Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-05
STATE ITEMS.

STATE ITEMS.
 1.-Two paper mills and one woolen mill ara runring night and day at Windsor Locks. 9t A FAMILY of gypsies went throuel, Wind sor Locks. last week. r DONALD G. MITCHELL is engaged. on . new agricultural work. N
 HoN. s. W. Kellogg contemplates trip to California.
 A PRISONER escaped from the Bridgeport jail. on the 24th ut.
 la A sUTof clothes and watch were stolen iron q stable in Bridgeport. last week.
 THERE is camp meeting at Plainville, on the 16th sa .--1-- :,
 CoNNcT1our Valley is to have Peace Ju- bilee at Springfield. Mass. .4sassss..s-.s
 A BOY was drowned, and depot.master crushed to death. at5Norwieh. 5lastlxeek. A MATCHED span of horses were killed by lightning. in Ellington. last week. A CHILD was burnt to death in ..Yolunl- town, Friday. @r -.'>r '3is " CANTON boasts of oat straw six feet and two inches high. ae' 2''as51l t!lE 'I@ '"IET AMMAN was drowned at Portland; on the HE depot Ut Windsor Locks was bro Ken open. on Tuesday night of last week. q
 THERE is corn ten feet high in Middle. bury. '@9'
 ANOTHER man lost his life, coupling cars. last week, at Stonington.
 A SHARK was caught in Bridgeport har- i bor, lately ls -a 4-s4 sss' : --,9 "
 ST. PAULs Church, East Bridgeport. was dedicated on Thursday. aSG- ',a-T.l' b,,T
 THE great .Gefhan .sehutzen Fe.tiva, i, ! comes off iu Bridgeport, on the 2sa. .' ,-I TIE funeral of Mr. fToucey took place at Hartford on Monday afternoon. l BOY was drowned in Norwich, on the 1 27th nlt. -''+.' "1-5s ,s" aI7 - ONE of the Meriden churches is closed during August. 1 7'''', .. -'.'. -'5 l'' TIE Union Pacific Railroad is having SIX So. cars tnSde in New Haven. .'5 ro4 MIDDLETowE talks of resembling one of It's votes subscribing tu the Air Line Rail. 1 A NEW Zouave company with q highly fancy costume has been organized in New Haven. Ss-s',r> r.-.- -. .',,@ II
 A SwEDE, named Peter Neergret, tried to shoot his wife at New Haven. last Wel- nesday. .t.'-+-,1. -.'-., +- '~' <..(',,.4,
 DANBURY has scarlet fever, and proposes to have town fair. and good crop of -ap pies. ~
 FELLOW was nearly killed, in conse. qnence of trying to jump off moving train at Waterbury, last week ,< a-S ... A LITTLE girl, four years old, was run over and killed in Greenviile, on Weines- day ast- oJ.t hae .r-. .s.<. agls} Ess.',
 A DOG lost his life on the 'uu founded sus. plclon of madness. at Bridgeport, last week.
 A BURGLAR, a very inferior artist, We should judge, has been caught in Mans. field WORK has commenced on the Collins. vile and New Hartford railroad bridge ove, the Pennington riyer. 7o4 gu...-a4 ! IH ] F, A YOUNG man sdied in Manchester, last week, from z, lock jaw caused by an injury 1 A REJECTED lover of the male persuasion kicked his reflector, on New Haven Green, lately, and then ran. Chivalry! 4....,rg
 A wEALrHY young pastor of New Ha- ven Union Church is being badly ," talked about. '' Enough said,
 A BURGLAR entered lady s room in Mid. dletOwn. last week, but was frightened of by her cries. s,f -e ii, =. -..,-., a,., ...-
 THREE steamers and 20 sloops were aground at one time, at Pratt's ferry, be. low Hartford. recently jryt
 .DR. eMcCosh of Princeton College, has been chosen orator of the Yale Phi Beta Kappa Society. for next year. -.
 A sREpr New Haven scoundrsl Spersua- ded apnetty Partland girl of fifteen to run away with him, last week.
 ! A MEMBER of the New Haven Greys has accepted aq q qlieeutenancy in the Cuban ar- b'sg lo trAv III s.oG! to e1GEmsh 96t t3eT | OVER 1000 Catholics had an excursion from New London to Lyme; last week. The same day, an excursion party came to New London from Springfield s~~m~ | Hos~hafayette g. Foster has been offer ed the professorship in the Yale Law School. made vacant by the death of Gov ernor Dutton. 3aa38 s.i1 9'a daI&w A sPRIaHrLY old lady of 8S, brought. 4 dog. eggs and 2 quarts of whortlebsrfies' to market in New London, last week, and re- turned the same day, walking 8 miles TABLE spoons have taken the place of the drinking cup formerly attached to the New Haven town pump. The thirsty are thus compelled to "dfaw5it mild"
 l THE carelessness of druggist clerk who put ammonia instead of cinnamon into pre- scription caused child's death at Hart ford recently. ~ se vrTfsssAfs Essk4E ss
 A CoNTkIBUToR to the Meriden Recorder gives several reasons why the temperance csassa languishes. He proposes a tempe. rance political party sasd,o .an,o bas saitg97ao t ! 1.-Two Indies standing On the steps of @ store in Windsor Loeks,ef were precipitated