Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A sailship on wheels. to navigate the prairie. is building at osceola Neb.
 .Dr. Westbrook neryously killed man in Arkansas for pointing 8 plug of to- bacco at him.
 A Mormon tabernacle has been erected near Albany, Oregon, and many conver- sions are reported.
 Wagner says we don't understand music, and Von Bulow says we do. We pay for it, anyhow, adds the Inter Ocean.
 "Going to Church" in Gaelic, is still "going to the stones," description that carries us back to the days of the Druids..
 The monument to Charles Wesley has been placed in Westminster Abbey, but has not yet been unveiled. It stands near that of Isaac Watts. .s.. -,1
 A French legal adviser of the Japan csc Government has presented petition to the Ministers to abolish torture in the procedure of the courts.
 There are said to be in St. Louis county Mo-, unmarried females who own pro- pertv worth an aggregate of $1SO00,O0O. Go West! young man, go West.
 A novelty is shortly to appear in the shape of an eight page newspaper. ex- clusively devoted to the interests of undertakers and kindred professions.
 The prairies of Southern Minnesota, since the stoppage of the prairie fires, are fast being covered with thick growth of willow, wild apple, oak, and aspen trees, which spring up spontaneously.
 A drunkenherder near Fort Kearney, killed a man last fall. The murdered mans wife has sued the saloon keeper that sold the liquor to the herder who killed her husband, and will probably make a case. .... The T,oo Republics, published in the City of Mexico, reports that Mrs. A. De Bag, Sister of Mercy. has discovered the medicinal virtues of an herb, by the use of which she has cured 101 cases of typhoid fever of 102 cases which she has visited.
 An edition of the doubtful plays of Shakespeare is to be collected and pub-. lished shortly in London. It will include "The Two Noble Kinsmen" and Edward III" in the composition of which some authorities hold that Shakespeare took part at least.
 This year the Committee on Finance of the Virginia House of Delegates has not only omitted churches, &c., from the list of exemptions in the tax bill, but has reported a supplemental bill imposing s tax on all churches of greater value than S5,OOO.
 An exchange, in giving to girls soma sensible advice about the care of the feet, including the follyof wearing boots that are too small, remarks:-"Learnt this lesson: no one cares about the size of your foot except yourself; therefore be comfortable"
 John K. Shawhan, Q San Francisco stock speculator, has built stable at the cost of abont $1oO,OoO, chiefly to gratify his wife, who is fond of horses. It con- tains parlor handsomely furnished for her usej and the carriage and harness rooms, stalls, and other apartments are finished in fine woods.
 A cat belonging to Nathan Wilson of Langdon recently got upon his bed and walked him by scratching. Thrown of, it immediately returned and renewed it's demonstrations, until MT. Wilson got up and found the house on fire about the fireplace, just in time to save the house and the family.
 Under it's new laws, Texas now ex. empts from taxation tools and instru- ments used in any trade or profession to the value of $50; all safes and furniture to like amount; one years supplies from the product of the soil; all insti- tutions of learning, with their property and all hospitals and churches.
 A Cincinnati veterinary has succeeded in a remarkable experiment.. He has fitted wind-broken horse with 8 silver throat" An incision was made in the windpipe, silver tube inserted, and now the animal breathes easily and seems to suffer no inconvenience.
 A dog got into hydraulic pipe in Nevada City recently, was forced through five-inch nozzle, and landed against an embankment several hundred feet dis tant. The journal that records the fact adds: '1n his canine flight . Chinaman was knocked into the current, and both animals perished simultaneously.
 Formerly it was . maxim that s vounp woman should never be married until she had spun herself set of body, table, and bed linen. From this custom all un- married women were termed spinsters. If the old custom were enforced there would not be a wedding for, say, many day. but the girls would all have learned to spin in month, and upset that cal- culation. ! They've found out the secret of Wes- tons endurance in England. A London paper says that when walking long dis tances, the famous pedestrian" chews the dried leaf of the "coca." A waod in digenous to Bolivia, which is said to act as most wonderful "waste preventer." enabling the person using it to sustain the greatest physical exertion. We