Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1880-12-16
STATE ITEMS.

| Counterfeit trade dollars are in circulation in
various parts of the state.
Dennis Colgan, tender of the railroad draw
bridge in Bridgeport has not been absent from
duty any day during twenty-six years.
Bishop Williams has accepted an election
| as one of the vice presidents of the Connect
cut Humane society.
Bridgeport man has applied for patent
on sausage that will not blow open when
frying
Twelve boys were arrested 10 New Haven,
Sunday, for billiard playing and were held in
500 bail each.
Carl Wolf, band master of the Governors
Island band, will lead the Howe band of
Bridgeport after January 1st
The First and Second regiments, C. N. G.,
| contemplate taking part in the Yorktown
| (Va.) centennial celebration on the 9th of
next October.
Postmasters appointed Henry F. Williams
| at Canterbury. Robert Williams at Hawley-
vile, Simeon E. Platt at Washington depot,
John M. Morse at Woodstock.
Passenger receipts of Hosatonc Railroad
company for months of October and Novem-
Der show an increase of $1,000 over cores
ponding time in 1879.
1t is said that Gov-elect Bigelow has de-
cided definitely to appoint DR.. James Gregory
Harbinson OF Hartford, as quarter master
general.
Jacob Roth, painter. of Cempo, in the
town of WestpOrt, committed suicide Sunday
by taking poison. He was in financial EN-.
har I.s.-
Mrs. Prosper Beach of Newtown is on bad
terms with her husband with whom she has
not lived for over a year. Whether the in
jury to her crops, the breaking of her door
with an axe and the firing of pistol bullet
through one of her windows are consequent
upon the separation does not appear.
James Murtie, brakeman of the Hartford
road undertook to couple train recently
while his hands were wet. Just at the right
moment ne attempted to withdraw his hand,
but it stuck fast. 1t was frozen to the cold bar
of iron in the zero temperature ! Fortunately
the car was a very old fashioned one, and
there vas room enough for the brakeman
hand to go in with the coupling pin and not
| be crushed.
| At the late election in Connecticut town
clergyman put his ballot for representative
the return of the town was made up it read as
! follows: ~
John NJ Smith (rep.) 1O1
William Richmend (dem.l so
Mrs. Anderson desires the prayers OF the
congregation for her husband, gone
to sea
During Saturday night the drug store of
Sisson & Butler, in Hartford, was entered by
Dfr pIo ~ 81, g.
opened with key and money stolen. Sun
| day night F. G. Bonnet, who left the employ
of the firm about three months ago, was ar
| rested as he was taking the Washington ex-
press train at the depot. He had with him
basket 10 which were $121.93 in silver the
extent OF the haul. Bonnet came to Hartford
on the Washington express, Sunday morn
ing.
| 1t is reported that Rev. Mr. Marsland, the
missing clergyman of Central Village, was
! seen at POmfret, last week, and Providence
| paper says that he spent night in that city.
He was out Of money and had been tramp
ing representing himself to be broken down
| merchant. There are number of rumors in
regard 10 the cause of his disappearance, but
nothing seems to be definitely known either
| about his being seen or why he should leave
home. The case is as great a mystery as
ever.
Mrs G. S. Abbott of Waterbury, Mrs. M. A.
Stone of New Milford, and Mrs. A. F. San
| ford of Bridgeport, are the Connecticut COM
mittee of the Hayes memorial fund, the object
of which is ito honor the courageous woman
who SO quietly and gently, yet so firmly, ban
| ished liquors from the White House-the chief
home of the nation; to place her portrait in
that home-a historic monument, suitably in
scribed-erected on the spot where her victory
was achieved. to remain permanent object
lesson for rulers and people: to place copies of
this portrait engraved with finest artistic skill
| in multitude of homes, where it may have
the same significance to children who shall be
horn and grow up, and ask, 'wtat means this
| picture?"