Litchfield enquirer., 1858-10-07

MT. Cyrus w. tlelu IS Just now sUdFIt1S tiie peu- alty of greatness Let a man be nominated for the office uf President or suddenly find himself one of the celebrities of the earth, and he Is sue to be bored to death by all sorts of persons writing let ters on all sorts of subjects. On Mir. Felds return from Cana h, last week. he found more than bush el of letters awaiting answers. Many of them from friends but most from distant parts of the country making inquiries about all sorts of matters, and suggestions aud queries on all subjects within the range of earth, air and sea- Some assuming tna' he must have become suddenly rich, and asking for donations to favorite projects, dd infnium Others merely asking for his autograph --CoMant
 Allen relates good story of a jury. who recent ly gave decision in Indiana county, "a. man had shot neighbors OK, for breaking into hs gram field. and killed him. On his oath he testified that he merely wanted to cripple the animal, as he had been troublesome before. so that Le could be l,utchered The ownez of the sued the man who had shot the animal. and the went to an lndi- ana jury who reported as the result of their Juas saents, that it was case of 3usiha''e Ao"a'e'0e!
 Rev. John Montcth, Sr. has received call to be- come the pastor of the Congregational Church Ill Teryville MT. Monteith has-been laboring in Ter ryyiile for the past five or six months
 Silver dollars of United States coinage are le- gal tender to any amount fhTee-cent pieces te the asnouat of thirty cents onay and five ten, twenty five and fifty cent pieces, to the extent Of hve dol lars.
 Mir Beniamin Mason, of Newport. caught last Friday. one thousand two hundred and ninetg-six pounds of bass with hook and line The fish av' eraged twenty-three pounds.
 It is said that more than three thousand first class houses are now being erected in the upper part of New York city.
 Large bodies of ice have been observed in the Atlantic ocean recently. One was enormous m sjze heinz two hundred feet high anu four hnndrel feet long At this season of the year. ice Is seldoH seen by voyagers, and the probability Is the sum- mer within the Arctic zone has been unusuliy pow erful in setting free the mountains ot ice ln that region.
 The New Haven Courier says that on Tuesday noon two men were securely locked up in freight car on the dock of the Canal Rail Road Company at New Haven. Their statement was, that Delng a little :. set up'' Monday night, and anxious 10 avoid being arrested by the police, they took re- fnge in the car, being careful to shat the door, They discovered. however, in the morning that the door was fastened by spring latch on the outside and after using their lungs for few hours with very poor success, they came to the very ranonal conclusion that to escape they must use lack- knife' power, and when discovered were making good headway in the whiting business.
 Rev. Joseph H. Towne, late of Bridgeport, accept ed call in July kat to the Fiftieth Street Presbyte rian Church in New York. and after an informal pas toate of six weeks Ire has taken leave of his New York church and accepted call from new chnrch in Rochester, with salary of s50oO.
 Rev Burdett Hart of Fair Haven haE rendered his resignation to his congregation in consequence oi an affection of the throat They refused to receive it. and have extended his leave of absence until next Spring He spends the winter in St. Paul.
 Hon. J. c. Jones, senator from Tennessee, former lya Whig. isspeaking for Douglas in Illinois
 great many of the shade-trees in New Haven are dying-supposed to Le owing to leakage in the gas pipes.
 The Albany Knickerbocker says if an American wishes to know how an English oyster tastes, all he has to do is to put little pepper sauce on cent and swallow it..
 The present population of China, is said to amount to 415, ,o00 000 that of Pekin being l,649.- S14.
 The salary of John Cough, of the English Temperance League, is $10000 per annnm. He is now lccturing with even greater success than ever before.
 bad accident occurred on Lake Geneva, Swift zerland last month by sail boat being run into a steamer. Twenty persons were killed.
 The Post Office and nine dwellings and stores in Greenshurgh, Pa.. were destroyed by fire Sept. 21. Loss $50 GOO partly insured. The letters in the post-of6ce were saved
 Goddard and ]. H. Steiner eronauts. are to have balloon race in October. They are to ascend from Cincinnati in large balloons. and he who lands the farthest from Cincinnati is to be declared the win Aer.
 A frightful accident occurred at the State Fair ground in Sanausky, Ohio, Sept. 10. An excited horse on exhibition in contest for the prizes, broke through the barriers of the arena, dashed in among the people, injuring five persons, two so badly that they died soun after the accident.
 The following prizes were awarded to Cornecti- cut men at the late Horse Exhibition in Springfield R. Lindsley, of West Meriden. the second prize for stallions from five to eight years, and the sec ond prize for stallions of three years. William Halle of the place, the third prize for ma,es with foal, and w.. H. Griffin. of Hartford, the third prizefor breeding mares Col. Sam Colt. of Hart ford. the first prize for Allies one year old and F. E. Killam, of Enfield the first prize for colts, two years and under four w. H. Doane of Essex. tht second prize for ponies driven donble. J. F. Or cutt. Stamford, the first premium for fancy match ed horses.
 It is said that the grasshoppers near Selkirk' settlement, Minnesota. attempted to fly over tn, Red River in body and were drowned.
 Mrs. Ludwig Snyder, of Burnside township Clearfeld county, Pennsylvania, died at the advan eed ace of 1O8 years, last week. Her husband, wh, survives her, has reaped the ripe age of 112 years
 The adventure of MT. Thurstons has recalled similar one which occurred in 1855 Timothy Win chester made an ascent from Norfolk, Ohio. in Au gust of that year, starting in good spirits and ami the cheers of large concourse of people, since ohic tans he has not been heard from When last seen. h
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