Litchfield enquirer., 1865-10-26

WILLIAM McGcaw, Q laborer on the Houston- ic railroad at Bridgeport, was struck by the dock engine, on Wednesday week, and shock | ingly injured about the feet and legs. z We learn that the wife of Alfred Carpenter of Waterbury attempted to commit suicide few days since by taking laudanum, but that thr ough the active and persistent exertions of her family physician her life was saved. The cause of her attempt at selfdestructi on is sta- ted to be jealousy
 ! A MONUMENT of fine Italian m,r5le is com pleted at Hartford, which is to be, erected by Mrs. Perkins Clark, toss sthe memory of Lieutenant DIP Dewey, of the 25th Connecti- cut. Lieut. Dewey was killed in the battle of Irish bend, La., April 14th, 1863, aged twen- ty.
 Elisha Martin of Hampton, has sued Messrs. Wall and Linen, contractors on the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad, under whom he held subcontract, for the sum of $10,OOO, which he claims he would have made had he been permitted to carry out his contract.
 
 GEORGE Henry Cleveland, son of Postmas- ter Cleveland of Hartford, died Tuesday week from the effects of injuries received some weeks ago, when he was accidently shot by a con- rade. His age was sixteen years and two months. He was noble, intelligent lad, the pride of an affectionate father, who has, in his | afiiction, the sympathy of many Friends in every part of the State . ... .....
 Ar a town meeting in Mcriden, last Monday l week, it was voted to lay tax of one cent or dollar, to raise fund for the purpose of equalizing bounties. About forty thousand dollars will be raised, which will give those who received no bounties about $150 each and those received $50 bounty, $100 each.- It was also voted to establish free high | school
 1 DURING the momentary absence of the depot master at Monson, one day last week, an un known man boldly shouldered lady's trunk and marched away with it through one of the principal streets of the village. Those who saw him supposed of course the trunk to be his. Its contents were stated by the lady to be worth about $25O. No clue has yet been obtained by which to discover the man, tho trunk or the goods.
 THE Merriam manufacturing company, il Durham, where are manufactured nearly al the tin toys used in the United States is do ing Q large business this fall. Within tn, past few years the company have made man. improvements in their work and machinery and declared good dividends in addition t creating surplus fund. The managers sho, their appreciation of the services of our re turned soldiers, by giving them the prefer ence, twenty-one being employed by then , Would that the town had dozen such estat lishments.a s~sA.
 : DURING the Hast three paonths the number o inmates at the State Prison has been 1arge1, increased. From lit over a hundred, tn, sentences of the autumn courts, and som I government consignments, have sent the mum Der up to one hundred and seventy-nine. Tn new shops have been opened one burnishinl ! Il Willis Thrall of Hartford contracts for thu tlabor of about thirty men on rules. Business 4is looking wnll nt ths S4"ta in-tifntinr opi laborers seem plenty there just now.
 
 THE south school district in Hartford is il trouble. Thstrouble seems to have arisen il Rev, Father Lynch's interfering with one the female teachers, trying to prevent he from opening the school with religious exe1 cises.-The school committee removed tn teac her and assigned her to position of low CT grade. This seems to have caused gener al row, and meeting had to be held Wednes day night to straighten matters. Some dozel resolutions were offered, and Q dozen speech es made on each, but all declared lost bv tb chairman, save one tabliug the whole matter and one to adjourn sine die. The papers arr pitching into said chairman, W J Hammerslv for only " hearing out of his left ear"-tb negative votes all coming from the left sid of the house, which was filled with Irishmen.