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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04
CORNWALL.

MT. Calhoun has bought the field across the street from his house, from Capt. Gold, and Mir. Cyrus Marsh has bought 8 lot near the Parsonage in South Cornwall,
 and is building house and barn on it. ~.
 The R. R. Company has had a new Fairbanks Scales put in just back of the depot in West Cornwall, greatly to their own convenience and that of freighters and tie public fg.-.. ..t
 We see notices in the papers of the immense freighting business done on the H. R. R., and almost every train has more or less of through freight cars of all the Northern and Western Railroads. This is the result in great degree, of the earnest labors of the former President Hon, J. z. Goodrich, who labored indefatigably to in- crease the business of the road and this through freight was what he wanted to se- cure. At the same time his efforts to in- crease local business were untiring. He was just beginning to reap the results when n he was displaced by the present officer. MT. G. was very popular with the people along the line of the road until near the last of his term of office, when his persistent ef- forts to continue the shipment of milk through particular channel greatly to the dissatisfaction of the shippers, ,and the rais- ing of the tariff of fare and freight to it's present high rates for local travel and transportation, lost him his hard earned popularity. s<. iaa e An instance of the discrimination against local business is the hauling of a car of through freight for $500 per car, less to Bridgeport than is charged for leaving the same car at West Cornwall, e1 miles short of Bridgeport. 'p .-'1g
 Rev. Mir. Bassett of Warren conduct ed the services at North Cornwall last Sum- day, to the satisfaction of good con gre- tiOn +.'' ar
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04
WOoDBURY.

Doct Barker, resident dentist Qate oi Waterbury, has commenced 8 regula, course of instruction in singing, designed principally for the benefit of the young oi both sexes. No doubt he will receive the thanks of many parents. as something oi the kind has long been felt almost neces- sity. So laudable hing as teaching the young to sing ought to receive the com. hendation of the whole community.
 - The North Church have added to their Sabbath School Library to the amount of a hundred dollars, but are candidating as usual. The South Church have succeeded in uniting on the Rev. Mir. Moves, late oi Fair Haven.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04
T

In, LGoshen,. oct. 27th0by the Rev.
 William H. Stebbins, Deacon Addison Palmer, OF Totring gtong it0 Mrs. {Ahhie P Wadhsms. of Goshen.
 In West Goshen, oct. 21sth. byy Rev William HG ebbins3 Grove w. Wooster. to Miss Annie F. Bennett.
 At Nepaug, Oct. sth, h,-by Rev. Alpheus WinteT MT. Alyarado Howard of Stafford Springs, to Miss Julia H. Holcomb of New Hartford. 7! aAdAaG
 :I Ab Nspaugs Oct -A3, ibyxReyx -Afpheus Winter, Rev. Edwin Hall, Jr, of Youngs- town, N Y!3 to Miss Henrietta Watson. of New tHartfogd. a GIaY4NyYl1
 i Ia yCanaan,s Oopn. .,s Oct 17th, aby, Hon. Miles Tdu Granger at his residence. MrsfF Fran cis Daniels of Canaani Valley, to Miss Clarinda Beebe of East Canaan Conn.
 In Woodbury, Oct. .13, by Rev. D. A. Gilman, Mrs Edward o. StodlattI, Id Mise Ellen S.rSaxtens both of Woodburya ], At Granville Corners, Mass. Oct aotb by. Rev. D! AZ Dearborn, Watson JL Haves pf BarkHhams B j., tG Mary A. Rose. 1ffS oIR WestsW Winsted Oct. IS, by Rev. s. R Forbes, Charles Cook, toJHuidah A. TbomD. son, both of Beacon Falls.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04
SALISBURY.

