Litchfield enquirer., 1855-12-20
a The Great Rapids Herald say, ,b,,


the uniform Of Gen. Ethan Allen Is now in
the possessioniof Mrs Allen, a widow of
the son of Gen. Ethan Allen, who resides
on Grand River, in 0t.away Co. near
Steele's Landing. The old lady has long
been d inhabitant Of Michigan. and must
be nearly or quite seventy years OF age.
Her husband, Ethan Allen. Jr. died when
only % years OF age. She says he weigh.
ed. a. the time of their marriage. only 70
pounds. She is still hale, hearty and live
iy, and loves TO recount facts and incidents
which occurred in the life Of Ethan Allen
In the days that sssried mems SOULS"
" A s,ockholder in the Boston and
Worcester Railroad complains through the
columns Of the Boston Journal. Of The act
of the officers in giving each of the em-
ployees Of the road, a thanksgiving turkey.
The Journal informs the gnmbier thai il
he owns five hundred shares Of the stock,
his proportion of the expenses would be
just one cent! }3N.
s. ". The Pi,tsfeld Eagle says that greas
regard for the comfort OF his fellow passen-
gers, but not much for that Of his dog, was
manifested by Frenchman who took the
cars a, Pitsield last week, for New York.
The animal was valuable one aud he did
not like to leave him, nor did he like 10
take him into the cars, to the discomfort,of
passengers; SO, procuring stout cord, he
attached one end to the dogs collar, and
the other to the back of the rear carr The
train went into Bridgeport with brass
collar and dogs ear attached. Consider
able dog was strewn along the track. ~
e. u \
~ One of the most perfect specimens
Of small villain is young lawyer named
William F Morgan, who was lately arres-
ted at St. Louis Among the crimes laid
to his charge is that Of forging aud procur-
property belonging to an old mulatto wo-
man Of that city, and then employing two
men to murder her, so that there might be
no difficulty in establishing his claim othe
property. ElfE
u A young Irish woman attended a
ball in Saxonvllle, on Thanksgiving even.
ing, and after dancing till midnight, retired
to private room, where she gave birth 10
bouncing boy. Nine hours afterwards,
not liking her accommodations. she took
her little one in her arms, aud walked to
q
less than an hour.
Eg The Stamford Advocate says it ap-
pears that man named o. Neil, had NOR
tally offended his Reverence Father,
by putting him out Of his house one day
when he was making a pastoral, visit,
whereupon Father - accommodated
o. Neil and forbade each and every one Of
his congregation having any dealings-o or
conversation with the damned man. Tho
edict was disobeyed by one, man, whose
name we did not learn, and the Holy Fa.
,her soon after happening to meet the con.
tumacious individual on the road. cam-
menced mauling him most numerically
with stick of wood picked up from the
road side.
ED- The Erie Canal was closed by ice
m Monday night, and number Of boats
were frozen in.-Ths water is being drawn
off. This is the latest il has remained
open for several seasons, with the exccp.
ion Of 1852 and 1853, when 1t closed on
The 18th Of December. Last year nayiga-
tion was suspended on the 3D..
EgT The Missouri Legislature arc
lrawtng their lines around the free colored
population of that State with a tensity
that would amount very nearly to opptes-
sion, il il were anywhere except in the
treest country in the world. A law is now
under consideration which provides that
hereafter no slaves shall be emancpated in
the Sta,e-that no free negro shall come in
TO and settle in the State for more ihan
thirty days, and that any one doing 30 shall
he held guilty OF feiony-that no negro or
nulatto who is not now in the State shall
he capable Of holding real estate by pur-
chase, gift, grant, descent or lease, and
that all contracts made with any free negro
nr muaiio, in violation of the law, shall
he null aud void. "Hail Columbia, hap
py Iand!" zoo
/ no The census Of Nebraska was COM
pleted on the tlih OF last month, under the
superintendence Of U. s. Deputy Marshal,
Jno, w. Pauison. The total population is
5,46l !; total number Of voters Is 1910.
rolal number of slaves in the TerriioryIii.
No new Indian news. The settlements
are quiet and progressing. a'a'--