Litchfield enquirer., 1867-05-16
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WM- H. Phillips and Joseph Iron, of Vol untowD .were arrested for throwing stones at train on the Norwich and Worcester railroad. One of the stones thrown passed through a wi ldow in one of the passenger cars, and dashed the pieces of glass nto the face of lady. .s.. s,-.. .... ,-.--.-.-.....-...
 CaAs. s. Ryan, of Mystic, was swindled out of S1OO in New York 4 man engaged him in conversation for awhile, when an- other man came up and offered to exchange slOO in gold for $1OO bill Mr. Ryan &C., cepted the offer, but on examining the gold afterward found it fo be worthless He won't speculate in gold again very soon probably. .........
 ALFRED SMITH of New York, Q young man of taking manners has been splurging around New Haven, Plymouth and Pros- pect, hiring horses stopping at hotels, and singularly forgetting to pay his bills He also borrowed s2o of Plymouth man, which, with the frequent forgstfulnessi of small things which characterizes great minds, he has also overlooked.
 !. On the 26th ult., horse valued at $1 ,OOO together with . carriage and harness, were stolen from the barn of John Dunham of Ashford. The property has all been dis covered recently through the exer;:ons of Deputy Sheriff shumway, of Webster. Mas sachusetts, who af.era lengthy chase, found the horse in Cambridge, and the carriage and harness in that vicinity. The thief had made good his escape, and all the property was in the hands of innocent parties i. A NORWICH man owns 8 King Charles spaniel, which failed to get on train with his master at West Mystic, coming to New London. When the train reached Noank, in less than five minutes, distance of three miles, the dog was seen coming in the dis tance, bounding along over the long bridge, clearing five or six sleepers at time. He reached the train before it left Noank, at which place 1t tarried only about two min utes.
 HON. Samuel l.. Warner has been dan gerouslv sick, but his health is improving.
 ON Monday night between eleven and twelve o'clock, Mir. Edward Gay's office, in Seelevs Block. Stamford was entered by burglars. Being disappointed ill their ex pectations of booty. they maliciousiy de stroyed his books by burning them in the stove. The books contained records O. great importance 10 Mr Gay as Borougt 1 Treasurer and Treasurer of the Gas. com pany. -, '., At the borough election in Stamford Monday, the Union ticket was elected by 45 najo-itv, gain of 40 on last years vote
 TIE man Hevwood, who figured as cop perhead wocE::n man during the recent DO litical canvass in this State, now turns III in New York as an advocate of the repudia tion of the national debt. Is this in obedi ence to the wishes of his former employer Courant
 THE Connecticut Historical Society has elected the following officers for the new year: .... .,,.. d..
 President--J. Hammond Trumbull. Vice Presidents-(Onef from each coun ty,) Henry Barnard, Henry White, Learn. ed Hebard, Daniel P. Tyler, Thomas B. Butler, Wm. Cothren, John H. Brockway, Samuel H. Parsons.
 Recording Secretary-C Charles Hosmer Corresponding Secretary-C J. Hoad ley.
 Treasurer James B. Hos,ner. s~~ : Auditor-Edward B.7Watzinson. @-- :
 The committees on Membership, on the Library, on Publication, and on ,Exchan- ges, the same as last year As9
 MRS. JOHN Go1DR1cK sdied at Wethers.
 field, Wednesday, of heart disease, aged 58. She has had, for some months, pre- sentiment of approaching death, and T7ues day night told her husband, "I shpll die tomorrow. About two o'clock the mexi morning she was found to be in state oi 'insensibility, and notwithstanding all thai medical treatment could do, expired at six o'clock. <. *t!4id .....Ji .,Ha 1:.:-., i: .fn
 :, THE Mendelssohn society of New Haveny performed the oratorio of Eli in that city, On Wednesday Of this week. 1J5
 A LITTLE dans hter of MT. Cornelius Par melee, of Bethlehem, was seriously burnt on Thursday last, by her, clothes taking fire while assisting her cousin in burning brush in the fields
 ARTHUR CAREY, whose skull was smashed by Matthew Breen, at Waterbury, on Tues day, died of his inju4ses on Friday. His murderer is still at large, aGTt1TIe5 z . ON Thursday evening, the New Haven police extinguished an incendiary fire in 8 closet of the old house on the corner of Elm and College street, which is now being torn down. ...t5> oi .y-iiroo ,sHa VI -. 7 i. A HORSE owned by J. ". Parro.tt, an ics man at Bridgeport, was fatally shot on Thursday, by a bullet fired by one of the m ata allie cartr;6ca comnanv who WAS feSt-