Litchfield enquirer., 1867-01-17
- Miscellaneous Items.

Snow fell Tn Galveston, last week, for the first time in seven years.
 There wiilbe nineteen and half acres of glass at the Paris Exposition Building. New York dances away six millions of dollars in 8 season.
 The annual income of Queen Victoria is e2,0O0,000 and her living expenses $2O0,- 900. s5e.si
 Gov. A. J. Hamilton of Texas has settled the practice of law.
 The pews in Henry Ward Beecher's church were rented, the last week, for over fifty thousand dollars. The new Democratic newspaper to be published in Norwich will make it's first ap- pearance on Monday next.
 Frederick Wood of Bridgeport, has just built $3, 900 Clarence coach for R. l.. Stewart, of New York.
 Meriden, is infested with idcendiaries, and the selectmen have offered $500 reward for the detection.
 Liet. Gov. Winchester of Connecticut is in Paris, urging upon the French Gevern- ment the adoption of his new guns in the military and naval service.
 The Bridgeport Standard is hereafter to be run by a. joint stock concern of $30, GOO capital, with John D. Candee as president and chief editor of the paper.
 The internal revenue assessments for the Fourth Congressional District Fairfield and Litchfeld counties,) for November, amounted to ST, ,421.9 .92
 Gen. Grant has purchased his father-in- laws homestead, 10 miles from St. Louis, for $26, 900, as final residence for himself and family. A party of burglars overlooked $350 in bonds in the store of James Olmstead, New Haven, Thursday night, after having brok- en open the safe and taken about $250 in silver. ,.,
 B. l.. Pitts Republican, was elected Spea- ker of the New York House of Representa- tives, on the 1stinst. He had 80 votes to 45 for Lord, the Democratic candidate.
 Rumor says that young Bennett is about to marry daughter of Gen. Dix. In this case the $9O, 900 won on the Atlantic yacht race will come in very handy for the pur- chase of the bridal presents.
 The coroner's jury in the case of Thomp- son, recently killed by the explosion of Cowles & Leet's oil refinery in New Haven has pronounced the business as now car ried on, dangerous one, and advises the city authorities to take control of 1t.
 The screw propeller Loyalist of and from Mystic for port Monmouth, N. J. struck on the Cows off Black Rock Harbor last week and soon went down. The twenty passengers on board and the crew were rescued.
 The following epitaph was written by & British nobleman upon his wife:
 Beneath this marble slab doth lie
 As much of virtue as could die,
 Which, when alive did vigor give
 To as much beauty as could live.'
 John Cheney, hunter of the Adiron- dacks possesses a pistol with which he claims he has killen 1,5OO deer, 12 otter, l panther, 28 bear, 19 wolves, 24 moose and other game without number. He has car ried the pistol thirty-two years.
 The American colony at Jaffa is discour- aged. They have been deceived by their leaders; many have died, others are sick, and they beg for man-of-war to take them home. Meanwhile the Porte has entered a protest against the whole project of an American colony in Palestine
 Ricasoi, the premier of Italy, has writ ten most important letter on the subject of the position of the exiled bishops of the Catholic Church, and their status towards SL~L. T1a nxfn the plan of freedom of worship guaranteed in the United States, as model one for the Catholics of free Italy.
 A correspondent of London journal ex- presses his disgust at the AmericanizatioD of Paris. The Yankees have entirely driv- en the ssmilors" to the wall in the society of the French capital. The writer acknowl edges that ssthe British element does not even attempt to compete against them. , Paris is crowded with wealthy Americans who spend their money right royalty.
 Amalicious Illinois journal, the Alton Telegraph, alluding to Gen. Frank Blairs recent appointment to the place made va cant by the death of Gen. Curtis, says:- "As it is settled point that the govern ment is to support MT. Blair in some form or other, he will probably do as little harm in the above position as any other in which he might be placed.
 The Charleston, (S O. correspondent of The " F. Herald writes that the New Eng land society of that city celebrated 'Fore- fathers Day" in secret session. Not a member of the press was invited. The so- ciety in'former times was distinguished for its iberality; and the secret session may be considered as very fair exponent of that feeling and prejudice against anything Yankee which exists in that city now.
 The Catholic population in the United States. has reached such proportion, that his Holiness the Pope has decided that four additional Episcopal seats should be created in that country In consequence, the United States which fifty years ago had only one bishop-that of Baltimore-will now have twenty-two.
 / A Western farmer being obliged to sell yoke of oxen to pay his hired man told him he could not keep him any longer 'sWhy," saidsthe man, 'sI'l stay and take