incurred by Castle. This Randall refused t do. and got out a writ of replevin and had tn horse delivered to him by Sheriff Futile Austin came up to Morris and tried the cas before Justice Benton, was beaten, and ap pealed to the Superior Court. On the tria here, he denied ever having refused to give u the horse to Randall, and in this denial he wa supported by policeman named Root. MT RandalPs statement was supported by that o Sheriff Futile, and Joseph R. Hickok, wit ness from Watertown. In summing up tn case, the Judge found the facts proved a stated by Mir. Randall, and charitably attribut ed Chief Austin's opposing testimony t fOrgetfulness. He gave the plaintiff s damages and his costs Huntington an Prescott for plaintiff; Donahue, of Waterbury for deft-
 On Thursday afternoon the case of Henr B. Gra0ss vs SOlOn B. Johnson came to tria This is an action on an agreement which tn plaintiff clains was made by the delft. in COT nection with the signing of note for $250 b the former as surety. It appears that at tn time Mir J. R. Farnum bought the Litchfiel Sentinel of Johnson, he gave him the note i
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