Litchfield enquirer., 1866-11-08
Miscellaneous Items.

1no tIiuICy cnuIcu PIOperGy lS eStlMaCeu at $6, 5OO,OOO.
 The people between New London and Norwich were treated to slight snow squall Friday morning. ..
 Were the United States as densely popu lated as England, we should have 924, ,O6O,- 900 people.
 | Charles R. Rich has been found guilty of bribing member of the New Jersey Legis- ature. ra
 In Nashville colored children are heartily schools with the other children, and no dis tinction is made on account of color or pre- vious condition of servitude.
 A Frenchman brought two mugs to the milkman in place of one as usual, and be- ing asked the meaning of it, replied, 'rDis vor te milich, an dis for te'vater; an will mix tenn 20 as to soote myzelf.'
 It is reported that the prominent leaders of South Carolina are aiding Governor Orr to carry the constitutional amendment through the Legislature, as measure of re- lief to President Johnson.
 A HNr.-A Philadelphia Clergyman in the course of 8 sermon recently remarked -"You need not clasp your hands so fer vanity in prayer that you can't get them open when the contribution box comes | around"
 l Accounts from North and Central Alaba- ma report great destitution from the failure of many planters who had mortgaged their lands for supplies, but the crops failing the lands are sold at ruinous rates. Families and homes are broken up under these fore ed sales.
 REaeNAT1oN.-A lady elegantly dressed in street few days ago by an acquaintance who mourning. 'Ye-e-s," said the bereaved one mournfully, taking few steps to trail her dress, and looking over her shoulder at the effect thereof, five just lost my mother don't you think this sweet veil ? Such a deep hem P Such resignation in afliction is touching.
 BEARS AMONG THE APpLE-TREEs.-Fou teen bears have been killed recently in AL bany, N. H. The Portsmouth Journal says they have been quite bold. Three of them committed the offence of visiting farmers orchard. When discovered, one of them had ascended tree and was deliberately shaking off the fruit, while the other two were gathering it up. One bear was killed in Conway Centre, near the Town House.
 A young German lately ascended the sa- love, in the Alps, without guide, and when about to descend took path he be- ieved to be shorter, and fell one hundred and twenty-five feet upon a rocky ledge, where he was discovered in the morning by the guides. They got him up by means of ropes, but it required eleven men to raise him. He was much bruised but no bones were broken. @ -......,..--. ....
 HERcU1ANEUM. French paper says the excavations at Herculaneum are expected to be much more productive than those at Pompeii, whence great many persons had time to carry away their chief valuables be- fore the storm of ashes and lava overwhelm. ed the place. At Herculaneum the case was different. The labor will, it is said, be greater than at Pompeii-a mountain of la, va has to be pierced, and descent made in- to the city as into mine.
 l ''You have no children madam 2" said the particular proprietor of quiet house be. fore letting lady the best apartments ''They are in the cemetery, 1" was the gloomy reply. A tear was attempted on the part of the landlord, the agreement was signed and the next day the lady arrived with g couple of youngsters. q thought you1 children were in the cemetery" said the landlord. .'So they were yesterday, sir, j was the reply, s'placing few flowers on the grave of our former landlord, who was ner- vous, and to tell the truth, so irritable that ------" q understand, madam under stand" said the enraged owner, your chil- idren killed him." a .l,s t l The death of Secretary Stewards young est child, Miss Fannie Seward, is said to have been superinduced by her attention and devotion to her father during his late severe illness It was doubtless her heroic courage that saved her fathers life when the assassin Payne made the assault upon Il the invalid. Payne himself said he should have accomplished his purpose, could he have made up his mind to strike out of his I way the daughter who threw herself between his knife and the breast of her father, and who clung with such tenacity to his arm MT. Seward's attachment to her was alway, most warm and devoted. While trayeline in Europe he never retired at night with ll out writing to her full description of all hf had seen and heard during the day.
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