Litchfield enquirer., 1876-10-26
STATE ITEMS.

Hartford is the only city in the country where the price of all the daily papers IS kept up at five cents.
 The Connecticut authorities have made a contract with Rogers for statue to be placed on top of the new State House at Hartford.
 James Lee, of Hartford. was arrested in Philadelphia, last week, and held in $40O bail for picking pockets in the main build- ing of the exposition.
 John P. Gilbert. a young man employed by Jacob Broschart, marketman, of New Haven, committed suicide at the Mansion House, Wednesday night.
 Efforts are beng made to bring large manufacturing company to Wallingford The amount needed has been mostly raised by the citizens.
 Alvin Roberts, of Middletown, while engaged in working upon the roof of Geo. W. Guys house, Friday, fell to the ground, striking the staging 1n his fall. One of his shoulders was badly fractured and a gash cut in h1s arm SO that the bone pro. truded.
 Prof. Marsh, of Yale College, says the sandstone slab containing the footprint of man and some bird tracks, which was dug up on North Canton farm, is clev- 'erly executed fraud, as the stone is arti- fcial.
 The farmers of the State say that thou sands of barrels of apples will be left to perish in the orchards. the prices offered being too low to pay for gathering.
 New Haven lawyer who defended three river thieves, recently, took for his fee the twenty bushels of oysters they had stolen, but for which they couldn't be convicted.
 The freshman class at Wesleyan Uni versity numbers fifty-six, including two girls. A meeting of the boating associa- tion, held recently, voted in favor, of the formation of New England association.
 Arthur E. Hotchkiss, of the Cheshire Congregational church, has been fined three dollars and costs for reciting at a Sunday School concert passages of Scrip. ture which were regarded as reflection upon the pastor.
 MT. s. J. Adams of West Cornwall, has made this summer one thousand ponnds of honey with seven hives of bees, and has had an increase of fifteen swarms, six of the seven hives having swarmed twice and one hive three times.
 The expense to the state for medicine used in the Second regiment at the late encampment was $120, while the other three regiments medical expenditures amountedsto only $6O. The Second reg iment boys probably ate more scrambled eggs and drank greater quantity of wa ter during the encampment.
 Tuesday evening of last week, ,Almon B. Chandler, of Prospect, heard his horse stamping about, and on going to the door found his barn in flames He succeed ed in getting his three COWS out of the yard but everything in the barn was burn. ed. including the horse, harness and tools. Probably eight tons of hay were consum. ed. The origin of the fire is unknown.
 AStafford republican family has little bright-eyes who has knowledge of the political situation. Being on visit the other evening with her mama. at her un. cles; she said, "Please, I want to go to bed," to which her mother replied, Well, wait till uncle has prayers" "Uncle have ppayers!' exclaimed the child. "Why, I thought he was democrat!'  The Connecticut Western Railroad com. pany has issued instructions to their en- ployes to report all offenses against the new law of Connecticut in relation to the clos ing of bars. gates, etc., leading across the railroad. This law was passed at the last May session, and provides that whoever enters upon or crosses railroad at any private way, which is closed by gates or bars, and neglects to securely close them, shall forfeit for each offense sum of not less than two nor more than ten dollars, and shall be liable for any damage results ing therefrom.