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Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16
STATE ITEMS

f The Cardiff giant was on exhibition at
 Hartford, last week. ....
 A man was killed in New Haven recent.
 ly, by fall into a hatchway. The Fish Commissioners are stocking
 the Thames with young salmon.
 Danbury is distilling hundreds of bar
 rels of cider into brandy. - A new Canaan couple, who were livor- ced year since. have married again. A Stamford family is suffering from trI-
 china. Ega4 <. g1-t r'
 A Mlddletown canary bird lived to the
 age of 17 years.
 All but half mile of the track of the Derby road has been laid. A brakeman was knocked senseless at a bridge near Westport. last week. New Haven is agitatsd with the question of Sunday horse.car travel. E The representatives of Hartford County propose building new jail. ,.-,.---,
 4, An infant was accidentally killed by suttocating with wiappings. at Mystic, last week. .-r.,...,., l.',f ....'.
 A New Haven gentleman,l lately married, is threatened with a $1O.OOO breach of promise suit.
 A man died in Avon. last week, from the effects of poison administered to him by mistake. rE7 && L K VI .s4 f-A
 The driver of steam fire engine was thrown from his seat and killed, at Hart ford, last week. . .."l Some Yale students have extended their depredations to Stamford, carrying of bell knobs, signs, gates, &c. ..r =. $3OOO stock in New Haven manufac- turing Go. has realized its owner $20O, 900 in % years.
 New Haven is to build new High School. The plans are for @ four-story iron build ing, 100 feet front, costing over $50,000. A Midtlletownf chap has been ''done'' out to the amount of $60, by the New York counterfeit money dealers. '''+ P A .Middletovn drunkard, in fit of de- lisIwn,. jumped out of g window on Sun- day night of last week, and nearly froze to death. ----
 Mr.sand Mrs. tLeete Of Leete's, Island. h Gnilford, live in 8 house built by the Leetes in l736, and scarredby British bul. lets. ~-rs' -'S
 The Connecticut Western railroad will be able to purchase it's rails at saving of $l50, 900 on first estimates. will will just about cover the unexpected increase of land damage.
 The Rev. Mr. Fowler, his wife and three children, all killed in the late Hud- son River railroad accident, were buried at New London. on Friday last. ay Dsh : Mir. Wright. executive secretary, has had an accumulation of bad luck. He sunk all his property in the New Haven Levss. and has recently been robbed of a 9200 diamond breast pin. sissatsai isilsa a-a E, -. sx Riggs of the Msriden Rscord0,, New Haven Daily News, and Hartford Daily something else, is in trouble with the Par kers again. He refusedto pay q chnrch and the sacred corporation has attached his printing press. TlAh TaAa t, Some person runknowni has returned an a Oxford gate.keeper 20 cts for q cent bill, ont of which he cheated the turnpike Co. 30 years ssineel A tender tconscienee, butJ not quite sensitive enough to reckon conn, pound interestl Y. Io03sitiToH -l. cl1i'
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16

MR, CHARLNs D. SPRNoER. with H l. ,B. lClafin 6 Co.,, 40 Church street, N. F., has
 had he'd aa experience with Psatt,s ;;A:sfal"
 residence in Clifton, N. J., the servant girl
 accidentally knocked over a lighted lamp filled with the Astral Oil The lamp sfsilg to the floor and was instantly broken, scat. 'tering the contents over the carpet. nThea wick, which was stilkburning, fell into ths
 oil, but did not ignite it, and was picked
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16
NEW MILFORD.

On Friday of last week large party of friends visited Miss Rebecca A. Phelps, taking her completely by surprise. The good lady's house was taken possession of by the visitors, and table spread which did justice to the occasion. After an eve ming of general enjoyment the guests de- parted, but before doing so took the lib. erty of presenting their hostess with a slight token of their esteem in the shape of purse, which was undoubtedly as &C., ceptable as it was substantial
 New Milford continues to flourish not. withstanding the near completion of the Shepaug Valley Railroad. When the New Preston road is built we shall hope to See it extended to Bee Brook and we can then go to New York by way of the Shepaug, so we shall not be entirely left out in the cold. One of our townsmen in converse tion with Frank Brinsmade a short time since, told him that when the road was finished he meant to go up the valley to see tue xuQlauS. trl@.I1 1ss-ra% a. # 's 1T
 pr Champlain, the great Tape Worm ist, is still at the New England House and is performing some wonderful cures. The Doctor is generous as we'll as an able man and deserves gratuitous ''puff'' for his kindness in attending several patients of limited means, and refusing all compen- sation. s a.H E ea4
 The Sewing Society under the direc. tioR of the ladies of the Congregational church has sent two hundred and forty dollars worth of articles to missionary in Missouri, and contributed sixty dollars worth for the freedmen. As the society has only been organized for three months this is fine exhibit.
 -Anaan Marsh, Esq. is very sick with lung fever, but it is hoped that he will re- cover, as he is more comfortable today (Monday), and his symptoms are thought to be more encouraging than before. eaaz ..@... INo.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16
For the Enquirer. FROM A NEW HAMPSHIRE CORREs PONDENT. a l


