Litchfield enquirer., 1874-11-12
STATE ITEMS.

STATE ITEMS.
 The new rubber company in Middletown will give employment to forty hands.
 E. E. Webb has been appointed post master at Forthrope, Middlesex county.
 One hundred democratic guns were fired on New Haven green, Wednesday night.
 Nearly $5, 900 has been raised for new organ for the First church at Waterbury.
 W. H. w: Campbell, ex-editor of The Norwich Bulletin. sailed for Europe, Sat urday.
 lieutenant Colonel Fred Grant and bride are.the guests of General Dent, at Fort Trumbull.
 A Checker club has been organized in New Haven, with Charles A. Atkins as president.
 The first burial service ever held in the Connecticut state prison has been per- formed this week.
 The Rev. w. T. H. Murray, and the Hon. Carl Schurz, will lecture ill Water DUTY GnlS Wlntef.
 Tine new shops of the New Haven wheel company will be ready for occupancy by January 1st.
 The sloop William Miller, of New Lon- don, fish laden, sunk off Watch Hill, R.I., November 2d.
 The premises of the U. S. Shear compa- ny, i'll Meriden, were damaged $2,OQ0 by fire Saturday morning.
 The annual reunion of the Dorman fam fly was held at Stafford Springs last week. About thirty were present. MT. Johnson, editor of the Santa Brrba- "a, Cal, Press, will lecture on California at Bridgeport, next week. United States Minister Bassett(colored) our representative at Hayti, has been spending few days at New Haven. At the funeral of David P. Beach in Harwinton recently, there were present 12 children and 40 grandchildren. Haven were burned over. on Tuesday af- ternoon, causing loss of $1 ,0OO. A reading room for boys will be opened this week at "A Church street, New Ha- ven, under the auspices of the United Workers.
 Edward Morris, who has escaped from the Reform school five times, was captur- ed once more last Saturday, in New Hs- ven. Lucius Burr of Torrington has a pork barrel m his possession over 200 years | old. It belonged to his fathers grand father.
 The Yale iron works in New Haven l which have been under heavy pecuniary embarrassment are HOW in full operation again.
 Wm. Parker of Cheshire, who was rob- bed and left dead by his assailant near Peekskill, N. Y., recently, is recovering from his injuries.
 Jas. Pagan, a widower aged 31, employ ed in the HOusatonic freight depot, in Bridgeport, fell down stairs Friday even- ing, and was killed
 The house of William H. Dawson, on Tryon street, Westville, was entered by burglars Wednesday and robbed of small quantity of silver. Mir. George H. Watrous and family. of New Haven, who have been spending sev- eral months in Europe, arrived home Monday.
 The Hon. W. H. Barnum presented the Hon. z. W. Bissell of Sharon gold-head- cane on the occasion of his recent golden wedding.
 A large number of the French Canadian residents of Windham county are return ing to Canada, on account of the dullness of work.
 The state purchasing agent of the Sov- ereigrs of Industry buys $7,O0O worth of provisions, etc., annually for the mem- bers of the order. The senior base ball nine at Yale have won the championship of the college, beat ing the sophomores in the deciding game 7to6.
 George Williams, Yale student, has been fined 8 and costs for stealing sign uf the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance company.
 The Rev. Henry T. Staats, recently called to the Howard avenue church in New Haven, has also been called to the pastorate of the Congregational church in Bristol
 Mrs. Anderson of Collinsville, whose husband recently committed suicide be- cause he had been told that her sickness had beer fatal, is still alive and will prob ably recover.
 The Seymour paper company still find business good enough to keep them run ming, full force, night and. day. They nave lately made quite extensive repairs inside their mills.
 Plans for new church on the site of that recently burned on Wooster place, New Haven, are completed, and the con- tract for the joiner work has been taken by.William s. Pratt, at s 16,OOO.
 ". A. Durand and wife have sued the Canal road for S1O.O 900 damages, for 1niu- ries received by the latter by being thrown from a carriage during runaway which was caused by her horse taking fright at a train of cars.
 The ''Central Connecticut Poultry As sociation" has been organized in Bristol Dec. 9th and 10th. Premium lists can be obtained of James Shepard, secretary.
 A collision occurred on the Air Line railroad near the Northford station, We'd nesday, between an extra engine from Middletown and freight train. Both engines were damaged badly, and the ex- pense of repairs will reach s4 ,OO0.
 Extensive improvements are in progress | in the manufacturing village of Fitchville, in Bozrah. A new dam is building. and | additions. ..to the mill are to be made. The mill now employs 250 hands.
 In Milford Thursday night the house of Hrrvey s. Ford was robbed of su1t of clothes and a set of false teeth. The