Litchfield enquirer., 1866-09-27
Miscellaneous Items.

At Madison. Ind Secretary Welles, whilst running out to show himself to the people in the darkness, ran his head against door with such fdrce as to inhci au ugly wound.
 It is said that Secretary McCnlloch is em- barrassed by the displacement of experienced clerks in his dep srtmfnt to make room for dt . Icided partisans of the President. The changes made in assessors and collectors of the revenue through the country are also likely to have q bad effect @
 RUNNING FOR OFFICE Josh Billings says A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost he smells everybody he meets. and wngs hissell all over'
 London is a world itself. The last English census develops the curIons fact that there are more Scotchmen in London than in Eaih- burgh. more Irish than in Dublin, more Roman Catholics than in Rome and more Jews than in Palrstine- Next to London perhaps New York is the most cosmopolitan of cities. IL has not many ScOtchmpp as Edinburgh but ac- cording to the census it has nearly as many Irish as Dublin while asa German cty it is probably the third in the world ranking next 10 Berlin and Vienna.
 CENSUS OF MoBuE.- One Mr. Stramber has b.; employed m Mobile Ala. to make a cen sus of that city, and also to report the number of soldiers of the southern army from that place that have been killed or disabled, or have died natural deaths, The population is set down as follows: Whites, males, lG.509 :: whites, females II ,989. Coored, males B. 975 colored, females, 6430 Total, 40, 9O2. The deal and wounded rebels are thus emu merated; Killed, 3l5 died. I'll, disabled, 252. Total 73S:
 The census of 1860 makes the population of Mobile only 29,259. The increase to 40, 902 in six years seems extraordinary under the circumstances.
 A timd gentleman some days ago met enc of our bluff, buFly doctors, who is more noted fr. .ha ,torce than the polish of his language, "ileh cae ,o"o"' "s al!oquy ensLed Doctor } wlat shall take for the cho,e.. 9, .rha cho era have you got the cholera No Wen take the cholera first. The government is considering and vii probably adopt an entirely new system o small coinage. The cents will have raised 5 star, with hole through it in the center. Tht two cent pieces will have two perforated stars
 
 ing either denomination to the light, or b, simply touching ii so as to feel the holes, the , value of peice of money will be uumistaka ply known The half dimes aud dimes are [ larger coin of better metal but are to be dis tInguished by one and two perforated stars.
 The friends ot one of the defeated Demo- cratic candidates for Congress in Maine on the night after the election-sent him bottle atN N., .f.,
 The edltor of newspaper says that he nev er dotted an i but oace in his life, and that was in fight with a cotemporary.
 It has been asked when rain falls does it ev- CT get up again Of course it does in dew time
 The World in speaking of the Hera1Ts re cent political somersault, says it (the Herald) IS 'the most active, insidious, and venon.ous enemy of the Democratic party and the Con- servative cause It calls upon Democrats to withhold their contributions from the Herald "a paper which has so often fang one arm around the neck of the party only to get a better opportunity to deal it d stab under the fifth rib'
 A very wise provision of the Canadian Par lament prohibits the use of doors that open in ward, at theatres and public halls, thus mak ing proper provision against fire.
 The best description of weakness we have heard is a was's query to his wife, when she gave him some chicken broth if she would not try to coax that chicken just to wade through | the soup once more.
 The picture sales of New York for the past three years amount to $l,250,00O
 Lace eight hundred years old and once worn ny Josephine is on exhibition in New York | President Johnson abused Congress bitterly for raising it's sal ,ry Yet this measure was originated by one of his supporters. voted for 1 by nearly every one of them, and signed and approved by himself.
 A Western publisher says he has lost two subscribers by hanging.
 | Corn is worth now, in Tuscaloosa, Ala five dollars a bushel, and the people north of that point are without any means of subsistence. The mayor of Nancy is an intelligent indi- vidual. On the occasion of the recent visit of the Empress Eugenie, with her son, the mayor asked the Prince Imperial What is your age Prince I am ten, answered the prince. 80 young, and already the son of the Emperor of the French exclaimed the mayor with great emphasis.
 English railways earned 9lO,OOO.OOO sterl- ing last year.
 Dundreary has expressed himself favorabl to marriage with deceased wifes sister, on this ground : 1t is more economical. because when a nan marres his deceased wfe's sister he has only one mother-in law. i A fellow who has had the mitten more than dozen times says that the custom of joining hands in matrimony is said to be taken from the practice of puglists shaking hands before they begin to fight. WARRANrED.-We would say to our read. CTS, that Messrs. c. G. Clark < Co.,, proprie- tors of Goes Dyspepsia Cure, warrant it to cure the most obstinate cases of Dyspepsia, no matter of how loug standing.
 We bid you use Goes Dyspepsia Cure j; i it will help yoa. Constipation, one of the causes of i'll health is completely cured by the use of the Cure. All diseases of the Stomach and Bowels. like sick headache, heartburn, Cramps, Pains are controlled instantaneous | ly by the use of Goes Dyspepsia Cure. I shocking cruelty to Fugitive Slave, is the 1,i6uue,s comment on the Worlds lashs | :.s' of P.vmond for his feeble support of Hof-