Newbern weekly progress., 1862-11-01

ago on suspicion OF being concerned In tho
Wirsted Bank robbery, was tried last week
ard acquitted.
Wilson, owner Of the telegraph line between
Winsted and New Haven, has extended il 10
New Hartford and Colhnsrillc.
The shoddy mill at Montville, operated by
Messrs: j. W. Bradbury, was totally DESTROY.
ed by fire, together with its contents, about
o'clock Saturday morning The building was
owned by Henry Wheeler. Loss about "a, 900.
The wife of Edward II. Dow, of South Co.
ventry, drowned herself Sunday evening in
lake about mile from her residence. She had
been unwell for a day or two, and was undeubt.
edly deranged.
The bark "Gazelle." Capt. Rhodes, Of New
Haven, arrived at Barbados Sept %, dis.
masted. She was knocked down Sept. 18th.
in hurricane, and lost all her nasts, spars and
sails, but did not loose her deck load, consist.
ing Of stock and hay. She was expected to
leave Barbados Oct. Q,
The Wlllmant.c Journal has been ENLARGED
and put into new suit of type, greatly i'm.
proving the paper in appearance. Mr.. Evans
retires, and Alfred s. Curtiss Is associated with
W. L. Weaver 10 its publication.
The New London Star says: few days
nee person from the country called at one
ofour banks and pulled package Of money
out Of his booklet amounting to several hundred
dollars, remarking that he did not "know
about that sort Of stuff" but he did know
about the bills Of that bank, and wanted to
"swap" IL they we're willing. ,Certainly.n
said the bank officer The stuff" turned out
to be Uncle Sans green back demand notes,
worth twenty-three or twenty four per cent.
premium. The countryman seized the bills Of
the bank, and smile Of satisfaction came ovet
his face. He evidently thought he had made
a big thing.
Re tf Greenwood, tried last week at Litch.
field fer the Winsted Back robbery, was ac-
quilted.
james Brady, five years old, fell into tho
water from wharf in Mystic one day last
week, and was drowned.
The barn of VIM. Guthrie, ESQ, in South.
bury, was destroyed by FIRE a few days since.
1t was large barn, and filled with hay.
A son Of Henry G. Lloyd, of Sharon, had
his neck dislocated last week by fall fom q
Hagon. Instant death resulted.
DR., Worthington, Of Middle Haddam, fell
from pear tree last week, and was cans;dera.
bly, bruised, but no bones were broken.
Josiah M. Hubbard, Of Aiddletown, rsy
thrown from his wagon into the road, last
Monday morning, and was run over by load:
ed cart the wheel passing over and crushing
his lcg
Mr. Samuel Frisbee, Of Brsnford, was killed
by the cars as he was crossing the track id
that place on Wednesday evening. He leaves
a wife and family. His was about s5 years Of
age.
Col F. II. Loomis has purchased the prop.
erty belonging 10 the New London Foundry
and Machine Works, for the purpose Of con.
verting it into mandatory Of woolen goods.
Mrs. Ellen Leary, of Mddletown, has been
missing since Sunday morning. Mrs. Leary
was about go years old, and at the time she
left home, had on black cloak, and black
| silk bonnet.
The freight and passenger houses ofthe New
London and Northern Railroad at Montville,
with their contents, were burned on Monday
morning layt. Loss about $4,000. The Thames
Woolen Co., lost about $4,000 worth Of goods.
A mammoth OK, standing seven feet high,
was exhibited at the Agricultural Fair, as
Hartford.
Mr.. Amos Grinnell Of Mystic has been ap-
pointed 10 superintcnd the construction Of
gunboats in New York.
About Two o'clock on Wednesday morning,
fire was discovered in the two story wooden
bnllding No. Pratt street, Meriden, owned
and occupied by John R Waldron, as q saloon,
grocery and dwelling. The building was en-.
Iirely destroyed, together with adjoining bull.
Idings.
The Hartford Post says Of an impostor who
is around seeking what he may devour, osten-
sibly for tie bencfit~tf the soldiers "if any
man, claiming to be from the 1st Conn. Reei.
ment asks for money or hospital supplies
which he will "look after" let him keep look.
ing, bnt don't give him any"
Mr.. Jarvis Joslyn, of New Haven, was badly
injured ON the race track at the Hartfyrd Fan
Ground yesterday. He got caught in the
wheels and was drawn quarter Of tho way
around the track. lie will probably recover.
Thomas Shaw and George Wilson were ar.
rested in Hartford on Wednesday for theft.
They went into the house OF Russell Caldwell,
of bloomfield, and after furnishing them with
what they needed, the lady Of the establish.
, ment retired, to perform the household duties
} in the back room These two gentlemen took
advantage Of This domestic trait 10 crib" the
; money drawer and its contents. Mr.. Caldwell
went to the city on discovering his loss, and
had them arrested. lsi,es
/ A new Hall Of Records building has just
, been completed at New Haven. The Journal
calculates that it will accommodate the city fol
, about Ave hundred years. OF the land upon
: which the building Is erected, lease Ct 99s
years. has been secnred.
Benz .Uford, Of Stratford, and Frank Day
ton, Of New York, were upset while in SAIL
boat off Stratrord Point on Morday evening
They succeeded in clinging to the bottom o
! tle vessel till near the shore, when they com
! NJ enced 10 swim. Ufford reached the shore
exhausted, but Dayton was drowned.
. A Boston schooner, light, ran on reef abou
three quarters Of mile southeast Of Fanlk
', , ners Island, on Wednesday night. She viii
= y 60 to pieces, but her spars and rigging vi
! probably be saved. She was not very valuabl
n aud is said to be unsound. Neither her nam
2 or that Of the captain has transpired.
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