Litchfield enquirer., 1877-12-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

T Oakley Hall is proving as much of failure as a lecturer as he did as a mayor.
 The Springfield, H., Savings bank closed Tuesday morning. Its liabilities are s 162, ,OO0 chiefly small deposits. A g E
 Senate and House adjourned. Sam, what have you been doingT 'sNothing." Bill, what have you been doinga"ss Helping Sam. "
 For two successive years Miss Susan B. An thony has drawn the largest paying audiences Music. }aSW. sAEYE @gs} Sg
 It is said that Ex-Senator Matt. Carpenter now makes from $50, 900 to $6O, 900 a year by the practice of the law before the United States Supreme Court. 3 Ie tus
 A few days ago man while digging post hole near Somerville, N. J., dug up an earthen crock containing $2,7OO in gold and silver Spanish coins. sagssakRx A frBe The supreme court of Iowa has decided that the legislative act allowing cities and towns to vote a tax in aid of railroads or other public corporations is constitutional.
 One hundred and fifty Marylanders,, who last Spring emigrated to Kansas, have lately returned to their old homes, as after all, the best place for them.
 Governor Hampton refuses toleosen his grip upon Pattersons coat-collor, even at the re. quest of Senator Butler, and that penitentiary door begins to yawn ominously again.
 The total assessed value of taxable property, real and personal, in North Carolina this year is $148, 664, ,557, a falling of of $3, 981, ,466 p from last years valuation. The real estate is now assessed at $1, ,088 4O1 less than last year.
 Lucky MT. Eustis He gets nearly four years back pay, amounting to about $20, 900, in a lump, besides $2, 900 or $3, 600 for mile age. .ef t-s .vl ss- <ls.fT.g -. -fs.s.>
 Instruction has now spead all over Santc Domingo. Carlos Baez, brother of the presi. dent and governor of the province of Aqua, was killed by the insurgents in his own house The Santo Domingo city prisons are crowded | Many prisoners have been executed in the in terior, among them General Melenoiaho. The l greatest excitment prevails, and Baez's fal seems inevitable. .kS |E S1 @3 .S | MT. sLongfellow said at the Whittier dinner l''1 do not know why I cannot make an after dinner speechas we'll as other people. but cannot. have made several attempts and have always observed it to produce depress infuence. "Mr. Charles Dudley Warner quaint ly began his talk thus: s'Mr. Chairman Iii impossible to express my gratitude t0 you fo calling on me. There is but one pleasure il life equal to that of being called on to mak' | an after-dinner speech, and that is not beins called on. It is such an enjoyment to si through the course with this prospect like ten-pound weight on your digestive organs"
 The vote by which Roosevelt was reiectet for collector of New York is an interestin, study. Of the % who voted for confirmation
 19 are democrats and 6 republicans Of tn, 91 who voted to reject 28 are republicans ant 5 democrats. The pairs are, however, the mos curious feature of the picture: Mcdonald an, I Voorhees,, of Indiana, both democrats, wer
 paired, the last being for Conhling and the frs against him. McPherson, who followed Conk
 ling, was also paired with Wallace, both dem
 ocrats, and Withers, Conkling,s follower. wa
 pared with Whyte, both democrats also, whil
 Thurman and Cockrell, democrats dodged tn I vote.