Litchfield enquirer., 1865-10-19

s0fered for the best lady swimmer in fifty i yards race, The prize was won by a little girl but eight years old, the daughter of g London banker.
 The rebels comforted themselves while Grant was before Richmond, with this bit of , Shakespeare God and good angels fight on Richmond's side.' So they did, but they fought on the outsde-not the Ice side
 = Llandudno, the now famous watering
 Zee on the Welsh coast has distinguished it. self of late. by succession of out ioor fetes. A number of young ladies, in sZouaye bathing dresses swan through the figures of Q quad erille. AT
 y T. The New York Irish American has re. port that MT. Meehan, editor of that paper, who left this country 'for brief sojourn in his native land,' was arrested in Dublin by officers of the British Government.
 - The population of Paris is rapidly over- taking that of London, and has increased more rapidly. It is now over 100000, whereas , London must still beunder 3,000,O00. Former Iy the difference was much greater.
 = A manufacturer in. Manchester, N. H., was lately obliged to pay $1 200 extra, to cover up deficiencies caused by making false returns of his psiness, and then $1 200 more as a'fne
 foss< monsealse returns.
 ...a:s. s.s acuse Journal, of Friday says the
 '''s'on Gen Slocum, of West Onondaga-
 Madeh Entered by burglars on the night of
 ty, 2, Rsst, and quantity of the clothing
 ter NeJnily and other articles carried away.
 Tbary Gilmore, daughter of the Sheriff at ,sPrairie du Chien, Wis, the other night taking parents, released two men named Sutherland, r who had been three weeks confined in the jail on charge of stealing oxen, eloped with them and Carried with her her mothers shoes and a portion of her other clothing.
 A brave young girl in St. Malo. France, heard boy who was bathing in the sea, cry for assistance, she immediately swan out to him, and managed for Q time to keep his head above water, when from a sudden panic, he chung to the young lady so tightly to render her helpless, but both were subsequently, sav- ed in an insensible condition by gentleman in boat. 2s-A Singular religious movement was begun in England a few weeks ago. It was proposed to unite the members of the English, Roman Catholic and Greek churches in friendly con- munion, and the public journals report that g three hundred churches in England have as- sented to the measure.
 .sf--- Weights and Measures--Wheat flour, l poYhdis quart; Indian meal, l pound ounces is 1'quart loaf sugar broken, pound is quart; white sugar, powdered. pound ounce is quart; eggs, average size, 10 are pound. Liquid Measures--Sixteen tablespoon fuls are half pint tablespeonfuls are l gill; tablespoonfuls are half a gill; com 2 mon sized tumbler holds half pint; com mon sized wine glass holds half gill. !. 7 - y On the 17th ult, Dr. Dulk, German au- 2 thor, living at Stuttgart, swan from Roman shorn to Friedrichschfen in the Lake of Con- stance, Q distance of about twelve miles, in six hours and a half. A little boat followed the brave swimmer, but had not once occasion to take him in only little wine and bread was handed out to him, which he took while tread ing the water. ts A lady upon taking her seat in a horse car at Washington, the other day, felt some- thing moving under her dress. She immedi- l ately seized that portion of her dress where l she noticed the movement, and then called the 1 conductor, who expressed the opinion that Il there was something there alive which prov ed to be correct, for after beating the place | awhile where the movement was, . dead rat | dropped to the floor. G,f - John s. Walsh United States Consul at | Nagaski, Japan, informs the Navy Department that the commander of a British man-of war in l that port on the Fourth of July last, < dressed' his ship and fired .assalute in honor of our aa- | tional independence. As we had no vessel | there and no organized celebration of the day, | the compliment was unprecedented and notice- able. ':ttt+s.tt ''sbF9
 7Es-A Harrisburg paper tells of man who ! has faileG in business four times been upset 1 in stage coach, and thrown down an embank- I ment of sixty feet; fell head foremost through Nal n 5cfn of married three times, and is the father of twen- ty-one children. Yet he still lives and isin l business at Harrisburg .. -I It cost Uncle Sam $I 300 to bring a cler- ical gent from Florida, to testify in flavor of Wirz and all he could say was that he had been to Andersonville and preached to theI prisoners, and that Wirz was civil on the oc-3 casion A lady witness came from Georgia, at an expensetof $l0Oo,t to testify that ,WirzI permitted her to feed a prisoner once..S Who says Wirz dosn't have. a show even if his wit E nesses have nothing to sayf 4.
 iir-, The young Infanta of Spain has had narrowescape from death. She had entered a boat upon a rather rapid stream within the royal grounds, and just as she was passing un- der bridge she seized the parrapet with sher hands. The force ofthe stream carried sthe poas away from under her, and 4sho was left | hanging to the bridge, Fortunately, Q garden CT was near, and he jumped into the water and | rescued the princess from her perilous position Hs-Was rewarded with a gold watch and chain
 A short time ago, an elderly man aamed Blackman, in the employ of A. T. Stewart $ | Co.,, of New York, was knocked down and rob bed of $60. The thief Brady, was arrested and sent to Sing Sing. Since. Stewart has l prosecuted Blackman for embezzlement. The | poor old man holds that he vas not to blame for being robbed that As he has no work, he 1 cannot refund the money, and says he is will | ing to labor for the firm, if they will pay his board until the money is earned This ia the case as represented by the Express. The in.
 come of A. T. Stewart is over 6 million a.yecr. .. young lady went on Sunday forenoon ~ sn9 rfesoyterian Church, corner of Atlantiot anu ssnonq streets; after the Sunday School l sxercises.she went to her seat in ths oaIlsrv I z The ninaster having to leave town ts aisaSi tne synod, no service was held in ths sssaS
 noon, and the sexton supporting tha cnn ss sassr-
 tion had retired,s closed Che chnrch isnn!g E the young lady in the building ail s1o,s
 says she tried to get out but the doors r..;
 her efforts to force them open ,the windcssssu . yopd her reach, and she was unabie !" s.n ne- sherself heard outside. Here she rsms;nas sAs
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