Litchfield enquirer., 1879-10-09
lIL1LS OF INTEREST.

The. French colony in Egypt consists oi 20. Ooopersons. E. .l& House rents in Liverpool are now about one-half less than few years ago. Kansas is almost exactly in the centre of the United States
 The roads and inns in Spain are as bad | as tliey< have been for Centuries.
 Portland (Me. lady went home from 2 Jewellers and left her baby on the ceuntr. A cornet played by a twelve-y ar old girl | is feature of a Pittsfield (alass.) congre- gational church. service n eTg A wealthy silk manufacturer in Stafford shire, England, has been sent to prison for refusing to maintain his wife and children. Willows are growing on tlre bar in tie Mississippi at vicksburg and it will soon be dry lend where the river once flowed. A little girl at Charlestown, Mass. has been poisoned. probably fatally, by sucking colored toy balloons which are sold on the street 1.ri
 An American named Watson is said to be the most venturesome gambler at Monaco. He lost million and half francs this sea- son alone.
 The report of the Auditor of Kentucky shows that negroes in that State own land worth $3, 3O6, 337, and personal property worth $666, 445.
 The money paid on scholarships at liar. yard, from 1852 to 1878, inclusive, amounts to $275, ,634.2O; and the present annual payments are about $25, 900. F Alderman philosopher says one grain of wheat could be 50 multiplied i'll twelve years as to supply all the inhabitants of the earth with food during their lifetime.
 A man and a woman are travelling across Iowa, pulling two-wheeled buggy in which are a baby and other household articles. They came from Luzerne county, Pa., on foot and pulled the wagon all that distance, and their destination is the Black Hills.
 The hair and beard on the left side of the face and head of Springfield man has turned gray, while the hair on the other side retains it's natural color. The dividing line passes straight through his chin and over his forehead from his nose.
 An officer of the fire department of Erie, Pennsylvania, wae killed in an unusual man. ner. He was sitting on hose-cart which was driven rapidly into door-yard, when he came into contact with wire clothes line, which nearly cut his head of. He died in two hours.
 In Pilot Point Denton county. Texas, 8 miser, aged eighty-two years. who owned considerable property, was directing some carpenters in their work. He cursed the carpenters, and in the midst of his pro- fanity he fell insensible, and soon safterward died. 8
 The steamer Great Eastern, which has long been lying at Milford Haven, is to be fitted up with new boilers and machinery at cost of $500, GOO. as a cattle ship. It is estimated that she can carry 22OO head of cattle and 36,OC sheep. She is to trade between London and Texas
 There is an eccentric tramp in Litchfiold county, Conn.,, known as the leather man." He lives in cave in Roxbury dur ing the winter. and at other seasons wanders from town to town begging his way. His Lo1 ,f E>f1 boot legs tied together with leather, strings He never utters a word. rr gNI
 A man at Pawtucket R. T., who tends saS railroad crossing, owns dog worth having. At the approach Of train the dog will seize the signal flag in his teeth. and. running out, vigorously shake it to warn any passcr- by: The dog is said to be as faithful in this respect as a man would be, and seems to know at just what time train comes along.
 An English lady has arranged the photo. graphs of her husband and children ill this way: On a .",mnd of pale blue she fhas painted q gold bracelet, from which hang three mcdllions containing the miniature portraits of her children. and above 1t hangs a painted locket in which her husbands head appears. and above the group are painted, the words My jewels." t} E : Z
 The Empress of G, rmany. at the celebra ton of her gold -.,iling wore dress and train ot gold r,'ior. with tiara and necklace of brilliant. Queen Victoria sent to the imperial pair n gift of a magnificent majolica plateau al"'ut twenty y-four inches in diameter. The groundwork is com- posed of gold of such richness that the painted cupids and flowers ..attercd ovsr it look as if they were raised on a background -f beaten gold. :
 In Germany betrothed persons exchange rings. and both the man and the girl go about wearing their betrothal ring This stamps them as both ont of the m.rkrt and prevents mistakes
 WHAT HAPPENED TO MR. BEACH. Huns dreds of persons will read with pleasure the interesting article in relation to case of MT. J. s. Beack, of Stone Ridge which we publish below. MT. Beach is one of the most respected citizens of Stone Ridge, and is extensively known over this and adjoining countries. The story is almost too good to be true. There is no reason to doubt it, however, for the names of parties interested-who are of unquestioned geracity-4-and the dates are carefully given, while hundreds of others stand ready to prove the statement in every particular. The article is not only interesting, but no doubt will prove of incalcuable value to great many people, R0asd0ut FreenaGas., r &fEEk ET1s < STONE IN THE BLADDER EXPELLED AFTER USING MEDICINE ABOUT TWO WEEKS. One of the most remarkable cases that has ever beeh brought to the notice of the public is that of Mr. J. S. Beach, of Stone Ridge, Ul- ster Co.,, N. Y.