{. The shoplof Frank. Wolfe was burglari- ously entered on the night of the 26tll, and boots and stock to the amount of $6, 900, stolen. Z F MT. Wolf was absent in New York at the time, purchasingp his winter supply of leather, and he thinks the thieves.in show ing him a preferenee. must have had some previous knowledge ofahis workmanship, as a large stock of ready made boots and shoes. only the next door to him, were un- disturbed. n3Iw 4av, 0.f aa ssef 4Gest ii
 - Messrs. George and James Selleck have leased tho ore upon their farm to ,the Hartford and Salisbury Mining Co.,, re- ceiving therefari royalty. of $1,25r per ton.aaaia aaF etoo0 r lo>saj0oqol
 The land joins the Davis bed, lcfrom which 15, poo tons of iron ore were taken last year, and although no ore has been discovereds yet the conformation of the ground and the character of the soil are indications that the, Company have, fsecur
 ed valuable mineral property. drnal = A FrenchmaH was tried before, Jus tice Pratt, on the 25th, charged with at tempting an outrage or. a young woman, who had been ill. his employ sometimepre- viously as honsekeeper. The evidence ishowed the outrage on his part to be an attempt,to kiss her while she was lying up on the bed apparently sleeping. Some pretty sharp cross-questioning was indul, ged in by tie legal counsel employed, but Justice Pratt could not see a sufficient :. casus bell" and the complaint was dis missed. ,,, ..-..-e ........ ,l......,....- q
 Russell for plaintiff; Dean, for defend ant. ... :. a-1-,e. ... -t
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
 ON THE Nxississippi River
STEAMBOAT sToNEWALL BURNED !
TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY PERSONS BURNED
 OR DROWNED.

One of the most shocking accidents that ever happened on the Mississippi river, occurred about l25 miles below St. Louis, on Wednesday night of Last week. The steamboat Stonewall bound from that place to New Orleans, took fire, and in the att tempt to drive it ashore, grounded on a bar about 200 yards from the bank. About 25O persons were on board, mostly deck passengers, of whom less .than fifty were saved. The boat was loaded with hay, in which it is supposed the fire started from the carelessness of passenger. There were no small boats, except a. little ski without oars. nor any preparations for an emergency of the kind. About 27O horses cattle and mules were on board, ,also, which increased the confusion and loss of. life.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04
NEW MILFORD.

| It is to be regretted that the report in last weeks ENQUIRER stating that Falls Bridge had been condemned proves to be unfounded. The town authorities have ta- ken no action in regard to it, and the bridge remains open for use. But it is the duty of the community, in case the proper persons neglect to act, to condemn it themselves and refuse to cross it.. Unless something of the kind is done there, will certainly be some appalling accident there, and any person who examines the bridge cannot help wondering that proper precau- tions in regard to it are not taken. s;a
 = The morning train on tho Housatonic R. R., has been discontinued, much to the regret of the travelling public, who fonnd it very convenient to be able to get to New York early in the day; but as it does not pay at this season, the company could not be expected to run it any longer. @
 Preparations for Thanksgiving are go. ing briskly on, and some articles, such as eggs, butter, &c.. are already strengthen ing in price. The turkeys and chickens gloat over their high living, little suspect ing that they are soon to furnish still high CT living for their owners. Thanksgiving is observed here in old fashioned style, ,and woe to all kinds of edibles when the day arrives. s. @41..- na1sai ttat
 The fall trade is also improving. and the various stores present fine assort- ment of fall and winter goods. We have noticed fine displays in all the stores, and advise persons in the neighboring towns to give our merchants call, and we feel sure that they will find an opportunity for good bargains.f . The attempt to raise . sufficient amount to repair the Methodist Church has been very successful, bnt mora is still needed. The efficient pastor, however, will undoubtedly raise the necessary amount in a short time as he is indefatig.E able in pursuing his object. George Love ridge.a we'll known citizen and member of that Society, died. last week, after 3 short but severe illness.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04
4ittbdelo Gnquirer. Litchfield, Thursday, Nov. 4, 1869
TO CORRESPONDENTS

Desirous of giving every encouragement to persons favoring us with local news. we make the following propositions to regular and occasional correspondents:
 1. On publication of any communication we will forward sir eztra copies of the EN- oU1RER containing the same to the address ofthe person sending it to us, or to any persons residing within the county such person may designate. Correspondents must tadvise. us, at the time of sending communications, of the number of copies desired, and to whom they are to be sent. D 2. Local items from reliable sources in wany part of the county will be received with pleasure, but we are particularly de- sirous of increasing our list of regular cor respondents. To each of these, or to such person as heor she may designate, we will send copy of our paper regularly in ad- dition to the extra copies mentioned above.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04

