Litchfield enquirer., 1857-08-20
News of the Week.

was entered by burglars last night near 2o'elock and about S6U0 worth ot goods were stolen. 1, was entered by the yard. in the rear of the build ing, by prying open shutter, and then prying up window. The property stolen consisted of second watches, napkin rings, and other silver ware which happened to be in the show cases. The store is n"the apartment formerly occupied by the City Bank, and in the vault the most of the store were deposited. The endeavor to open this vault aroused MT. Stiles Smith, who occupies a room overhead. He got up, ndsputting nothing on his feet but his stockings, he ran over to the Police Office on the opposite corner. To his sur prise he found it locked After making conside- rable noise he reused the Chief of the PoIice who was asleep inside. The Chief got up and con cIuded to wait for some of his men to come around but shortly after walked down Chapel street on t''e opposite side, and there W .itad for some of his torce In the meantime the robbers made of with their booty safely and securely
 Tine holder of a Memorandum Check drawn by the Treasurer of one of the Savings Banks on hIs owninstitution in favor of the bearer, negotia- ted the same at one of banks, and received the face of the check from the bank.
 lhe latter demanded the amount from the draw er' "ho refused payment on ths ground that it was to be paid upon d contingency, which con- ting"ncy had not occurred that the word Mem put all persons upon inquiry to ascertain whether the check was good and valid against the drawer
 Suit was brought-the case talk en out of court. and referred to the arbitrament of Judge Els wor,h-who decided that memorandum check IS negotiable that the inscription of the word Mem.' does not alter the right of the holder to present the check so written upon to bank, and demand payment immediately, and that if negotia- ted, thrd party can recover the amount with in- terest from the drawer, without regard to the equities. between the original parties.
 Drawers off Mem.' checks will hereafter be more explicit if they wish to prevent their pre- sentatlon at the bank, or restrain their negotiabi- ty-othewise they will be liable to any holder for value, to the full amount of the check.
 The number of cotton looms that have been stop- ped in New England. in consequence of the high price of cotton ard the low price of gcvds, is about 6 900 and orders have been given to stop many more, as fast as the yarn runs out We heard, yesterday, of two large mills that viii run only till the cotton now in process of manufacture is exhausted. This is the only remedy. We 1 talk of the short suppyJof cotton The evil Is not there it is the over supply of cotton machin. cry. The looms now in operation are too many for the supply of cotton; they are .co many for the demand for cotton goods at anything like the prices which alone, at the present cost of the raw material, can return new dollar for an old one, In England, 3o,Oo0 looms have been stopped, and prices have quickly responded to this jadicious curlallment of production.
 On Friday, Aug. 7th, while MT Netleton, ot Brldsewater, was engaged in his hay field with horse rake, the horse which he was riding became restive and unmanageabIe and finally reared and fell backward upon Mir. Nettleton, crushing him against the rake. He was convey cd to his house where he fingered in the most ex- cruclatng agony, until early the next morning, when death ended his sutferings Mir. NettIeton ""S cS JVhlo olu, anu leaves w lie ana i've cnli. dren to mourn his loss.
 --lhey are having strange trial of minister in Senaca Falls. One of the charges is that the gentlemen hired livery horse and wagon, was gone two days, swappeJ horses six times, and came back to the stable with the same horse he took out, having made one hundred dollars in the operaion The bes, of the joke is that it is per- fectly true.
 At a recent fete at Newport. the host furnish ed lis table with 26O lbs. of grapes, freshly pick. ed from his own graperes-hot houses of course
 To accommodate the dancers special buiId- ing 100 feet square Was erected, using up g ,O00 same scale
 1t IS agreed that the first message by tfe sub marine telegraph, across the Atlantic, shall pass between the President of the United States and the Queen ol Great Brltaln-he words, the open ing sentence of the Gloria ID Erceisis; Glory he to God on high and on earth peace, good will towards men.
 Taylor, the Hartford unfortunate, who escap- ed prosecution for seduction by marrying the girl, and then prosecution for bigamy by defec- tive proof, has been again arrested and taken to New Britain for tral As both of hfs wives have combined against hlm, he does not stand much of chance.
 "A scythe fight near Oakland, in Indiana. came oil lately. some wheat reapers got angry, and used their ugly weapons so effectually thai. two men were wounded it not more dangerously, certainly more fearful to witness than any we ever heard of, who survived. One man received wound in the thigh eighteen inches long by two inches in depth, and another was wounded quite as badly in the chest
 In spite of the efforts of able counsel, no Judge has been found to release Mrs. Cunning | nam from the cIutchcc If th., Ia,