Litchfield enquirer., 1881-01-20
LITCHFIELD.

Quite number of ''blizzards" have made their appearance during the past week.
 Mir Joseph E Clark has sold two acres of land in Norlhfield to Isaac Wakeman.
 MT A. M Turner has sold twenty acres of land in Northfield to Isaac Wakeman.
 MT. F. NJ. Hale is out West after another car load of horses for Mir. Seth Pratt.
 MT. William M Ensign, of Morris. in- tends removing to Waterbury, next Spring.
 Frank Bssel Esq, last week, fell from a ladder he was coming down with hay knife, and cut himself quite badly.
 Mir Ferdinand Buel has said eleven acres of land in the westerly part of the town to Nelly J. Provost.
 MT. Lyman Tharp has Quitclaimed to Joel Tharp his farm in this town. with stock and farming tools.
 MT and Mrs. Mclean cordially invite all attendants of the Congregational Church. and friends to meet socially at the Parsonage" this "Wednesday )evening from to 10 o'clock. Mir E. A. White is in Hartford in pros ecution of his contest for the seat now occu- pied by Mir. Russell Bierce, of Cornwall Curious developments are expected.
 The snow of the present season is too stiff for the snow blow. Pedestrians are generally obliged to take to the center of the street in- stead of the sidewalk, except in the very heart of the village.
 W snosice that Sheriff Chanplin has pre- scented petition to the legislature asking for something over three hundred dollars for ex. penses in pursuit of the Parsonage burglars about yeat since.
 At meeting of the directors of the She paug Railroad company, held on Friday, Jan. 14th, Mir. Edwin McNeill was appointed Sup, rintendent and General Freight and Tick. ct Agent of the Shepaug Railroad, in place of Mir. Charles H. Platt, resigned.
 A petition is out to stop the practice of coasting on the East and West Hills. An in. stance of tire danger of this practice is to be found in our Washington correspondence Certainly there ought to be some just restrlc tiOn of an amusement that occasionally costs 6 limb or a neck. ....
 The ''double-ripper" did it. Monday evening large number of boys and girls were ecoastIng on the West hill. "Bert" Thrall, son of Mir. Charles L. Thrall, was steering a "'ripper" when it collided with another which was in front of it, and young Thrall had the thumb on his left hand badly cut and broken No other injury was done
 The vital statistics of the town for 1880 show 56 births, AZ deaths, and 30 marriages. Of the births 34 are of American parentage; Il, of Irish; 4, of English; 8, of mixed for eign and native percentage. The age of more than half of the persons married has been be. tween 20 and 30. Only six are under that age; l2. between 30 and 40; 8, between 40 and 50; aud only one over 50.
 Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, on Friday evening a number of the friends and neighbors of Mir. and Mrs. David Buell., gathered at thelr residence on South Plain, the occasion being the Both anniversary of their marriage. After spending a very pleasant evening and partaking of fine col lation. the company dispersed leaving some substantial tokens of thelr friendship and es- teem.
 The following is the allotment of teachers for the present term:
 Center Qst Dept.) II. P. Orchard, ed dept. ), Jennie Wheeler, (3d dept Marion H. Perkins; Bantam, Mrs. H. l.. Bsssell; Beacl Street, Milo D. Beach Bratileyville, Fillmor, Brown; Chestnut Hill. Frederick Stod,ard ; East Chestnut Hill, Elwin J. Merrimam : Flulevlle Miss Jennie Castle Guernsey Hill. Allie A Bull Harris Plain, Robert J. Forhes ; Headquarters Edward J. Prindle Milton (lst dept.) James Sweeney, (2d dept Ella J. Page; North Farms, John s. Wetmore ; Northneld, Ella J. Curtlss; North Street, Nellie Duggau; South Plain, Jennie Quigley.
 On Sunday of last week branch of the Irish Land Leauge was formed at this place with the following officers: Malachi Tracy, President; Thomas Donahue, Vice Pres Peter J. Ryan, Recording Secretary; Michael kirwin. Corresponding Secretary Fra Leo de Sarcena, Treasurer: Michael Connell, Patrick Lines, Matthew Brennan, Executive Commit tee. They have already raised from thirty i've to forty dollars. Father Welsh is expect cd to lecture here sometime during the com ing month on the Irish question.