Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-12
LITCHFIELD.


 MT. Minot has removed his school to rooms over the Bank.
 See new advertisements of Mrs Shepard, and Mrs. Peck.
 Straw Hats, till you can't rest. from 10 cents up. at Vessels & Smith.
 -S. N. Bronson has received his New Spring Goods. Particulars next week.
 Mir. Foster was unable to keep his en- gagement in this place, this week. He will be here on Monday next.
 -One of the dwellers on Gallows Lane is reported stealing rails Justice has her eye on him.
 Mir. Geo. Kenney has sold part of the Wm. Baldwin place with a lot 194 feet deep and 9s feet wide, to David Kinney.
 Mary A. Doyle has quitclaimed to Cath erine Doyle all her interest in the farm of her late father Patrick Doyle in East Litchneld. One hundred and twenty five dogs are registered. Probably the owners of % more are waiting the persuasive effect of fines and costs
 News comes from Hartford that Champ ion Deming has varoloid at College there. It is light case, we hear, but will set people vacciDating.
 Mir Charles F. Flynn has quitclaimed to Cornelia Bradley all his interest in four acres of land lying north of Flynn & Doyle's carriage shop in Bantam.
 New York papers of Monday contain a notice of the death of Archibald McMartin, of that place on Saturday. MT. McMartin had summer residence In this place, and is pleasantly remembered and much regretted by our people.
 St. Paul's Lodge celebrates it's Centennial on the first day of June. The programme is not quite completed, but it IS expected that the Rev. AlonzO N. Lewis will deliver the poem, and Dwight c. Kilbourn the Historical ad dress, at Armory Hall on the evening of that day. After the public exercises there will be e supper and dance.
 Rev s. O. Seymour attended several of the concerts of the great Festival at New York, last week. He describes the effect of the choruses and of the music by the full orches- tra as very fine, but the room was much too large for solos. The New York papers are as much divided on that question as on the Col. lect0rship. Some rally around Thomas and belittle the Festival others swear by Damrosch and consider the Festival the finest musical event of the age.
 The annual meeting ofthe First Ecclesiati. cal Society of Litchheld was held in the Con. gregatioual chapel on Monday afternoon, last, the 9th inst. The annual report of the Treas. urer showed balance in the treasury after paying all the expenses of the past year. The following officers were elected for 1SS1-2. Clerk, F. D. McNel.
 Treasurer, Charles H. Colt.
 SOciety's Committee George Kenney, John Al. Morse, Dwight Bssell
 A Committee was appointed to consider the expediency of free sittings, and report year hence. It was also voted to repaint their church ediice. The sale of seats takes place on Monday afternoon next, May 18th.
 An immense stock of straw hats, every style. at Wesseiis S Smith. -MR EDIToR.-TheFs seems to be a great deal of unnecessary fear excited by the fact that the Board of School Visitors have given Mir. Pratt permission to use for the summer part of the school property. Mr. Pratt pays $25. to the town for this favor, and in the Autumn will Gove the fence back. In tho meantime although his drive way is nearer to the School House, yet it is safer for tn, children than his old one, since the team coming out can be seen all the way from tn, whether there are any children on the side walk or not. It seems to mo that this explan ation ought satisfy the public that there ha been no underhanded movement and that there are no deep laid plans to dispose of an, of the Towns property.
 $. O. SEYMOUR. The Secretary and Treasurer of St Michaels Ladies Missionary Society report a follows for this seasons work, extending iron Sept. IssO to April. 1881:
 WoMAN's AUXILIARY.
 Missionary Boxes value $203 O| DlsnOp EihotL unua OU.W Postage on Missionary Parcels 244 Total of work for Auxiliary, $235. 4
 SEWING SOCIETY BRANCH
 Reed from membership fees. work ant
 donations, $45 8 Expended for Material s36S Balance for next years work, $9.0 Number of garments made and given t persons needing help in this village, 66.
 OFFICERS - President, Mrs. Harriet Belden; Vice Pres i1ent. Mrs. Frank Wessells; Secretary, Mir S Q. Seymour; Treasurer. Mrs. Chas Hins ds. e.-Executive Committee-Mrs. Dr Ros, wick. Mrs. T. S. Sedgwick, Mrs. O. E d ndr, WIS, Mrs. Rob't Williams, Mrs. Chat Perkins. Mrs. Wolcott Wheeler, Mrs. Thos S Smith,.