Litchfield enquirer., 1865-01-26
OFF HAND.

The receipts of ihe New York Tribune for 1884, wer" $74759l; expenses ST3575l; taa profits Sll.7 .750 This is very narrow mar gin for so large an outlay. but it is due mainly to the fact that weekly subscriptions were mostly paid in advance of old rates. The A 7ribune pa q fps white paper in 1864, $l26, 900; ii 1863 it you'd have cost S3OO, ,0OO. and in 1862. $200 000-and that's what's the mat tpr' If any supp0ses that newspaper can be published nt anything like old rates, either fur subscriptions or advertisements, they are very greatly niistdkeri.
 The resolutions of the Tennessee State con vention. prohibiting slavery, and abrogating g the spcpssion ordinance are to be voted upon by the people on the 22d February and if they are adopted. an election for governor and meni-
 hers of the legislature will be held ou the 9th of MaiCh. -
 HARD TO BEAT Samuel l.. s nth. Esq, of Peqnonnock. raised last season from ? 34 '. acres .oi land. G46l pounds of tpbacco-beiag 2350 pounds per acre.-Courant. as' 5f '.f
 Can any of the tobacco raisers in our county i show ss large q yield? '.s
 Gen James IT, Lane, Union. has cen ss: elected to the United States Senate from Kan. sas for six years from March 4th. ''- ig
 Gov. Fletcher issued proclamation on Sat-s ur,.av. declaring Missouri n free State. in; ac. cordance with the emancipation ordinance - passed by the State Convention. Counterfeit $5Uo bills on inc 4,h National Bank of Boston are reported in circulation.-- They closely resemble the genuine. ,satl stcsi Fourteen hundred of the rebel prisoners st 55 | Efmra N. Y. ore between II and, l8 yearS old. Many of them are just learning to read. 1 Mai. Gen Sickles and staff sailed from New l York for California Friday noon. 4 l The fractional currency will soon be issued
 by the Secretary of the Treasury. '5'o
 The State debt of Vermont is $l.e40,si5,
 and the valuation of the State according to the
 last census is $I22 Air l70. @ -t 1st'
 The Central Methodist church. Seventh Az. a enue. New York. have made $3400 by substitu- ting horse hair for cotton in the pew cusHions | and backs.
 A method of making gas from petroliutt of
 has been perfected in New York. bJ which i fu IS claimed the article can bic supplied at $l 50
 per 1000 feet: -.. "a The lady who fell in Broadway the other day said it wasvery crnel for people to say nsF in. jury was slight, when it produced mortihca- g tion- stt 3asu A ouEsTrov FOR A DEBATING SocIvrr:--,,
 Which is the most delig ghtful operatton1 ito kiss l n fair wot,an on a dark nightj jor dark WSmau {, on fair night? .s7 ',
 No mains will be spared as the qnack said .i
 when saving off poor fellow'sleg 10 cure him r of the rheumatism.
 1t must be happy though tS an Indian ioy 5 or that his blood and that of Ais sweetheart A , mipsle in the same nsusquito. ,l4,..t .-s | , A horrible bachelor asks if ladies in corsets |, z mean staid aomeii Poor coasoiation for us survivors-tht the good die first i~ ' s D ,.i The California papers publish "Births,sss | n Marriages" ..Divorces," and .'Deathsn ig T regular order. Yhis is syst,maiising : lining. , ,b II is a question whether golden nionssn hare worth any more now than hey wsrs befoed5' z Iths depreciation os the susrspcN sss; s.s .a.1I