Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-07
State Items.

| The New Haven Palladium says :-s It is fichgllt by some that Jotn An,'s Benson. wht figures extensively in thp Sage case at Cron well, Is the that Fretended to know abrut the mysterious disappearance from N"ngatuck of q young man named Rose. Some ten years age Rose was suddenly missing, and in 1850 one Ben. son told story that gained some credence in the vicinity of Waterbury. It was flat De had beer murdered by man who kept dram shop in Nau- 1 gatuck, and near whose place he had last been seen. The officers at Waterbury, on questioning him closely, were satisfied that he all ntoer,- ble liar, and advised him to leave town. He acied l on their advise and has not been heard of since. Waterbury individual, some of the older innabit- ants recolect him as concerned in lumber yard fire years since in New Ilayen."
 The coupons of the Hnusatonic Railroad Company falling due on the Est of January will be paid by Ke,chun. Howe & Co., No. 45 William street, New York, or at the ,r:eas,ner's Office Bridgeport In con. # quence of the falling off ol business this Company have been obliged 10 ask ap extension the principal of the bonds falling due on she l~t of January Shonid business re- vive in the Spring the Company hope to be able 1 to pay these bonds by the lst of July next.
 The late Deacon Dudley Norton of Norfolk, by his will left the residue of his estate, after pay ing of legacirs and legal obligations, the Amer jean Board of Foreign Missions. Upon d settle ment of the estate the residue bequeathed amounts to some $4,000
 The Trustee the estate of the late Samuel Hurlbu,, Wm II. Phelps, E-q visited New York the other day for the purpose of paying the be- quests, ($500 each) to the Home Mission, Bible and Tract Societies. Tlre pleasure of the officers of those institutions may br imagined when the fact is understood that they did not know dny such LeyupsiS had buen nude. fs took them quite by surprise. We would modestly submit, says the Wnsted Herald. that those societies would do well to subscribe for the country papers.
 "A Frenchman hy the name of Samuel Block was ruin over on Thursday in Stratford, by the New Ha- ven Express train. while walking on the track. One leg and one arm were broken and he was otherwise bruised.
 fine large cotton factory near the depot in An sonia owned by Messrs. Coleman & Bros, was burnt early Sunday morn ing Loss about $40, ,OOO-insu rance Sl5 000 A policy If $2 800 on the machine ry had just expired. It was the wo'k of an incend ary-and has been set on fire twice before. The building was built of stone, four stories Iii gh and hundred and fifty feet hong by fifty feet wide It has not been running for some time
 -Anson Spencer of New Hartford, sliding down from his hay mow, fell on crowbar which was run some twelveinches into his body, He probably can' not recover.
 ARREST IN NORTH MADIsoN,-Thomas Donahoe, 2 foreigner, attempted to break into the house ot Henry Fl. Norton. in North Madison, on Tuesday night, about II o'clock Mir Nortons son heard the rust'ing of paper curtain at his window, an d spraug from his bed. Taking down double bar reled gun, he fired a. the burglar twice. Donahoe r"n, bu, neighbor hearing the alarm brought the run ming scoundrel to stand at the mouth of gun He protested against being stopped, but rather ,tan risk shot, submitted 10 Ire arrested, He was secured and being examined before Jus lice J. P. Hopson, was committed to jail by officer Hull of Madison.