Litchfield enquirer., 1878-07-18
STATE ITEMS.

The old Trinity college buildings at Hart ford are soon to be demolished
 Hartford's new city directory contains 16, 526 names, 82 more than last years.
 Michael German of Hartford is under $500 bonds for breaking his wifes ribs.
 Henry Kitson, seven years old, was drowned in the Park river at Hartford, Wednesday.
 An eleven pound salmon has been taken at Madison in the Redfield fish company's pound.
 A seal weighing nearly 100 pounds was caught in the Thames, at Norwich, recently.
 Charles Veitenheimers house in New Ca- naan was burned on the 4th by frecrackers. Insured for $600.
 The Rev. L. T. Spaulding, pastor of the Congregational church in Chester, died last week.
 Merritt Peet, twenty-five years old, was drowned at Charles island last week having fallen from boat.
 Sumner A. Colby, son of F. O. Colby of Willimantic has been missing from Lowell, Mass, since May 9.
 c. s. Hunt of Vernon Center had horse, buggy, harness and robes, stolen from his barn last week.
 The appointment of Linus Birdsey as depu- ty sheriff of Meriden does not meet with gen. eral favor in that place.
 Eighteen young Chinamen at school in Hart ford have gone to Twin lakes, Salisbury, to camp out for six weeks. Miss Julia Smith, one of the Glastonbury sisters, has been seriously ill but is improving and is expected to recover. Joe Quinn of Meriden, was fined $30 and costs last week for repeating at the last school election in the Central district. |"s North Stoaington speculators are buying up the wool crob in their vicinity for thirty-three and one third cents pound.
 Albert Sykes of Sufield, fifteen years old drank so much water one day last week that | he died of inflammation of the bowels Marshall Wright and William and Moses Jordan have been arrested in Rocky Hill, and bound over for stealing cattle .r George L. Corbin of Brookfield has received | $72 from the town of Danbury for ten sheep and three lambs killed by dogs
 | The missing Catholic priest, Rev. T. Mul- 1 Haven, has returned home.
 | The Branford Lock company has agreed to restore the wages of the old figure and they I will return to work. .. | At Greenwich on the Eth, Augustus Samp- sons barn was entered by burglars and prop erty amounting to about $2O0 stolen.
 Colonel William H.. Tubhs succeeds Mrs. l General Mower as postmaster at New London. Robert F. Boss will be assistant postmaster.
 The church debt of the New Hartford North Congregational church wa Kimbalized recently, nearly enough being pledged to pay | off the debt. 2t A I On Wednesday the widow of the late Chief Justice Themas B. Butler, died in Norwalk. The subscriptions for continuing the work ! on the Hartford Roman Catholic cathedral, l taken throughout the diocese on Trinity Sun- 1 day, amounted to about $12, 600. A In a recent divorce case at Norwich it was shown that the young wife got drunk day or 1 two after the wedding and remained so for three months. The divorce was granted.
 The freight-car robbers had their prelimi- nary trial in New Haven, last week, Michael .Dinneen, James Doyle and Richard J. Maher were bound over to the superior court. The old parishioners of the Rev. Dr. Horace Bushnell have subscribed the requisite funds to place. handsome memorial tablet to his memory in the Park church in Hartford.
 Michael Gainor's two-story dwelling house I on East street, Rockville, was burued last 1 week, by fire of unknown origin; insurance, S2 GOO on the house and $200 on the furni- ture. t@ sS sia @