 Some of your readers may be anxious to learn how the latecold and windy weather affected the party on Mount Washington; !; and for their information; I would say, that the scientific gentlemen lived through it, and report themselves uninjured. Noth ing was heard from them for two or three days, and much apprehension was feb for their safety, as both the cold and the wind were unprecedented; but as soon as it was possible, Professor Huntington descended 8 part of the way. and found the telegraph wire broken. This he repaired when the thermomer indicated IA Q below zero, and now we have the report of the comforts and discomforts of the party, when the wind was blowing gale all over New Eng land, and the coldest weather for many years was experienced. 1E r.f @
 Sabbath morning, the 9th inst, at 8 o'clock, the cold was the most intense on the mountain, and then the thermometer indicated 59o below zero, while the wind "oo OAO"AA3 os sAV AntC O1 4OO AA4ICS PCI hour. The greatest degree of cold known in Arctic regions is 76o below zero, but this was when it was perfectly still, while the wind on the mountain was abso- lutely fearful. The gentlemen, it appears, kept themselves quite comfortable during that terrible night. for the thermometer in their room stood at 60 2 or 700 above ze- TO. They have pleny of coal and of pro. visions. and nearly every week some one has succeeded in ascending the mountain from the world below with mail. Two days ago. party of four ascended in about Az hours. That enterprising newspaper, the Boston -Ihnrnaz. has now reporter with the company, and, as he uses the tel egraph quite freely, we. shall know more of what is going on in that lofty region. The peculiar frost work formation upon the top of the mountain is marvel, and so is the sight of the gleaming Atlantic, while the world in the immediate vicinity is covered with clouds. s.-. N.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16

D9 Weregret that few errors have crept into the article published on our first page We were obliged to go to press before re- ceiving the ''proof" corrections made by Mir. Terry himself. One mistake: the substi-
 tuition of Sits" for ''his'' in the quotation regarding the wine ''that giveth his color in the cup, and moveth itsef aright" was our own. We marked in ''its'' in place of ''his," correcting the translation where we imagined we were only correcting MT. Ter
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16

< W1NcHEsrRR.-Oyer in Winchester on Sunday morning the thermometer marked 200 below at J. M. Marsh's house. The church refused to be, warmed, the mercury standing at 28 Q above at the close of the morning service. and the physical evil be- ing so great that there was thought, to be but little chance for spiritual good. so there was no services in the afternoon. .-HefGtd.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16
The Alabama Claims.

There seems at last fair chance for @ final settlement of the Alabama claims, of the fishery difficulty, and of all other mat ters in controversy between this country and Great Britain. On the S0th of Janua- ", Mr. Thornton, the British Minister at Washington. made communication to our government proposing that the Fishery question be left to joint High Commis- sion to be composed of members to be named by each government. Secretary Fish replied proposing that the Alabama claims should be referred to the same com mission. MT. Thornton accepted this pro. posal, ''provided that all other claims, both of British subjects and citizens of the Uni ted States, arising ont of acts committed during the recent civil war in this country, be similarly referred" Our government consented and the names of the following Commissioners were presented to the Sen- ate and confirmed Hamilton Fish, Secre- tary of State; Robert B. Schenck. Minister to Great Britain; Samuel Nelson, Judge of the U. s. Supreme Court and Geo. Fl. Williams, Senator from Oregon. The English members of the Commission are 1: The Earl Do Grey; Prof. Montagu Der. nard; Sir Edward Thornton Sir John A. Macdonald, of Canada Sir John Rose* 1; Secretary of the Commission, Lord Ten. terden. The first of these gentlemen has been several times Cabinet Minister. and is liberal in politics. Mir. Thornton is the present Minister at Washington. Messrs. Rose and Macdonald are residents of Canada and have been prominent in the politics of that country. MT. Bernard is an Oxford professor and as such has writ. ten upon the Alabama question.
 Taking into consideration the evident anxiousness of England for final settle ment of the Alabama question, and the moderate views of Mir. Fish and the Ad- ministration, it seems most probable that ell the vexatious differences between the two countries are at last in fair way for final settlement. Undoubtedly the uncer- tainty troubles England much more than it need trouble us. A theory which would allow Germany or Russia to fit out Ameri. can privstsers against English commerce in case of her taking sides with France or with Turkey, is the worst possible theory for Great Britain, just now. Nevertheless. we must consider just settlement of this and other differences blessing to us and the world. It would allow Great Britain to oppose the threatening ambition of Bis mark more effectually. It would add greatly to our chance of negotiating our national bonds ct low rate of interest abroad Above all, it would remove the last vestige of ill feeling on the part of the great party of Progress in England towards the country whose example is their most powerful argument. and whose sympathy they greatly need and thoroughly deserve.
 ssir John Rose declining, viscouns Goderic takes his place. .5 a- 4
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16
Monarchy in France.

