Litchfield enquirer., 1881-09-08
LITCHFIELD.

Tine Methodist Sunday School and Society have picnic at the Bantam Lake House to- day Wednesday,.
 The burning subject of the week is the thermometer which has been blazing up into the nineties most of the time.
 Mrs Hannah Hubbell has sold small piece of land near Mr. Jacob Morse's farm on Griswold street to Mrs. Ada M. Hurlburt.
 -Ihe widow and heirs of the late John H. Hubbard have sold building lot on the west side of Meadow St. to Ellen Rogers for $25O. MT. Joseph Watson's trotter slipped out of the stable, last week, and frisked about the square in very cheerful style. She was finally correled and captured in the Center Park.
 1.-The Lawn Tennis in the Center Park combined with the extremely dry weather has nearly killed the grass in several places on the North side.
 Mrs Rosa P. Vaill has sold the Marsh place on the corner of Meadow. and West streets to Ernest l.. Pratt and LodaJ Gapung. Price said to be about $4o00. .t.... .3.
 Tine Superior Court began it's August Term, Tuesday, but, owing to the settlement of the long insurance case set down for trial, no business was ready for the jury.
 Mir. Horace 0. Hart has sold the Dr. Os- born place on West Street, opposite Lake St., to Dr. J. J. Newcomb. The consideration does not appear from the deed but is under stood to be about $4, 900.
 The Telegraph has been changed from Vessels 6 Gates to Ganung 6 Elmore's. The transfer was caused by differences as to pay of operator. Mrs. Traverse Ganung has charge of the Telegraph at it's new place.
 On Thursday evening last Prof. Huxley gave recitations at Armory Hall He was much applauded and the entertainment was a very enjoyable one. His programme had the merit of being nearly new one, and where any of the stock pieces were recited they were so we'll done as to make them pleasant by con- trast.
 -Ganung 6 Elmore have just received di. rect from the manufacturers a supply of s'Ager's Superior Dry Hop Yeast, the strong est and quickest in the market Call at once and get free sample.
 On Saturday afternoon Mir. c. T. Shelton and his son were up from Washington. The young man played at St. Michael's showing remarkable proficiency for the time he has been under instruction which is but six months. His playing of the Bach fugue was the most wonderful exhibition. "God save the Queen" with pedal variations (oyerg 800 notes toE the minute) was remarkable gymnastic exer. cise The snarling of the bass notes of the trumpet made the performance sound more like New Preston dog fight than any music we ever heard before.
 Most of the school and college boys are away or soon going. Chas. Adams, James aud Charles How, return to the Hartford High School. William Hickox goes back to Andover. Alex. MeNeil has entered Penn sylvania college. Geo. Woodruff enters Yale. Champion Deming will take medical lectures in New York. John Honister enters Mir. D. F. Hollister's law office in Bridgeport Wm. Sedgwick goes back to Trinity
 The office of the w. U. T. Co.,, having been removed from the Post Office on the 1st of Sept, few residents of the village pre- sented MT. James Costello with a purse of twenty dollars, as token of their apprecia- tion of his services. during the past two months of anxiety as to the condition of the President, in promptly displaying upon a large blackboard, which was kept lighted at night by powerful reflector lamp, all the numerous daily bulletins, and State Depart ment official messages passing over the wires up to 10 p. m.
 The following arrivals have been record. ed at the Lake View" during the past week: Wm. H. Sanford, wife, and three children Slamfords Mrs. R. Sanford, New York F. M. Chapman, Sewtown Fannie G. Ingersoll and Jonathan lngersoll, New hasen; Mrs. B. B. Curtiss, Boston; Mr.. and Mira Seth Lord, Brooklyn; F. S Bunce, Naugatuck; ; F. H. Sanford, Bridgeport C. c. Tweed and c. Y. Tweed, New York A. A.. Cowles, New York. c. k. Day and wife, New Ha- ven Mrs. Wm. Fitch and maid, New Haven |; Dwight Loomis. Rockville; Wm. Mitchell and wife, New York .s, s ss -.s.s