Litchfield enquirer., 1860-02-16

Ecomedans and the chief among good fellows William Evans Bartoh, died at his residence ir
 New York city, Friday morning, after an.illness l lof some weeks, aged 56 years. He was born ir
 Lonaoa, ahdbens intended for the church he received a fine classical education. A taste oi amateur theatricals, however, developed in him a new purpose, and he devoted himself to the stage
 for which he at first wrote several popular dramas He came to this coahtryin 1894, and after man. aging different theaters he established one in l847 bearing his-own name, and for ten years his was always the most popular place of amuse- ment in the, city, for not, to have seen Burton' Esasi not to have seen New York. During the last two years of his life he had various engage ment throughout the country, and travelled ex- tensiyely south and west. His last engagement was at Niblo S.. in New York, several months ago, since which time he had been rapidly declin- ing. MT. Burton was q profound Shaksperean scholar. and has left probably the finest Shaks- pereah library in the country. z 4i1t
 TIE coroner's jury on the explosion in the hat factory at Brooklyn have given partalyerdict and adjourned for one week. The testimony shows that the explosion was not caused by the freezing of the pumps, as was at first supposed. but by ths:c closing of the valve cock, which shut off the steam between the boiler and the steam chest. How this happened to be closed does not yet appear but it is supposed that Gallagher, the fireman, who lies dangerously wounded at the hospital can tell something about it, if he should recover sufficiently to testify. .'7'.j -''.tt
 ThE very desirable and we'll known residence of George B. IHes, in Great Burlington. known as The Parsonage T is offered for sale, together with his farm, stock, barns, and other outbuild- ings. It isarare opportunity for a beautiful country house. s. : :":'*- 4'<'5
 TIE gale of Friday was furious in other parts of Connecticut. The large covered bridge across Pennington river, one mile above Collinsyile, known as Pettibone's bridge; blew down at 10 o'clock Friday morning, smashing it completely, no timber being left on the abutments,
 THE swindling operations in Rhode Island ought to teach moneyed institutions the necessi- ty of frequent investigation, and constant super. vision of the accounts and affairs of their cashiers and secretaries. This Kenyon the defaulter was always considered shrewd fnancier and first. rate cashier; yet he cheats savings bank out of S3G,0O0, and robs his own bank of $l ,O00 more than the entire capital, and comes out 6 default er7to thetune of. ef.Slos,oo0. '''s:' =. ''' ..@'
 : Mr. CashiersK enyon's habits are said to have been good. He was not fast man; he did not sport fine horses and live extravagantly. All of this enormoussssum which he stole (not to put too fine a point on it) was employed in gambling in stocks. The public will discover, by and by, that stock speculations belongs legitimately to gamb- ling operations. and man, connected with a moncyed institution, is as much gambler, if he tries to get rich by cheating men in the buying and selling ofstocks, as if he shuf1es the cards in any of the public hells. 7Ae same spirit of gaining other peoples properly acihsout return ing an equicalent animates him. .
 The directors of our moncyed institutions may learn from this sad case to ascertain whether their cashiers, tellers, book keepers, secretaries and employees are engaged in stock speculations If, at first, they are only using their own means, the time may come when the funds of the insti- tuition may suffer.-Couraut.