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lsv have some very sharp thieves in -'Iiessro. One woman who had been con- ctsa f drunkenness, and was in danger of ea imprisoned for default of money ,ag fine, induced an obliging police
 officer to take her to call on her sister who ra1. lend her the money and who at any Este d charge of a trunkful of her clothing. ff= Toman came back from her call in tears avowing that her sister had refused li a' istance, but bearing huge bundle z thes which she said she should be ob- L to pawn to raise the sum needful to s sher liberty. The accommodating po- Ec an consented to take her to the sign of zee balls, when, just before the loan yaz hected, the woman was arrested by a ae,c tive for stealing the clothes which she e ed as security. It proved on investi- gf that the unnatural sister was myth :; an that by the clever fiction the woman ..1 been escorted about the city by an ur- suspecting policeman while actually on an expedition to steal articles of value enough to pay the fine for the offense which had occasioned her arrest
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S. D. 6 H. W. SMITHS AMERICAN ORGANS.

THE AMERICAN ORGANS are the ONL Y REAL REED ORG ANS now before the public The only Organ having REvERBERATlNG SOUND POX or WIND CHEST-which has the same important pat to perform as the Sounding Board has in the Piano Forte (to give body and resonance of toae) and without which the Organ becomes merely a Melodeon in an Organ Case. The American Organs not only have the Wind Chest or s ,und Box, but have the large Organ Bellows. giving power and great steadiness of tone. These with their extreme fine voicing of the Reeds and perfect ing of the tone, make them the MOST PER- FECT ORGAN KNOWN These great improve ments and superiority of tone and workman ship of the AMERICAN ORGANS place them in the front rank as the best, and command d higher price than any other reed instrument in the Market. careful examination of them in comparison with others, W ill quickly show their superiority.
 New Instructor.
 1.-THE AMERICAN ORGAN,
 OR oRGANIsTs PARLoR coMPANIoNn
 Mailed free on receipt of S200.
 Warerooms and Manufactory, Fremont oppo-
 site Walthan Street, Boston Mass. 26 6m
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.ran onp LurHnRAN BunYNe Gnousp K

