Litchfield enquirer., 1865-11-16
STATE ITEMS


 Mas Huldah Bunce, who died recently Hartford left almost her whole estate of $20. 900 to colored people. The African ohurch Talcot street is benefited about $14,OOO. Wheeler & Wilson have manufactured tw hundred thousand sewing machines--a large number than any other establishment in tn world.
 MR Richard Bacon, of simsbury, has raised some very good looking cotton this season The seed was planted about the 1st of June and the plant has been protected from thd l late frosts.
 CHARLES Mitchell of Hartford colored soldier of the 18th regiment, who lost leg near Atlanta, was promoted recently to 2d Lieut. He is painter, and will soon return to Hartford. - THE schooner Susan Eldridge, Capt. Chap man, of New London, returned on Wednesday week SsapA fishing voyage of four weeks to Sable Banks, with codfsh and halibut to the value of 5000.
 HARTFORD creditors by the Ketchem defal- cation, received their fifty per cent, dividend on Wednesday, which unlocked considerabl woney. and made the banks easier. They al so received note of ten per cent, from the assignees, payable one year from date.
 MR Rathbun of Noank, was met by cou- pie of rufdans, on Saturday night week. who holding q loaded pistol to his face demanded his money He gave them his wallet, contain ing $2 and wisely kept $40 which he had in his vest pocket.
 two crops of Bartlett pears this year from one
 tree-- the second blossoms coming after the first fruit was gathered. The largest speci- linen of crop number two was nearly three in- ches in length, and was quite sweet.
 SOME of the seats in the hall at Hartford for the evening Louise Kellogg was to sing there, sold from fftee dollars to thirty-two dollars and a half.
 STATE Senator Russell of Portland, was struck in the face by. shot few days ago, which it was feared would destroy one eye. He is now better.
 SOME gentlemen returning from church in Danbury, last Sunday week, saw what they took for coon running before them They obtained pistols and went after him. and fn- ally killed the animal, which proved to be 6 badger, which had escaped from circus ex- hibiting in town.
 Connecticut owes probably not less than twelve millions of dollars Of the three mil lions of new bonds not taxable, authorized at the last sessionof the Legislature, about one milli on three hundred thousand have been sold. 2
 THE Hasfssd Post of Saturday says that the many friends of Bishop Williams will be glad to hear that he has so far recovered from his late illness as to be able to ride out on pleasant days. It will, however be some time before he is able to attend to his official du- ties.. lke
 STEALIfe oysters from the beds is getting to be quits frequent iu Fair Haven. The oth. CT night while one of the planters was sick at home, some fifty bushels of the bivalyes were stolen froh his bed, and unloaaed within . few rods of his abode. The thieves got of with their booty.
 THoAAsJ. Judd of sandisfeld, Mass. re- gently puisued Ira Jenning, horse thief through massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York, back intoC Connecticut, and finally pressed hin so close at Kent that he abandon ed his tean. He had traded horses four times
 A sou.hhgton farmer undertook to sell . load of oabages in New Britain. The peo- pie demurhd at his price and found fault with the cabbags, and worried the venderso much that his paience exhausted, he cried out { Take thekabbages, don't want your mon ey. won't touch cent" Taking him at his word, tie crowd soon disappeared, leaving him cabba4less. Having fed his horse, and satisfied hil own hunger, he returned home, and lookinSoyer his cash account, at night found himsh If out of pocket one dollar and fifty cents.