Litchfield enquirer., 1867-02-14
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Qus He had with him, as is supposed, quite a | sum of money and bank deposit book of the New Haven savings bank. es
 REV Hiram Eddy, formerly of West Winsted, accepts the call of the First Pres byterian church, Milwaukee, Wis, with a l salary of $3, 600. @4i 1'ae saf 5o On Thursday, MT. Joseph Randall of Nor wich fell from. a cherry tree, which he Has trimming, and was supposed to be dead when taken up.- He revived, however, and is now expected to recover The decline in four last week, in New York and Boston, was from 30 to 50 cents | per barrel A heavy decline is also report ed in the English markets. TIE Naugatuek Railroad Company have declared a,semi-annual dividend of per transfer books will be closed until Febru- ary 20th. The annual meeting of the stock holders will be held February 18th, at Il a. m. Adoctor's wife attempted to move him by her tears 'Ann," said he, s'tears are useless. I have analysed them. They contain a little phosphate of lime, some chlorate of sodium, and water
 An army officer in the Indian country writes in the following cheerful strain to a friend ''I would send you a lock of,my hair, but I fear it would be fraud upon the savages of this vicinity. There is a fair prospect that one of the noble red men will be my barber before spring.
 A span of horses and sleigh belonging to 8 MT. Jenkins; were stolen from Brew Gto4 tLo a4o,,f Nlo- following day they were found in Danbury. The thieves sold three barrels of flour which were in the sleigh, and left fer parts un- known.
 The building in Bristol occupied by the High and Graded schools took fire on We'd nesday morning. and was damaged to the amount of $l 900, Insured in the Etna.
 MT. Ives, at Rome, is engaged upon a statute, of heroic size, of the late Bishop Brownell, to be cast in bronze and stand in the Trinity College grounds in Hartford
 Nelson Davy of Stonington has been sen- fenced to the state prison for five years, for manslaughter. and Thomas Daly of New London for the same offence, has been son. tenced for three years.
 4 young man in New London, Friday, who was travelling from Stonington to Nor wich and WAS detained while at New Lon don went around the town trying to get some whiskey. Suspicious being aroused that he was temperance detective, crowd of roughs followed the surprised youth to the depot and indulged in rather alarming demonstrations until he left. t
 The Coe Manufacturing Company of Wolcottville, consume l ,OO0 cords of wood, 5000 bushels of charcoal and 300 tons of anthracite, in the annual production of $500, 900 worth of brass, German silver and plated ware. ga '-
 A Boston paper thus condenses the re- cent correspondence between James and Alfred:- .---
 MR. BENNETT TO PRINCE ALFRED.
 OFF CowRs, Dec. 31. 1866.
 YOUR ROYAL HIaHNRss:-Tm going tc give you my yacht My regards to youl mother and the royal family.
 Yours, J. G. BENNETT, JR
 PRINCE ALFRED 20 MR. BENNETT.
 DEAR SR:-I must decline with thanks. This establishment does not advertise in the New York Herald. ALFRED.
 Ayoung lady has kindly furnished 7A. Detroit Tribune with receipt which she
 
 will keep feet warm, and we give it with. out, however, recommending its general use. She says, 'T am troubled with cold feet but I manage to keep them warm by lying in bed every morning until my moth or has built rousing fire and prepared breakfast. I then get up place my feet on the front of the stove eat my breakfast, read the news, and after warming some hannels and wrapping them about my ''poor feet" return to bed where remain until nearly noon. I repeat this every twenty-four hours and find it very comfort able. I think shall survive"
 GooD.-Senator McD Dougal, of California having been precipitated, by slight acci- dent into the gutter, and finding himself somewhat rudely shaken up'' by police man, thundered out Don't you know me?" 'No," said buttons. "Pm great man, Sir!'' Can't you see, I'm Sewered9
 Artemus Ward is very ill in London, and has ceased featuring and contributing to P,tnch. A correspondent thinks the at- tempts to be witty, night after night, re- beating jokes with the same gestures, was too great drain on his vitality.
 General Sheridan acknowledges that in- formation communicated to him by Miss Rebecca Wright of Winchester, Virginia. enabled him to win his great battle of the 18th of September, 1864. He has sent to the lady in question an elegant gold watch brooch and chain, costing several hundred dollars.
 Duran told his physician, who had said he coughed with much difficulty, that it was very strange, for he had practiced all night.
 MINGLING IN POLITICS Horace c. Lee declined the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts on the ground that he did not wish to mingle in politics, whereupon The Boston Traveller remarks: That should not have deterred him. 4 man don t mingle in pol ities much by accepting Democratic nom ination in this State."
 When we picture the hundred or more trunks that ladies travel with, says Punch, we cannot help refecting, happy is the ele- phant, whose wife, when on ajourney, on- ly has one trunk.
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