Litchfield enquirer., 1879-03-06
MISCELLANEOUS.


 One-third of Chicago's population is Ger man. = John W. Young, son of Brigham Young, has just taken his fifth wife. :
 Spain boasts of 92 dukes, 866 marquises, ,632 count, 92 viscounts, and 98 barons.
 of starvation in Brazil is estimated at over 150,0
 The Bishop of Cromona has prohibited his flock from reading the 'liberal" papers of the | town. z | MT. Swift Johnson, young American, has l gained scholarship at Trinity College, Dub- lin. .rr ~r
 Baron Albert Grant, who failed in London for nearly $3,0O0,000, has family of ten daughters and two sons. ..
 During 1878 Puget Sound exported 15O, 900 tons of coal and 200, 900. 900 feet of lumber, and employed 600 vessels.
 l Although women are now allowed to prac- tice law in all the courts of Ohio, not one is permitted to act as notary public. A large flock of quail come to the door of Middlebury, Conn.,, farmer twice day to be fed, and are as tame as his barnyard fowls Worcester has had an angry discussion as to whether negroes should be admitted to it's skating rink, but the color line has been wip- ed out
 The number of Greeks in all Turkey is | about 2,500,000, while the number in Greece ] is only 400, ,000. e.t t... The State National Bank of Raleigh, N C., has chosen Mrs. M. c. Williamsa director and | President, to take the place of her late hus- 1 band
 According to Dr. Hepworth. the Roman Catholic Church takes the best care of it's cler- gy. If a man isn't good in one position, it puts him in another. The next best is the Dutch Reformed.
 Mary Clemmer says that in certain circle of Washington society the cry is "The White House is too stupid for me. Wait till the Grants come back. Then we shall see ele- gance. -e ssseE.sas aksEy | The willow is fast becoming rival to the | eucalyptus for it's anti-maIaral properties. In 1 the region of Asia Minor about Ephesus, the | prevalence of malaria has steadily diminished as the tree has been introduced
 Not many years ago the value of the silk manufacture of France was far in excess of that of worsted, but the latter is now of no more value than the former The total value of the wOrsted industry in France is $120, ,000,- 900, nearly half or which is exported.
 Peace, the English burglar, has been found guilty of the murder of Mir. Dyson, and sen fenced to death This accomplished ruffian was fiddler of considerable ability, and two vons formerly owned by him have been sold for large sums. g.. | Michel Vincent. formerly famous in France and this country as the Iron Man, died lately in San Francisco. His strength was enor- nous, one of his feats being to lift 800 pounds from the floor tohs shoulder; but he too often | raised a glass of liquor from bar to his mouth, and finally died of incompetence.
 Rice Ferguson, the postal agent in .Phila- delphia, was caught stealing money letters. His reputation had been good and the expos ure was as surprising to his friends as it was crushing to him. He wrote letter saying that he did not desire to live disgraced, and swallowed an ounce of prussc acid, which killed him instantly.
 Mime. Grevy is the daughter of M. Praise, one of the richest merchants of Nancy, and at the time of her marriage her relations thought she might have done better than to marry M. Grevy. Mile. Grevy is an only daughter, and some sixteen or seventeen years ago, when she was in her teens used to accompany her fath- CT in his shooting excursions in the wild parts of the Jura. She was then as good shot as he is. She is landscape painter of rare ex- cellence. s zs4 4@ -A
 Bonanza Mackay doesn't look 45. He re-
 sidesat Virginia City eight months in the year, l and is in his mine, where the temperature is l from 80 to 100 degrees, almost every day. l Mrs Mackay and his two sons-he has no
 daughter-are in Paris She likes Paris and 1 France. but her husband prefers London and
 England. MT. Mackay is a man of pleasant aspect. and genial manners His mine is the