Litchfield enquirer., 1881-10-27
LITCHFIELD.

-lnere are One Or tWO Cdscs VI tyPuo'o 'e' ger in this village.
 --The Circulating Library will he open on Saturday, and after that date. every second saturday. =a.atf
 At the Center school, last week, 12( scholars were registered average attendance Ai0s a
 -The Masonic Lrdge of this place has, con. .ributed $32 to the fund being raised by the Masons of this State for the Michigan sufferers Judge Charles F. Sanford, of tie New \ York Superior Court. former partner of Judge Lewis B. Woodruff, died iu that city on, Fri. day last. ss.. .~ o4 z '..'.l,1s.ts
 It is 6 pleasure to notice in the Spring. sield Republican that the $SO.0O0 needed to bring water from Dog Pond to this place is nearly all subscribed. sr F'.s
 -Forty-five names are on the Registrars ist ITO he made" in this District and six in K Northfeld sixty-two names arestricken from he old list by death and removal.
 It is to be hoped there will be rain enough, soon, to fill cisterns at least. The procession of water carts still continues in spite of the slight rains we nave had hitherto.
 The Rev. Mr. Hill. Presiding Elder of his district of the Methodist Church, will aold series of neetings at the church in this olace beginning on Thursday afternoon at 2:3O and continuing in the afterLoon and evening h.o,,.vb fl,a rroaupf xvoak
 "A story is going the rounds of the papers about Dep. Warden Peck of the State Prison, how he seat discharged convict in whom he had confidence to work on his place inthis town. and how the fellow got drunk and into jail in- stead There is rather more truth in the sto. < sry than is usual in newspaper items, but the fellow was no. quite such fraud as represen. ted. e sa tssl ..o a, .l.i-
 zTuesday there was trot between r. 2. ''Thomas K ,r owned and driven by A. l.. Judd and b. g. ''Corner Boy" owned and driven by Eugene Carter Tie course was on North Street, from Prospect Street to the jail corner. The race was won by ''Thou,as K." in two straight heats. There was brush be tween' the same horses on South Street week ago, in which Corner Boy" won the best two in three. There is to be another race between the same horses on the North Street course, on Tuesday of next week at 10 a. m.
 At the annual meeting of the Village Improvement Company of last week the old officers were re elected. The annual report presented by their executive committee shows an outlay of $2l0 on East Hill, making the total amount expended op that improvement $lU32. There has been an expenditure oi $l96 on laying and relsying concrete walks $56 for lighting lamps; $7 for removing rub. bish $9 for winding town clock, and about $8 more for miscellaneous expenses. $12l have been received from gifts; $50 from Mir. U. Huntington Wolcott, $50 from Mrs. Isaac Russell, and $21 for other donors. The amount now in the treasury is $114 O8.
 The Criminal Term of the Superior Court came to close on Thursday of last week. The only trial after our report of last week was that of Wm. F. Garity, of Winsted, who was convicted of keeping place where liquor IS reputed to be sold aud fined $20.
 Charles w. Hebard who was convicted week before last of obtaining money by false preteuses (by selling horse that did not be. long to him] was septeaced. to years i,npris- ounent ID jail. His counsel has filed mo ton for new trial. {.
 Andrew Nanny, of Winsted, pleaded gull ty toobtaining goods on false lpretences and was sentenced to five months Imprisonment in jail. 1 F''' '' ''''
 The Winsted Houor cases were most o them disposed of under the following arrange. mente John Donovan and John Grinnar fined $l50; Timothy Csnty was fined $50 on plea ofguilty John Donovan, John Giinnan, Timothy Canty and Wm. F. Garfity, each pleaded guilty to one Of the many cases pend ing against them, and sentence was suspend cd on the understanding that if they did no, immediately give up the illegal traffic sen. tence should be passed in the cases to which they had pleaded guilty and the prosecutions ~ proceed on, the other cases against thsal. If the prosecuting officers were convinced that they were keeping their promise, then the cases should all be not pressed. During the present term over $l500 have been paid over by liquor sellers (n,oslly from Winsted) to the State in tines aud costa There were several convictions, no acquittals. and but one disa greement of jury in liquor cases
 Cases against the following persons, hay, been nolled during the tern. c. O.. Hitch cock, Irwin J. Beardsey, Mortimer E, Dutto, ,(4 casesl Frederick w. Ridpath, Solomo, Freeman, J. Coons ct d., William Mellon John Abesohn, Alice M. Archer. Lillie A Bearisley, John Burke @ cases), T Joh, Broadnax, Elbridge Nj. Curtiss, Ella Dewitt Henry Etty, Henry Freeman a cases), wil liam Graham. Edwin Hslsted. Geo. Jennings Albert Lakes Andrew Lake, Audrey sMeany Simeon Pollard, Leone Royce, Geo. St. John JsfersonF. Trayer @ casesss Willisn War ner and John Jones.
 Cases against the follow ing persons wer noiled on payment of costs Charles Soadan A cases), Edward Dolphin t6 casesI Johr Donovan, Lyman Dooltile, John Grinnan Luther'S. Porter (10 cases). Phiilip Shelle, @ cases), Geo. E. Marble 6 csses).
 The -term began with 205. cases on th, docket. and 92 of these have been disposed q by nol, pros. conviction, .acquittal or pleas o guilty. or the remaining jl3 most are liquo prosecutions hanging over the heads of deal CTS under the arrangement detailed above or In one or two instances, owing to the inabilit, of the prisoners to appear in court h short this has not been long term but it has, bee An effective one.
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 There was 6 large attendance at the Uiv Service Reform meeting at New Haven o Thursday An Association was organized C which ExsGoy. Andrews was elected Pres