Litchfield enquirer., 1866-01-25


 been appointed House Physioiant to tue Cen. necticut State Hospital. Dr. Angles Is a na. tive of Avignon, France, and an accomplished scholar. %4-s . SoaS twenty citizens of New London here. tofore in ths'habi. of using ardent spirits oc. casicnally for 'the stomach's sake.' have < sworn off" under compact to drink nothing of the kind for ayear.---.----.-.--.
 MR. Ira Bradley's woolen factory in South Britain was burned to. the= ground on Thurs, day night, with all its'contents.. There were six thousand pounds of woolsiuA the factory and ten or twelve hundred yards of cloth part ly fnishedA Nothing was sasedLnot even the .water-whesl The fire probably originated from stove, and if it had not been, for the snow that fell the day before, no human being can feilswhere the fire wonlds haves stopped Pr0bably four buildings would have been burned if not more. Mir B's loss is from eight to ten thousand dollars. There was no insurance on the factory or on the stock ;, 4
 meeting was held in Rigefeld last Wednes day, &: which committee of seven gentlemen was appointed to stir up inc people on the
 HENRY Goodrich Weathers6eld hurt his knee while skating the other, day caught cold and has since died of inflammation, which extended from the knee to the stomach
 AN Irishman's pipe in New Britain set fire to his house one day last week, burned 1t down and pematurely roasted one hundred bushels of potatoes. c~f .s,t} .... ...- .-...l
 Wa. Y, Beach, os Walingford, owns an Es quimaux dog; eighteen months ola, brought home by Captain F. Hall, the Artic explorer. He values him at $l5O
 On Monday week the stage from Danbury to Brookdeld tipped and rolled over to or three times. There we're three passengers in the stage, but strange to say, none of them were injured. , The stage was somewhat damaged
 ON Wednesday, of last week, Frank H Nc. Coldriek, of Morristown New Jersey, return ed soldier, with a fatal disease contracted in theservice, was married on his death bed to a lady of Bridgeport, who wished the mournful privilege of being the widow of one who had so braveiy served his country. -.l"'- .-
 ON Saturday week child of Thomas Doran of Huntington, five years old, was terrible burned by it's clothes taking fire while tho mother was absent. 4 lad near by was also painfully singed in the act of rescuing the child from terrible death. sar."e saa z-
 A gentleman in Rockville has dog that chews tobacco with apparent relish. Accem. plished dorg. A
 AT the funeral of an Irish child at Hartford on Sunday, the father and grandfather had a fight to see which should ride in the carriage with the coffin. They tore the top ofthe coffin of, and then the procession drove of, leaving them to fgbtit out 9S 4 ~ 7
 THE Norwich Bulletin tells of dignifed persoaswith the air, bearing and general ap; psaranee of agcountry merchant, who stepped tneo 0 N"Hotcsotc ctoIo3 Uau HI d VAduu uuo HI sinuating manner, inquired of the proprietor if he sold gin by the barrel, at what price, and if it was good article.4 He. would like to see sample" Proprietor drew large. sized tumbler nearly full. Country merchant tasted and continued 10 do so until he had punish ed'' the whole. Then he retired saying he would call again. After while he returaed and this time talked with the clerk inquired the price of gin, etc. The clerk gave him a :nmbler full as samble, which he speedily made way with. Atthis juncture the proprie tor made his appearance, and seeing the couu. try merchant smacking his lips, made up his mind that he was better drinker than buye, so he said to him =" Look here, sir, do you want to buy any gin :'nA The old fellows dig nity melted in an instant. Putting his hand in his overccat, he drew out pint bottle, and in the meekest aud mildest voice immaginable replied <" Yes; half a pint in this bottle."