Litchfield enquirer., 1855-08-16

tasious CosAliss in tho Slafe in orlef to fx npon ilse best site for the State-H House, and from some eonvsssatio6 ue had with him. ke shall not be surprised if Martin gives the preference to LiscAfeld Hill, and we advise our friends in New London to look sharp b the mailer, as there is good reason to beliese that lre has his eye on this place. Marlin has many friends here. and they were all glad io see him. and we doubt not, the beauties of our village ri;i hereafter have warm champion in him. Martin is honest, capable, and failhful-has been tried and found reliable, and we say success 10 hi.n- :. May his shadow never be less. 7
 8S Our summer guests seem at noloss for means of enjoyment to themselves and others. How well they succeed need not be told, when il is known who are among the number-hnt we will just mention a pleasant affair got up las. week by the jun for part Of tise Mansion House hoarders. An exhibition of fG6leasr and charades was proposed for the evening, and the ballroom was speedily cleared. provided wit.. seats, pafiitioned and iastrluily decorated. and se- lsctions made for the entertainment The matter was in inc hands of the young pec- pie, but the ladie4ient their aid in the tab ieaux, and looked as lovely and bewiich- ing as any sight one ougiit to see in this lower world. The whole affair was most admirably prepared and executed. and all present concurfed that they had never wit messed better entertainment of the kind.
 n In Plymouth. on the 9th ultimo, two barrels Of rum and one demijohn of gin were seized belonging to an irishman and his wife and aa American. The three were fined in all SIPS, and the Irishman was sent to jail. He kept his liquor in the woods, but the friends Of the law found it. It is supposed that others are selling secfetly- but the temperance men are on their track o------
 U Two of out oldest townsmen, Oiivor Goodwin, Esq, and Mir. Elias Buell.. breath. td their last yesterday morning. The death uF Mir Goodwin was not unexpected; he has heen confined for some months hy rheu- snalism and kindred complaints. gradually failing in strength for so.ns time past. Mir. Buell. we met few days since. apparently enjoying his usual health, but he was sub ject 10 disease Of the heart, which sud- denly tcrminated his existence within few hours of the death of Mf. Goodwin.
 D Tho Rev. Dr. Hickos. President of Union College, is expected 10 preach next Sunday afternoon in the Congregational Church in this village, of which he was formerly passon
 w During a thunder shower last Saiuf. day week. barn belonging to Mr. Pierce in South Britain, was struck by lightning and destroyed, together with large quantity of hay. The same day horse belonging to . Mi. Oatman, in Soathfosd, was struck by the fluid and killed.
 wD Dr. Burr R. Abbe, formerly of this place, Medical Missionary of ,he American I'oard, with his wife, sailed in the steamer Ganaaa, oh Wednesday tor Constsn;inople, via. Eaaiahd. They are destined to the Nestorians of Ske Kurdish Mountains. = Dr. Abbe is the son of Dr. Alanson Ahbe, of Dos.ons Mrs. Ahbe Is from North Fair haven, Mass. daughter of Mir Nye. From Cons.antinople they proceed np the Black Sea to Trebisonsl. and thence by land 10 iheif place of destination.
 fT The dwelling house of Mr. Dennis Harlburt, in Huntington. (Cernm disiric,.) was entered on Sunday last whilc the family were al Church, and between three and four hundred dollars stolen. The thiesrs got in through a window, and ransacked the house from top to bottom. On one of the man,el pieces was written the word :. Re- venge,n in large i-,,efs.
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 U-A A dispatch from Niagara Falls. says :hat on Sunday five men go, into skifs at Suspension Bridge, but owing to some mis- management. were carried down stream into the whirlpool and were all drowned. Names unknown.
 IT, A new Congregational chufcl, is to be erected ia Winsied. The Herald says the .Hnbhell place" has been selected as the site. Six individuals have subscribed S6.O0O. and the balance (s7. .0o0) will soon be raised.
 IF The health Of Rev. Dr. Bushnell of Hartford. Is very psor. He has retired fpf the summer to his ..native hills" in Litch- field county, near Washington.
 V The tobacco crop in this State last year amounted to alsnui 6.l00 casrs, which was probably larger than that of any prgre- ding year IL does not bid fair io be as large this year.
 " The helrs of John SmisL recently held a Convention at Camden, N. l. II is said no building tn the place could bc found large enough to hold them.
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