Litchfield enquirer., 1859-08-18

the late Hon. Elisha Sterling, and was about 49 years of age]
 A RAILROAD TRAIN FIRE.-On Wednesday, the conductor on train from Providence to Hart ford discovered that one of the passenger cars was on 6.e-t having caught in the ventilator by slark from the locomotive. The train was stopped and the flames extinguished, though but for it's ly discovery, the fire would doubtless have been serious one.
 The New York correspondent of the Cleveland Leader says: II was told few evenings since that Mir. A. T. Stewart, the merchant prince of New York; intends to build large Home for Widows and Indgent Women, and cndow it most literally and that if one million dollars not enough, he will use two millions Mr. Stewart says it is to the women he is indebted for his fortune, and now in return he will use it to benefit them, without re- gard to SECT OR cREED.''
 Petersons Counterfeit Detector gives a list of EIGHTY new counterfeit bank notes issued since the
 first of July. If this fact does not reveal deplora ble state of affairs, what could? There must be thousands of persons regularly engaged in counter feiting.
 The Grand Jury of New York have indicted Rob- ert c. Mcdonald for the murder of Virginia Stew art The trial is put down for the first Monday in October
 The propeller Michigan, of Cleveland, Ohio re- gently displayed at Der mast head banner with the inscription, Stephen A. Douglas for President in 1SG0" The same day her owners made an assign ment of steamer and flag for the benefit of cred itors
 The journeymen ba.bcrs in New York city are endeavoring to be released from work on Sundays.
 shrewd operation to evade the liqucr law has been carried on for some time past, few miles from West Kilingly, on the borders of this State and Rhode Island. When the officers from this State approach the scontraband article is moved across the shop which makes it jest in Rhode Isl- and VICE vEREA. It is a device worthy ot a better cause. But if the officers from both States should pay them visit at the same time, where would the fluid go?
 Rev. H. H. Mcfarland of New Haven recently assistant editor of the New Haven Palladium, has been called to the Congregational Church at Bridge port.
 New London has again voted to repudiate. At city meeting held on Thursday last, out of 915 votes 421 voted against and 494 for, repudiation, giving the repudiators majority of 7S. New Lon don city bonds will not be held at much above par, probably, in the future. -...s. ...
 A correspondent of the New York Evening Post writes
 "I heard the other day clergyman telling of his experience a school teacher in Cincinnati some years ago. He gave to school of small boys, oc,,bso ftrr hn and one little fellow brought in the following :-l He born at the creation. His father is the AL leghany and his mother is the Monongahela He is larger than both his parents It is not known when he will die"
 Why are young ladies at the breaking up of . party like ARROWS? Because they can't go of without BEAU, and are all in CULVER until they get one. -rF
 MT. Everetts contribution to the Mount Vernon fund, from the delivery of his Grafton on Washing ton, and his papers in the New York Ledger, has reached the sum of $68, 163.
 For the sake of the joke man in Providence was made to believe that he was suspected of mur- der. He immediately went into his and cut his throat This was carrying the joke farther than was intended.
 The Middlctown papers complain that the water | in the Connecticut is low that it takes the steam boats mine hours to get from Hartford to Middle town-20 miles s 45 l.