Litchfield enquirer., 1867-08-22
STATE ITEMS.

THE camp meeting of the Bridgeport E district, Rev. N. Mead, Presiding Elder, held at the ''Messiah" camp ground, on the line of tho Naugatuck railroad, com menced on Monday.
 THE steamer Granite State, of the Hart ' ford and New York line, which was recent ly sunk by striking a rock in He'll Gate, has been repaired, and will be put upon the route again.
 THE people of Stonington celebrated the < anniversary of the repulse of the British E fleet in 1914, on the 10th inst, by a parade of military and firemen, and dinner.
 FRANKLIN c. PHELPS, the old copper head wheel horse ill Guilford, has been appointed Postmaster ill that place, ricf Henry E. Norton, removed. Frank is very clever man aside from his abominnbli politics, but we are surprised that Messrsa Dixon and Babcock should go so far intoV the enemy's ranks to find suitable person to distribute the Guilford parcels. -Cour: ier ON the 14th inst. the factory of Pratt, Whitney x Co.,, Hartford, was entered by burglars, who seized the watchman from behind, chokod him till he was senseless, and then securely bound him. They then forced open the safe of the Weed Sewing Machine Company with gunpowder, stole $40 and a bar of silver worth $25, and de- campeu.
 l A TRAIN on the Housatonic Railroad, when near Botsford station, ran over and killed a yoke of oxen which were standing on the track at the crossing. The animals belonged to Mir. Charles Curtis, and were valued at about $500.
 BASE BAL1.-Eureka of Ansonia, was on the 18th. Powhattan of Waterville, and Kearsarge of Plymouth, played at the lat ter place on the 14th, the former winning, 40 to 29.
 THE final match game between the Pe- quot and Now Britain resulted in q victory of the former, IS to 15.
 The Hartford Horse Fair opened on 1 Tuesday.
 AN eight year old somnambulist at New Haven, walked out of third story window, Saturday night. Luckily in his descent, he struck on awning over store, and broke his fall somewhat. He next went to the pavement and then got up and walked across the street and pulled his neighbor's s door bell.
 child of Eli Ransom of West Hartland, 3 years old was killed on Tuesday by ca ting choke cherries.
 A SEVEN hundred dollar monument is to be erected at Ellington, over the grave oi the late Rev. Junius M. Wiley, of St. Johns church, Bridgeport. It was made in Waterbury.
 BISHOP Mcfarland on Thursday, laid the corner stone of the new Catholic church at Ansonia.
 HENRY ROCKWELL of Groton attempted, lately, to drive a span of horses on both sides of tree at once, and smashed his carriage as one result.
 THE Democratic Judge of the Superior Court. Hon. Miles T. Granger, held his first term in Danbury last week.
 THE two temporary dams, erected at Derby across the Housatonic, to cut off the water while the work on the new perma- nent dam was being prosecuted, were both carried away by the flood on Friday, caus- ed by the rains. Tbe mud d-sills of the per manent dam were also washed out and car ried from their places Several hundred
 5a4 D Da es aEEe %ork o ot ths zen The loss is estimated at fifteen or twenty thousand dollars. Numerous carts, wagons, tools, &c. were also washed away.
 A LITTER boy, about 12 years old, son oi MT. Christv Ennis of New Haven, was run over by one of the Fair Haven and West vile Horse Railroad cars, near the freight depot on Thursday. He was dragged some 30 feet before the car could be stopped. His head was almost severed from his body.
 MT. s. B. Jerome, of New Haven, drop ped ln the street money envelope contain of $45O, last Saturday.
 THE annual camp-meeting at Willimantic commenced last evening, with good at | tendance. The bad weather of the last week retarded preparations, yet these were nearly completed in time for the opening meeting. Since last year, Q new avenue has been cleared, providing new tent loca- tions. A new well has been dug, and Q large tank placed at each well. A board ing tent or house has been erected, with table room for three hundred boarders. The preachers house and stand have been uoVeu Dack ana femOQelleu, US lodging room fitted up with comfortable berths, Q clock mounted on the gable end in full view of the congregation, bell hung in the tower, an orchestra arranged for the choir, and in front large and commodi- ous altar prepared for prayer meetings and mourners seats. The circle of tents has been enlarged, some of the old tents giv- ing place to those of q moro modern ap- pearance, and the grounds within the cir clo have been newly seated, with accommo- dations for 1, ,0OO hearers.
 Lieutenant Seward, who has been turned out of the Guilford post office, was brave soldier of the Fourteenth regiment, who lost an arm in the service of his country. His successor, Franklin c. Phelps, is prob ably tho most notorious Copperhead who could be found in the Country-a man who throughout the rebellion. opposed the prosecution of tho war on every occasion. The sneaks who accomplished this dirty job ought to be proud of their work, and we hope will be suitably rewarded.-PaNa- diun.
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