Litchfield enquirer., 1860-03-08
A Avrsrunrsou party of four ladies and four

"a liiIl A vEsfuREsoxE party of four ladies and four gentlemen went to the top of Mount Mansfield, the highest mountain in Vermont, on the 9th nit, and staid all night, but the weather changed before morning, growing very cold, with high wind and heavy snow, and they came near per ishing in the storm. Had not three or four of the inhabitants at the foot of the mountain gone up to meet them in the morning, some or all of the party would have perished. The gentlemen had become quite exhausted in their efforts to beat road for the horses, and two or three of the ladies had nearly given up in despair, when friendly assistance came to their relief
 A COUPLE of gentlemen belonging in Mystic, brothersin-law, started in company to visit New York the other day. At the depot one was ta- ken and the other left-the one who was not left laughing at the good joke. The other man squared with him by telegraphing to the New York police to have the man arrested for stealing his baggage. It was accordingly done, and he fumed and fretted in the station house till his companion arrived and explained joke number two. The police were propitiated for the sell by an application of rhino, and the practical joke is all the laugh at Mystic about these days.
 A CONDUCTOR on one of the Cincinnati street railroads has been fined 1925 for. compelling a man to yield his seat to lady. The court held that no lady could claim seat as a right.
 
 A CHILD: of Mr. William Blake, residing near Collinsville, was burned so shockingly on Friday last as to cause it's death. During the absence of the father and mother, the child commenced playing around the stove, from which her clothes took fire. =. .-
 JOHN ROSE, tho bachelor millionaire lately de- ceased in New York, was native of Wethers- field, and left 5000 to each of his first cousins, and $3000 to the town of Wethersfeld, and $2000 to Rocky Hill, to be devoted to the re- lief of the poor of those towns.
 THE works of the late Hartford sculptor, E. s. Bartholomew, have been collected and put on ex- hibition there for the benefit of his bereaved mother. There are nine pieces in marble inclu- ding Sappho and busts of Col. Colt and Mrs. sigourney) and half dozen works in plaster. DR. s. CHRGDER of Stratford, taking advan- tage of his wife's absence, took young lady to his house Friday evening, and the twain were packing up their duds preparatory to elopement, when the neighbors, getting wind of the affair, went in, and the doctor went out He hasn't returned
 THE male printers in the office of the Worces- ter Transcript made strike lately, because girls were employed in setting type. They were all promptly discharged and their places supplied. | That was right
 1 THE house of Dea. Ezra Stillman, near Bridge port, wes entered by burglars on Tuesday night of last week, and tho clothing of the family sto- len to the value of $500 or more, leaving some 1 of the family in destitute condition.
 ! HANS DoRsHEIMER, German flute player, while serenading young countrywoman a short time since in Graham avenue Brooklyn was as- sailed by jealous rival, who struck him on the hoad with club so violently as to fracture the skull and endanger his life; whereupon the ser enaded girl had him taken into the house, nursed him tenderly, and married him as soon as he was restored to consciousness, to tho unspeakable chagrin of his brutal assaant
 AN amusing occurrence took place in the New Jersey State Senate at Trenton on Mon- day last. A rumor having obtained currency that the wife of the Senator from Burlington had recently presented him with triplets resolution was presented, rendering him the congratulations of his peers, and recommending that his exam. pie be followed by the entire body of grave and reverend Senators. The resolution was laid on the table, amid terrific explosion of laughter which could not be restrained, the Hobbies relish ing the joke equally as keenly as those within the bar.
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