Litchfield enquirer., 1855-08-09

tne depredators have held them long enough. Deeds of this kind will not fayorably im- press the many new residents who have re- gently purchased property among us. HoRsE SrEALISs.-George Brown, lately from New Haven, hired horse of Homer Smith of New Preston, on Monday to drive couple of miles, but concluded to go fur iher. Not returning as promised, he was pursued and found near this place on Tues day with the team he was taken to New Preston for examination.
 gItis stated that Santa Anna has made an investment in New York city, by pur- chasing elegant houses and other real estate up town.
 g A Crane was shot here last week by Dan. Peck which measured two and half feet in length, the wings spread five and a half feet, and with bill ten inches long. It was mostly white with black wings, and is larger bird than is often found in this section.
 V The revolution in Northern Mexico continues without check. Gen. Woll has retired to Metamoras, which city the insur- gents are determined to attack. w Thitsy tons of ore were, during the last month, taken from the Bristol Copper Mine. IL is said to yield profit of about | sa al l..l. H.. mine at Middle Hsddam, Middlesex Co, is stated to be doing very prmisine busi. ness.
 B The boys have taken up wicket play ing. and a match for a supper is to be play cd here on Saturday between the Bantam Wicket Club, IT,, and the Wolcottville Juvenile Wicket Club.
 D Bridget Mccullough Webb, an Irish woman with half dozen children, was brought before Justice BeIden on Tuesday on complain, of having stolen -four, sugar, etc., from neighbor. She and her progeny were sent to the aIms-house.
 ig Of twelve American surgeons who have within few weeks gone out to join the belligerent armies in Europe, nine at tached themselves to the service of the Czar and three>have joined the Allies.
 I On "Wednesday noon while the work men were at dinner, the baking building at- tached to the Union India Rubber Co, of Naugatuck. took fire and was destroyed, together with 400 coats in the process of baking. The loss is probably between three and four thousand dollars. We do not learn that it was insured.
 EF Judge Jackson of Maine, has decided that publishers of newspapers can not reco- yer pay tor advertisements unless they ..fol. low copy" Ifpablishers were in all cases to follow copy they would be sued for ma. ing some people appear like jackasses.
 IT Gov. Seymour of this State, our mia- isier to Russia, says that he saw no troops in either England or France, squsl 10 the army of 200 900 Russians at St Petersburgh and its vicinity. The Russians are superb or in size and discipline, though not equal to the Allies in spirit.
 l v The Weather the past two or three days has been as delightful as the most l confirmed hypochondriac could ever desire to see. Itis of just the right temperature to make one enjoy himself and everything lelse. The showers of the past fortnight have suspended ,and our farmers wear bright CT countenances-but we are afraid the weather won't hold still until we can print this paragraph.
 IF A halfcrazy man named Rice, from Fair Haven, is on missionary tour through these paris. He was started out of the place by the people of Watertown on Sun day, for making too much noise around the streets. He mounted q pile of shingles or,
 our green, Tuesday night,and with wooden sword in one hand and the piIgrim's bundle in the other. exposed the iniquities of the 1 devil. the pope and ihe president.