Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20
STATE ITEMS.

1 A nine pound salmon was caught in Mantle
 bay last week.
 The Ridgefeld Masonic lodge has been in existence seventy years. 1 The, Rubber company's works at Sandy Hook are running night and day. The annual meeting of the New York and l Ridgefeld Railroad company was held at 1 Ridgefeld last week William Burke of Willimantic and his three l children have been poisoned by eating toad l stools for mushrooms. The catch of shad the past two weeks has been small. Appearances indicate that the | season is about finished A sneak thief stole $125 from the room of Peultney Bigelow, a Yale junior, in West Divinity hall, Wednesday.
 Ex-Editor Phillips is on trial at the present term of the Holland County superior court, for slandering Asa Bissel of Hebron, in the Cleaner.
 General Francis A. Walker of New Haven has been appointed United States Commission CT to the international money convention. s The Bushnell air motor," designed to run horse cars by compressed air, was tried in New Haven, Thursday, and proved failure.
 The final settlement in bankruptcy of the estate of the Nerwalk mills has been made. The total dividends paid amount to 35 per cent.
 Much indignation is felt at Winnipank at the wholesale slaughter of birds for stuffing The skins are cured and packed in boxes for ship ment to England.
 It isnow said that Whittier will write poem for Bowen's Fourth of July celebration in Woodstock, and Vice-President Wheeler will make an address.
 A Housatenic railroad conductor stopped the New Milford train, last week, and ran back to recover the hat which had blown from the head of a luckless passenger.
 The little daughter of James E. Griffin of SimonSyille was poisoned last week by eating green wall paper, the coloring matter of which it is thought contained arsenic.
 Rev. Victor Smith of New York, formerly assistant rector of St. Johns Episcopal church at Waterbury, has become insane from over work, and has been sent to the insane asylum.
 A Bridgeport lover sang and played before his sweetheart'S house, the other evening, for two hours, and then his rival appeared at the drawing room window and thanked him for the serenade.
 James Boyhen of Bridgeport took dose of Paris green, last week, and died in a few hours Since the death of his wife, two months ago, he has been much depressed. He leaves six children.
 Mrs. Frank Griswold of Mancheeter was choked almost, to death by atramp, Thursday, who took this way to induce her to give him what money was in the house.
 While Miss Jennie Barrymore of Stamford was eating breakfast, Sunday morning, piece of beefsteak lodged in her throat and could not be removed. A doctor was sent for at once, but before he arrived she was dead of strangulation.
 Ellen Mccormack, a servant glrl in Artemas Kings family at Suffield for the past seven years, has just fallen heir to $60, 900 worth of property by the death of her grandmother in Brooklyn, N. Y.
 As Mrs. White and Mrs. Clarke, of New ington were returning home from a festival at Elmwood, last week, they were accosted by disguised man and robbed of a watch and chain and $1O.
 MT. George W. Huntington of Norwich has joined the Reformed Episcopal church, and is to be ordained deacon in the Church of the Incarnation in Brooklyn on the 23d inst. He has already been called te the Emanuel church, in Ottawa, Ontario.
 The Hazardville powder factories use from 14O, 900 to 24O, 900 kegs year, and machine has been started in the place that will make 250 kegs each day out of paper. They are water and air tight and more durable than iron or wood, but they are not so cheap.
 s. c. Bennett of Canaan was gored by his Jersey bull, on the 9th, and taken up insensible He was not, however, seriously hurt. The infuriated creature would probably have killed him had it not been driven off by lad who came to the rescue.