Litchfield enquirer., 1881-04-07
LITCHgIELD.

The winds of the latter part of last week were the Marchiest we have often encounter ed
 Mrs. E B. Kellogg has sold all her inter est in their house on North Street to her mother, Mrs Eliza WadlIams.
 Resolutions has passed the legislature al- Iouing Ge,,. M. Woodruff. Trustee, to sell certain property of the late Capt. Colvocores- scs.
 There will be a convention of Darius Ciraps er, No. 16. R. A. N., this (Tbursday) evening Important business. A full attend ance desired.
 The reed stops thantbsy and trumpet) of St MicIlaers organ have been. sent off to be re-voiced and thoroughly repaired. It is ex pected that this work will be completed in time for their use when the church IS reepened al Easter
 Mir. Foster of West Winsted, will be at the store of Vessels and Gates, on Monday next, with a choice selection of foreign and domestic wooIens, prepared to take orders for anything in his line. Persons wishing good custom work, should give him a call and ex anime the new line of Spring Goods he is pre- pared to exhibit.
 On Tuesday of last week there were three fires set along the Shepaug railroad; one al Bantam which did little or no damage an-
 
 over some fifty or sixty acres of woodland OH the 'CObble," so called. east of the railroad. belonging mostly io c. A. Hickox; the thlrd was in the lower part of Roxbury, burning over. we heal, quite large tract of land. The officers of the company state that examination has been made of the netting placed in the smoke pipes of their engines to prevent the es cape of dangerous sparks, and that they were found in perfect condition.
 Only forty y-six votes were cast at the Bor- meeting ou Monday. The following are the officers elected:
 Presdent, George A Hickox.
 BuTgesses, C.. Bulkley, Frederick Deming. Jesse L. Judd, Samuel G. Beach, A A. Lord.
 4ssessors, Win. c. Buell., Leonard Stone Secretary and 7'reasurer.-C. w. Hinsdale BasgE, James Campbell
 ASsistant ts,-Alvah A. Stone, J. E Watson, J. E. Sedgwick, Jr.
 Fire WTrdsns-Josiah c. Beckwith, A. B Shumway, Frank F. Cook. Inspectors of SidewaLts, 6c.--Henry B Graves, W. Jerome Bissell, Robert Stevens Inspectors Of StOces dc. c.,-Fred M San ford, Cornelius M Allen, James Ganung
 Committee on Pdrks.--Theo. s Sedgwick Geo. M. Woodruff, Almon E Fuller.
 Collector, William Norton.
 The Criminal Term of the Superior Court began its April Term on Tuesday, Judge Loomis holding the court. The following are the jurymen:
 Harvey w Baldwin, Joseph K. Judson, and Edwin P. Parker, of ThOmaston; Stan Griswold. John w Gamwell, Lyman R. Isaac 4. Br,,nsnn, Lyman R. Norton, and Hiram Perkins. of Winchester; Theodore Judsnn. Charles E. Strong Geo. P. Crane, and Walker S Seeley, of WoOdbury.
 4 large number of prisoners were put to plead most of them pleading mot guilty" The following, however, pleaded guilty i: George Everett, of Winchester, to a theft !; Peter Johnson, of New Milford to theft from the person; Dwight Benton, of Bark hansted, 10 statutory burglary Geo. and Will lie Beach also to statutory burglary.
 The Cornwall arson case was postponed till the first of next week. Robert w. Griffin was then tried on chargeof being a tramp and was acquitted. Prescott with States Atty Fenn for prisoner. The case of State vs. Charles Butter. of New Hartford, for perjury, Ia noyx nu trial