Litchfield enquirer., 1860-01-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
A MOST TERRIBLE ACCIDENT occurred at Law
renee, Mass, Tuesday afternoon at about 5
o'clock. The Pemberton Cotton Mills, with
some seven hundred operatives at work in the
building, fell with terrible crash burying near
" all in the ruins. It is supposed some two
hundred persons were killed outright, and many
more buried in the ruins. At o'clock fire
broke out in the ruins, which seems to have cap
ped all the horrors of the scene. Brick, mortar
and charred and bruised human bodies were pro-
miscuously mingled in the scene. The building
was always thought to be unsafe and dangerous,
and had been built about seven years. It is the
most terrible catastrophe we believe, that has
ever been recorded.
CONGRESS is still at deadlock. No Speak
er"-Talk, talk, talk, for effect, for buncombe,
is the order of the day. The vote is mostly I'M
changed, Sherman standing los, necessary to
choice Ito. Messrs. Carter and Haskin voting
for Mr.. Hickman, but would return to Mr. Sher-
man to secure his election.
SUNDAY, the 9Th was the anniversary of the
battle of New Orleans. It was appropriately
celebrated by "gloriGcations' in Boston, New
York and New Orleans, though with less inter-
est than in former years.
AN FRESHMAN in New Haven, named Miles
Vim, came to his death on Saturday night last
at distillery corner of Flat and Water streets,
by drinking two quarts of bad port wine on bet
of $40.
A Mr.. SAWYER, who does business in Boston
and lives in Haverill, was found on Sunday morn
ing smothered in bed, his wife lying dead by his
side. A new furnace had been put into the house
and all the gas had escaped into the bedroom.
The thermometer at Ettleton, N. H, on the
morning of the 29th ult. was 36 degrees below
zero, and at Franconia 81 degrees below.
The New York Legislature met at Albany on
Tuesday, and organized promptly in both branch
es by the election Of James Terwilligero of Onon-
daga county, as Clerk of the Senate, Ito succeed
Mr.. Allen resgned.) and of De Witt G. Little
john of Oswego, as Speaker, and VIM Richard
son Of Albany, as Clerk of the House.
TIE following persons from Connecticut have
been appointed to attend the annual meeting of
the American Cononization Society. at Washing
ton, on the 18th inst Governor Buckingham,
Hon. S. H. Huntington, Hon. J. A. Rockwell,
an A sD%f @ D.
John circuit.
HE Htna and the Hartford offices each lost
$1,000 by the burning of the Hydeville Compa-
nys satinet mills at Stafford last Thursday morn
ing. The entire loss was over $4,000. The fire
caught by accident while lighting up for the
morning work.
A STORY that Stewart, the great dry goods
man of New York, had discharged fifty clerks
from his wholesale depart ment, on account of a
great falling Off Southern trade, turns out to be
false from beginning to end. Mr.. Stewart in a
card, states that the clerks discharged are all
from the retail or home department, as business
is comparatively dull there, as it always is at this
season of the year.
The explosion of steam pipe on Friday night
in the packing room of Colts armory, injured the
large store of arms in the building, by the con-
densed vapor causing them to rust; to the extent
of several thousand dollars.
AN incendiary fire destroyed the WOO den bull
ding at 80 and 81 State street, N CIV Haven,
owned by F. S. & J. Parker, on Thursday night,
loss $4,000, insured for $4,000. The building
was occupied by Norman & Hope, matters, and
Herman Hez, boot and shoe dealer, whose goods
were insured.
THE Charter Oak Bank of Hartford has de-
clared sem-annual dividend of 81 per cent.
The amount of losses by fires at New Haven,
since 1900 is $751;, 112; on which amount there
was an insurance of $42l ,O4O
JAMES SEYMOUR, late of Windsor, has be-
queathed between $4,000 and $4,000 to the
Hartford Orphan Asylum, to be paid on the
death of his mother. 7t
A LONDON female pickpocket stole FIVE sover-
eigns from lady in an omnibus. The police
appearing, she put them in her mouth and swal-
lowed two. Two days after she died in the crimi-
nal hospital, her body was opened and the money
found in her intestines and returned to the own
er by penny post.
Rev. B. L. SWAN, Pastor of Congregational
Church, Stratford, has commenced delivering a
course of free lectures on the Early History of
that town and Church." The first was given
Monday evening in the new Congregational
Church
THE great fire in New York, Dec. 18th, bur mt
on Bcekman street the buildings occupied by
Black Gramm & Co., looking glass and picture
frame makers ; Cyrus W. Field & Co., paper deal
ers; Buckley Brothers, paper dealers and
Haydock, druggist. On Ann street, the store of
Mr.. Ed,ehi, perfumer, was destroyed and the
iron pipe mandatory of Mason & Dodge, on Ann
street, was greatly damaged. The fire crossing
Ann street, caught upon the rear of the building
fronting on Fulton street-occupied by G. A.
Prince & Co., melodeon manufactures, and A.
Weingartner, photographer, and others, and near
ly destroyed the premises. Other buildings on
the right and left were slightly injured The
buildings burnt were occupied by various par