Litchfield enquirer., 1880-05-20
LITCHFIELD.

w1s ae-e wTsh Bishop NcMahon, last week, zgz Judge FosseE, of New Hartford.
 We znasrsand that MT. c. D. Buell. is b-IazTas ia zssOas 50 Coan. River shad w--k- rsee wishing shad for sailing will Ese-a-a tEse besi and cheapest they can buy -The loss sy the burning of Dr. Buers sSzzE5Ia- x1- near S5, 900: $i .250 insurance H EwsCo-. ss Hartford; Sl,250, in Insu- rEs-s Ca. Q, North America, Philadelphia LS-TSe next meeting of the Fair szs. Hzsssoa House. on Wednesday, May ssh 2s oicsockp- m
 -Nr H ( a1r1 IS painting the Osborn Eszre- a EsIle wes9 Of the Station, and putting A1 thTasa repair for renting to summer Fg<S3ez-s from stecity.
 -Noc5ce is hereby given to all persons kxr5zg Ozl library books to return them on or S=Sarp Szs1rsay of this week, for repairing, Sc- heEore she annual meeting-on penalty sss Ssc=x ase tOr failure
 -wr- F.osaar- of West Winsted, will be at rAr- xare as Vessels and Gates, on Monday ss=xr- w7ss caa5ce selection Of foreign and 3azseszsc Eosseas, prepared to take orders for s-vzk=ns h hss line Persons wishing good x.azesa E.rx- sssgald give him call and ex- sz5as tss- sr~ line Of Spring Goods he is pre- pared sa sxhTsss-
 -n- S4.z-axy, Michael HarrIs. while at w,rR ua hss farm near the Wolcottvills road, ,ssuss saTBe and a half from this village, Esz.-sz aEl tAe plated ware stolen from the Rrr Nr- S~vassar some months since, and ese Esesoe as sogid silver, soup lsdle, the most vsk=1bse single psece they got 1t is evident thss. the thsSvcs sorsed over their booty at this plz-. zzf Xii all they supposed plated. lucki- Iv mzkTaS a mistake in the ladle.
 Tx an-xzzl rse=ting of the list Ecclesiss- tfcaE S..cs-sy us LitehfeId was held at the Con- E-rEEr5ruaI chapel on Monday afternoon, May I0h The annual report showed bal nncs tn the tressury of sIl7-9O. after paying all tie expenss for the past year. The So- ri~sv's ooumitsee elected for the ensuing year are Genrge Kenney, George Mason, Walker E- Peck The sale of seats in the .ConsTesaGiunal church occurred on Monday the I7th, netting over S22OO; decided sd- vance upen last year
 -FIRE--On Sunday morning, about a. m, fire was discovered in the new building recently fitted up by Dr. Buel, just back of the Beecher house at Spring Hill. It had started in the room occupied by Mir. William B. Brinsmade, of Washington, and before help could arrive, he was suffocated by the smoke. Three other inmates of the building were removed unhurt and Mir. Brinsmade's body was taken out before it had been reached by the flames. The fire had got too much headway, however, for saving that building, and every effort was turned to saving the small building on the north, and the Beecher house, only about twenty feet distant on the west. The fence joining the burning build ing to the others was removed, and hose was attached to to the pipes coming down from the reservoir. The building burnt quite rap idly, and it was only with the greatest effort and owing to the gcOd supply of water, and the use of the hose, that either of the endang- cred buildings could be saved. The exposed ends of these buildings. charred in many places and with the paint melted down over the whole surfaces show what close contest 1t was Nothing but the new water works saved them. After an hour the worst was over, though the fire in some ten tons of coal recently placed in in tho cellar of the burnt building was not completely extinguished for twenty four hours or more At six a. m. Sunday morning an examination of the reser. voir showed that the water in it had fallen but foot. The loss is quite serious as il is, though there is g, 500 insurance on the build ing burnt Had either of the exposed build ings been fired the result must have been clean sweep of all the buildings on the place.
 The sudden death of Mir. Wm. B. Brns- made at Spring Hill, Sunday morning. is a shock from which one does not easily recov- ger. Mir. Briusmade was the youngest son of Gen. Daniel B. Bripsmade, of Washington, and graduated frsm Yale College in 1S4O Starting out as a civil engineer about thirty i've years since, he became Superintendent of the Connecticut River Railroad, position which hs held till 1868, residing at Spring field Mass. severe pressure from over. work, occasioned, if our recollection is accurate, by the damage done his road by a freshet an the Connecticut river, brought on mental derange- ment from which he has suffered at intervals ever since. At the time when the Conn. Wes- tern was building, he was employed as chief engineer, but his mind broke down under the pressure, and he has for several years past been, from time to time, an inmate of Dr. Buers establishment.
 A thoroughly upright gentlman, an estima- ble, public spirited citizen, and most amia. ble man, Mir. Brinsmade inspired love and respect wherever he went Modest in success, he has known how to face diversity with a manly fortitude that can hardly fail GO bring tears to the eyes of old friends as they remem- Der it. Our old master in the practice of mu- sic, we have never ceased to be grateful for the impulse his genial leadership gave num- Der of us, mere boys, in the pursuit of that most satisfying. most social of the arts Prob ably the music made by our band of ten or fifteen seems pleassnter at a distance of near forty years than it did to the critical ear of that day but it is none the less remembrance
 we should be sorry to lose, saddened though it
 IS of late years by the many gaps death has
 made in our once noisy circle.
 Mr. Brinsmade was sixty-on years of age,
 and leaves widow, two sons, and adaughter.
 His oldest son graduate of Harvard, was recently married to daughter of Mir. F. W.
 Gum, and is now in charge of the noted Gun.
 nery school at Washington. Mir. Brinsmade'i
 remains were carried down to Washington or
 the Sunday train, and the funeral is to be at
 tended from the Congregational Church thil
 "Wednesday afternoon.