Tm OLD LUTHERAN BUR7Na GROUND IN pHuADELPHA.-Th Lutherans of Phila- delDhia are discussing about the proposed saie of the old cemetery on Franklin street, L-su cen Race and Vine streets. The ground he hecome very valuable for business pur- .,,ses, and the usual rguments-increased 5acili ties for usefulness, &c.,, &c.,-ar urg- sd oy the friends of the measure. while its opponents strenuously insist that no sum esn recompense the loss of old and sacred sssoc ations. Probably the Gradgrind view ,gir gevail This cemetery was incorpor- ated a 1796 by charter from Thomas and P, as.. d Penn, s'true and absolute proprie- to15 the province of Pennsylvania and tAs mites on the Delaware" to the Re- Fenry Muhlenberg, rector of St. Mi ci,aa ,hurch, his trustees, vestrymen and cFu es'3 wardens, and their duly elected looess DTS forever. The ground was pur- chesed in 1776 Since that time about t-sel thousand persons have been buried there. 1ostly Lutherans, though interment ,x. gj, en to Christians of other creeds at b la lerate rate of twenty-two dollars eaeh As the cemetery is very small, a nov
 . nef od was adopted to increase its ca D.c;t When the original ground was ful- i.'o.cr ,ied ground was carted in and the gra5 ,ised about seven feet. In conse- Ga.ac those who were inferred in the first lave e now about fifteen feet under the
 arsacs Among them are many Revolu- tionaIf soldiers.
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M AUGATUCK RAILROAD On and afser " Thursday May Tth, 1866, Trains wiII run as follows
 CONC NORTH. Leape Bridgeport. Al For Winsted, connecting with the .OO A. Train from New York ,and with the 1000 a from New Haven, and connecting at Waterb, ry with Train to and from Hartford.
 ll.O5 A. N. Freight Train for Winsted.
 l.3O P. M. Mixed Train for Waterbury
 6.2OP. N. For Winsted. connecting with h. s.OC P. N: Train from New York, and tLs o.OU P. M: Train from New Haven. and Wate, bury with Train from Hartford. ., L:ape Waterbary for Me Norta.-12.Os E Train for Winsted.
 2.55 P. M. Freight Train for Winsted.
 1.08 P. M. For Winsted.
 GoING SoUTH.--Leays Winsted = 2O Freight Train for Bridgeport.
 $40 A. N. For Bridgeport New Yotk .,.s New Haven, connecting at Waterbury ~j,,, train for Hartford.
 2.10 IF. M. For Bridgeport. New Yo,k .J New Haven, connecting at Waterbury ain train for Hartford.
 Leaps Waterbury for d. Sonth
 6.O5 A: M. Mixed Train for Bridgeport. New York and New Haven.
 s.l6 A. M.For Bridgeport. New York and N. Haven.
 8.35 AM. Freight Train for Bridgepor,
 3.45P. N. For Bridgeport. New Yolk ami New Haven.
 The Woodbury Stage arrives to connect ,r Seymour with the $40 A. NJ. Train down iron, Winsted. and returns on the arrival of tb. lO.l5A. N. Train from Bridgeport.
 The Stage from New Hartford. Otis. uo;. brook, Harrington, Saneisfeld. arrives ,, connect with the 2.I0P P. NJ. Train down iron, Winsted, and returns on the arrival of tL, l0.l5 A. N. Train up from Bridgeport
 The Stage for Litchfield leaves Litch6eid Station on arrival of the 1O15 A. Nj and 6. 70 P. M. Trains from Bridgeport. The Stage fo, Harwinton leaves Litchield Station on th. arrival of the 10 15 A. Nj. Train from Bridge. port.
 Stage leaves Waterbury for Wa .ertown sail, and for Bethlem and Morris on Tuesbaye. z. Thursdays and Saturdays and io, Midtllebm,y on Mondays and Frida, s, and Wooobury on Mondays. Fridays and Saturdays on ar rival of the lO 10 A. M Train up from Bridgeport. The Stage for Goshen leaves WoIcottyille o,, the arrival fthe !0.l5A NJ. Train from Bridge. port. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and SaturdayA Discount of cents made to Passengc,, purchasing Tickets at the Office. c. WATERBURY, Superint'Gi
 Bridgeport. May 12. 1866. tf
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\ GOD ONE.-A friend who enjoyed On. as, vouches for the following on d.: hristmas stories now being in vogue ve vlU 5ell how one of our friends gotsold. A f6v jays since, several of our citizens eonell5 ed they would take sleigh ride to ? 3 boring town. Among their number was ua who prided himself on buying che4p While looking about after their ar rival. one of the party, who is somewhat of a wag, in one of the stores an old roos- far cf B uncertain age On inquiring the rric4 lid for it, and requested the dealer = sci ito his friend, when he brought him there '.r 15 cents per pound. Our wag shen ,ely trimmed off the spurs and made cgits respectable looking young turkey of t soon found his friend and inform a5 that he could buy fine young tur- ~ fifteen cents per pound Close buy ~sE and purchased the bird and made boasts of his success on his way trr Yesterday the turkey was roasted, @ eaten, and it is supposed that by 1J 'f parboiling boiling and one or two n-ee astings-that the fowl may be edi- U.5 lew Year.
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-01-03

NITIZENS' SAVINGS BANK of the City ot S New York. No. 58 Bowery, conner of Ca (free from Government tax) on all sums from Five to Five Thousand Dollars Interestcom- mences on deposits on the 1st of January, April, July and October, and is payable in January and July. Bank open every day for the recep- tion and payment of money. f'om 10 to 8 o'clock, and also on Monday. Wednesday and Friday evenings from to ' o'clock.
 Bank books in German. French and English.
 GEORGE FOLSOM, President.
 SEYMOUR A BUEcB. Secretary. lily
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Miscellaneous Items.

