Litchfield enquirer., 1869-10-28
STATE ITEMS.

Norwich consumes ten million feet of gas every year.
 A farmer in the town of Scotland lost twenty-four sheep in the thunder storm of Tuesday the 18th.
 No less than 28O machines a day are made at the Wheeler Wilson factory, in Bridgeport.
 A Apost-office has been re-established at North Colebrook, and Jasper Phinney ap- pointed postmaster.
 A cooperative grocery store will soon be started in New Haven, with 50 sharehold- CTS and 5000 capital.
 The quince crop is said to be excellent this season, both in quantity and quality, in the vicinity of New Haven.
 Jacob F. Starkweather, 0 farmer in Sprague. has sold in the village of Baltic in the last six months 12,74O quarts of milk.
 The colored walters at the Tontine, New Haven, struck" on Thursday because a white man had been appointed head wait er."+
 A New Haven gardener took load of produce to market on Monday morning in his usual health, but fell dead in his yard on his return about 10 o'clock.
 The Hon. Henry W. Williams, the sue cessful candidate for judge of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, is D native of Gro ton.
 Henry Beers, of Lakeville, was struck on the head, Tuesday, with junk bottle by one Taylor of Great Burlington, and @ fa- tai result is apprehended. Taylor was in- toxicated.
 The dwelling house of Mir. Edward E. Plant, in East Haven, was entered by bur- glars during the absence of the family. and large amount of clothing. silver ware and and other valuables taken. The number of communicants in the Congregational churches of New London County, has increased 46 per cent. in thirty years The population has Increased bnt Al per cent, mostly foreign-born Catho- lies. -.- Postmaster Wallis Bull, of Meriden, has discovered some stock certificates thrown into acoal fire as worthless, that will now bring VI ,OOO. Lucky Bull, says the Com.- ant. '3 sR
 William A. Sullivan, an Irishman, aged 4 years, employed on the Hartford and Erie railroad at Waterbury, was fatally in- lured on Monday by heavy stone, which fell upon him from tipping platform car, s inSwhich it had just been placed. He died soon after the accident : Thomas Kennedy, of Stamford, on em. ploye on the New York road, attempted to get on the cars at that place on Saturday afternoon, but made misstep and fell with one leg across the track. The whole train passed over his right leg just above the ankle, badly crushing it, and rendering amputation necessary.
 A new kind of confidence dodge is prac. ticed at Middletown. When the train ar rives nice young man jumps off and kiss. es the best looking girl ct the depot, un. der the mistake, as he says. that she is his sister. He apologies so nicely that the girls are getting so they look for him regu. larly.
 Conductor Charles Emmons, on account ot whose slow watch the recent collision on the Housatonic railroad, at Canaan, occur red. has resigned, but his eighteen wears faithful service on the road, may retain sl' him in his position. A freight conductor was summarily discharged, the other day by Superintendent Franklin, for drunken ness.
 An accident occurred on the Shore T;nt road, on Wednesday last, which came near resulting most disastrously., The enrine struck hand-car loaded with rails. On. ofthe rails became entangled in the wheels of the engine, breaking them and throw ing the engine off the track. It plunged down an embankment, dragging several Q the passenger cars off the track, but for tunately none were upset.
 As one of the clergymen of Norwich, wh, has occasional fits of absent mindedness announced his text last Sunday afternoon he suddenly discovered that he had brough his morning sermon in place of the one h. intended to preach in the afternoon. Fl accordingly excused himself to his congre gation, which waited good naturedly whil he went home for the right one. The were rewarded for their patience by goo sound orthodox discourse
 Reader, are you troubled svith head