Litchfield enquirer., 1865-09-21

WE1cH < BRucEs drug store at Hartford was partly burned out on Friday. Loss Slo,- 900. insured for $l2,OOO. The Trumbull House and United States Hotel were for some time in danger.
 PATRICK HOGAN, of Wethersfield aged about 70 years, went to a brook in the rear of his dwelling house on Monday morning to draw some water. The water was but about six inches deep, but Hogan being taken in at to which he was subject fell in, and sticking uuon his face was drowned
 WHAT is called rich breach of promise case is set for trial at the December term of the Superior Court at Bridgeport, in which . wealthy but respectable gentleman, widower of Portland. is the defendant, and woman in Norwalk, who had answered his advertisement for . wife, is the plaintiff damages laid at $5, ,OOO
 LAST August, Seth Vinton's barn, in South Windsor, was set on fire and burned, and after much searching, Deputy Sheriff Stow of Spring field, on Wednesday, arrested the incendiary, Lester Rockwell. aged 20, who burned the barn out of revenge. Mir. Vinton, as Justice. having formerly signed warrant for Rockwslps ar. rest for theft
 ANNA Gibbons. walked out of the police office at Hartford, on Friday morning. just after the trial and before settling the little bill the Court was making out against her. She was pursued and found, and brought back by an officer, but in the rush of business in the office was!again overlooked. and slipped of, and this time she hasn't been heard from. ..a.. STATE Dental Convention in New London on October 3d. Topics for discussion. lst Treatment of Irregularities. with exhibition Models. 2d, Means of controlling flow of Sa- liva. 3d, Filling Approximal Cavities. 4th. The Treatment of Teeth, with exposed Nerves 9th, Mechanical Dentistry. Prof McQuillen of Philadelphia, will lecture.
 A SON of the Green Isle stepped into the tel ! egraph office in this oity. and sent dispatch to neighboring :own in regard to Q missing trunk. The operator sat down to the instru- ment, and click, click. click went the message over the wires. The man waited and watched, evidently expecting something. Your mess age has been sent ar right blaudly remarked the operator. Yes, yes,' exclaimed Patrick eagerly, but has the trunk coon s'--Hartford Press.
 IT IS understood that the State Board of Ed ucation will insist that the law shall be enforced which forbids employing children under 6fleen years of age in manufacturing or other busi- ness. unless they shall'have attended school at least three months of the twelve next proceed ing any and every year in which they shall be employed, under penalty of $2s for each of fence. This law has been almost dead letter on the statute books. Let it be revived.
 PsRsHvRRIsa attempts at suicide have been made by Thomas Mclaughlin, who was sen tsneed by the Middlssex County Superior Court for robbery. In the Haddam jail he made several attempts at suicide. On Tues day, learning that he was to be taken to the State Prison, he hung himself. but was cut down just in time to save his life. On the way to the Prison he swallowed lot of pounded glass, but beyond q severe pain in the stom- ach, it seemed to produce no effect. Hs had swallowed glass on . previous occasion in the hope of producing death.
 AN amusing scene occurred whilst the 2nd regiment battery was marching to camp the other day. An old artillery horse had been put in pasture on Orange street to recruit.- The bugls in the band as they passed. sounded 8 note familiar to horses who have been work cd in Q battery, when the old fellow scaled the fence, galloped to hisplsce, and moved on with the big guns No doubt an excellent accom- plishment in sn horse when in service,' but to be chronicslly addicted to joining every military company that passed, would not re. cowmend him as 'a family beast' There is no particular harm in his snufing the battle from afar,-or in saying ha! hal! contemplatively, but to run family carriage into Q marching columu,' would be rather more ornamental than agreeable.
 THREE young men left Hartford last week and went to Brookfeld, Mass, where they met an accomplice who drove them to mill, some nine miles of, which they entered, broke open the safe and stole $400 in treasury notes.- Some of the gang returned to Hartford the same night and went at their work in the morning. The leader of the party is man b the name of Connolly, who has, only been out of jail for a short time, having been imprison- cd four years for a former case of burglary.- He spent the money which he had obtained at Brookaeld quite freely. bought new suit of clothes, and appeared to be having quite fine time with his ill gotten gains. On Saturday and Sunday three of the foui were arrested. TIE following Connecticut patents are dated Sept. 9th: Thomas 8. Barber of Hampton. for improved road making device, A. Ely Beach. of stratford, for improvement in railroad cars in draft cables for railroads-in sliding draft cables for rsilroads-in tracks for railroads, and for improvement in mode of trsnsporting and delivering letters. packages, etc; Charles Cook of Winsted, for axle boxes; .. IA and Fl. A. House of Bridgeport, for Improvement in boring braces; E. B. Lyman of Waterbury, for improvement in baskets Jelylsman Shaw
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