Litchfield enquirer., 1865-08-24
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 A BABY in New London fell from A ,h,ra story window on Thursday, but was no, ,s,, ously injured.
 BRHvHT Maj-Gen. H. W. Birge arrivsd in Norwich, Thursday. from Savannah, on th;,,v days leave of absence.
 TIE Hartford Courant knows of A tsnm.,s,,. fwifs in that city who has given birth ,o so,r children within a year past-.two pairs of twin. 1 PRISONER slipped his hand emf. w.;,. Wells. the Bridgeport jailOr, was taking him up to Danbury, on the cars Thursday mor,,,. He got off between Norwalk and w;,,;n.,,s and escaped.
 ,l AHAarEoRD gentleman of means a par,nsr in one of the largest firms of that city. wander. cd on recently while temporarily insane and is supposed by some of his Hartford friend. ,o be in New Haven.
 THs postmaster of Mystic, Beni Green ha. lsft for parts unknown. and it is asserted ,lat he has sw.ndled many persons out of various sums of money by breaking open letters and sppropriating their contsnts to his own uss | WH. c. Maple. Esq. of Plain6sld, stepusd on an iron grating in Maine street, Norwich, la., Tuesday. and fell breaking his right thsh.- He will probably be lame for life, Mr M } was member of tue House of Representatives in lS55.
 ROBERT H Kellogg, Sergeant Major of the 18th, and author of book on prison lifs. vas long time an inmate of the pen Wirtr con- handed. He now belongs to the Adiutaut Generals office, Hartford, and has gone to Washington to testify in the trial of wirtz
 TIE benefits of matrmony had another it. lnstration at Bristol, Saturday week, in the game of wicket ball between the married and single meu of the town. The former won the game scoring 29S, while the single men were making 276.
 l EDWARD J Shelton, Esq, for a long time President of the Manufacturers Bank, Dir. mingham, has resigned, and IS succeeded by Dr. Howe, the successful pin manufactures. Mir. shelton is now making a tour through Europe.
 AMONG the passengers by the Etna last week was Mr. E. G. Carlin, of the Philadelphia de- tective police force having in custody Jere miah Townsend. the absconding clerk of the Townsend Bank of New Haven, whom he ar rested in Liverpool. The detective recovered } $lO0, 900, being the whole amount stolen from the bank.
 Ar the billiard contest at Hartford Ou Wednesday week. between Mir. c E. HubSell of Hartford, and Mr. Ralph Benjamin of Bridg port. Hubbeli was victorious. The game was. 1000 points caroms, and the victor won in six hours and six minutes by forty four points - The largest run was 6S points, made by Hub. bell. There was much excitement among aEo bystanders, Hubbell being the favorite>
 Tus Hartford Post says the Hartford PAv m. nix, City and State Banks, the Travellers Tn sursnce Company, George P. Bissell < Co ,hs Carpet Company and others kept their ssc,,r; ties and deposits at the house Sf Y etchum. Sons < Co.,, New York, The say ,susiou of that house consequently created q ,ito q manic in Hartford, oA Tuesday last. aud many of the bankers seft immediately fon. Ne W York ,o look after their affairs. ..'.f..
 fHE Second Battery. whI ,h was paid of O, Friday week, Vent to Brid' geport the same day when It vs.,s received in grand style by tn, ringing of bells. firing Q'. cannon, etc Speech es were made by P. T. Barnum, Gen Noble Rev. A. R. Thompson and others The rscep ton we are glad to know, was every way worthy of the gallant. battery and the city that sent 1t forth. .n ..,.
 oi SATURDAY week might the residence of Mr. A. R. Ward in West Haven, was entered by thieves, who rausnch ed the premises, securing
 $500 and silv or watch. with which they made off. MT. Ward called at the police office early Sunday morning and made known these facts Efforts are being made to apprehsnd 'S the audaoious thieves.
 LAST Saturday week au elderly man-nst less than ffty-three years of age-named Ran
 som B. Dyer, was arrested and confined in the station house in New Haven, charged with outrages upon tAs persons of two little girls, 'r one the daughter of Thomas W. Beecher, jani- tor of the Hillhouse school. aged 10 years, and the other aged ls, a daughter of P. B. Hins- dale, Sormer carriage maker of that city. n A NEW nag for the state militia has been de '. signed by General Aiken. It is of the regula ' tion style, of blus silk, bordsred with yellow
 fringe. In the center of the field is an em- broidered shisld of a new pattern. One pOr- tion contains the arm of the State on white ' ground. and the other the stars sNa stripes. s.- '' Over the shield is lst Rest. Csaa. National Guard, and under it | aui Transtuht Sustinet. D The staff is of rosewood, and mounted with '.t silver. The coat is to be chasseur jacket, of j. dark blue trimmed with light blue cloth and l ieo.d. and ornamented with gilt buttons. The ? psnts are also of dark blue. and trimmed with . i;eht blue cord. The cap is the French fatigue oap pattern, dark blue, having the letter and D number of the company and regiment on the z ton The buttons are of new style with 0. lv N raised in the centre. f'aTr H'.l ''' ,t ABOUT A. M., Friday. the large button f factory of Messrs. Maltby, Morton & Co. of