Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1881-01-06
LITCHFIELD.

MIR and Mrs. Charles NJ. Gaming return.
ed from their wedding trip, on Monday.
On Saturday a little son of Jack Elliott
put out one of his eyes with hot stove poker.
The First National Bank has declared
dividend of per cent payable on and after
Jan. 3D..
Mr.. George F Adams, former resident
of this village, died in Hartford, last week.
He was buried in Goshen.
Mr. Frederick Allen goes to Winsted to
clerkshlp in Dickerman & Jopps wholesale
and retail hardware store.
We are indebted to Mr.. F. Ratchford
Starr for present of Echo Farm butter. 1t
is one of the greatest Of luxuries.
AT the town meeting, on Monday, it was
voted THAT the Selectmen be instructed to
take such action as they deem expedient to
prevent The dismemberment If the County"
Dept. Sheriff I'll. ]. Allen, of Wolcott-
~ihe, was in town, Tuesday morning, looking
for a stranger who had hired horse of him
the day before and forgotten to return it.
Mrs Peck, Miss Tanning and Mrs. Shop
ard will close their stores at 6 p. M. every
Wedn esday AMI Thursday evening until
April LIST.
- The schools commence their winter term
on Monday. Mr.. Ii. POrchard, teacher of the
Intermediate department of the Center school,
last term, is promoted principal Miss Jennie
Wheeler takes the intermediate department;
aud Miss Marion H. Perkins, the primary.
In an6tner column will be found notices
of the marriage and of the death of former
resident of this place-then Mrs. Wiggin.
Her death followed, we believe, but week or
two after her marriage, though the date is not
given.
Two marriage notices, one OF which we
clipped from copy of ne London Times and
the other from New York paper which had
evidently taken it from that source, show the
Particularly with which family connections
are set forth in English marriage notices.
On Wednesday afternoon of last week
Mr.. F. X. Starts four horse team. used in
Transporting milk FROM Echo Farm to the She
paug Station, ran away. They became fright
Bush Hill road, 50 called; near MIR. r. Ii.
Wrighls in Milton they were stopped by Mr..
Dickinson. No serious damage was done.
The Congregational and Methodist Socie-
ties hold Union Services during the Week OF
Prayer, and the following meetings occur af
ter our issue: this "Wednesday evening at
the Congregational Chapel, at7 O'clock
Thursday evening, at the Methodist Church,
At the same hour; Friday afternoon, at the
Congregational Chapel, al 2 o'clock aud Sat
urday evening at the Methodist Church, at
o'clock.
st Paul's Lodge, No. II, f. and A. NJ,
will complete the one hundredlh year of its
organization, june LIST, 1881. 1t was charter
Ell by the Grand Lodge at Boston, Mass, III
1881; Thomas Webb being at that time Granu
Master, aud Paul Revere, Of Revolutiuuar,
fame, Grand Senior Warden; their signatures
are appended to the charter now in possession
at St. Paul's Lodge. This was one Of the
Lodges that instituted Grand Lodge in this
State.
New Years Day was not only the coolest
day OF the present winter but the coolest of
mauy years IN many parts Of the town. On
the Hill, the mercury only fell some seven
degrees below zero, 6e warmer than fridays
record, but in the valleys Saturday morning
showed very low figures: % below at
South Bridge 30o at MIR. Stacks, aud it IL
rumored 80 al Milton. We notice that in
Hartford county there was the same extreme
cold. Bloomfield, Last Hartford, Yer
non aud Windsor suffered worst, the lowest
figures reached b, ing 29e below. IL
Vermont and New Hampshire the mercury
ran below SOC in several places.
On New Years evening party of twenty
young people oi this village took advantage
OF the fine sleighing to enjoy straw ride to
WATERFOWL. A merry company, good sleigh
ing and clear, cold night, all joined in max
ing the trip an enjoyable one. The Journey
down passed quickly, an occasional song aud
blast on tie fish horns with which tile party
were well provided, beguiling the way AT.
ter partaking OF an oyster supper, ut the War
rem House the time until niue was pleasantly
passed in the parlors of the hotel, with music
and dancing. Then, giving a parting sere.
made to WATERFOWL, the company set out for
home. The solemn stiffness of the night.
broken only by the creaking of the snow be-
meath the sleigh, the CHASTITY whiteness of the
earth, aud the cold bright light Of the stars
and flashing meteors, exerted a SOLDERING in-
fiuence on the spirits of the party, but fur.
nshed fit background for the tales of hor.
ror, ghost and goblin, which each in turn re-.
lated, till Lltchfeld was reached in time for
ali to arrive at their homes before midnight.
EINDEs
One OF the visitors attracted to Litchfeld
last summer was the Hon. Benjamin K.
Phelps, District Attorney of the City of New
York. His vale daughter of the Hon. Ju-
Illus Catliu of Hartford, and granddaughter of
MIR. Grove Catlin of this place, was then
10 feeble health and died only week or
two since. Mr. Phelps seemed, while
here. in robust health, but was quite sick
in the fall. his disease finally developed
into cancer in the stomach, of which he
died on Thursday night last Mr. Phelps
was of Massachusetts descent. and graduated
in the famous Yale class of 49, He began
the practice of law in New York city in 1856,
succeeded remarkably in his profession, and
became U. S. District Attorney in 1866. an
office be held some four years. He was for
many years law partner of Gen. Arthur.
Vice President Elect. Though strong Repub-
lican he was elected City District Attorney in
~ and has since been twice reelected. Sue