Litchfield enquirer., 1867-06-13


 $500 to secure the holding of the New Ha- ven County Fair at that place next fall.
 NOTWITHSTANDING the recent large expor- tation of burgiarious gentlemen from Thompsonville, the supply seems to re- main sufficient to keep the citizens in a sufficient state of excitement. The dwell ing house of David Hood was entered and some property taken though nothing of great value. ''No cards.
 ELI IVES house at Merden was burglar ized of a coat and some money
 EMILY BING1EY, two and half years of age while playing on the banks of the Quin- nipiack, at Hanover, in attempting to reach fower fell in and was drowned.
 THE residence of Zophar B. Keeler, Mill Plain, was broken into while the family were in town attending church, and robbed of seven shawls, twenty silver spoons, and two butter knives, in all amounting to something over $10O Last fall the same place was broken into and robbed of about double this amount.
 4 LADY in Waterbury received, few days since, letter mailed at New Haven, where she resided several years ago, which contained twenty dollar bill. There was nothing written but the words Restitution too long delayed" She has no idea who 1t can be from.
 THE driver of 8 New Haven horse car named Wolliyer, was badly injured near Westville, by being caught between his car and the stone wall of the bridge over the creek He was leaning over the side of the car, forgetful of the bridge, when the accident happened. The horses went on and drew the car over the bridge roll ing him around between the car and the wall.
 THE new gasometer at Bridgeport has been commenced. It will hold over l0O,- 900 feet of gas.
 YALE has decided to commemorate her sons who fell in the war by connecting a memorial with the chapel which the col lege has for some years past proposed to erect. The design is for two lofty halls or antechapels, opening through arch ways in the side walls of the tower entrance to be devoted to memorial purposes, the space between the windows which will be eleva- ted some twenty feet, and the floor being occupied with tablets. Some time ago $3O, 900 was given by Joseph Battelle of AL bany for 8 college chapel, and now an ap- peal is made to the alumni and frieAds of the institution to increase this sum by $15O, 1000.
 THEins of the depot at the junction of the New Haven and Naugatuck roads, is being overhauled. Ladies' and gentlemen's s rooms are to be fitted mp, and a refresh ment saloon added.
 A LITTLE son of conductor on the Shore Line railway at New London got hold of package of railroad tickets worth about $40 and before his father discovered the loss had sold SIS worth for bit of slate pencil two inches long,
 NEAR Danbury, few weeks since, son took his father to the river and ducked him for getting tight"
 Ex-PREs1DENT Jeremiah Day of New Ha- ven, now in his 93d year, is very low, and will probably never be able to leave his house again.
 THE Danbury National Bank has declar- ed semi-annual six per cent dividend. This has averaged in the past twenty-three years 934 per cent dividends yearly, with an extra one of 1134 in 1854, or nearly PIP per cent in all.
 REV. s. c. Abbott has returned from Par is laden with material for his his history of Louis Napoleon, which will be completed the present year.
 THE body of MT. Wm. S. Mallory, who left his brothers house in East Bridgeport in deranged state, last Saturday, was found floating in pond in that place Wednesday morning. He is supposed to have drowned himself.
 GROUND has been broken for new de- pot building which the Naugatuck Railroad Company are about to erect in Waterbury, and workmen are busily engaged in exca- vatinS for the foundation.