Litchfield enquirer., 1857-07-30
Friday afternoon, as the half past three trair

Friday afternoon, as the half-past three train was coming out of Collnsville the engineer discov cred a number of females walking over the spile bridge, about half mile below the station and i'm nediately sounded the alarm, and did all in his power to stop the train All the party succeeded in getting of the track before the train reached them, except one lady, the wife of Mir. Joseph Snow, of who was struck by the engine. Both of her legs broken and she also received some
 internal injuries. The train was immediately stop ped, and the Conductor, MT. Bentley, left some of his men to take care of the unfortunate woman who alive when he left her. When the train reached New Haven Mir. Dennis, the Agent of the Road, se- cured the services of Dr. Knight, and early Satur- day morning, left with him for Ccllinsvie, to ad- minister to the wants of the sufferer but before they reached there, the down train brought intelligence hour after the accident. Mrs. Snow was about 33 years of age, and has left two children. Her re- mains were taken to Rockville, where she has rela- tives residing.
 A novel case was decided before the Superior Court to-day. It the case of Jarvis Curtis us Joseph White, of Marlboro. An action was brought before Justice Foote of Marlboro to recover for one day s labor at having. The Justice rendered a yer dict in favor of the plaintiff for $l Mr. White (de- fendantl appealed to the July term of the Superior Court for 1856. It was put over to the December term of the Court, and then R. Gilbert, Esq., of He bron, was appointed Auditor of the case The Auditor heard the about the 1s of June last in Hebron, and awarded to the plaintiff S1 25. and made his report to the March term of the Superior Court, then in session. The case was then put over to the present term of the Court allow the defend ant to remonstrate against the report. To-day the case came up, and judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff (Curts,) with double costs amounting to S1O4 p Rather a steep price for one days work, even at having. The value of the time that has been wasted by those persons who have attended upon this case, we not able to state but we un- derstand that large portion of the inhabitants of the surrounding towns have been more or less in volved in the case either witnesses or friends of the parties. But the cost of that days work alone amounted to enough to purchase moving machine that would cut eight of grass per day, or it would have paid for moving nearly ninety -four acres of grass, at the rate of Sl 50 per But these matters of no particular consequence when we take into consideration the fact that this is free country. .-Haryord Times.
 The years-they do not go from us, but we from them, stepping from the old into the new.
 The Nashville Baaner states that Col Crabbe the late leader of the Sonora expedition who lost his life at that place, was the same man who was the sur vivor in the last of the bloody series of combats which the editors of the V,cksJurg Sentinel fought the last of six of the editors Of that paper having fallen by the hand of Crabbe.
 A young man named Spencer, in Broome coun- ty, New York, loved fair damsel to distraction, and becanse her parents removed back to Conneoti- ,ut he stole horse and buggy for the purpose of following them but alas for his mistaken love, he was arrested and has been sentenced to the state prison for two years.
 Hon Lyman Trumbull the gallant U. S. Senator who has successfully bearded the " Little Giant n his owR den, and who has been of essential ser rice in redeeming Illinois from the hands of the pro- .emain here during Commencement week. Mr. Trumbu is native of Colchester, in this State, and grandson of the celebrated Dr. Trumbul, of North Haven, the Historian of Connecticut.
 MT. George Purinton of Blackstrap, Me. was sit ting in chair in his house, on Monday evening during the thunder storm, with child in his arms and dog reclining under the chair when the cleo trio fluid entered the room and killed the dog, leaving Mir. Purinton and the child unharmed.
 The Patterson Guardian contradicts the state ments that the pearls recently found in that vcin
 ty, were of much less value than represented. It says the greatest pice received for any one pearl was S950 another brought S9OO, another $500 One is still unsold which is valued at $1 100. The total amount of receipts has been about $1 200. The first dscoverer has received S4 O0O the Quocken bush family S5 500, Bergen Co. farmer $6OO and others small amounts from S1OO to $500
 The annual Camp Meeting of the western DOT ton of the New London District, will be held com menclng the 24th of August, in the northern part of Glastonbury, six miles from Manchester Green and twelve from Rockville.
 A method of ventilating hay. oats and barley stacks. has long been practsed by the farmers of England, which it would perhaps be we'll for our own to adopt. When about to build stack, they ill bag, say three feet high and twenty inches in diameter with straw. This they place vertically in the center, putting the barley, oats or hay, which ever it may happen to be- around it. As the stack rises. they lift the sack, and to the top. In
 this way, a chimney is formed into which the steam pr gases generated in the sack, find their way and escape.
 George Peabody offers 1000 to the city of Newburyport for any charitable purpose He has given away half million of dollars since he has been in this country, about equal to the profits of his business during the period.
 THE JERKS In 1894 first witnessed that strange exercise, the Jerks, although I had heard much about it before. It took subjects from all denominations and all classes of socie- ty, even the wicked but it prevailed chiefly among Presbyterians. l will give some in stances
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