Litchfield enquirer., 1869-02-18

Horace Waters, one of
 oldest Piano dealers, 481 Broadway,
 Jw York, may justly .be termed public
 enefactor. The class of musical instru- lments offered by him are of our first ma- kers. They who desire beautiful piano organ, or Melodeon, will always find it at ]" WATERs';" if they have not the means to purchase for cash, installments for the same will be received, thereby having the use of the instru ment while it is being paid for. z
 The ancient law requiring property ta. ken on execution to be sold ct the beat of the drum is likely to be enforced in Som CTS. Two neighbors there have disagreed for some time past, and one has brought an action against the other for injury done to some sheep pelts, and obtained judge ment for small sum on account of the de- fendants non-appearance. The result be- ing that the defendants COW is ir the DOS. session of the constable duly advertised to be sold according to this old law. sss .Afew days since, while collecting the fares in ton, Hartford and Erie railroad, was brutally as- saulted by three passengers, the only occcupants of the car, and stabbed over the left eye, in- ficting dangerous wound. The train was stop ped, but the villains made their escape.
 On Saturday, John Griggs, who keeps grocery in Hampton, had an altercation with an Irish la- borer on the railroad, and ordered him to leave, which he declined doing, when Griggs prodpcedia revolver and shot him in the hip, The hishman then left, but was enabled to get home in conse- quence of his wound and lay out all night being found the next morning nearly frozen to death. man looking like arespectable farmer called of kIu and sold the proprietor quantity of poultry at = cents per pound. The fowls he said, were little way out of town and he would get team and o 5s wsa ratsd to go few miles back into the country and bring down four pots of butter that he had just sold. 4 horse and box wagon were furnished him, and he started of, since which time nothing has been heard of him or the team The horse and wagon were worth about $250. 9zsz7sass ; gaz.s1tI An enterprising individual at Middletown, with Tan eye to business bought horse for $15 dur, ing the recent thaw, and used it in drawing goods on the ice between that city and Portland As no. body else dared to risk their teams on the ice he made a '.goed thng" out of his speculation and widow lives in the village of Piainville, about dozen rods from the crossing of the Hartford and Providence and Canal railroads, where ths cars are obliged by law to come to full stop. The | k ing to the depot to take the train, he saves lev rods walk by jumping on when the cars stop ir front of his house: Now the widow 1nisappre6en-
 Ss o ns ! usual pause, she hastened out of the house. CT, pressed her thanks to the conductor for stopping adding that Edward was sick that morning, and couldn't go,"
 1 The Crosley- Carpet company at Bridgeport is rapidly increasing it's facilities, and are turning out some very beautiful velvet and Brusses car. the factory About seventy-fve hands are em 1 ployed ct present. a&7saE s5p sb .s}- i.s@ 4+
 THIS YEAR AND THE METHoDIsTs.-Th year 1S6! is destined to be most important in the annals oi 1 American Methodism. During the year the peo pie will be called upon to decide whether or nc they will accept the measures proposed to them by the general conference. for the admission O lay representatives to that assembly and the an
 nual conferences. It is also an important fact tha l 8 new constituency has been created by the lats General Conference; all members of the church over twenty; one years of age, whether men ol
 Capt. E. L. Brady, late of Stamford, has propos
 ed plan for doing away with the bridge acr.s
 with the river itself, by building a dyke from tn; South Ferry across the shadows to Brooklyn. Thi dyke he would have several hudred feet wide witl space for streets and avenues, and ample docl | HOoAu, euo uuCAS Ou bn6 upper 6lu6 CO 8ccOmOQaC( the sound boats and Eastern commerce, while tn | various ocean steamers would find room on tn lower side. From these docks and the warehouse
 Mir. Brady calculates that an income would be re ceived which, in few years would pay the cost o the whole york; which is estimated at sixteen mil lions of dollars.
 a1E7E(sEs1I 4z3 IffiFI TIE On Thursday, January 14th, while gang of Ia borers were engaged in digging under high ban
 on the new railroad from Collinsville to New Hart
 ford, crust of frozen earth projecting over then ten or twelve feet high came down with crash
 All but one. young Irishman named John Kelle her, sprang out of the way, and escaped injury Kelleher stopped and instant to look up at tn danger, and that instant the frozen mass covere
 him so deep that it took twenty men three hour
 to extricate the body, which was found shockingl mangled He was A years of age, and had bee
 in this country only two weeks. 'tasR -e
 There are ugly stories going the rounds of Ne, York. connecting the names of wealthy trustee
 of churches with stock speculations and it is sai
 they have used money set apart for. religious pun | poses in Wall street, It is not hinted that the have done so for their private advantage, but [ increase the church funds. The revenue officer estimate that g, 900 900 of church funds are thu invested. A Baptist clergyman is known to hay, speculated largely in stocks and to spend much O his time among the brokers. 1t is said that number of churches have been mortgaged for tht purpose of obtaining money to be used in stool