Litchfield enquirer., 1855-04-19
' Claims to seats doubted.

IF The California news by the North. crn Light, which arrived Sunday, is of less interest than usual. The mines are report. cd to be in prosperousc condition, although the invoice of gold by the steamer amounts to less ,han s2Oo,oo0. No further excite. ment has teen felt at San Francisco on ac. count Of the financial crash, and business vas fast tever,ing to its usual channels.
 Dr Omnibuses, as the man in the play says of paths, have had their day. Rail- roads in cities are fast superceding and do- ing away with them. In the papers is an announcement that the old line of Flushing Avenue Stages will be sold by the Brooklyn City Railroad Company. The property of such an establishment consisted of two twenty-four passenger omnibuses, one hun. dred and fifty twelve passenger omnibuscs, horses, harness, extra wheels, and all the other struck" incidental to such an exten- sive business.
 I The Legislature of Wisconsin has just enacted law providing for placing a copy of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary at the expense of the State, in leach school and each department thereof of the public sch ools of the State.
 U Commissioner Waldo decides that nc one persona can receive the aggregate bounty for separate services. In case of woman marrying twice and surviving both hus. | bands, and both entitled to bounty land, she is only entitled to one bounty, but she may 1 make her election under either husband.- If there be minor children living of the non. elected husband, they are also entitled te land.
 V Jenny Lind Eoldschmidt is giving charity concerts in Holland, where she ha. never sung before. and even the placid ant immovable Dutch are having the Jenny Lind fever. Her object was to raise fund. for hospital at Stockholm in Sweden, but hearing ofthe distress caused by the recent inundations in Holland, she devoted tho proceeds of a portion of hor concerts to the relief of the sufferers.
 EY In the South Society Of Coventry, o this State, having population not exceed. ing 1900, there have been six suicides by hanging. Allowing the same proportion for the State of Connecticut, with an ave. rage population of 350, 900, would give l75o about no for each year.
 IF It is probable that the Brigade En. campment next fall, will be held at Water bury. Bridgeport and Stratford were pro posed at the Military Convention as places of meeting, but it was urged that the New York and New Haven Railroad Company were not accommodating on such occasions, No reduction of fare would be made in any case, unless indeed persons were going to be naturol,. ed.
 ET Rev. John Scudder, missionary of the American Board in India, died near Cape town, in Africa, on the 18th of January, ol apoplexy. He had left Madras and taken residence near Capctown, for his health. IF A captain of the U. s. army. in view of the anticipated troubles with the Indians in Nebraska. suggests that blankets taken from small pox hospitals be freely distibu. ted among the diieren. tribes. This, in his opinion, will do more towards effecting an ex,esmination than the six new regiments. Very humane, indeed.
 EF The Louisville Journal has come ou, in favor of the new American movement.