Litchfield enquirer., 1832-07-19

|, A Shower of Chalk.--On the 30,h of May, Mrs.
F. Backmer retafping from the South psrt ofthe
town, near sunset, she was overtaken by what she
supposed hail slorm-on arriving at home she men
toned the circumstance her husband MI. +. Black
mer, who was "a little incretulous of the fact, as he
had not any at home. In taking off Mrs. Black
mers cloak some Of the supposed hail had lodged 10
the folds Of the lining, and examination il Was
found TO he apparently small globules Of Chalk; in
the evening the circumstance was named 10 lhe mar
ra,or--who was little incredulone of the fact not
wi,hstan ding the high credibli,y Of Mr.. Blackmer
who to pu, the matter past dispute, took his lantern
and brought number Of small globulss that Ind odg
ed in the wagon-on examination they had the appear
ance Of very pure chalk-were ofte size of mustard
seed shot, and very white. According 10 Mrs. Black
mer there was very considerable fall Of il, much
SO tina, the wind being N. W. aud in their faces made
I il uncomfortable proceeding. The cause we must
Benning t0n Gazette.
| The New-York Observer contains letter from Pa
rs, dated April 3Oh, Of which the following ism ex-
tract -" From all can learn although there have
been many OF Cholera among the higher classes
and those 10 easy circumstances, ile great body OF
those who have fallen victims il, the wretched
and the vicious. The drunkard, whether high
low, stands hut little chance Of escape; and among
those wretched truly wretched eings, the prostitutes
Of the city, the mortality has been fghtiul In one
house in hic there SIXTY Of these scoen, not one
a of them escaped and IN street, the Rae de Morfelle
rie ia svich there computed 20 be 1890 Of them
200 hare fallen victims. se6 sa.
! Tile House Of Roshschiid.-The environs Of Frank
fort have received new-e mbellishment. The splen
did country house Of the baron A. de Rothschd, o.
the road To- Buckenheim, is now completely Gnis'ed
the marble staircase particularly worthy Of remark
cost considerable The mother Of the broth
ers Of Rothschill, woman Of very advanced ngennd
respectable character, continues TO reside in small
house Of humble appearance ID Jews street; an ho-
oraLie feeling prevents her from leaving quit
ting IT, II 10 in that house., she says, Ihave seen
my children commence their fnrtune--it is in that
house wish TO de- She 10 afraid that heaven will
withdraw its blessing from her children, II, through q
sentiment Of earthly vanity, she should abandon the
residence in which she gave them birth. 44 &&
Paying Damagss.--A few days since, person, gen
,eely dressed, was observed standing at the window
Of respectable jeweler Of this city, i ndmiring h'
rich works displayed for sale In The inside. He hat
an umbrella placed carelessly untsr one arm, nnt
while he was gazing another individual who was pass
ing, apparently prompted by love Of mischief, con
triyed adroi,y to thrust The umbrella through tn
glars and escape, while the unfortunate gen,lemai
: stood ut the spot supplied with asionish,nehi.
sI,opman rushed and demanded why he had broke
the window; he denied that he had done il, hut az
pearances were agans, hims and he was obliged I
enter the shop TO seattle the affair. Tho proprietor
the establishment demanded payment for the dainag
done, aud when the other talked of his complete ~
nocence threatened TO send for the police. The pan
) Of glass was strong pints, and hc cost 3Os at
! enornious," said the unfortunate. " ! paid ~ an
YOU must" replied the jeweller. Here is half
crown" said the stranger. Send for constable
Indignantly calculated the Of metal. He'was 10
cxorae, and the other al length submi.ied complain
:. ing bitterly, but observing justly that ge"'cna
{ couldn't go TO police Office for irihe. lie tool
ont three 2Oi bank notes, gave Of them to tho pa
cited ieeIler, received 49, los. sterling, as his bal
ance, and retired. friend dropped into tie sho
shorty after; the occurrence was nentioned, the not
was shown ms corrOborating proof u was forgery
! Mast Daring Rob6ery~-A meet darisg robbery
9 repored TO have beea ccmmitisd on Saturday evst
= pe Inst. q. about tea o'clock, the Gore turark.
4 hc,xeeu Douglas and Webster. On that day, %
u oliver G, Emerson bad received about sxieen la!
7 dred dollars in .lis ci.y principally bills The ah,
f.e,uesrs Bank cf Providence. Tor Af. Samuel 81
a ,er YEAS met by tilree armed rbliahs. and beats
!. verv serely, robbed of bis money aud lot. ~
: sI:sSF ia. offered threc hundred dollars reward
he AGlep,ion 81 the rOebcrS and the rceoVesy o.