The jury in the suit of Maretzek vs Sum- day Mercury, at New York, brought in a verdict of Sl, 900 for the plaintiff. The de- fendants gave notice of an appeal.
 The President has ordered the pardon of Memminger, the secretary of the rebel treasury.
 There is some prospect that Rev. w. A. Milburn, the blind preacher will recover his sight He will soon visit Berlin to con- suit an occulist.
 Why is lady's belt like scavenger? Be- cause it goes round and gathers up the waist.
 Capt Mayne Reid, the novelist, is going through the London Court of bankruptcy.
 Weddings-one year from marriage makes paper wedding; five years makes a wooden wedding; ten years 8 tin wedding twenty-five years silver wedding; and fifty years gold wedding; seyenty-five years diamond wedding.
 The Imperial Court of Riom, France, has just decided that the epithet s'fenale" ap- piled to a woman constituted insult.
 Nearly 5,OO0, 900 bushels of wheat, inclu- ding wheat reduced to four, have been shipped from Minnesota the past season.
 In Boston lady expecting the return home of her husband, thought she heard him, rushed down stairs in the dark, saw a man, embraced him, hugged him, kissed him, light was brought and he wasn't her husband. He was John, Mary Ann's the hired giTfs own young man. Mary Ann wasn't pleased, neither was her mistress.
 A good story is told of clergyman not far from Titusyille, Pa, who has lately invest ed considerably in oil. In giving out the tse found in the last chapter of Acts, the last verse. and last half of the verse, and one-third of the oil!
 While physician was working over a young lady who had suddenly tainted in the streets of Zanesville, 1t was found nec- essary to remove eleven pairs of hose be- fore he could restore circulation through her pedal e1tremities.
 The present production of petroleum in Pennsylvania is estimated at thirteen thou sand barrels per day.
 There are no people in the world with whom eloquence is so universal as with the. Irish. When Leigh Ritchie was travelling in Ireland, he passed man who was a pinful spectacle of pallor, squallor and rag gedness. His heart smote him and he turned back
 sTf you gre in want" said Ritchie, why don't you beg?'
 ssSurelv. it's becc;r' I am. yer honoru,s
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PRE6CRTPTroN9 Carefully Prepared in the best manner from honest Drugs and Chemicals.
 l.. W. VESSELS & SONS. 23 tf
KNOW THY DESTINY.

NM ADAME F. TnoRNToS, the great Eng
 IxI fish Astrologist, Clairvoyant and Psych.
 ometrician. who has astonislled the scientific
 classes of the Old World, has now locoted her
 self q. Hudson, N. Y. Madame Thornton pos sesses such wonderful powers of second sight, as to enable her to impart knowledge of the greatest importance te the single or married of either sex. While in a state of trance, she de- lineates the very features of the person you are to marry, and by the aid of an instrument of intense power, known as the Psychomottope, guarantees to produce life-like picture Of the future husband or wife of the applicant, to- gether with date of marriage, position in life, leading traits of character, Sc. This is no hum- bug, as thousands of testimonials can assert.- She will send, when desired, certified certii- cate, or written guarantee. that the picture is what it purports to be. By enclosing small lock of hair, and stating place of birth. age, and complexion, and enclosing 50 cents and stamped envelope addressed to your self, you will receive the picture and desired information by return mail. All communities tions sacredly confidential Address in confi- jence, Madame E. F. THORNTON, P. o. Box .22s,
 Hudson. N.Y Y. 50 1y
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A Rare Chance.

NO procure beautifully finished Photographs
 IL of Distinguished Personages at . trifing cost: will send, post paid. to any address, 100 Photographs of Union Generals for 50 cts i; 50 Photographs of Rebel Officers for 50 cents l; 100 Photographs of Statesmen and Generals for 50 cenis 100 Photographs of Actors for 50 csnts 100 Photographs oifFemale Beauties for 50 cents. Now is the time to fill your Albums. Send on your orders, and receive the Photo graphs by return mail. Address MARTIN Cos- NOR, P. o. Drawer, 16. Albany, NY. 5O1y
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CEAHP PASSAGE
 TO ALL.

