Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-25
WHOLE NO. 2238.

Three drunken Irishmen assaulted Dr. Mlddlebrook at Bridgeport, on Sunday of last week, and on policeman attempting to arrest them, pitched upon him, and de- stroyed some of his clothing, besides biting his thumb badly. Two of them were final " secured, fined, and given sixty days in ail to think the matter over.
 Some graceless scamps in Greenville late- ly pasted over the posters of & festival and tableaux exhibition, by the ladies of one of the churches, printed slips which instead of announcing festival made it appear that 1 the ''Black Crook was to be performed in the church and the whole would conclude with champion clog dance"
 A man employed at Parker's paper mill at Westville had his skull crushed one day last week by having an iron spike driven into his head by the fall of a heavy timber. lie has since had fit frequently till, Mon- day when d surgeon removed from his brain several bits of skull, and he is TOW doing well.
 BAR8HANsTED.- election passed of finely A closer vot >cd than ha, | been known for -,. D,1 ,rr;t c lrtv WOrke,l ia. ..I tuy i,cs.>. 9d Elwells and vpt,I . !nn corpses. Bnt they didn't carry 1t, a.: .n:.le only small gains. Hodge starte )r 5ait- River, Mon day night ITinsteu H2Irud
 Some dis2us sting y practical French savan says by process or C m )Istion in retorts, d corpse of ordinary dimensions may be made to yield twenty-five cubic metres of Illuminating gas, which, at the cost of twenty-five centimes per cubic metre would give value of about eight francs for a de- ceased friend of about medium size This is making light of death.
 A few nights ago MT. Brayton resident of Syracuse fired his revolver at man whom he saw prowing beneath his window and struck him in the hip, inficting seri. ous wound the injured man was engaged Ill the very innocent occupation ofcourting Q servant girl in Mr. Brayton's employ.
 The wife of wall street broker, residing in @ fashionable boarding house on the heights, ran away with an adventurer, be- cause he took the ridiculous part of Cock Robin in the charade Babes ill the Woods and hopped about t stage with two feath- CT brushes under his coat tail.
 The Maine colonists in Jaffa, according to 8 letter from James P. Sanford, who visited them in March, are building houses and cultivating three hundred acres of land The colony number one hundred and sixty persons and four adults and seven children have died since their arrival. Food is abun, dant.
 The local of Lynchburg paper says he saw woman the other day from the coun- try, underneath 8 new spoon bowl hat, deohed with rooster feather, inside v1 tilting skirt, before huge waterfall, hay ing in her mouth corn cob pipe, and in her arms 6 baby about two months old.
 The New Orleans Crescent says that Gen. Griffin and Gov. Throckmorton, of Texas, are to cooperate in the registration of vo- ters, the former saying he is anxious not to go out of the State for registers, and is desirous of obtaining the names of all per sons, irrespective of color, that are quail fled to act in this capacity.
 There was large negro meeting at Lou isa Court House, Virginia, on the 9th, at which an address was made by Fountain Pcrkins, @ negro. The Richmond Enquirer says he made very sensible spech. which was highly conservative in it's tone, and seemed to give general satisfaction. He was succeeded by Messrs. F. V. Watson 1 formerly a member of the House of Dele. gates, and George Hackett.
 nGE~ We wish to draw attention to the fact that the prices of all kinds of House. keeping eatables and drinkables being ex- travagantly high, the best plan to make mo- ney go as far as 1t will, is to go to Thos. R. Agnew, the great New York Grocer. who deals only for Cash and can therefore sell cheaper than anybody else.
 Before Coburn and Heenan can have their proposed fight for S1O, ,O00 side and the championship of America, Representa- tive John Morrissey is to be disposed of. He now holds the champion belt, and must be first challenged, before any matches can be fought, which will take it from him. Butler, Bingham, or some others of Morris sey's congressional friends are in excellent training for mill,
 SHARoN.-The roads in our town have rap idly improved within the week past, and locomotion IS once more eudurable. The farmers are everywhere busy putting in their spring crops.
 The firm of Chase, Shears & Gager are now enlarging their quarters, by spa cious addition to the rear of the store. A new advertisement in the Times will soon announce their summer programme.
 The vexed bounty question has reached no decision yet.--Amenia Times. An old gentleman (thought to be mem- Der of the Legislature from the ''rural dis tricts'' went into Trinity Church at Bos- ton, Sunday afternoon, while the Rev. MT. Gaullaudet was repeating the service to the 7 deaf mutes, by signs, etc. After attentive t ly watching the proceedings for few mo- ments, he rose from his seat took his hat : and cane and started for the door, and as he passed out shook his head responsibility at the sexton and muttered. ''I cant stand them ritual tantrums nohowr' l Dickens, according to Dr. Makenzie of - Philadelphia, is certainly coming to this s country. The doctor adds: He is in trea- ty with two parties, one in New York and the other in Philadelphia, to come hither a toward the close of the summer, and re- s main six or seven months here, giving readings-dramatic readings they might : be called-from his own writings The idea of his New York lessee is that he should commence toward the end of the 7 fashionable season at Saratoga, Long Branch, and Cape May, and subsequently, Il go through the principal cities of the # Union.