Litchfield enquirer., 1866-08-16

"S" Dieacning Company was haunted ana the villagers have testified to hearing mysterious noises and 80 forth An investi. gation was made, and one night the ghost was seen: He was i,ed upon and once wound- ed. He appeared h sman, however, and psye tbe name of Sanderson.. About three hund. red dollars worth og goods had been spirited away by him. q H+ .. a : MR and Mrs John Hooker of Hartford celebrated tn e twenty. .fiflh anniversary of their wedding at heir residence. Among the many friends present were Rev. Henry Ward Beech. CT, Prof. Stowe and vile and Governor Flaw ley. Mrs. Hooker is sister of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and Mrs. Stowe.
 Ar For estvilie, Mrs. Charles Whiting. whose bus band and only son were killed by lightning on the sth of July and who was herself struck and terribly burned, died of her injuries recent. ly, having survived her husband and son less than month. Sue has been avery great sui. ferer. .......
 THE Norwich Bulletin is enlarged to nearly twice it's former sizs aud dressed iu new type. It presents very comedy appearance and los es none of its sprightlness in it's evident pros perity. ,...- ."
 BARAcH T. Burr, of Fairfield. while loading hay on wagon on Monday, fell to the ground, only six or eight feet, but struck the back of his head and neck in such @ manner as to di vide the spinal marrow and puralyze his whole body below the neck. The injury is fatal.
 TIE first brigade of Connecticut militia will commence three days encampInent at Hartford North Meadows, September 10. '' r. ON Monday little boy named Beck threw 8 stohe at little girl named Riley. aged II years, residing in Bridgeport, and so severely injured her that her recovery is considered doubtful.
 HENRY CRANE. a Winsted lad, while going on the road from Waterbury to Plymouth, on Monday killed rattlesnaks thrao feet and eight inches long, and six inches in circuG- ference. It had eight rattles, and had evident ly lost some.
 THE Palladium says it IS estimated that over twenty thousand persons have visited Charles Island thus far this season. THE total contributions in Norwich for the Portland suffe rers amount 10 $ll30.
 ONE or two cases of the genuine cholera
 have been reported in Fair Haven. The nec
 essary step for a full investigation of the facts
 have been taken, and proper remedies will be applied to prevent another occurrence.
 THE "day police of Bridgeport is confined to his house by severe illness. His absence from l duty leaves the city unguarded. THE capital stock oI the Adams Express Company is slO ,oOO, 900, of which $2,OOO,OOO is owned in Hartford. where it sold on Friday for $l25 per share.
 MRS. P. c. TINKER, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, gets S2 ,OOO, ,0O0 of the $35, 100000 which have been left to the Church family ard Of which Mrs. Walker, of Hartford. Conn, was suppOs- ed to be the only descendant in this couu- try.
 ON Thursday afternoon young man named Booth Trowbridgs attempted to commit sai- eide by drowning himself in 'Peck's Ditch,' opposite Crofut's hat shop, Danbury. He was discovered and rescued, but no sooner had he been placed on dry land, than he sought to end his lite by putting his head against Q stone wall and bucking his brains out. He succeeded iu brusing his head considerably, and severed a vein, which let the blood out very freely.
 A YOUNG man named Daniels died from the effects of drinking some poisonous fluid at low gin milp iu Saybrook, on Sat- urday. The affair is being investigated.
 A PAPER called the Bat and Ball' has been started in Hartford, under the auspices of young men in that city, who are interested in the national game. .....
 A SON of George Woodruff of Meriden, aged IT months, was drowned in brook on Tues day.
 BISHOP WILLIAMS oficiated at the laying of the corner stone of the new Episcopal church, Meriden, Wednesday. ;.
 THE new railroad from Danbury to the liar lem road is already graded nearly half the way, and the track being laid down. It will be finished this fall. .''f
 ON Saturday at Jswett City boy of ten years of age had his arm torn of just below the shoulder joint in the gearing of Q mill. There is little hope of his recovery
 THE WARREN HousE.-Notwithstsnding the advance of the season. this splendid hotel promises to be filled up very speedily. There are very large numberIof applications for rooms, aad the prices are moderate. The house possesses all the conveniences sfs ,ity hotel-wster, gas. Sc. Everythihg is new, and all it's furniture of the best charac- er. It will be great favorite when it's rep ,tation spreads through the country.
 Cor. GRoysvEHoR, late editor of the N. H. Tournal and Courier has accepted the eiitor