Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-25
Misc elianeous Items.

Miscellaneous Items.
 A cross grained old bachelor says that 'hn" is the favorite belle metal now days
 In the senate the Hon. o. 8. Ferry of this state was confirmed to be brevet major general
 l There are nearly one hundred new houses contracted for in Norwich to be erected this summer.
 The Radical Temperance men threaten to make 1t penal offence to sing "a little more cider too'' The remark, ''Et tuber-rooty!" was made not by Julius Caesar, but Sir Walte. Raleigh on discovering the potato.
 Stanley G Trott, formerly postmaster of London, has been appointed and confirm ed postmaster of Charleston, s. c. ! Two hundred women have graduated from medical colleges in New York Phila- delphia, and Boston.
 Secretary McCulloch thinks he can bring gold down to 115 or 12O by December, if he is let alone.
 The legislature of North Carolina has pas sed law punishing horse stealing with death.
 The income returns, so far as sent in. average but about one half of those of last year.
 A microscope has been made in London which magnifes an object one billion five hundred and seventy-fve million times
 Geographically speaking the N. Y. Con- merclal Advertiser thinks it may be said that ln this case Russia has lost her Behr- ings.
 Two young girls, aged 15 and 16, attemp- ted to commit suicide near Weehawken N. J., because the father of one of them in sisted on their being separated The work of registration in Virginia is going on rapidly. Seven hundred officers are required in the capacity of clerks, agents, &c.
 Norwalk has IF, 900 inhabitants and will apply to the legislature to be made city, and Meriden with 1875 voters, will proba- bly, do likewise.
 A party of Yale seniors, while fishing for pickerel at Whitneyville lake, last week, caught trout weighing three pounds one ounce and half. A dissatisfied husband consoles himself for his wife's humors at the table by drink ing silent toast to the memory of themar- tyred Bluebard.
 An Indiana paper says that ladies out there who wear number seven, eight and nine shoes oppose the new short dress style.
 A young lady in Louisville attempted to 1 hang herself, but was foiled, and then tried the virtue of laudanum but that was pump ed out of her. She had misplaced her af- l factions.
 Wisconsin is reading State. It sup ports one hundred and thirtythree news papers. In politics, eighty-five of these papers are Republican, forty-eight "Dem- l ocratic."
 ''I'm on the sea, I'm on the sea-" roared bad singer. "You're not" cried musi- cal punster, in company, ''you would be on the c if you sung in time; but you are on the B fiat, confound you?" It appears by Parliamentary return that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Eng land incurred the sum of e6, ,994, as costs, expences, Be-, incident to the actions to establish their right to shoot grouse over certain manors in the county of Durham
 The Home Journal says false lips made of pink india rubber, which are attached to thin lips in 8 manner which defes detec- tion, and which give pretty pouting ap- pearance to the mouth, are much worn by New York ladies.
 The children in Chicago school being asked to give a text of Scripture which for bids man having two wives, one of them promptly replied, "No man can serve two masters.
 William Nc Gloin, one of the express robbers who escaped from prison at Dan bury, was arrested at New York, and deliv, cred to Sheriff Bulky of Fairfield county.
 Professor Blot is delighting the Hartford. ties with his lectures on cookery. From fifty to seventy-f ladies attend the lec- lures, some of them bringing their cooks with them.
 An insane woman at New Haven was dis. covered standing in room with knife in one hand and another weapon in the other, and her children standing around badly frightened. She was arrested by the DO. lice, to prevent her doing mischief.
 A trustworthy correspondent of the Rochester Democrat, living at Shirwith' Landing, Miss, says that the southern men now hardly regret the death of slavery, are begining to extend civil justice to the black men, and tolerate Yankees.
 A Yankee captain was caught in the jaws of whale, but was finally rescued. badly wounded. On being asked what he though while in that situation, he replied, q thought he would make about forty bar rels"
 A young lady riding in the rear car of long train remarked to her companion tha the train seemed to move very slowly, ant 8 moment after added with almost Parting tonian unconciousness, ''But perhaps it i because we are in the last car!'' A party of roughs in Derby assailed al inoffensive young colored man as he wa going home from an evening school ant abused him shamefully, saying at the sam time that "a nigger had no right to live. E Colored men do not vote in this state THoMAsToN.-The Terry Manufacturing Company have cut down the wages of al their operatives third. The Brass Mil and clock shop are doing fair amount o ,busin ness,-Rent sare enormously high an,