Litchfield enquirer., 1871-06-01
STATE ITEMS.
mingham

A burglary of $1, ,OOO in Derby, last week.
 Norwalk is building SIG, 900 poor-house. 1 The new Chapel Street church, at New Haven, was dedicated Friday. | c. Astor Bristed Carl Benson), has given $500 to the Yale Library.
 A Norwich man Lad his pocket picked of $40 in New Haven, last week. New London is one of the government weather signal stations.
 Some Mass. shoddy manufacturers have started factory at Stafford Springs.
 A Putnam man has nearly an unbroksn set of almsnscs from 1730. Rip Van Wrinkle J. J.) took s2,76O out ! of Hartford.
 Hartford scoundrels throw vitriol on la. dies dress. A girl was run over and killed by cart at Eastford, Friday. Two Mystic boys are under arrest for l arson. -a -,arv .s
 The Catholics consecrated graveyard at Stamford, last week The Meriden Congregational church does not accept MT. Woolley's resignation.
 A drunkard committed suicide in West Sufaeld. lately. Gov. Jewell delivered an address at Mer- iden on Decoration Day. A Middletown man has sold an unbroken colt for $2.O00. An employee on the New York and New Haven road had an arm crushed, last week.
 Yale has definitely refused the Harvard propositions for boat race. The cracker mill of the Hazardvile pow der works exploded, Thursday. killing three men.
 There was 8 burglary of $2,6OO worth of goods from store at Martha's Vineyard, 1 last week.
 W. R. Terrell, of sharon, takes an ap- pointment at Williams College commence. ment. ,.-e
 New Haven has voted to give up it's second mortgage on the Air Line R. R. Wise New Haven't
 A passenger car is to be attached to the Sunday night milk train on the N. Y. < N. Fl. R. R.
 New Haven has bought steam roller and exhibited the same before its admiriDg citizens.
 A boy was accidentally and probably fa- tally shot while playing with a pistol. ct Middletown. last week.
 A New Haven policeman who beat stu. dent with g club, and was sued, settled the matter for $50.
 The superintendent of the Bridgeport gas works has declined to manufacture Brigham Young's gas for him.
 Two bushels of musket balls were dug out of the ruins of the old Dutch fort at Saybrook. lately. .g..t,.
 A New Haven democrat wheeled New Haven republican (colored) three times round the Green; cause, lost election bet.
 A Southbury man started for the West with the savings of yearss Q short time since. He was cheated out of every cent by g confidence" man, and has just come back penniless.
 The McVety who murdered two Germans in New Haven, last year, and was acquit. ted, IS under arrest in New York for an other murder. @ 4. ~as A iDa'
 During the absence of Wallingford fish pedlar from his wagon the other day, two boys took possession and sold out the load at ruinous prices, pocketing the proceeds.
 recent purchaser of the old David Brooks mansion, Stratford, while tearing down the stone chimney, found some spe- cie-amount not known-in an old jar. The fact that he at once retired from. the grocery business leads many to think the amount was quite large.
 All the subscriptions to the stock of the New York aud Ridgefeld railroad in the town of Ridgefeld. have been paid in and the right of way is being saenred with . view to speedily and peacefully completing the road. ss5srssT -6asEg