Litchfield enquirer., 1867-05-23
Miscellaneous Items.

The eggs may do very well for. transportation, but how about the chickens?
 The Illinois Legislature has recently passed law providing that all persons admitted to insane asyiums must have been declared insane by the verdict of jury and the order of 8 court. Much has been said and written of late years in reference to the confinement of sane persons in insane asy- lums, and 1t IS, perhaps, unreasonable to suppose that these statements are wholly baseess. Ample provision should certainly be made by law against the possibility of such outrages, and it might not be unwise for other states to follow the example of Illinois in the passage of such a law.
 The Chicago Tribune shows the workinemen of that city that their recent demonstrations have suited in loss of S100, COG to them. This includes the loss of wages and the damage done n the re- cent riots.
 A good sort Of man n Maine was recently ask ssNow'-said ne-'' what's the Cse e. g chandele-? After you get ou cam eet any ore go play on it." Anthony Trollopcs new vo,ume e shcrt stories will soon De published. NIT. T. S se;d 70 be the author of Nina Baiatka, ,he story of maiden cf Prague, whicn attracted much at:eLticn vixen published
 AI.s!e boy asked h;s mother wha; blood re]a- tions meant. She eXpElneu -ha; l. meant nea! ~e- tions, &c After thinking moment he said :-- Then mo.he-. yo- mUsI re .:-e oicod2es- ieiss-Cn I've got"
 The shipments Of retrc,erm over the Farmers Railroad from Petroleum Centre. on MorCay last were l.02S barrels.
 dealer 0: h ::e sesh. c. per:vas:on: sold as perfectly w ,hou. faults. Next uay cnc .7ve~ came grea. .uTy Lecavse his groom found G.. F: the alleged tauit,ess was blind in she -gh, e> >e.-- Why. replied the sly Obbcl +ls $ .l0s the horse 5 fault, II -s only n:s misfortune.
 Reports c-ors the Southern S.q e to thc Ur:oa Repub cen Coag.ose Lxecu.lye Cc-nIGiC.ee give 2 latte.-ng cement C .Ee WICK O C-ga, z.- re Repubi:ccA Uc-.v 1T hose stGtes. LCI s;GE9 +-c-n all acco1n,s aI"9 ot e ot1e- : ate: II .l-e -eoc woTk. !-s -s 2IT, =, e. 70 ne Ce-cE1r-'Cc G!-C, iud:coCs C0l Se 0. Gere-a- SleriC"r. wno :. sac.- ing no me-cy 10 :eoeis and is lsing a-l t;,e means placed 2, n.- dierGsa. Cv tne -econsJructior act. Virginia = ne...hd he CEer stalcs ip O-gan-zo- -c.; but ihe Rae T. Union politicians VI te t-at tcev have :ul .a.,n n General SchofeG. wEc : .rov' ~s slowly, 0u: .n ire ighc aisectio@. The o->,l;.vee Is daily -e. T.ng contrCutIOns rom t"n NOT-.,. and con,iEpa sending agents -Guth o z IT a Orgaaiza-o2. Bank is .r Y esc.agror. e~G t-e comm es = ,-.-inc =" .la7e niIc make 70 .c9: tour sCE,n. AnUr DtcEiL -C. aGs also ceer .r- c(; by the commi--ee 9 make touc .lTrrsn .2e southern coUa-~v. .Ee committee agents aYe that the nec-oe~ T ct around ire age c.-as arG towns gre almo-. e lreiy Rad:c9 Eecl0 icao - Those in the racl corairv ard ay0anc ire ntaj.- tations are .no.c e,s co..J-G Led ,!:o n2 ,te The West has a new sensation young man is in the habit of visiting large cities, and in front o some of the finest residences, usually where a couple of young ladies happen to be sitting he is suddenly taken with hemorTlagc the blood flowing copiously from his mouth. Of course he ia taken into the house, where his story is that he was i'll the war, has bullet in his heart, has been impris oned, and all that which of course ecits the sym pathy of the crowd, and every lady comes down handsomely. The fellow rccovcrs very rapidly ard decamps.
 It is said that Beechers novel is likely to create schsm. To alay apprehension the author of tlie assertion explains by calling 1t q criticism.
 MT. Lothrop Motley announces the third and fourth volumes of his United Netherlands n pre- paration
 Mir. Greeley has now large capital of popularity in the South which we hope he will use by making tour and giving the people good advice They will listen to him with respect and he can counteract the dangerous rubbish which Hunicut and his are dispensing to the injury of the freedom of their future prospects - PdNadium.
 Two young lads living in Voluntown were, on Saturday of last week, given a small quantity of whiskey, from the effect of which one died and the other was reduc- ed to state of insensibility. It is suppos- ed the liquor was poisoned,
 The latest returns from Kentucky give a Democratic majority on Congressmen of about 4, ,000. The total vote is not report ed. Last year the Democratic majority for Clerk of Appeals was 37,944. The Mem bers of Congress elect are all Democrats. Rice, (Rep. being defeated in the VIIIth Randarsl District by 800 majority. The Republicans carried this District last year by majority of 5,615.
 Washington has rumor that the lobby portion of the General Government has earned a good share of the pardoned con- vict kohnstamm's money. If this be the case, the business of pardon brokerage re- quires little circumlocution, and is one of frst-class riches. The case of Mr. Kohn- stamm will of course, tempt Congress to another investigation.
 The decision of the circuit court at St. Louis, in the case of Gen. Blair against the judges of election, for refusing to receive his vote unless he took the constitutional oeth, which was adverse to Blair, was af- frmed by the supreme court on Monday of last week.
 Mr. Charles Reade it appears. has actu- ally commenced his threatened action against the Round Table for its review of the Novel Gri6ith Gaant According to the P0u Mall Gazette, the complaint covers for ty-four pages of foolscap, ''and if pasted together, end to end would be fifteen yards long"
 Lately resident of the Illinois town of Somonawk was passing an old hollow tree, when his attention was directed to a litter of small animals concealed therein. He drew out and slaughtered nine young wolves of the large gray species, for which he received from the county the handsome bounty of one hundred and eighty dollars.
 Frank W. Adams, of Hartford. proprietor of the hotel at the fair grounds, committed suicide at ten o'clock on Thursday forenoon of last week, by shooting himself with a pistol.
 A party of West Virginia sportsmen spent day fox hunting, and at night left the dogs still running. They ran into a flock of sheep and killed so of them. The owners of the dogs handed over S6OO and received the carcasses of the sheep.
 It is now believed that the Michigan con- stitutional convention will stand v Re- publicans to 9 Democrats, instead of 75 to 9. Some of the Democrats are known to favor colored suffrage and it is thought that nearly every Democratic vote can be secur-