Litchfield enquirer., 1867-10-17
Miscellaneous Ite,ns

Miscellaneous Items,
 In Chippewa, Wis, there is or,e of the most remarkable objects that ever breuthed the breath of Heaven-ths body ofa child with two perfect heads aud four complefe. we'll formed arms. N
 Bishop Colenso's writings have been condemned by the Pan-AngIicar, council. This will at once increase their popularity and the books will have an immense sale Already orders commence to poup in. So much for Pan-Anghcan bull.
 The postmasters at Mystic BridQe and Mystic River have been removed, and dem ocrats appointed in their stead. The F. M. at Mystic Bridge was brave soldier, Capt J. Alden Rathburn, who had been severely wounded in the war. t
 The church property at Utah is valued at $90O,0
 John Foley of Boston, in state of ner- vous excitement, while shaving himselffhe other day, approached his wife, and under pretence of kissing her, severed her nose | from her face with his razor and fled wiiA the dismembered part in his hand
 The up train on the Naugatuck road was an hour and half late on the Sth inst in consequence of delay to the New York train, caused by mass of rock from Q blast being thrown on the track. It took two blasts to remove it.
 The Episcopal society of Newtown is about to build @ new $35, ,OOO church, of stone from the Newtown quarries. The citizens of Ridgefeld have voted not to loan the credit of their town for ! St100 000 fo bY1i11 o~ ;1roo6 to Hide xvnfow On the 9th inst. one of the cars | tlss fFos.satonio- freight train due here at 5:30 was discovered to Dc on fire just above Stepney depot Supposed to have been caused by sparks from the en- zine. Water was poured into the car through a hole made in the roof, from the tank at Stepney, thus drowning the fire be- fore 1t had attained headway.
 The cashier of the Atlas bank of Proyi- depce, R. l. is defaulter to the amount of SAC, ,OO0.
 One year ago the number of students at Michigan University exceeded that ever known before at an American college; but this year the admissions surpass those of last year. The law department alone num- bers about five hundred The professors in this department are two judges of the Supreme Court of Michigan, Judge of the Circuit Court and a leading number of the Detroit bar The University is now drawing students not only from the Wes- tern and Southern states, but even from New England. .-
 Baron Haussman, the Prefect of tho Seine, has discovered an admirable method of suppressing any indiscretions on tho part of his subordinates, and of obtaining for himself at the same time literary re- I fputation. He lately issued 8 circular to 0ls all Government employees under him. for bidding them to contribute to any newspa- per, under pain of instant dismissal. Should, however, the cocoethes se'ibendi be too strong to be overcome, they are at lib- erty to submit their articles to the Baron, who will, if he approves of them, sign them and forward them to the journals for which they were destined, in his own name | A. Johnson having threatened to publish some of the private letters received from radical ongfessmen, somebody has thought it the couect thing to send to the papers af copy of1a letter found upon the psrson of l Frapk Riley, burglar, who was arrested 1 iA Chicago for openings safe in Louisville. Riley was one of the President s particular friends, and the letter, which is appended, shows that A. Johnson knew him: \
 EXECUTIVE MANSION,
 WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. 13, 1866.
 Hon. 4. tSnaythe, Collector of CaAsto"sss Neac York "a Sir-This will introduce to your fayora- able consideration Frank Riley 0f New York city, auih achose character becams dc- 2 ouaiuted in Tennessee, and whom com mend to you as worthy of 9 suitable ap-s pointment under you. With great respect,
 Very truly yours,
 ANDREW JoHssoN M William s. Clark, democrat of Old Say brook, has been appointed Surveyor Of Customs in that place, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Giles BIague, the former incumbent. William IF Bin0- ham, democrat, has been appointed poSf master at Modus, in place of repnblican removed.
 On the 9th inst as the train down tho Housatonic load was on its way towards Bridgeport, the engineer, Walter Sterling saw an OK on the track. He Idecided that he had not time to stop his train, 60 h6 opened the throttle, wide, and with great speed dashed the .scritter into HinE6rs', and disposed of the obstruction in fhnt way. If he had dash the train into flinders and killed some of the passeng gers, he Mi&ft lhave been indictable for manslau H N ze&=