Litchfield enquirer., 1875-01-07
STATE ITEMS.

The N. H. & Northampton R. R. is in a prosperous condition
 A burglar was caught ina si.s act of rob- ping . Hartford saloon Sunday night.
 Small pox. has had it's run in Baltic, and the residents breathe easier
 A horned owl. fifty years old, was killed
 at Southingtou the other day.. ... .. The collections of the New Haven GUS
 tom house in 1874 were $37S, 128 Congressman Rarnum is in the Lake Superior region, where he has extensive iron mines.
 John F. Trumbell, of Stonington, who died a few weeks ago, left an estate val
 ed at $312, ,O0O
 The house of Rev Mr Davenport III
 Bridgeport was considerably Einjured by fire, -Fnday night
 Theodore Thomas gives symphony con- certs Tn Hartford January 18th, February
 18th, and March 9th. Pickpockets went through the crowd
 that gathered to see Kalakua pass through New London.
 Congressman Kellogg leetured before the Scientific society of Waterbury Tues day evening. -. A bald-headed eagle made its heaG- quarters on the spire of the Centre church at Hartford, Christmas day. Four of the thirteen prisoners who es- chped from Middletown jail the other night have voluntarily returned. Page & Co, of Norwich, have received
 an order from China for wood type cut in
 the Chinese character.
 Tributaries of the Natchaug ana She tucket rivers about Wlllimantic, have
 been stocked with California salmon.
 The burglar who robbed the store of G.
 Morin at Putnam in November was cap- tured at Providence, R. I. last week. F. Lizzie Jost, of South Norwslk. girl of l eighteen years, was burned to death Fri day morning, her clothes taking fire.
 The case of Fl. P. Hubbard of New Ha- ven, against Brown the mind reader, has
 ben decided in favor of the defendant. New Haven people sincerely hope the
 report is true that Elder Lutz. the eccen-
 tric preacher, is to remove to New York. The Holland county commissioners have had the county hotel repaired, and
 have leased it to Sheriff Winter, of Staf-
 ford Springs. | -- Saugus, ''big Injun." was arrested in
 Bridgeport, Tuesday, for being drunk, but
 was discharged by the city attorney next
 morning. Kalakaua 1t is said intends to stop at
 New @ his return trip to New
 York, and will have a reception at the
 Yale art school.
 The store of Weatherby 5 Knous, in Hills block, Hartford, was robbed of $2OO worth of silk, Monday, by sneak theives.
 John Williams, of Bridgeport. caught the small pox in New York and brought it with him to Middletown, where he got
 lodgings in the almshouse. Mir. Basset, of New Haven, the United States minister to Hayti, expects to com plete his visit home this week, intending
 to sail for Hayti, Thursday. Somebody in Stafford vented his spite
 against dogs by spreading poisoned food
 along the thoroughfares. About twenty dogs were found dead one morning. James Brennan, a notorious Hartford bruiser, was arrested last week for the 99th time-if Jim doesn't lie about it and there has been no mistake in the count. John M. Button, 8 Far Haven oyster dealer, was knocked senseless and robbed of $75. by young stranger whom he &C., commOdated with ride in his sleigh on
 Saturday evening.
 Edgar Harris, of Plainville, 23 years old, was taken suddenly ill while skating
 on Hills pond on Friday, and m ten min
 utes was dead. The doctors pronounced
 the cause apoplexy.
 A Wolcottville correspondent writes
 that highway robbery was attempted upon Burton Cowles. near his residence, Monday evening. Mir. Cowles defended
 himself manfnlly ard robbers, who were
 probably of the tramp genus, fled hastily. -COatrant.