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That portion of the city of Hartford, which borders on the Connecticut river, is under going its annual inundation. All the lower portion of the houses and factories in that section are completely filled with water, driv ing out the inhabitants, and preventing the factories from being worked. The water rose twenty-four feet and nine inches above low water mark. East Hartford was com pletely Hooded, and that part of Hartford known as Pigville, was thoroughly washed out, many of the people being obliged to sleep at the Station House. Hydrophobia has broken out among Isaac D. Freman’s sheep, in Mansfield, who were some weeks before bitten by a mad dog. Sev enteen of the sheep became perfectly rabid and rushed furiously at an attendant, trying to bite him, and driving him from the yard. Some of them have since died. The dog has bitten other dogs about there. It will be perceived from this that Newtown is not the only place cursed with worthless dogs. Major H. J. Pasco, of the 16th Conn. regi ment, who recently escaped from the rebels, reached Hartford on Saturday noon. He was taken prisoner at Plymouth, N.C., in April, 1864, at the time his regiment was captured. When Major Pasco left Sherman's army, the boys of the 5th and 20th Connecticut regi ments were all well, and had lost but one man during the campaign. A powder mill at Hazardville (Enfield) ex ploded on Monday morning about 8 o'clock. It was caused by the mixing mill taking fire and communicating to the charging mill, which exploded. ‘There was only about two tons of powder, (3,000 kegs) in it, and no one was injured. The hands in the mill all suc ceeded in getting out, and off to a safe dis tance, before the explosion occurred. Cornelius Wildman, Esq., (formerly one of the publishers of the Palladium,) died in Guil ford, on Friday last, at the age of fifty-three. Mr. W. has been an invalid for some years, and his death, at any time, was looked for by his friends. They have “ condensed cider,’’ up in Hart ford—a barrel compressed into a small amount of jelly. A spoonful of it,in a glass of water, makes, it is said, a pleasant drink. Good for cooking, c., c. On Friday last, while Mr. William Negus was assisting another person in splitting a log in Litchfield, his companion’s axe flew off the handle, struck him on the right fore arm, and inflicted a severe flesh wound. A cavalry soldier who had been drugged was found by the New Haven police lying in the depot, when brought to his senses it was found that he had been robbed of about $600. Gen. Jarvis Case, of Canton, a pioneer of Connecticut wine growing, and one of the leading agricultural men of the State, died suddenly, Saturday. Potatoes are a drug in Maine at seventy cents a bushel.
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Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Tue, Mar 21, 1865
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