Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-18

between Little Stranger, and FlP-toe, for 5000,
was ION by Tp-toe.
lst heat won by Stranger in 3 50
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There was very large attendance at the course
In Windham County burglaries are becom
ing quite common. The stores of E. P. Fitch
and Calvin Hubbard were broken into on last
Wednesday night, and property and money to the
amount Of some two hundred dollars stolen. No
arrests have as yet been made.
a Kansas Judge of Probate has been passing
cann,erf.t money 10 large amount in Chicago
Upon being arrested, he produced his commission
in court as evidence Of good character, but the
judge thought it was not worth much, considering
the source from which it eliminated.
A speculation in Canton Grape shawls is now
taking place in the large cities. They are not
found in stock, like teas, mating frecrackers &c
but are only made to order by Canton men, in one
province. Here these looms have been destroyed
by the bombardment of the English and even were
they restored, their shawls could not find safe
escort through the disturbed adjacent provinces.
No foreigners now reside there, and all foreign
trade is cut off; of course Canton Grape shaws
will be at high figure now, and those having
them may consider themselves fortunate.
Fred. Emery, the notorious Capt. Emery, The
murderer of William Philips, was married on
Monday, the 25,h of May, to the belle of Leaven-
worlh-the young lady who offered her hand TO
any man who would bring her the scalp of an alb
olitionist.
"A bone shark, thirty feet in length, was taken
in mackerel net in Proyince,own, last Monday
morning. He yielded one and half tons of liver.
This filled tweve barrels, and will make abou,
eigh, barrels of OIL 1t Is the largest shark ever
taken in that harbor He embodied himself in the
net and snnk it 10 the bottom, but was pulled up
alive and then killed. 1t is thought the skin of
the shark may be preserved and presented to the
Boston Natural History Svciety A gentleman
wen, from Boston to Provincetown on Tuesday
to take an accurate drawing of the shark.
"A Spanard was lately robbed at Spanish no.
te' in New York, Of $4,000 in gold and. $500
in silver. The thieves entered his room during
his absence, and broke open his trunk. They
were probably attracted to it by its grsat weight
The Burdell Estate is still in law. Whether
Mrs. c. will get anything is question. 1t
seems evident that the Dr.. was not in New York
the day on which she claims to have been marri"d.
This being SO, the daughters seem implicated in
the affair 10 marvellous degree.
The state of Virginia is dett rmined to keep
up the reputation of Judge Lynch. A man by
Rockingham county, for pIurdcring in general,
recently returned. Whereupon mob turned out
and hung him. His son in law is also under az
rest, and will probably be served in the same man
Christopher Noble clung to the rear portion
of car on the Great Western Railroad last Tues.
day, in such manner as to be concealed from
sight. and while tn train going at fun speed,
got off, intending to proceed TO his house close by.
The consequence may be anticipated. He fell on
his head the momentum of The train then threw
him up several feet into the air, and on reaching
the ground he was thrown up second time; the
body then hurled distance Of forty one feet
from the spo, where he first fell, and he was pick
ed up dead.
Another Brooks affair has lately come off in
Washington. A. ID. Banks, who was loud in his
approval of the course of Brooks in his attack up
on Mr.. Sumner, has been treated something in
the same way. One of the N. Y. Herald Report
ers pitching into him and giving him a good
,hrashng He seemed to think this marking OF
his worthless skin. horrible affair, though a
cowardly and brutal attack upon Senator unarm-
ed and IN his seat, was very praseworth thy Que.
DIR. Reese, of the Medical Gazette, attributes
The sickness at the National in Washington to
poison in the liquor at tie bar Several ladies
were sufferers. Did they imbibe!
In the garden Of Maj Daniel Witt, in Yves, |
Lynn. is a peony the root OF which was brought
from England more than 200 years ago. At the
present time, it has six'y-three buds uponit.
Jefferson Davis, in late speech at Jackson,
Miss, mentioned, an illustration of the vast
ness Of our domain, the fact that during the four
years Of the late Administration, more land was 4
ceded by the general government for internal i'm
provement and other legitimate purposes. than
third Of France and still we retain public do
main equal 70 The entire area of Europe!