Litchfield enquirer., 1871-07-06
STATE ITEMS.

A man was killed in Huntington, last ! week. New Haven has an orchestra of l6 per-. formers A brakeman was killed on the Valley road, Friday.
 The Freemasons netted $1 200 at festi- val in Meriden.
 Meriden is to have circulating library of 4,0OO volumes.
 There was prize fight near New Lon don. Sunday before last.
 Fort Hale, east of New Haven harbor is to be abandoned as useless
 Danbury has Q vegetable ivory button factory employing 40 hands.
 ''2th piks" appear on vase in Dan bury boarding house.-NelUs.
 A man fell down stairs in New Haven, last week, and broke his neck.
 Banks throughout the State make July dividend, usually of per cent
 Three Irishmen are under arrest for q highway robbery in East Hartford.
 A strawberry cultivator in Willimantis has peen picking $1OO worth every day.
 Whooping cough and measles have great ly interfered with the Meriden schools, of late.
 Of the $500 persons employed in the East Bridgeport factories 2,50O are unmar. ried.
 A liquor seizure was made by the officers of the Internal Revenue in Hartford, last week.
 A little boy was shot in Hartford, Thurs day, by some other boys who were firing at a mark.
 The amount of U. s. Revenue collections in the second District in May was over $52,0OO.
 A deaf and dumb boy was run over by railway train and killed near Manchester, last week.
 The Danbury Opera House was opened on the fourth. The NeWs insists that there are but three better in the State.
 The swindler who victimized many of the farmers of this State on Patent Right notes has been caught at last on Long Is- land.
 Two young Meriden ladies had a bad fright from burglar, last week, and one of them fell down stairs and sprained her ancle.
 The Forrestville shooting club stand ready to shoot any club in the State. An excellent club might be organized to that end in almost any village.
 The Hartford & New Haven Railroad Go. declare quarterly dividend of per cent, and the New York and New Haven 0 semi annual dividend of per cent, payable July 1st.
 An eel inches long was recently ejected from the stomach of Bridgeport topper. He don't recollect exposing himself by drinking any beverage liable to that kind of adulteration.
 Horton and Griffin, accused of numbering Nicholas Sawyer, were tried at Bridgeport, nour, formerly of this place, was one of the counsel for the prisoners.
 Among the diseases which carried off arge number of people in Connecticut, ast year, uncertain seat is reckoned by he State Librarian as one of the most de- tructive. Boils. perhaps. s.-DanbTy NesOs. A Texas paper makes good point thus: We are looking for the democrats to come ut for negro social equality, now that they laYe come out for negro political equality, or they have always said that the two were connected" MT. T. M. Allyn has offered the Young Hens Institute of Hartford the ball story # ''Allyn Hall" and $40, 900 in cash for the purpose of founding a free library and gal. ery of art. Among other suggestions is he sensible one that it be kept open on 'undays. 4f Thousands are killed every year by acci- ents arising from the use of impure oil. 'e warned in time, and use only Pratt's .stral Oil-the safest and best. Its repu. aki0n iS xvnrI1 xv;da Nn anoss7annk ooV, v,rs