Rev MT. Elliot, of New Canaan, sup piled the pulpit of the Congregational Church, last Sabbath, and is engaged for next week. s Ss
 The Danbury Times states that the committee contemplate writing to Rev. Mir. Whlttlesey, of Waterbury, to preach dur ng-the winter Mr. Whittlesey is a gen. tleman of fine ability, and such an ar ron cement would probably give good, sat isfacefon. N5lA sa l9 I1A
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04

aG Tom Thumb is completely eclipsedi man
 has been found in Cumberland county Va., thirty
 two years of age, who IS eighteen snches in statae iAaRegister. Fo,f s as.sas es-a.,
 's Eclipse Total too !? It seems like queeg
 English to talk of eclipsing one little fell low with another smaller yet. Nevertheless, there was James K. Polk who eclipsed 4 Henry Clay. and Franklin Pierce who
 eclipsed General Scott. and the moon that
 eclipsed the sun, onlysa month or two since, so that probably the Register is right after all.s # r s9e ei
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04

THE B. H. AND. D, R. R. AND THE WHITE PLAINS R. R.-The stormy time at the meeting of the railroad commissioners in this village, of which mention was made in our last issue, is not yet cooled down. As we stated, the difficulty lies iu the choice of location between here and Brook field. IThe B. H. &) Go. desired to use the track of the White Plains O., but would not pay the price, demanded by that com pany, $1Oo,OOO.a The matter was referred to the Commissioners, and they located the new road without reference to the in terests of the White Plains Co.,, claiming that the Company had forfeited its right Btp tho llne by not completing the work in the stipulated time. The Erie conpany propose to lay out their line in such away as to cross the track of the other company five times at a grade within distance of five miles. A temporary injunction has been granted by the Superior Court sit ting fin New Haven to restrain the B. II. and D. road dfrom taking, ,osuch a route - Danburyl Times. v a ,n .stuilou
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04

la4 yD@~ About month since we published . harmeless looking communication from
 Gaylordsville, in which the names of two residents of that, place were mentioned.
 There was nothing in it which we under stood to convey any serious charge against
 any one. We are in receipt, however. of a
 certihcate of two persons, whose names we
 are unable to decipher, stating that rumors ? are afioat prejudicial to the characters of B the persons named in that publication, and | that 8 allusien was made to such ru- mors therein; and further regretting ; that such rumors and publication had
 been attributed to them. sire
 a No one ignorant of the above mentioned ] rumors would have inferred anything seri- our from our publication any more than we did. Under such circumstances it would
 strike us as the, wisest course to let the matter drop where it is. s5.e .9s F.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04

[. NH- Andrew Johnson, unlike some of his oppo-
 nents in this strange contest, has the advantage of conscious integrity, and the satisfaction of knowing that however it vas with his enemies, he
 waged only square, open-handed,' honorable fghtr- Hartford Times, r. |. s1.. ,3ibsConscious integrity" and Andrew John
 sonl Here's richness for you. Square, open handed, honorable fight9" We'll, we
 do .recollect his '.open-h -handed'' way; that | was what did for Impeachment.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04

[ vD0r A gentleman sends us circular he received, lately, purporting to come from
 "Wogan & O., 73 Nassau St., N. r., off
 ering to furnish counteyfeI morley so we'll executed as to be beyond detection, at the
 rate of $500 for $1OO in cash; $5 to be paid down, and the remainder in 15 days.
 Ii If thisIis the same swindle we saw expos j ed in the papers, sometime since, the mode of operating is as follows: The dupe sends
 in his $5, and gets no counterfeit money taspromised. He can have no redress,
 since the whole undertaking was criminal
 and illegal. It is 8 rather sharp way of vic timizing dishonest greenhorns.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04

PIANOS, MELODEONS, and ORGANS. Prices greatly reduced for cash. New r Octave Pianos of first class makers, for $275 and npward. New Cabinet Organs for Ss45 and upward. Secondhand instru ments from $40 to $175. Monthly install ments received and Instruments for rent Warerooms, Mo- 4Sf Broadway.-vr
 ~ HORACE WATERS.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04

sq BA- The dedication condert of the Wat. 0 erbury city hall, by Theodore Thomas orchestra, came of on the 2eth ut. The
 tickets were put up to $3hnd $5, the pro-
 ceeds to 90 to a local Cemetery Association.
 The attendance was rather thin, outsiders .aseeming inclined to let Waterbury bury its own dead. 1a }N i,lys 9s5
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04
LITCHFIELD.

