Litchfield enquirer., 1833-01-17

He made up to her as we'll as he could, put 4
both arms round her neck kissed and Rugged |
her Cor several minutes, and then went OF 90 |
buy her sameIhing 20 eat. He soon returned |
with a small hEsket ofpOtatoeS. d Here, eat
these, my old charity sweetee," said hes at
the same time putting one Into her month
. Here. that's go0d--now take another-y0n
shall have 'em--and you shall have some of
my money, you old h0ney-you poor old
eOamely,'' and he crammed two ave dollar
bills into her mouth. His rnates saw what
was going 90. and asked him what he meant
by feeding the old cow with hank bills n
Why don't you put them in the Savings bank
I" Never mind. she Is poor and / am rich I've
got enough yet" and in went another pota-
10, followed by ten dollar bill. Here the
other sailors seized hold Of him and put astop
to his folly Portsmouth Journal.
Shocking Event.-Joel Philips. between 4
and 10 years of age, son of Mr.. Phineas Phil
lips of this village, was killed an Monday last,
ia a most horrid manner. He was sent
short distance with horse for single har-
ness. which he had put on to the horse and
was returning home, when, nearly opposite
the Court Houses he disMounted tn pick up
his hat that had fallen of, and while attempt
ing 30 re,nount, his foot that he had placed
10 the stirrup leather, slipped through it, losing
at the same time. his hold nf the mane and
saddle, his body fell back and swung under
the horse, which, together with his eifDrts to
extricate himself, frightened the horse TO run
with all speed, with the boy dangling in the
stirrup-leather. The horse ran down Main
street, most Of the way ON the sidewalk. stri-
king the boys head against the payements,
posts, and wood piles, by the way at every
jump, and With such force as once nr twice
to throw him quite over his hack. and as high
in air as the stirrup. leather would admit, till
he got nearly opposite Mr.. FanniDg's store.
where the horse fell, with The boy crushed
between his body and the curb-stones of the
walk, when he was seized and the boy taken
mp mangled corpse. His right leg and right
arm were nearly severed from the body-his
head was bruised to Jelly, bis teeth knock
1 ed out. and almost every bone 10 his body
broken Orleans american.
4 Shocking accident. -An accident by which
four men were Killed and two Others sorely
wounded, occurred yesterday FRIDAY in the
course Of the usual progress Of stripping. as it
is termed, Of a. high bank Of coal, preparato-
~ TO the next years work. The bank had
lbeen undermined to a.considerahle extent, and
trenched above; and while the men were
awaiting the fall, having previously removed
| their tools, SIC. it fell, but tore away larger
mass than they had anticipated, and over
whelmed nearly all the party below. eight in,
number. -Four were instantly killed. and their
bodies SO shockingly lacerated, as to. render
it impossible to remove their clothing when
/ dug out. Ofthe remainder, two who were Sc
verety wounded. prosidentially escaped with
life. The remaining two escaped all injury.
The mass which fell weighed several tons
and consisted of frozen earth, and large mass
es OF rock .-MaHch Chunk Cowr.
The following account is the most favora-
BILE for Mr.. Avery Of any we have seen:
The Req. Il. X. Avery.-The examination
OF this gentleman is not yet concluded, and
ne still remains in custody in his own house.
As we have given to the public. from time TO
time. such statements in relation to the IN
happy affair with which his name has been
as have appeared to be well au.
notwithstanding their unfavora- I
bic hearing upon his character, il is but Justice
to hin, to pursue the same course now that |
there are hopes that the serious charges against
him may prove without Foundation.
We have obtained the following favorable |
facts, gathered from the testimony in behalf |
Of the commonwealth, from gentleman late I
" returned from Bristol. whittier he went
with a full conviction Of MrMAyery's guilt.
In 1880. while Mr.. Avery was stationed al [
lowell. he was Obliged to dismiss the girl. |
whose mysterious death has given rise to the I
present trial, from the church, in consequence |
of her illicit practises, and he refused IL ad- {
NIT her again ut BRISTOL Since that time she |
has been heard to VOW revenge against him.
and it is now considered possible that she has |
not only destroyed herself. but contriyed to |
hx suspicion on him. She gave a doctor to
understand that her connexion with him took |
place at a camp meeting in September, after
which she became enciente but the maturity
Of Jetus Indicated an origin at least months
prior TO that period. She also said Mr.. A.
took her to the meeting, where she acknowl-
edged her sins, and desired the forgiveness Of
one OF the ministers. hat it appears that she
went in company with another Individual 1t
has also been proved that q, the hour when
the engineer stated that he took the letter
from him, he Was in q Methodist meeting
house also that be had made an appoint
mcnt with man To visit the coal mines,
across the ferry, but being disappointed in his
company, he went alone: and further, that
late Ia the same afternoon. he was at the
house Of a Mr.. Pierce, nine uailes from the
spot where the supposed murder happened.
On the other hand he must have passed a.
tOll-gaie in going to. and returning from FAN
River, but neither the TOLL keeper nor any of
his family observed him 10 pass; andthe tay-