Litchfield enquirer., 1866-08-30
STATE lTEMS,

STATE TIERS.
 THE Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company is now able to pay from forty to fAy cents ou the dollar. .'''
 Two brothers and their wives met in jail it. Bridgeport on Monday, all having been con- victed of drunkenness.
 TIE Rev. Edward F. Clark, of Norwich Falls has been appointed chaplain of the Third Connecticut militia regiment.
 MR. D. B. LOCKWOOD, late of the Bridgeport Standard, has taken the position of Assistant editor of the Waterbury American:
 TIE Hartford insurance companies lose $53,O00 by the fire Ut Chicago on Sunday, the heaviest single loss being that of the Harlfsrd Company, 5000. GEN. WILLIAM D. HAzEN, captain of Eighth infantry and Gen. Joseph A. Mower of New Loadon, captain of First infantry, a,s it is understood, to be colonels of United States colored infantry.
 DANIEL w. HANLEY died in Bridgeport on Sunday of disease pronounced by the physi- c,ans to be genuine Asiatic cholera. Only the day before his death he renewed an insurance of $2. 900 on his life.
 A SKELETON supposed to be that of Chauu- cey Dayton, a town pauper who was thought to have been murdered several years ago. was found lately in Waterford. He probably wan dered away and died from exposure and star vation.
 MoNrvnLE-William H. Thorp returned soldier from the c7th regiment, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Fillmore on the 22d inst, in Aontvile, on charge of an attempt to commit a rape on the daughter of James Ethridgs. thirteen years old. He plead guilty to an az gravated assault, and was bound over under $500, in default of which he was committed.
 THERE was quite white frost in West Wellington last Friday morning, and slight touches elsewhere but no :serious damage has bsen done SO far as we have learned. A GENTLEMAN from Chaplin brought into our ctlce day or two since Q small branch of an apple tree, growing upon the premises of MT. John Fish, of that town, which bore what is considered by all whs have seen it quite curious freak of nature. The apples of the tree are a large, white fair. sweet variety, called, we believe, Hartford sweetings, but upon this branch was small twig which bore two complete and perfect russet apples, while both above and below this twig were num- Der of apples like those of the rest of the tree. WiIlimantis Journal.
 MR. Wv. DAVIS lost his barn and iis con tents in Clinton on Thursday by fire. The building was struck by lightning. .,
 IMMENSE numbers of little nackerel are caught in New London. They are the iallest kind of eating, and the rich aud poor, old ands young, flock 60 the wharves daily to have a little sport and get good meal. , >., COUNTERFEIT fifty cent postal currency floods Norwich. ~ PRrsrDRxr JOHNSON will not visit New 'Ha- ven as was at one time expected. --,f, F 1i I-3......' .r , .l ... .3 = ..p- THE Methodist camp meeting at Milford commenced Monday and lasts through the week. '." gta5:. s-.a .".' .. i,t :.
 MR. B. T. BURR, the man who had his neck broken some three weeks slnce on Greenfield Hill, is still alive, but his condition is as help less and hopeless as ever.
 THE Episcopal Society of Fairfield realized $500 by Fair held last week. MR LAFAYETTE B. WEEKS has been appoint ed postmaster at Goshen in place of MT. Isaac H. Brooks, removes ed.'N 2'F z''| '''' .' '.s' s.,A,.si sa1. i4H ..stU .,r.4. :. .f NATHANIEL WHEELEE, Esq.,, has sold his splendid residence ;n Bridgeport. The pur- chaser is Charles R < Bement, of Evansville, Ind, at the low price of $45,OO0. Mr Wheel l CT retains possession of the place till next spring j. ] .I ..L-t.E. .&!llt t....t-