Litchfield enquirer., 1865-05-25
STATE ITEMS.

STATE ITEMS.
 Josh Billings spoke in New Haven last night. :, Miss Dickenson spoke to large audience in New Haven, on Monday evening.
 Jeff. Davis was hung in effigy at Putnam, on Tuesday. His dress was skirt and big boots
 The Bridgeport Standard has been enlarged one column on page.
 A city ordnance has been passed in Ar;ddje- town closing drinking saloons during each hour belonging to the Sabbath.
 Mir, Ledyard Bill offers to give fifteen acres of land at New London. as site for govern. ment hospital.
 William H. Spencer has been bound over for trial at Norwich, on charge of obtaining about $20O on false pretenses.
 Major General Alfred H. Terry. arrived in New Haven, Thursday noon. and met with an enthusiastic reception at the depot
 The total expenses of the city of N. Haven last year were $I02,3O0. A tax ot four mills is laid.
 Col. Nelson L. White, having served out his time in the army has again commenced the practice of law in Danbury.
 The borough election in DAnbury resulted in the electien of the Union ticket over both the straight copper and the mongrel tickets. It is proposed to give Gen. Terry $25 900 in Seven-Thirties, raising 10000 in New Haven, as much more in Hartford, and the remainder in the rest of the State.
 The Hartford Courant has q small piece of the vest Mr.iLincoln wore when he was sb oi 1; also Corbett's autograph. They are going Co the Connecticut Historical Society.
 The Hartford Courant has a reporter at Washington. and publishes the reports of the trial of the assassination conspiraiors in ad. vance of the New York dailies
 in length and twenty mine between the tips of his wings was lately shot in Hartford by Mir. Lester. of that place.
 There is a class of people in East Bridge pert who make practice of going into the cemetery and stealing flowers, bouquets, and even taking up the roots that have been plant ed on the graves.
 An old house on Church street. New Haven has lately been demolished which was erected about ll5 years ago. It has been occupied by Jonathan Edwards and Judge Simeon Baldwin, father of Governor Roger Baldwin.
 Milk is sold in Meriden at eight cents per quart; in New Britain at seven cents, at Syra cuse, N. Y.. for six cents, and in most places in Massachusetts for five cents. So it is seen that Meriden is 'sbound to beat the world '' The State Normal School, New Britan, is before the Legislature, with some prospect , of it's being suspended. Mr. Gallup says it is mere seminary for young ladies, and of no practical value to the people of the State.
 E. HI. Hyde of Old Furnace village, Stafford, , has an Alderney heifer only eleven and a half months old, which has given birth to calf, and thinks that this is undoubtedly the youngest instance of the kind on record
 Wednesday, the l7tb, being the ffleth an niversary of the marriage of Mir. and Mrs. Joel Root,-their Golden wedding-their rela- lives and frendf observed the occasion by as- sembling at the family residence. to the num- Der of fifty or sixty.
 The project for q young lady's seminary in Waterbury is progressing with every prospect of success about fve.sixths of the requisit, sum has already been raised, and only n few thousands are now lacking to fill up the whol. amount originally contemplated.
 MT. N. D. Jones of Stamford was wrecked during the severe gale of last Thursday night. The vessel proved q total wreck. Mir. Jones. together with the crew, was rescued from wa tery grave, by Capt. N Provost. of fishing vessel, belonging in Bridgeport, after clnging to the vessel for nine hours
 Mir. Ritter of New Haven, has just finished beautiful monument for the burial place of the late General Sedgwiek at Cornwall Hollow. The monument is of Rhode Island granite
 The bylaws adopted by Co. D, 3d regiment c. V. M., of New London, require the mem bers to sign the temperance pledge.
 The State Dental Convention met at Hart. ford on Tuesday week, and elected the off cers of the past year. Several subjects of in terest to the pro fession were talked over, many of the members giving expression to their sentiments; and thus. by Q mutual in- terchange of opinions, all were benefited.
 Some children discovering a leak in the gasometer at the gas works, New Haven, set the gas on fire, just for fun, and came near blowing the whole thing up. There was .. spirit of flame the size of man 8 body. and as high as Q two-story house, but the flow of gas was checked before it was too late.
 At Chestnut Hill (East Killingly) are two large reservoirs, in which the water of the | CASotuut AAlll IS CUneCJeu TOT Lne Dov eral cotton mills on the stream below. About 'halfpast ten o'clock on Saturday night, one of the reservoirs gave way, and the flood of water swept down the valley, carrying havoc in its course. s|
 Last week large bull which was being driven up State street, Hartford, took fancy to look into the fancy store of Peckham < Johnson, and entered the door. MT. Peckham, who was coming out at the time, objected to, the proceeding, and seizing the animal by the, horns backed him out of the store.
 Capt. E. M. Neville, of Waterbury, of Com pany c, first Coma. Cavalry, has been awar led by the Secretary of War, with the Medal of Honor authorized under the act of Congress approved July 12th, 1884, to the enlisted men of the army and volunteers, who have disiin. guished themselves in battle during the re- 1 bellion.
 The following named officers have been hon orably discharged from service: Maj. George | B. Cook and Major A. F. Brooker, First Con necticut Artillery. The following promotions have been made in the First Artillery: Capt. | Charles o. Brigham, to be Major, vice Cook, honorably discharged; Capt. 8. c. Hatfield to be Major vice Brooker, honorably discharged. 1 Some years since, old windham sent Q rep resentstive to Hartford. who was not only l Ic-- LnI h,,f naAn