Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1857-11-12

REDucTIo1n OF NEws-SHEETs.-Severa of our ex-
changes come to us with reduced proportions.
The lack Of advertisements not warranting them
liz continuing the number Of hands heretofore en-
ployed.
We learn from the Chicago Tribune tina. that
.paper and thre others of the large sized Chicago
daiIies, the Journal, Press and Democrat, talk
ing seriously of reducing their pages one column.
each during the Winter. advertising is very
tight, and Publishers not disposed to provide
larger space for advertisers than they require.
This is confession of the extent to which the
financial troubles affect the newspapers in com
mon with every other branch of business. We
trust our own, and the subscriber TO all county pa
pers will hear this fact in mind There are very
few journals, we are sure, but suffer largely fren
the affects of the hard times, and would gladly
reduce the number of their workmen, and the size
of their paper. Transient advertising we see in
looking over their columns, have entirely disap-
peered, and in place Of local notices, the space is
filled with patent medicines 1t is a very hard
time for printers. Don't forget it you whose
farm give you enough 10 eat, and whose every
article OF produce brings cash.
CoLoRrD CHuRcHE There are in Philadsl-
phia.eigh,een churches for color-d people. or
these ten, more than one half the whole mum
her are methodist three are Baptist two Episco-
paiIan, and three are Presbyterian. These church
rs capable of accommodating abou, eleven thous
and people, and comprise four thousand three hun
dred and forly-fou communicating members.
Their church property is estimated at about 237,-
200
Ne,o Watchman.-Seth Maker curious natu-
ra!ist residing Bee,own, Wisconsin, has
spot OF ground On his farm set apart for melons,
| and near 1t is well known den of ratt!eenakes
He has tanned the snaks, and by some mysterious
powers in the spiritual department of science, is
able to conjure them well in.o his melon patch
to guard the same against intuders. The snakes
have been in his service all the fall, and iischarg-
ed their duties admirably.
Remember 1his.-At a recent trial in Broome
County, N. Y, it decided that passenger,
having purchased railroad ticket from one point
to another, had right TO ride any train he
chose-storping over at any place on the road a
day or more at pleasure. Tie notice ''good for
this trip" only, was Of no legal force.
Ne,c Satisfactorily are arrangements making
for three new U. s. territories to be organize dur.
ing the coming session of Congress. They are
Arizonia, [Gadsden's purchase Dacotah, the
west half of Minnesota, AMI Carson Valley. The
two former have already elected their delegates.
Robbery.-Some weeks ago most daring rob-
berry WAS committed in Boston. The robb-r en-
itiiuH tiIt StoIt Ill nIOdu udylSULs ana knocking
down the clerk, after which lie robbed the store OF
a large amount Of watches and jewelry. The
clerk was found covered with blood, and nearly
dead. and it was supposed he would not recover
We learn however from Boston papers. that he
has recovered sufficiently to be able 10 describe
thelassailant's appearance.
Very Sensible.-The Irish depositers Of the saw
ings Bank at Lawrence, Mass. being alarmed,
withdrew their deposits TO the amount of $50 600
and placed them in the hands of the priest for safe
keeping, who took the whole sum directly back
to the bank and re.depos,ed it.
A Simple Remedy-A writer in the Baltimore
Sun, who had been afflicted severely in his family
by that apaing disease, bronchitis, has found re-
let from the following remedy. flake honey in
the comb, squeeze it out, and dilute it with il,le
water. and vet the lips and mouth occasionally
with it," 1t had never been known to fail to give
relief, in where children had threats So
swollen as to be unable to swallow. 1t is certain
ly simple remedy, and may be very effcacious
Que.
New York P0or.-The prospects are that the
destnutlon among the poor of New York, will be
greater than heretofore ever known. The
Aims House Department is making unusual prep
eralions, for extending relief. The amounts dis
bursed during the last three years, fer benevolent
-,
1921 1861 Is /: for 1856, S95.c22 80.
An extraordinary item among the resources of
the Department this year is derived from the Ii.
cense fees paid by liquor dealers, amounting TO
ner!y $4,000 This will be exclusively appro
priated for the benefit of the outdoor poor.
In spite of the hard times, there is good iv.
ing in New York At the Astor House ordinary
on Thursday, the bill of fare contained twenty
three different sorts of game follows
Roast haunch Of venison canvas back ducks,
red head ducks, black ducks, gray ducks. lake
ducks, broad bills, Mallard ducks, clippers, widg-
cons. teal, brandt, robbins, acknowledged snipes,
doewiche snipe, English bIackcock, woodcock,
p'over English snipe, quail, stewed squirrel, pot.
ted rabbits, and partridges with sour krout.
FISANcIAL-C Commercial News is more favorable.
especially in Philadelphia and Chicago The Pacific
Mail steamship company have declared a. dividend
of 10 per cent. Foreign according to latest
adviecs, is more favorable than was anticipated
The belief is expressed in the English papers that
the panic in New York would be but a short one.
and though the News of the General Bank Suspen-
sion must have come suddenly upon them, they do
not seem to have been wholly unRrepared for such
intelligence, Less gold was exported than had been
feared and there renewal Of activity In Amer
lean securities
A great falling off in the export trade of England
to this country is very justly anticipated. The de-
pland with for foreign goods will be very slight.
fof she next six months, our dealers having more
than they can do to get rid of the stock now on
hand. With the cessation of imports on our part
the fall in the price of American produce, and a
more active commerce. consequent or events in El-
rope and India, We may expect gradual recovery
from the effects of the panic, and the establishment
of our vast system of trade, manufactures and COM
merce, on more substantial footing than ever be-
fore.
CRItE.-New York seems full to OVERLOOKING with