The Superior Court commenced It's Mo- vember session on Tuesday, Judge. Gran ger on the bench. The Warren school case is again on trial to the jury. No criminal trials of importance will take place, this term. The murder cases wait the action of the Grand Jury and will go over till January. 1t s.
 Our statement regarding the property given to MT. s. N. Bronson was not en tirely correct. He has received but $1O,- 900; the remaining $5,0OO having been given to his wife. aa IF -a
 MT. S. B. Cheney continues his rock blasting near the tannery. Persons attend ing court here go back with the imprss- sion that the construction of the Shepaug Valley R. R. has already comme need.
 = The unknown individual so fero- ciously attacked in the SentineIs local col umn, last week. can have this consolation that paper never libels any but wo- men or christians not because it is safer, but from some natural autagonism. We trust the antipathy is not mutual
 = The soil and climate of Mount Tom appear to favor the development of cab bage-h -heads.-Sentinel -s.~'.-
 Our neighbor's notion is confirmed by the way the products of that ''soil and eli mate" vote at elections. H .,2
 = Daniel c. Churchill, of Northfeld, has conveyed to Josiah Atwood, of Plym. outh, about sixteen acres of land with buildings thereon. situated in that Soci. ety. ~t8e
 - Rufus Smith has sold to Patrick Bir- mingham house and an acre of land at the foot of East Hill. a.
 = The Litchfeld Land and Improve ment Company sell to Edwin McNeill two tracts of land near the village. G lal
 - Charles Adams, administrator on the estate of Moses Wheeler, has sold the farm lately owned by the deceased, to George Wheeler, for $2,7O0.
 - To the natural beauties of our village landscape is now added the Photographic car, advertised in another column. -
 It turns out that Litchfeld drew something at the Isbell concert, after all Mrs. Norton got dollar prize of Music. We came within one of it. which is better luck than most had.
 -Mr. Leonard W. Richardson, who en- tered Trinity College from this place has been awarded the prize for passing the best examination on admission. This reflects great credit not only on the young gentleman himself but on the school of the Rev. Wm. l.. Peck, in this village, where he was fitted for college.
 We are requested to give notice that there will be a conversation of Darius Chapter, No. l6. this (Thursday) evening, Nov. 4th. q .35 sst a.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04

SN'e s@- The .stone giant'' found at Onon- ' daga, N T., is considered by the State ge-
 ologist genuine relic of race inhabit- l Iins this country before it's discovery by ? Europeans It is of a higher order of art than anything of the kind heretofore dis.
 covered on this continent. ds
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04
aSs- The int men are to have a nat;

1@ The fat men are to have national a9 organization. 200 pounds being the qualifi- Y <. cation of the Connecticut fat man. what uc fraction of . ton constitutes the. National article2 Are they reckoned by net or gross tons2
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04
Ship Buildin


 The evidence before the Congressional i Committee at New York indicates conclu- sively.. Chat the days of wooden hip-build- ing are passed. Iron vessels can be built on the Clyde for half what it would cost our ship-builders to make them, and now <. those builders ask that the articles they may desire to use in their ybusinessi be al- lowed to come to them free of duty, in the hope that they may thus be able to con- pete successfully with Scotch and English builders. The cheapness of coal. iron and 2 labor have enabled the builders on the Clyde to entirely ruin the business even of builders on the Thames. What chance is there, then, that we can compete success 2 fully for the foreign trade? Is it best to burden our people with heavy taxes to en- able American ship-builders to contiue the construction of style of ships fast be- [ coming obsolete?
 3.3 Whether the system of Protection or Free Trade is the true one, it is obviously T against the interest of the country to fos ter obsolete modes of manufacture; and that seems to be just what we are doing in the matter of ship-building. Our tariff laws evidently need thorough overhaul. ing. Many kinds of domestic manufac- ture are heavily protected which need no such help; and many more which do not deserve it. One article of general necessi- tytdeseryes the immediate attention of Congress The iniquities of the do' mestic monopolists of that commodity have exhausted the patience as well as the pock- ' cts of the public. siaai.c +@f
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04
LATEST.

,Foreign.-Th new Prassiau Minister has arrived at Paris. '' .t'..'
 The Spanish Cabinet has been recon structed ......
 Heavy earthquake shocks were felt throughout Germany, Monday evening.
 There are 20 feet of water in tho shal- lowest parts of the Snez canal
 Domestic. anti-Mormon editor in Utah has been nearly beaten to death for attacks on their ''peculiar system"
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04
November Elections.


