Litchfield enquirer., 1875-01-21
STATE ITEMS.


 Thomas played at Hartford, Tues day evening. ..
 A strange disease has broken out among the horses in Southport
 Selden Spencer, of EIoodus, was made father for the twenty-first time on Friday.
 Michael Vail was run over and killed by horse and cart, ill Hartford, on Monday.
 The Queen Spring silver mining com. pany has been organized at New London
 The Fist birthday of Hon. Thos. H. Bond, of New Haven, was celebrated, Thursday.
 A Haddam lady swallowed & needle twenty years ago. It emerged from one of her knees, last week.
 Mayor J. Lloyd Green, of Norwich, caused salute to be fred in honor of the Presidents Louisiana message. as sau
 A stock company has heen formed in Wilfimantic for the purpose of publishing democratic newspaper. .-....s ..-,-
 Hon. David A Wells, of Norwich, has been elected president of the American Social Science association.
 Erastus Gay, of Pennington, had his horse and sleigh stolen from in front of the church in that place, saturtlay night.
 Wednesday afternoon an express train on the New York road struck and killed man close by Noroton station.
 Mrs. Caroline Babcock, of Hartford. has been bound over on charge of poison ing her late husband at Sufield.
 Stiles Burton, one of the oldest and wealthiest citizens of Chigago, died on the 14th inst. He was a native of Trum- bull. ....
 The Plimpton Envelope Co.,, of Hart ford received an order for 1,3OO, GOO enve lopes, Friday.
 Anderson, the man who shot Fl. G. Hall at Wallingford, recently, was convicted of murder in the first degree in New Haven Saturday.
 Insurance Commissioner Stedman de- nounces the statement in a recent issue of the N. '. Express refecting upon Hart ford life insurance companies, as utterly false. A conscience stricken citizen of Hart ford has sent $12 to the city treasurer, with the statement that it belonged to the city. The annual meeting of the American National Poultry association will be held at the Allyn House, in Hartford. on the 21st inst. - Fanny Perry, an inmate of Hatch's ho- tel, in Hamden, disappeared 6 few days since, with $4O0 worth of stolen property, as alleged. 5a Father Chiniquy, the French convert form Romanism, is said to have led twenty families to leave the Catholic church at Eqtna4. ra ezssaE el a- g Miss A. M. Beechef has sent in her re- signation as principal of the Hartford fe- male seminary. on account of 1ong-contin- ued ill-health.
 Daniel Lawrence, man seventy years old, was convicted at Brooklyn, Friday, of stealing steer and sentenced to con finement for one year at Wethersfeld. Edward Cornish, of Hartford, laborer out of work, with wife and three child ren to support, attempted to commit sui- eide Friday night by taking laudanum The Bridgeport, of the New York and Bridgeport line, while passing mp the Sound, Friday, struck rock::of Shippan Point and stove an ugly hole in her bot tom.
 There was meeting of about 400 labor | ing men inst Mary's church, New Haven, Friday evening, to adopt measures to in duce the city to put the idle men to work. Two highwaymen knocked down Elijah Loveland in Middletown, Friday night, but he was rescued by friends, in batter ed and bloody condition, before his as- sailants got his money, 15. 'a- The Charter Oak Life Insurance com pany, of Hartford, has offered prizes az. gregating $l0. 900 to the twelve agents in their employ who shall get the most new business during the year. e.{d a..., .tsq- es
 Thieves prowled about the Atlantic 1 hotel in Bridgeport, Wednesday night. entering rooms through the fan lights over the doors, Lorenzo B. Sterling and George E. Dearborn lost about $6Q in in money: A - -. Y . Burglars entered the house of the post master in Bristol, Sunday night, rifed his l pantaloons pockets while ha was auietlv sleeping, and secured S175 in money and the keysof the post office. They then proceeded to the latter place, from which they carried of about S10O worth of post age stamps and envelopes. II