Litchfield enquirer., 1879-08-21

The Democrats of Washington county Miss, have nominated negro for the legislature.
 The watch of the Napoleons, worn by both Emperors, is now keeping Zulu time, not very accurately, it is said.
 Ex-Empress Eugenie has written Queen Victoria to deprecate any punishment of Lieut.. Carey.
 A new silver commission is to be formed and it is now said that Germany will cooper ate.
 Waterbury now boasts defaulting tax collector who owes the town about thirty thou. sand dollars. .... ".
 A Bridgeport man has invented machine for ironing shirts which, it is said, can iron 500 or 600 shirts day.
 Gen. Miles campaign is over he returns to Fort Peck himself, leaving the troops to patrol the iron tier and keep back the hostiles
 The Ohio campaign opens, this week. Sec Schurz speaks at Cincinnati on Tuesday; at Columbus, Wednesday; and at Toledo on Thursday.
 William H. Vanderbilt has given $100, 900 for gymnasium and the erection of @ civil engineering and scientific hall at the Tennessee University founded by his pious father.
 Rochester has finally beaten Vanderbilt, it seems. He has concluded to raise the Central track 20 feet above the common street level, and to bear the expense of the change him. self.
 Miss Sarah Bernhardts London visit has been very profitable. She has earned $5, 900 by private performances $10O00, by sale of paintings; and $750, as her regular salary. There are valuable presents besides.
 The National cotton exchange, which met at New York, last week. reports the increase of the cotton culture in this country as ex- ceding all expectation. Only third of the cotton we raise, however, is manufactured here. The reports of this years crop are favorable.
 The Springfield Republican urges the Mass achusetts Republicans to put at least one Dem- ocrat upon their State ticket. as some recogni- tion of the assistance given them by Demo- crats, last year, against Butler.
 The Wallace congressional Investigating committee are inauiring into the alleged Mass achusetts buil-dozing Butler now has his chance of proving the assertions he has so fre- quently made regarding the means used by Republicans to accomplish his defeat, last year.
 The Tribune mentions the explosion of two reputations-such as they were-by the dis covery that it was not Dr. Guillotin who in- vented the beheading contrivance of that name; and that James Bowie, inventor of the bowie knife, never had personal difficulty" in his life. Would-be Senator Corbin, of South Caroli- ma, was victimized in Colorado, recently, by some swindlers who sold him some gilded bricks for solid gold. They offered them at reduced price on the pretense that they had been stolen.
 The queer assertion is now made that Mrs. Langtry, the London beauty derives hand some income from commissions she receives on the sale of her photographs. Neither her self nor her husband has money, and yet she dresses like queen.
 Senator Booth comes out squareIy in favor offb fbo I California. He originally opposed the Central Pacific monopoly but thinks the war against corporations has been carried far enough.
 The notion that Secretary Evarts intended to forbid the landing of Mormons emigrants to this country is a great mistake. He merely warned foreign nations of the dangers their subjects would encounter in attempting to practice poiygamv in this country.
 The Legislative committee which is investi- gating the bribery of the Pennsylvania legisla- ture practiced by the Pennsylvania railroad ring, with view to make the state assume the expense of the Pittsburgh riot, has resulted in the indictment of member of the lower house named Salter, and in the probable prosecution of the notorious Kemble.
 The Sun says that the Rev. Congressman De LaMatyr, of Indiana, at present speaking for his the greenback, party in Maine had been invited to preach in the Methodist church at Bangor, but at the instigation of Senator Blaine the invitation was withdrawn. The result was that the reverend statesman preach ed in Nuremberg Hall, the largest in the city, and in spite of the rain filled it to overf1owing
 The 121st and 152d New York Regiments of Volunteers during the war of the Rebellion, hold their reunions on Friday, Aug 22d, at Little Falls, on the N. Central road. The first named regiment will be recognized by many of our readers as one of those who were brigaded with our 2d Artillery in the 9th Corps. Genl Upton has consented to be pres ent and grand time is anticipated.
 A new form of proceeding is about to be attempted for forcing States topay their bonds. The federal constitution now allows States to sue other States, but States cannot be sued by individuals. It is proposed by the State of Vermont to take an assignment of certain State bonds, and then sue them up in the fed eral courts. It strikes us that such an evasion of plain provision of the constitution would hardly find favor Tn our courts. Moreover the irritation that would naturally follow between sister States who should thus buy up claims against each other would be. evidently against public policy. et.s
 The popes revenue from "Peter's pence, ' which had fallen of largely from that of the former pontiff, is now on the increase. Dur. ing the year past it has been greater than dur ing any year of Pope Plus. The present pon. tiff has reduced his household expenses from 4,OOO to $500 month. ....- .-. ..,
 How few Catholics, in their troubles, trial. and griefs, think of offering up certain devo tions, such as rosaries, novenas and commu