Litchfield enquirer., 1865-07-06
STATE ITEMS,

TRIAL of seven moving machines was had in Rdge6eld on the 2Oth nlt. The Hubbard i took the first premium
 | COMMODORE STRrNGHAM of the Atlantic Suud- ron, has requested the Secretary of the Navy to order two iron clad vessels to Allyn's Point to remain there for one year, in order to ascer. tain whether the water of the Thames rv is | injurious to such vessels.
 A COUPLE of dogs muttoned $35O worth or sheep at West Woodstock.
 A GANG of ten soldiers. beset respectahVe young lady of New Haven on Thursday las, and all joined in horribly outrsging her person She was left insensible, but was found and WAS cared fnr ai her home. There is little bone ot her recovery
 TIE 18th and 18th regiments arrived ia Hart ford last Thursday, and had grand reception The former were breakfasted at the United States Hotel and Trumbull House, where uov Buckingham addressed them. The 18th, 66O| strong now, breakfasted at the Allyn House |
 Trumbull House. United States and City Hotels
 They were also welcomed by 6 speech by al speech from the Governor. The 10th only re
 turns l30 men.
 BRIa-GES. EDWARD HARLAND, United Ssa,ea
 volunteers, has resigned his commission, beer|
 been honorably discharged and returned hoiDsI
 to Norwich.
 HARTFORD BEcKwIrH's horse Black Dismond| trotted on the Flashing Course, L. l., on Wed.
 nesday the 2lst, against the horse Con- Van derbt, for a purse of $2OOO, best three in Eve. The first, third, and fourth heats were taken by| the latter in 2.35H and 2.36, Diamond won| the second heat in 2.3s.
 JAMES A. FOLEY, who used to be carpenter in Hartford, but few years ago that he had . fine voice, and has been in Europe cultivatipg it, is expected home in day or two. He had made g successful debut, and is p at down on the' bills us Sig. Foli.'
 A LADY had her pocket picked at the Bridge port R. R. depot last week, of purse contain ing sum of money and through ticket for the scamp, but he had already left or remained undetected.
 A TERRIFIC tornado passed thr ugh Birmipg ham on the evening of the 26th, from about o'clock, accompanied with torrents of rain, un roofing houses, uprooting trees, and play yins sundry pranks to the terror and amazement of the inhabitants of that quiet village. One house was moved from it foundation eighteen inches. The horse shed to the Methodist Church, one hundred feet in length, was lifted and carried ten feet from the foundation, and dropped on an open lot a mass of ruins. Al part of the roof to l.. & c. H. .DeForest, ex tensive Hoop Skirt Factory, was uproofsd and scattered in all directions. Large trees were twisted off near the roots, and about thirty were more or less destroyed in Birmingham The tornado lasted from ten to fifteen minutes and it's effects seem to be visible in width U distaace short of half mile in the direction from southeast to northwest.
 A BOY by the name of Kasson, residing iu Westville, while engaged Friday morning in hunting for muskrats, was accidentally shot in the back by a companion, having in his hands g shotgun, the shot crossing his back from side to side, but not reaching his vital parts.
 REV. DR. JOHN B. KERFoor was iuaugurated President of Trinity College in Hartford, Wednesday week.
 The Waterbury Clock Company's Clock I Case Manufactory has been rebuilt, and is nearly finished. atfos
 s TIE spire of the Congregational Church tn Monroe Centre, was lifted from it's base, and 1, placed perpendicularly with the top In the earth . by the side of the edifce. in the terrific gale of Monday evening, the 26th ult ii NUMBER of police arrests in New Haven iass, year, l74s ]; dodgers received, i42z lost and stolen property recovered, ss4ass.s5.