Litchfield enquirer., 1865-10-19

Grassy Plain, Danbury, on Tuesday week eve. ning. s
 THE Young Mems Christian Association at Middletown have arranged with Rev. E. H. Chapin, D. D., Rev. Francis Vinton. D. D. Rev. A.-A.a Willis and George w. Curtis to lecture during the coming winter.
 9 I'm Hartford Press tells of Hartford gro cer who bought barrel of pork ofa soldier, and was afterwards mortified to find that it was one which he bought in New York, and shipped for home. The soldier got it on the wharf.
 THE schooner Robert Magee. of NorwaIk was lost in He'll Gate on Saturday week morn- ing loaded with coal. Vessel valued at $2 ,O0O no ins urance. s..- :..s,- .s. ..r a'i EL1Hu P. HALE, Esq, for two years past the Chief of Police in New Haven, has resigned and Capt George M. White, formerly of the 16th regiment has been elected to fill the va cancy. 5~ngsi, ',1 ,. l#r .+..
 IA NEW company with $500 oOo capital, is go. ing to start the business of making horseshoe nails at Seymour under Theddeus Fowler's patent. shWH2gd rat rN'rrpo'9 u jrF.io
 CATHERINE Corr, bound over for trial on the charge of poisoning the Delavan family at New London, committed suicide in jail on Sunday week. She cut her throat from ear to ear with butchers, or carving knife. How she obtained the instrument does not appear. She had been, for some time, in feeble health.
 JOHN W. MURPHY. an able young lawyer of Norwich, has been commissioned by the Cen tral Council of Fenians in the United States as State Center of the Fenian Brotherhood for Connecticut, the highest office in the lodge of
 A RETURNED volunteer at Meriden found his wife had gone back on him, and was too at. tentive to ansther man. A reconciliation was effectsd by the gay dceiver giving the injured husband yoke of oxen, and the parties took . drink and called it all right.
 AMONG the new commercials detected in cir. culation during last week, wore tens on the Uncas Bank of Norwich, Vignette, three fe- males in clouds locomotive on right end.
 Ar Collinsville, on Friday afternoon, Oct. 6. the house of John Hayes, on the Unionville road was broken open while the family were temporarily absent, and nearly $100 worth of clothing carried of. The same evening before eight o'clock three kits of mackerel were taken from the steps of the store of T. M. Curtis and basket of sweet potatoes from the door of Harrington Brothers Dr. R. H. Tifany's carriage standing near, was robbed of @ nice buffalo robe, a ladies' shawl and the cushions of the carriage. On the same evening there was an attempt to steal span of horses in Unionville, but the timely appearance of the owner caused the robber or robbers to beat nasty retreat. People cannot be too careful about leaving property exposed after night fall as there is evidently a gang of ..rogues prowl. ing around.
 THE following patents were issued for the week ending Oct. 3: ... ,.,.r.. ..r......
 R. W.Anarews of staffordville, for improv- ment in looms. C., o, Crosby of New Haven for improvement in sewing machine for ma. king rafled fabrics. Ezra Dews of South Bri- tain, for improvement in spinning jacks. LA Minor of Middletown for improvement in um- brella holders. Charles Munson of New Ha' ven, for improved hammer, and another for improved blasting plug. Hiram Richmond and Alfred Cloud of West Msriden, for i'm. provement in knob latches. .Rs-issue--R Russell Jennings of Deep River, for improvement in augurs, patented Sept 30. 1865. Ertentions- Ulysses Pratt of Deep River, for improvement ip processes of bleaching ivory patented July 6. 1851 extended July 4, 1865. Allen B. Will son of Waterbury, for improvement in the pro cess of forming stitches by machinery, patent ed Aug. IF, 1851, reissued Feb. 2S. 1860 (No. sl3,) extended July "A, 1865. Allen B. Will son of Waterbury, for improvement in the pro- cess. of forming stitches by machinery, patent. ..t t ed Aug. IF, 1851, reissued Feb. 2s, 1860, (No 9l4) extended July "A, 1865. >,,.,t ....s
 ;gfA YOUNG artist named Bartlett, Gbuta few months since simple marble.cutter in Water bury has produced choice head and bust, which he calls Yankee Girl, and which is causing quite sensation in artistic circlss.
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 TIE Danbury Times says that as Mayor Wood of Brooklyn, who has been sojourning . day or two here, and stood talking to some gentlemen on the side walk ragged barefoot cd bos rode up on horseback and asked him to please. hold his horse while he did an erand in a store. His honor held the horse by the bride and the urchin did his business said Thankss, sir and rode off without knowing how highly, he had been honored. 2 2 44.-g4tl
 sdlAr the regular society election of the Broth CTS in Unity, of Yale College, Wednesday evening, Oct. llth, the following officers were chosen. srr ,au1 qils,5ls 9a .boraass
 President-Frederick N. Judson.
 Vice President Edmund Coffin, Jr. - Secretary Joseph Js Brooks. isiog Zs Vice Secretary-I-T Thos. c. Wells, a