Litchfield enquirer., 1881-12-08
LITCHFIELD.

See advertisement Of Miss A. b. Moore.
 Rev. Horace Winslow will preach at the
 congregational church next Sunday.
 -WesselIs GS Smith are headquarters for
 Dlday goods suitable for gentleman.
 Mir. William H. Braman has in fine lot ii Christmas Goods. His five and twenty ve counters are full of pretty things and one
 his show windows is real work of art.
 The average attendance at the Center
 chool for the week ending Dec. 9, 1881 was
 s follows: Total Attendance 128 Average @b5t.
 An elegant line of Silk Handkerchiefs,
 'ies, Scarfs, Mufflers. etc., just received by
 Vessels & Smith.
 We understand that Mir. E. 8. McNeill,
 t present Assistant Engineer on the New Fork West Shore and Buffalo R. R., is about D accept the position of Resident Engineer on he vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific K. R.,
 eadquarters at Shreveport.
 & Mir. Foster, of West Winsted, will be at he store of Vessels < Gates, on Monday sext, with choice selection of foreign and
 omestic wooleus, prepared to take orders for fuything in his line. Persons wishing good uslom work, should give him call and ex.
 mine the new line of Fall and Winter Goods ,e is prepared to exhibit
 On Friday and Saturday last, the case of Lucy Peters vs Eli D. Weeks was tried at the eourt house before Joseph F. Calhoun of Tor |ington, committee of the Superior court. It Excited considerable interest and brought in arge part of the citizens of Mt. Tom as wit pesses or spectators. Hickox for plf. !; Kill |bourn for deft. Mir Solomon Nj. Wheeler has moved from The Bantam Lake House to the Island House hnd will be glad to see all of his old friends hnd patrons and as many new ones as will Favor him with their patronage. The Bantam Lake House will be closed till April 1st. Mir. NV heeler made the Lake House very popular and we hope he will keep up his reputation at his new place.
 On Monday afternoon Mir. Tomlinson Wells was out coon-huntiug with his grand son. To see him springing over the stone walls, or tramping acrossthe fields one could hardly believe that he lacked but little over year of being four-scoY and ten years of age. M.
 -CAsUALTY.-We are sorry to learn that Mrs Judge Seymour had the misfortune, while pairing an apple, to cut off the top of her fore finger, last week. We trust the W ound may not prove a serious one, for, from hands as busy as hers in all good works, we cannot spare even part of finger. A.
 Geo. Hampstead Marsh, only son of Riyerius and Julia D. Marsh, died this (Wed- nesday) morning at New Brunswick, N. J., aged nine years. The funeral will be attend ed from St. Michaels church in this village, on Saturday, at Il a. m.
 On Thursday evening, of last week, 8 large party of neighbors, and others, called upon Mrs. A. s. Wright to congratulate her upon having attained to her 5Oth, birthday. Mrs. w., was completely ''surprised," but made her callers very much at home.
 The Ladies Home Missionary Society,"" Of the Congregational church, Mrs. Eliza R. Wadhams, President; has just sent a nice box of clothing and other necessaries, valued at $l30, tn Rev. George Morris, at Alameda, California.
 On the evening of Thursday. Nov. 25th, occurred the Beth anniversary of the marriage of Mir and Mrs. Alvah A. Stone. Their friends and neighbors made them call of As they were about leaving the Captain" said he wished to mention" a few things, and with that ''mention" ended a very pleasant and enjoyable evening.
 The Roll of Honor, in the upper room of the Center school for the past month, is as