Litchfield enquirer., 1860-03-15

one-third as much hay. as when the foots are fed raw. The expense of cooking istrifing, and the cows produce more milk so1f the cooked food Enrnips produce more milk than other roots but the quality is not So good, and the cattle are not m as good condition as when fed on rntsbagas and Swedish turnips.s He was perfectly satisfied with the experiment; his cattle were never in better condition, and no bad results were appar- ent. He thought it would be an economy to con- vey the steam from the kitchen, after using it there for the household cooking to the barn to do the cooking for the cattle He fed the cook ed food to the cattle about blood warm. and could conceive of no bad effects from cooked food un- less it were fed positively hot
 The President has appointed the Hon. Wm. D. Shipman Judge of the United States Dis .trict Court for Connecticut, in place of the late Judge Ingersoll. h@a.sa g sf ~ s
 r THE Union machine company of Norwich have shipped half dozen large carding machines to Baltimore, Md, all of which were ordered since the election of a speaker, and the threats of non-intercourse on the part of southerners .... Judge Williams of Hartford, Gen. Will Hams of Norwich, and Major Williams of New London, have each contributed 5000 towards the endowment of the Oahu college, at the Sand wich Islands . The Railroad Block in Union street, New Haven, has been purchased by Messrs. Brewster & Hall, owners of the Adelphi building, for $l0,000.. .... A plan has been de- termlned upon to erect an iron bridge over Chap el street. in New Haven, at a cost of $6, ,OOO and unless some new hindrance occurs it will be erected at once. The family of the late Jo- seph Webster, in Hartford, have been taken sud denly and seriously i'll, and two of them have died, one Monday evening and the other Tuesday morning. The cause of their disease is suspect ed to be poison, but when or where administered and whether done by accident or design, is a matter of conjecture. A little daughter of Mr. Mcdonald of Plainvie was scalded to death by falling into pail of hot swill, on Friday last. ..... Ralph Smiths carriage shop, in New Haven, was destroyed by fire Tuesday evening, together with large number of carriages tools, lumber, &c. The property was owned by w. H. Elliot, and was valued at about $4,0OO, which amoudt was covered by insurance Nr. Smith $ loss was about Ss.O00, and his insurance $4,OOC'
 MISSOURI REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION The Republicans of Missouri held their State Convention on Saturday last and appointed del egates to the Chicago Convention-those "at large being F. F. Blair, B. Gratz Brown, Fred erick Meunch and James Sutton It is under stood that the delegates stand 12 for Bates and against him, as nominee for the Presidency.
 THE CIRCULATION OF THE NEW YORK CIrY PApERs.-The circulation of the newspapers of New York City respectively is stated in an ar ticle in the Troy Times as follows: Daily Tri- bune, 39.oo0; Semi-Weekly Tribune, 22,o00
 Weekly Tribune, 2l6,oGo; Daily Times, 36,0O0
 Semi Weekly Times, 5000; Weekly Times, 18, ooo; Daily Herald, 60,OoO; Weekly Herald 10000 to l5,000; Daily Sun, 50,o00 Daily Ex press, 25,ooo; Weekly Express, 5000; New York Ledger, 100000; Daily Day Book, 500
 Weekly Day Book, 25,ooO Daily Evening Post 5000; Weekly Evening Post l200o Commer. cial Advertiser, l,500; Weekly Mercury, 100000; Harpers Weekly, 75oOO; Frank Leslies News paper, C0,oo0; Home Journal, lGOG0; Daily News, 5000; Weekly News, l8,000; Journal of Commerce, 2,5o0 Courier and Enauirer, 2GO0. T'aE cold winter has killed about all the or angc trees in Eonisiaaa