FROM GREAT BKIT.AIW G IRELAND. PRESCOTT BROTHERS. & &co's Emigration and Foreign Exchange 86 South Street, and @ Broadway, NY. DRAFTS ON ENGLAND. IRELAND, SCOT
 LAND AND WALES. fB Tapscott's Favorite Line of Liverpool Packets sails Every Three Days. .H " LINE OF LIVERPOOL PACKETS, sails ZA every Ten Days, also by Steamships sail ing weekly.
 Parties wis ing to send for their friends or remit money to the OLD COUNTRY, can.do so at the lowest rates, by applying to
 H. k. COT, 45-1y. First National Bank, Litchfeld.
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-01-03
Throat Affections
s Y M PTOM s.

SYM PTOMS.
 The symptoms of Catarrh are At first very slight. Persons find they have cold. that they have frequent attacks, and are more sensi- tive to the changes of temperature. In this condition the nose may be dly, or a slight dis. charge, thin and acrid, afterwards thick and adhesive may ensue.
 AS the disease becomes chronic, the dis charges are increased in quantity and changed in quality they are now thick and heavy, and a,e hawked or coughed off The secretions are offensive causing bad breath; the voice thick and nasal the eyes weak the sense of smell is lesscned or destroyed i; deafness ire quently takes place.
 Another common and important symptom of Catarrh is that the person is obliged to clear his throat in the morning of slick or sliMy mucous which has fallen from the head dur ing the night. When this takes place, the Way to the lungs and should loose no time in aircsting it.
 The above are but few of the Catarrhal symp- toms. Write to our Laboratory for our pam phlet describing fully all symptoms i; it will be sent FREE to any address. Also directions where to procure the medicine
 We are receiving letters from all parts of the Union, and also testimonials from those using it, bearing the evidence of its infallble merits.
 kS ms remedy contains no MINERAL or POl- soNoUs INGREDIENTS, Is prepared from vegeta- ble extracts ExcLUsIvELY; therefore it is PER- FECTLY HARMLESS. even to the most tender and delicate child @aa
 CALL FOR sEELYE CATARRH REMEDY, and tfke n, other. Ii not sold by the druggist in your vicinity, they will order it for you. Price $2 per battle
 eg- Al! persons suffering with any affection of the Head, throat. or Lungs. should write at vnce for our pamphlet fully describing all symptoms pertaining to the above diseases.
 It will be sent free to any address.
 ADDRESS
 DR. D. H. SEELYE, & CO.,, FREEPORT, ILLINOIS,.
 Sold by all Wholesale and Retail Druggists.
 GENERAL AGENTS.
 John Park, Cincinati, Ohio /; Fuller, Finch, & Fuller, Chicago, Ill, Demas Barnes Co. New York BurEhams & vanSchaack, Chicago, Ill. D Ransom & Co.,. Buffalo, N. Y. Far rand. Sheley& Co.,, Detroit, Mich.; Weeks & Potter. Boston, Mass. French, Richards & Co.,, Pa; R Sellers & Co. Pittsburgh, Pa.; Collins Bros. St Louis, Mo-; Barns, Ward & Go New Orleans, La.; R A Robinson & Co.,, Louisville Ky; Bigley & Bro., Memphis Tenn; P E Deputy, Richmond, Va; Thompson & Block. Baltimore, Md; Dexter & Nelleger, Al bany N. Y.; Strong & Armstrong, Cleveland, Ohio; Wm Johnson, Detroit. Mich; Wilson Peters & Co.,. Louisville, Ky.. 1y-27r
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-01-03
GR HKEnHh PER YEAR! We want s 1OVU agents everywhere to sell

our IMFI0V6a $ZU- sewing Machlnes. Three
 new kinds. Under and upper feed. Warranted for less than $40. which are fully licensed by HoGe, Wkselev & Wilssn. Grocer & Bakr, SngeySt
 Co. and Bacheldsr. All other cheap machines are i1riagemens and the seller or user are liable to arrest, fine and Imprisonment. Illustrated circulars sent ire. Address or call upon Shaw | Clark, Biddeford, Maine, or Chicago, IL
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-01-03

th 0n A MONTH.--AGEETs wanted D. @WW for sir entirely new aTticlss just out. Address Q q CAREY. City Building Biddefoid. Maine. 60 1y
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American and Foreign Patents.


