Litchfield enquirer., 1857-09-17
News of the Week.

the continent Is St. John's, N. F.; the most southern, Belize, La.: the most northern, River du Loup, Canada; and the most western. Jeffer. son, Mo- From Balize to River du Loup is over 1900 miles in an air line. The California lines do not come into this estimate.
 Tine hog cholera is very destructive in parts of Kentucky. farmer at Milersbury lost B out of 40 hogs, and others in the vicinity over one hundred. The living herds Were pushed on to Covngton as fast as possible, for the Cincin- na'i market Tine hog 'crop'' will be very large in spite of the dsease-re,urns to the State Au- ditor from each county, adding up l5O,GO0 more than last year. The sickness is not general. It has appeared also in various parts of Indiana she manifestations of the disease are very similar 70 those in the human body. Diarrhea, loss of appetite, prostraton and rapid sinking.
 One half of the tract of land containing GGO acres on Mill Creek and Elk River, six miles from Charleston, Virginia, was sold week O. two, since to Thomas Curwin and others of Ohio, for SlS,OO0. Subsequently, another fourth of the same tract was sold to the same parties for $90oo This tract abounds in ve7y fine camel coa, and was soid for delinquent taxes only fifteen Years ago, for a few hundred dollars The coal fields of Western Virginia 2o0 miles long ny lGO wide. giving working area of 20, 900 square miles. Al the falls Of the kanhawha tie coal seams in the mountain aggregate l20 feet in thickness.
 On Sunday morning horse belong! ing to Mir Relph, stable keeper in BoStcn, seized with by phobia, and died twenlytwo hours af- ter the first attack, perfectly iran'ic, muiiating his own body with his teeth, and tearing every thing within his reach
 --Ihe cotton and wool manufacturers of Phila- drIphia have agreed 10 work their mills on halt time On and after the lth of the present monih' until further notice They complain that they have been for time losers by continuing to work heir mills at the present very low prices receiv- ed for goods.
 John A. Wilder, Patent Safe Manufacturer in Boston, has lately purchased a beautiful roan gelding, ,f symmetrical form, and which weighs 1900 pounds. The horse is from Pennsy lvania, and is of the famed Nethtrland blood, is yet young and growing, an! bids fair to rival the most celebrated of the Barclay & Perkins stud of London, which contains the heaviest horses in the world. The Boston Journal says tEat the thou sands who crowded around the animal during the hour he stood on the street, had rich treat.
 Ss riy eastern readers some idea of the products of our western cornfelds, mention the fact that Jo- seph Hayes, an old farmer of Lawrenceburg, in- diana, sold 3O, GOO bushels of corn last week, for so cents per buShel, and five cents additional for hauling it to tile point of delivery in that place. It was almost wholly the crop of lS56 though a small part of it Was left over from the previous years crop. It produced the snug sum of S25,5G0. and raised! lhe Miami btttoms, between Lawrencebrrg and Elizabe,hown, hat for half a century have turned out enormous crops without any apparent abatement of ftrtility.''
 -Dr. Catn is still in the Tombs, held as a witness against Mrs. Cunningham in the bogus baby prosecution The runor that he made dis closures to the District Attorney regarding the murder of Dr. Burdell, or the pretended mar riaye, is authorita1iveIy ccntradic,ed. To re- porter who visited him Wednesday, he said |: "My character is gene, my business in Brooklyn is broken is broken up; my wife has left me; l have neither money TOT friends. an:l I Go not care to expose myself to the deIlsion of my enemies. Besides, have long had desire to live for a time the life of recluse, and although the Tombs is not the most desirable place in the world, yet i am well treated here, and do not find it at all un- confurtahle No, sir, l have rot made any effort to get bail, and shall not. 1 know not that rould get bail if would, and l am certain would until have given my evidence in the case for which am detained witness, and then in- tend 10 start immediately for Australia
 The State Fair will commence on Tuesday, Oct. 18th and close on Friday, Oct. 10th. The site se- leced for the exhibition is west from the city of Bridgeport about one milc on the load to Fairfield. Work is carried on diligently on the fences pens, sheds and other arran cemelts for the animals, and they will all be completed in season. large buiI- ding is to be erected for the exhibition of manutac turel artcles-a Hall for the display of machine ery-and steam engine be put up to furnish pow er The half mile track for the trotng course will be well made.
 The hcsts of last Monday and Tuesday morn ings extended over nearly the whole of New Eng land. In the upper parts it has injured the pros poets of the corn crop materially. Tobacco crop of Massachusetts anal Connecticut which is very large this year, has not been n;ch hurt The .S,ytagafld RepaoteGn says the tobacco crop of the Connecticut valley hcreabouts and the hop crop of the valley father noIth arc being gathered this fine weather in good order. The tobacco crop is report d as about an average one and the hop yield is unusually good
 The frost in New Hampshire on Monday night was nolcab!e ln every part cf the state and fear that ID the tow lands of the northern part of the State liss done scrioAs damage to corn vines and other kinds of produce.
 At ameeting of the Directors of the Ftna Bark Sept 10th, Appleton R. Hillyer, Esq., was unani-