Litchfield enquirer., 1866-09-06
STATE ITEM MS,

s ss V sE iDEDIcArI.S OF A soLD1sks MosuMssr. srhe corness stone of soldiers monnmsns erected nnder the direction of the IAdies' Soldiers Aid Society in Bridgeport was laid with i'm posing ceremonies. The orde. of exercises embraced procession of military, comprising the entire second brigade, Gen Kellogg, now encamped in that city. The various local 50. cieties American and German-participate apd;ths display was one of unusual magnitude Places of bushes, as 8 general thing were closed throughout the city during the passage of the procession. The exercises at the lay ing of the stone consisted of music and pray CT and addresses by Governor Hawley, Maj. Gen. Terry, Gen W. Kellogg, and Gen W H Noble. At the close volley of infantry and artillery was fired, and the assenblaee dispersed after singing ani ode conposed fof the occasion by Rev A c Thomas.
 IRON ore discovered in Groton has been test ed and found to be more than 70 per ceRt pure iron of the very best quality. !. The Star says The only objection to navy yard at New London is now removed" .>
 LIEUT.. Samuel P Ferris, of Stamford, late colonel of the 18th Regiment, 6. V. has been brevetted Captain, U sA.
 HORACE G1LBERTs and his wife, of Water ford, were severely burned by the explosion of a. can of kerosene oil. They were pouring oil into stove to light a fire when the explo- sion occurred. '4.-' -' '''l s' -'- : .1'sA '
 THE town of New Hartford has population of 2,S00. There are living in it, three people over 90 years of age-t -thirty-two over 30 and under 90, average age s5- and ninety-fve persons over 70 years of age, average 70. '.
 A WOMAN in Bridgeport whose arm has been paralyzed for six months, has had an operation performed which enables her to use freely both arm anc hand. a.t1
 ANOTHER rape case has occurred in Daubury the third within the month. The victim was girl of l3 years. The prepetrator, Geo. Merritt, was arrested. t..;
 DAVID HAvLIHAN was instantly killed by falling fifty feet from staging on the bridge over the Shetucket river at Norwich. MARTIN BIssEL1., of Hartford, saw bass dounderiug in shallow water in the Connecti- cut river the other day. He pulled him out by the tail and found that his prize weighed torty-one pounds. No wonder the fish found the Connecticut too shallow for him. [ Ar Danbury, little child of Michael Wat CTS fell into an uncurbed we'll and was drown. ed. Thelmother was made aware Of her loss by child drawing her to the we'll and point, ing down, when the dead body of the chile was discovered. 'f
 MR. BUCK Of Hartford, has received the thanks of Parepa for his composition of $ beautiful Ave Maria. She says she will sing it when she comes to this country.
 A NEW stone or iron bridge, to cost about $6, ,OOO IS to be built over Still river, in Main street, Danbury. It will be 80 feet span.
 GENERAL TERRY leaves New Haven, Septem Der 9th, for his new command in the West. His headquarters will be at Fort Smelling where his mother and two sisters will reside with him. a
 THE FUNERAL OF PROF. JOHN A. PoRTER.- The funeral of Prof. John A. Porter was at tended from his residence in New Haven last week. Rev. Dr Beardsley of St. Thomas church, .oficlated. The pail bearers were Profs. Silliman, Thatcher, Norton, Goodrich Gillman, Gen. Russell, Judges Foster and Wayland. His remains were deposited ir' the Evergreen Cemetery,
 THE stors of Beardsley < Son, in Bridge. water, has been broken open and robbed of about $40O worth of goods. The thieves were arrested at Brewster Station, N. Y. after they had. sold $50 worth. The rogues are James Bishop, George Chase-and a woman They are in jail for trial.
 TIE residence of Calvin R. Childs and Gen. Bulkley, of Southport. were entered by bur glars, Wednesday night and robbed of large quantity of wearing apparel.
 aAMIDIEU, the supposed New Haven assassin, has been bound over in :he sum of $500. The proof against him is circumstantial and not at all conclusive.
 MR. HARP1N ME1es LuM,i son of Mrs. Wm. B. Pardee, of New Haven, was drowned on the Mississippi river, a few days since.
 L. M. DEAN, who was burned out at Wood stock recently, has decided to re-buidl his car riage factory there.
 THE rails on the Southbridge branch of the Boston, Hartford and Erie R. R. are be- ing laid at the rate of a quarter of a mile per day.
 FRANK H. MERRIAM, formerly of New Ha- ven, but for many years a resident of Texas, ;s ora of <bo fo t;vao ir tho ro