 R. A. EDDY.
 SOLICITOR OF EATEN Late Agent of the U. s. Patent Office, Wash
 ington, under the Act of 1887. No. 7S STATE STREET, Opposite Kilby St. )Bosro, A TIER an extensive practice of upwards O IA twenty years, confines to secure Patents in the United States also in Great Britain France and other foreign countries. Caveats Specifications, Bonds, Assignments, and all pa. pers or drawings for Patents, executed on req. sonable terms, with dispatch. Researches made into American and Foreign works, to deter. mine the validity and utility of Patents of In. ventions. and legal and other advice ren dered in all matters touching the same. Copies of the clans of any patent furnished by remit ting one dollar. Assignments recorded in Washington
 NosAgmey in he United States processes superior facatit,es for obtaining Patents, or aseertainng e patentability of inuentions.
 During eight months the subscriber, in the course of his large practice, made on tacice re- jected applications, SIXTEEN APPEALS; every one of which was decided n ks faVsr by the Com missioner of Patents.
 TESTIMONIALS.
 "I regard Mr. Eddy as one of the most capa- ble and suceessful practitioners with whom I have had aficial intercourse. CHAS. MAS0N," Commissioner of Patents II have no hesitation in assuring inventors that they cannot employ q man more competent and trasstsoorthy, and more capable of fputting their applications in a form to secure for them an early and favorable consideration at the Patent office. EDMUND BURKE"
 Late Commissioner of Patents, {" MT. B. H. Eddy has made for me THIR- TEEN applications, in all. but ONE of which patents have been granted. and that one is nosO pending. Such unmistakabls proof of great tal- ent and ability on his part leads ne to recon. mend aU inventors to apply to him to procure their patents, as they may be sure of having the most faithful attention bestowed on theif cases, and at very reasonable charges
 JOHN TAGHART. March. l866.-46-1y.
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One application warranted to curl the nest straight and stubborn hair of either sex into wavy ringlets or. heavy massive curls. Has been used by the fashionables of Paris and Lon don, with the most gratifying results. Does no injury to the hair. Price by mail, sealed and postpaid. s1. Descriptive circulars mailed free. Address BERGER, SHUTTS co, Chem ists, No. 285 River Street, Troy, N. Y Sole agents for.the United States
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-01-03
Continental Life Insurance
 Company
 OF HARTFORD, CONN. CAPITAI--$15O.OOO.

sX9HIS Company is intended to combine all
 ,he advantages to be derived from the experience of Life Insurance Companies both in this Country and in Europe.
 Being controlled by Directors pecuniarily in- terested :n its welfare, with an abundant cap- ital and economy in its management, it is en. ablsd to offer security to the insured surpassed by no other Company.
 It is liberal and accommodating to its pat rons, careful in the selection of its risks, and will guard its funds as a sacred trust for the benefit of the widow and orphan.
 Directors rs-John s. Rice, Ezra Hall. Allyn S.. Stillman. SamI E. Fillmore, W. H. D. CaIlen- der, Lucius J. Hendee Horace Cornwall, H. K. W. Welch, Abner Church. Wm. H. Post.
 President-JOHN s. RICE.
 SeeretaTy-SAM'I- E. ELMoRE.
 Ezamining Physieian-P. M. Hastings. M. D.
 July 20. 1865. lily
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E adde9s Stop and look at the Fifth A Avenue Gore Trail Skirt. at
 BISHOP & SEDCWICK'S
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-01-03

- LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. DIR " GOOD S GROCERIES, CHEAPER AT JOHN GE EAR'S
 IN KNOXVILLE, Than at any other Store in the County. See what he sells Dry Goods for. COTTON CLOTH,
 20, 22, 23. 24, 25, 27, 30
 CENTS PER YARD. GOOD PRINTS,
 l7, 1s, 20, %, 23, 24, 25 Cents,
 and Cheaper by the Piece. Also a lot Of other choice goods, including Hoop Skirts, Balmorals, Shawls. Delaines. Alpaccas, Hose. Stockings Wrappers,
 Drawers, Heavy Shirting,
 and WOolen Cloths. I fine lot of Boots, Shoes and Trimmings of all kinds. WOODEN WARE,
 TIN WARE,
 HARDWARE. also choice BRAND of TEAS at $l.3O, $l.40, $l 50, $l.60, Sl 70, $l.8O, Sl. 90
 and $2.OO per pound SUGAR of all grades and prices. Best Java Coffee. 25. 30. 35. 40 cents per ID. THE PEN IS MlGHTIER THAN THE
 SWORD" The Gold Pen-Best and Cheapest of Pens.
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-01-03

THE BEST PENS THE WORLD.
 For Sale his Headquarters No. 25 Maiden Lane. New Yoak, and by every duly appointed Agent at the same prices
 catalogue, with full description of Sizes and Prices, sent on receip of letter postage 3Z-6m. \. NORTON
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-01-03

FALL DRESS GOODS, PLAIN AND FANCY MERINOs, DELA1Ns, ALPACAs,
 MOHAIRS, PRINTS, GINGHAMs, FALL AND WINTER sHAWLS. CLoAKINGs, FLANNELs, &C.
 ALSO Gents Furnishing Goods, Cloths, Cassimeres,
 Vestings, Beavers,
 Fig'd shirtings, Gloves, Hosiery, suspenders, Neck Ties, l Cravats,
 Paper and Linen Collars, Shirt Fronts, Yankee Notions,
 &c., &c., &c., &c.
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-01-03
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. Bridgeport SteamboatCo O
DAILY LINE OF STEAMERS TE" FORK. The new and fast sailing stearer, J. B. SCHU YLER,
 CAPT. Js1McNEIL.

CAfI. JsMCNElL, Will leave the Housatonic Wharf every day Sundays exeepted) at 7.I5Sa. m taking Passengers from the New Haven, Naugatuck and Housatonic Railroads. Returning will leave New York at 3. 20 ID m
Litchfield enquirer., 1867-01-03

A IL persons having unsettled accounts with fA Charles McNeil, Agt., will confer favor by calling and settling the same immediately.
 "A If CHAS. MCNEIL, Agent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-09-05
LATEST NEWS BY CABLE.
GOLD CLOSED 14o 1-8.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

CHICAGO, Sept. 4.
President johnson has issued proclama-
tion warning all persons against obstructing
or hindering, in any manner whatsoever, the
execution Of the Constitution and laws.
1t is said that Grant was urged by Stanton
to accept the position of Secretary Of War,
ad interim, upon considerations Of public
interest.
The expected amnesty proclamation is ex-
citing considerable comment in Presidential
circles. Some of Johnson's most prudent
friends are urging him to abandon the project
for the present.
The forthcoming statement Of the public
debt will show o reduction, in the Two years
ending August 1st, Of $249, ,O00, 900.
A subcommittee from the House Commit.
tee on Elections will assemble at Louisville,
October LIST, to take evidence regarding the
la:e Congressional elections in that State.
There was quite frost at St. Paul Monday
night.
The Union Pacific Railroad is finished rs
miles west Of JulesburR.
The Illinois State Horticultural Society
met at Golden Tuesday. The show is good
and the attendance large.
The Winona 4 St. Peters Railroad was
opened fifteen miles west of Oatanana, Min.
nesota.
The receipts into the State Treasury for
the month of August amounted to $2s, ,657,
624.
The valuation of property in Wisconsin
is $57 ,004, 729 more than in '64.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars ol
Wisconsin is now in session at GAINESVILLE.
Over 500 are present,