Litchfield enquirer., 1860-08-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

The capital invested in the ccal lanus o' ? oennsyIv is said to be $S240OO,00o- s The largest tree in Massachusetts, is an elm 1t tAndoyer-221a feet around the trunk.
 It is estimated that the German population in. this country amounts to 7,500,00e.
 The total amount of guns now in store in Springfield, U. $. Arsenal, is l60,O0O.
 California gained 13,OoO inhabitants by immi- grafton during the last six months
 The Girard House, Philadelphia, is lighted with gas made from water at . cost Of fifty cents per 1000 feet. :.
 Toledo in Ohio, had population of s,is7 in 1850; now it has l3,784. lf.A .IT
 The wheat crop of Michigan is estimated nit 100000 bushels uH elS
 Provisions are scarce in Arizona territory flour selling at Sl4 sack. A- o. Barrett of Bennington. Vermont, ba. a colt with five feet, one of his fore-feet being double.
 | From 1880 to 1859 the length of railway in
 the United States increased from 1855 to 2I.- 044 miles. hd
 From 30,GOO to $500 conversions are given |
 year. ;tzfHfs "h
 An American hay-sutter. took the first prize
 and a gold medal at tho exhibition of faru'ing
 machines in Paris, few weeks ago. A meeting has been lield in Indianapolis to
 consider the question of the alarming increase
 of vicious or goodfor-nothing young men. Oth- Ter localities might do likewise. I Kossuth is in Paris. Since vflla-franca, he
 has not been active in public affairs, but his hopes and efforts are still directed to the pos ,, sible liberation of his beloved country. sA singular disease is reported to be prevalent among the cattle of Henry Co, H. The dis ease appears to be confined to the head, and the horns of some of the affected have become 80 loosened as to be pulled off easily by the hand It is said that the whole west from the Ohio to the Missouri is one vast grain field. It is cs
 timated that the State of Ohio will have thirty
 million bushels of wheat-iye millions mOr'. than it has ever produced before, and that it is of the best quality.
 A few days since lady died in Philadelphia. 1O7 years of age and on the day of her funeral there were present five brothers and sisters. inc
 youngest being over % years of age, and th'. z oldest being Ill years. A sight like this has seldom if ever been witnessed in that or any
 place. .
 Two of the Douglas miscrcants who threw U stones at the republican excursion train as it ; was leaving Springfield for Bloomington. lIl.. :. and severely injured some of the pa44cngcrs. Il have been arrested and examined bcior" jus , tce. One of them was bound over in th" sum t of $500, and the other took Il change of veBur
 to democratic justice, and Was discharged. " AMHERST CorLEGE.-T'he treasurer of the co., Il leee has lately received from Mr. Nayid Sears of .o Boston, a heretof re liberal bencfacr of tbc n college q small and carefully sealed box. with n, tI!o instruction that it is not to be opened for if l00 years,, OH pain of q forfeiture of tl'" gft r which it contains. Speculation $ ut faut IS tU 7. the contents and the reasons for the accompany , " ing condition. The shrewdest guess is that the Y. box holds deeds of r,al estate in Boston, BOW ,- under lease for leo years, but then to be rans r feired to the college. But let us be patient i'll r I9iG and then We shall all know.--S -Sfrinafetf : RepHjiio!n.
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