 New York goes Democratic by about 10, GOO. Returns indicate Republican legis- lature. Horace Greeley leads the. Repub- lican ticket in New York City by about 5000. A Republican gain of 10000.
 Massachusetts goes Republican,of course, although Clafin's vote is much reduced by anti-temperance votes.
 Returns from Wisconsin. show Repub- lican gain on the Governors vote in 1867, when the Republicans carried4the State'by about 5000 majority. \ In New Jersey where members of the legislature are elected the returns show Re- publican gains; but the Democrats probab- ly remain in control of both branches.
 Chicago elects the Citizens ticket (com. posed of both parties) by large majority. Mobile goes Democratic by small ma jority.
 Baltimore city goes Democratic by about 5000.
 The results as far as ascertained show no change from last year. Grant retains the lead he gained in 1868, and the Repub' licans have still Q large majority in the country. ~fa.... .. ....,.5e .4
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04

" neA- The CoDgregationalist State Con ference met at Rockville, last Tuesday.
 was full and interesting meeting.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04

n@- We are in receipt of the Banner and Buaquet, Reformed Methodist Jour- nal, published semi-monthly at Kent, Ct. It is neatly printed, four-column paper.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-11-04

just returned from the Conference at Rock ville.. They had borne their testimony. three at time, in that mornings Co,tranl against the movement, and then had come, like honest thinkers, to hear what their opponents had to say. The profession was we'll Represented on the stage as we'll as on the floor, and the charge of irreligion can not with any justice be made against the Connecticut woman s rights demonstration. Among the noted opponents of the move
 ment present we noticed Dr. Henry, and we understand that Dr. Bushnell was also there. The Tribune reporter Ia young la- dy by the way) says ofthe latter, 6 Dr. Bushnell occupied n prominent position near the stage, consistently sober-faced and uncompromising. The Doctor has attend ed all the meetings. though he says he don't mean to be convinced, and wouldn't be in thousand years. The Doctors wife, who is very intellectual and deeply thoughtful woman, and his daughter also, wholly disagree with the husband and father on the woman suffrage question"
 A concise report of the proceedings and . copy of the excellent resolutions passed will be found on our first page. On the whole the Coming Question has had . de- cidedly fasorablelopening in Connecticut, and we hope the success achieved by Mrs. Hooker and those associated with her will be followed up persistently. t!s x. n@- The Congregationalist State Con- q. ..,, =.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-12-23
Homestead and Pre.emption,

r HAVE compiled full, concise and complete state
ment plainly printed, for the information Of per-
sons intending 10 take up Homestead or pre-emp-
ton in this portion Of the West, embracing Iowa,
Dakotah and Nebraska-and other sections. 1t ex-
plaiI.s how to proceed to secure 100 of Rich
farmi ng land for nothing, six months before you
leave your home, in this most healthy climate. In
short it contains Just such instructions is needed
of the West. will send one Of these printed Guides
to any person sending me Is cents The information
alone. which il gives is worth IS to ANYBODY. Men
who came here two and three years ago, and took a
farm to-day Independent.
TO YOUNG AEN--This country is being crossed
with numerous railroads. reaching from every direc-
ton to Siaax City, Iowa. Six railroads will be
pleted 20 this city with m year One Is ready in
operation, connecting us with Chicago and the q. p
Railroad, and two more will be completed before
spring, connecting with Dubuque and McgregOr
direct. Three will be completed within a year,
connecting direct with ST. Paul, Minn,, Yankton
Dakota, and Columbus, Nebraska, on the U. p. rail
roa'i. dThe Missouri River gives us the mountain
trade. Thus il will be that section Of country
offers snch unprecedented advantages for business
speculation, aud making fortune For the country
Is being populated, and towns aud cities are being
built, and fortunes made almost beyond belief. Every
who takes q homestead now, will have a railroad
market at his own door. And any enterprsing young
man, with small capital establish himself in
permanent and paying business il he seects the right
branch of trade. Eighteen years residence in the
western country, and large portion Of the time
piOyed s a Mercantile Agent in this country, has
made me familiar with all the branches Of business
and the best locations in the country For dOar
RENTED to me, win give truthful and definite an
to all questions this subject desired BY such
person. Tell them the best place 10 locate and what
business is overcowdcd and what branch is neglected
Address
DANIEL SCOTT, s. C. Com. Emigration.
81 ~ Boa ls5, Sioux City, iowa,