Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-01

The Greenwich sea serpent, which turns TIT quite frequently, was again seen last week near Captains island. Forty feet is the alleref
 length of the apparition.
 At Ridgefield on the 2Oth, as John Mu nree was,exercislng colt he had just brought from Danbury, the animal reared up and falling l over backward broke his back and died in7 1 stantly.
 Hon. Benjamin Stark, Connecticut's repre-. sentative at the international prison congress, which ls to meet in Stockholm, Sweden, in August next, sailed from New York on Sun day In the steamer City of Richmond. Henry Johnson of Newtown very narrowly escaped being bitten by a large rattlesnake While moving in a field few days since. Ihls IS the thirteenth snake of this species Which has been killed in that immediate vicin- ity within a year. '-17Ia. In Bridgeport last week Charles Geschke was fined $40 and costs for selling luuor on Sunday. He appealed Christopher iSchulte was convicted upon similar charge, and he settled by paying $40.
 A. l.. Johnson's house and barn in West Woodstock were burned on the 2tst. The family were away, and it is believed an incen- diary caused the fire. Everything was de- stroyed. Loss $2, 800, insurance $2, 1000 in the Etna. %
 Hattie Goddard, a girl of 12 years, of Mans field, ran away from home last week, because of the cruelty of her stepmother. She was found in Holland and said she had passed the night in the woods, and was on her way to friends in Long Meadow.
 Two wild steers broke loose in New Haven. Wednesday, from Leng wharf and dashed across the city, via the green and Hillhouse avenue, to the Hillhouse woods: Mir. A. A. Kellogg went for them with his rifle, and be- fore nightfall had brought them down.
 A twelve year old son of Mr. Chamberlain of North Windham went into the pasture with two younger sisters on the 20th, for the cows. and seeing squirrel in tree climbed after it, and fell twenty-five feet to the ground, receiy. ing internal injuries from which he died in a few hours
 Michael Clifford and Kavan Drury of Thom- aston were taken off to the New Haven county jail last week, by Deputy Sherff Kiernan. On Monday they hired team in Thomasten to 20 to Waterbury but they kept on to Naugatuck, got drunk. upset the carriage, were arrested, and fined $2 and costs each.
 The United States steamer Mayflower, with the first and third classes of naval engineer cadets, ;hirty-two in number, from the acad- emy at Annapolis arrived at New London on the 23d and now lies off the Pequot House. The cadets are on a surveying cruise to the arsenals along the eastern coast, their ultimate destination being Boston.
 The Mineral Springs and Home woolen mills in Stafford Springs, eight and three sets respectively, have shut down till better times, and of all the mills in town only Patten's and Rawitser's are running on full time A bus mess man says that there is not half the mon ey circulating there was three years ago, on account of the great reduction in wages and the intermittent running of the mills.
 MT. Shay of Valley street, Willimantic, heard noise at his barn one night last week, and soon saw man trying the door and light ing match He fired at him, and he cried out My God, Fam shot !" MT. Shaw went out, but found nothing except pair of boots, Later that night the rascal set fire to the house, but it was saved.
 Wednesday evening Unknown rascals tried to wreck a special train due in Waterbury at nine o'clock, between that place and Union City, by putting ties on the track, but the pilot threw them from the rails. One of the ties flew up and hit Engineer John Baldwin on the side of the head, slightly brusing the fesh -f
 
 Closely following the McNamara murder, Newtown has another sensation in the arrest of Frederick M. Hawley, well known car riage manufacturer of the town, for the se- duction of his servant girl, aged 15. The complainant is a daughter of McNamara, the murdered man. Hawley is a man rather be- yond middle age, and has wife and several children. He has always been considered a respectable citizen, and has highly respectable connections. The girl says that when she de- termined to seek redress for her wrongs, flaw ley used every endeavor to persuade to charge the intimacy upon some of her young men ac- quaintances instead of upon himself. This, however, she refused to do The accused had hearing before justice, yesterday, and was bound over for trial. None of his relatives or friends would furnish the required sureties for him, and in default of bail he was brought to this city, and committed to jail.-Bradgeport F0Tner.