Litchfield enquirer., 1867-01-03

DIs1DEsDs.AA - Haven Natlona Bank declares a regular dividend of one per cent. The Tradesman's Bank, New Haven, saugatuck Bank, aFestport, .Nlation al Bank, Norwalk, and the. Waterbury Ma tional Bank. each dividend of five per cent, semi annual The Conneeticat and City National Banks, Bridgeport, have de- clared semi-annual dividend of five per cent.
 In the Canadian Court, held. at Sweetss burg, for the trial of Fenian prisoners, the Jury found Terence Mcdonald, a British subject guilty of treason, and he was "' sen fenced to be hung on the 18th of February. O'Donald is from Waterbury in this State.
 A young man named Patrick Reyolds, employed in the grinding room of French's augur shop in Seymour, was caught in a belt, and instantly killed, last week. The deceased has been married but 8 short time. aud was intending that night to go after his wife, who was absent on visit
 ThesYoung Mems Christian Association, of Waterbury propose to erect building for their use to cost $12, ,0O0 A noble en- terprise a.a.. sn ,, .s
 A prize fight took place on Friday at sa- win Rock, about two miles from New Ha- ven, between Race Bolster of Washington D. C., and Larry Healy of this city. Thir- teen.rounds were fought when, the, victory was declared in favor of Healy, he having worried out Bolster. The fight lasted about forty minutes. Neither party were hurt much. The affair was witnessed by only few persons. 'S [ In the Fairfield county Superior court, i the New York & New Haven, Railroad Com pany have been mulct in. $3,6oO damages for injuries to Conductor Parsons and a brakeman of the Danbury road, who were injured by Q. collisipn,near Coscobl bridge, whe the bridge was destroyed by fire: :-~ !
 Mrs. William Sivers residing in Mill Plain attempted to commit suicide on. Saturday night last, by taking two ounces of lauda
 mum while in a state of fstemporary insanity
 Dr. Benedict was called and succeeded in saving her life, 7r r,srr~-e. &s.a..r. To. Taft, of Providence, is building a cot ton mill in the south part of Windham county, two thousand fleet long, which, when completed, will probably be the lar. gest mill in the world, 'FF'' ''' T.
 The father of Gen. Mcclellan was born in Windham County: that, of Gen Grant in Hartford County; that of Gen. Sherman, in Fairfield County; that of Gen. sedgwick in Litchfeld County; that of Gen. Mans field, in New Haven County; that of Gen. Terry, in Hartford sCoupty,--Register,
 1 On Friday 6 collision occurred on the New London and Northern road at p. nn.,, to- Fday, near Montville station, between a passenger and freight train. Four persons were seriously and several slightly injured. All from this vicinity. Both engines were thrown of the track, and the passenger cars smashed.
 l On Friday last, Theodore Holster and Henry A, Smith two Germans were arres- ted at the residence m west Hartford on suspicion of being implicated in the mur- der of MT. Luther A. Thompson, at Far mington, on the. 10th of October last.
 r Captain Robert G. Wells, late of the reg ular army, and eldest surviving son of Hon.
 Thaddeus Wells of Glastonbury, committed suicide about'e o'clock oh Friday evening in his fathers office, by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. MT Wells and his son were sitting in his office con- versing together just previous to the sad occurrence, when the latter, arose put his left arm around his fathers neck, said Farewell, father" and then put the pistol to his head and fred The ball went in at the right temple, passed entirely through the head, coming out just above the left ear, and striking a book iu the library, fell fattened upon the floor, The father see- ing his son raise the pistol to his. head, sprung up to arrest him. but the deed was done so quickly that he ,waa unable to pre- vent it. The young man lived in an un- conscious state little over an hour, after the act was committed io3' .H
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 SHOCKING RAnRoAD Acc1DENT-HoN E. c. SCRANTON KILLED. Hon B. C.. Scranton of New Haven, President of the New York and New Haven Railroad, was, run over and killedsby the train at South ~ Norwalk on Saturday morning. He. left New Haven on the 5:3O train for New York; in compac ny with his daughter and Hon. James E. English At South Norwalk he left the train to do an errand at the store of Bell & Raymond on the north side of the depot. Befors.h he got baek-ths trainn hadAs started and he aseaa 2round ihe west sndJ Jofsfhe depot to jump upon the train. The plat form being one used for freight was very high aaN iniuA1ping down upon the ear platform his feetsbeing covered with snow. he slipped, feil and swung under the wheels. Two cars passed over him, man.