Litchfield enquirer., 1870-12-01
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 A APLAY-FELLow--A Dramatic Critic.
 A CONTRADICTION. .-The best way to patch up quarrel is to split the differ ence.
 A large womans suffrage meeting was held at Manchester, England, on the 24th.
 Ex-Secretary Cox denies that he was ev- CT inclined to issue patent iri the New Idria Company.
 Rodney W. Daniels, Collector of Gus. toms at Buffalo, is accused of malfeasance in office in using the public funds for his private business.
 The Illinois Senate will stand 32 Repub- lican,5 and IS Democratic. Majority on the State ticket, 25,O00.
 The population of New York is 4.861.- 7O3, all the counties but four being official ly reported. Twenty counties have lost population since 1860.
 The thousand Chinamen who are work ing on the Chattanooga railroad ir Alaba- ma, do not give satisfaction. and the ex- pertinent is not likely to be repeated in that section.
 The milk producers convention on Wednesday fixed the price for December at six cents per quart, and adopted resolu- tions petitioning the board of health to in . spect all milk arriving in the city.
 A man in Evansville, Ind, borrowed $2, the other day, of 8 girl to whom he was engaged, in order to pay for a marriage li- cense, and expended the money in procur. ing license to marry another woman.
 The National Bank of Bellows Falls, Vt. was broken into on the 21st, for the fourth time, but the burglars failed to penetrate door of the inner vault. The burglars left complete outfit of the finest workmanship.
 The following touchin epitaph is to be found on the tombstone of Q Colorado deacon: "When circumstances rendered it impossible for him to attend the stated preaching of the gospel, he made it 8 sa. cred rule to kill an Indian every Sabbath" Postmaster General Cresswell in his re. port will recommend the adoption of the penny postal card, similar to that now in use in England and Germany. The card is bought, stamped at the Government mails. = 'A 1AAs
 The elections in Schleswig. .Holsteen have generally resulted in favor of those can- didates who support the proposition for annexation to Denmark.
 The Legislature of North Carolina, which met and organized last week, elect ed United States Senator on Tuesday. James Freeman Clarke, in Old and New, says, "A politician is man who thinks of Akn~ Il IA AAs. of the next generation"
 A Wisconsin editor was called out of bed one night to receive a subscription. After that he sat up nights fer over week. but the offence wasn't repeated.
 Rev. Dr. Bent, of Baltimore. reports that when in Boston, he went to church, where he heard music that made him won- der how he ever got in without ticket. Isn't that better than having music that would set one to wondering how he might get out?
 The next Legislature of Nevada will con- sist, according to the latest advices. of 12 Republicans and II Democrats in the Sen- ate, with 20 Republicans and 26 Democrats in the Assembly. The official returns may possibly give the Democrats two or three less in the Assembly.
 The WOman's Journal, speaking of Chris. tina Nilsson, says: ''She is truly womanly, without conceit, free from tricks of affecta. ton, and has come up from the humble. ness of her Swedish peasant home, to be one of the first prima donnas of the civiliz- ed artist world, and has retained throughit the fresh, unsullied character of her early life"