TheFrench elections. as was anticipated, went heavily agaisnt the Republicans. The Constituent Assembly, or Constitutional Convention as we should term such body, seems to contain majority of Orleanists and the responsibility of peace after com plete surrender is again thrown on Bour- bon government France seems to have itself decided that it is not yet fit for entire self.goyernment. We doubt wheth- or it is much filter for monarchy.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16

A Hartford correspondent of the Paha- dinna discloses the following reply made by an eminent lady of that place to g pro- posal of marriage: < Your kind note re7 ceived; I was born in lS00." Brief but decisive! -.1 fs ist 5s3e'3 24' '
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16

WARMERS PROPRIETARY MEDICINE %. will give hundred dollars to any person who will use their Pile remedy without it's ahording them instant relief, and 2 contin- uation of it's use will make positive and permanent cure in all cases of Blind or Bleeding Piles. You who suffer, try it.; one application will establish it's reputa
 ton with you forever. Sold by all drug gists. .-Advance.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16

s@- Is the End of All Things approach.
 ing? Tammany actually assigned the '.nig- ger"a place in the Fenian Reception process sion. The last New York Democratic dem onstration in which he was allowed to take a prominent part was the celebrated affair of the Draft, in 1868. The position as- signed him at that time was very conspicu- ons but not very pleasant. s7+f ,
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16

BeA. The Democratic Congressional Con- vention for the Fourth District which met ct Bridgeport, renominated the Hon. Wm. H. Barnum, in accordance with the pro- gramme. The resolutions of their State Convention were endorsed. The only thing wanting to make the humbug com plete was something special in the way oi resolutions denouncing the present tariff on pig iron. 45se ..
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16
KENT !

It is with pleasure chronicle the musi- cal entertainment given On Friday even. ingsat the Congregational Church in this place, under the auspices of the Young Mems Christian Association. as an entire success.5 It was @ concert such as those living in country towns are seldom permit ted to enjoy, and was acknowledged to be the finest entertainment ever given in this village. and many thanks are due fto tho young ladies and gentlemen who so gener. ously combined to render such an attract. i've programme. First, was song by "Gideon's Band which was highly ap- preciated, and Col. Blinn proved himself an able leader. Next came "L'Audita, |" which. with many other selections, was rendered with fine effect by Mrs. Strong, accompanied by Miss Sanford of Bridge port, Conn, and elicited much applause. Mrs. Strong possesses a fine voice that as- cends into the upper notes with unusual aexibility and sweetness of tone. MT. Dabney Carr. the celebrated .fntist, was present, and added much to the pleasure of the evening. 4 duet by Misses Board- man and Mygatt of New Milford, Conn.,, was played with artistic accuracy, and called forth lond applause. Last, but not least, would mention Professor Strong of Bridgeport. Conn.,, whose inimitable read ings gave good satisfaction, ana served 10 instruct as we'll as interest. His thought full selections should remind us to ''iook not upon the wine when it IS red. when it giveth its color. in the cup" The piano was kindly furnished by Mir. H. s. 'Mygatt of New Milford, Conn.,, especially for the occasion Mir. R. A. Britton, of New York, was present. and, with R. G. Fuller, acted as usher. R., R.
 <; sls a.tl' For the Enquirer.
 PLYMOUTH SKETCHES. No. 61.
 An adjourned meeting of the Plymouth Library Association was held at the Con- gregational conference room, on Monday evening. the 10th inst. A permanent or
 ganization was effected by the adoption of constitution and bylaws, and the elec- tion of officers for the year ensuing, as fol. lows: President, George Langdon Vice President. George A. Stoughton;' Secreta- ry, Wallace B. Dayton; Treasuret and Col lector. Edwin M. Talmadge. The presi- dent offered the use of room, bookcase, &c., for the use of tho Association, at ten dollars year. The offer was accepted. a-
 As may readily be supposed, the congre. tions in our churches last Sunday were quite small. In St. Peters there was no clergyman, no organist, no chorister, no singing. And yet services proceeded, be- ing conducted by one of the yestrymen, as- sisted in the evening by the senior War; den. As in this parish public religious services-either clerical or .lay-have not failed in great many years, nor more than two or three times, it is believed, in cen- tury and 8 quarter, it is not deemed best to omit them in the latter days, unless greater obstacle than ''norths seaster'' comes in the way to prevent their use. 9E
 ,aa.a.aP PLYMoTHHAN.
 Feb. 14th, 1871. .a .r ...
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16
FIFTEENTH SENATORIAL CONvEN -..t -f. fsTTON

The delegates of the several towns comprising ths 18th Senatorial District, to the Republican Senatorial Convention. will meet at the Clarke House, Winsted, on Wednesday, March 1. 1871, at ting Candidate for Senator from said District.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16

pa- Check bribery at the polls, and you defeat subsidies in Congress, put an end to one-sided tars save the public lands to the people. and cut of mass of excrescences grown up on national politics. -Ha,tord Times. .' ta 3't
 Most true Now. let the Times refresh it's recollection with 8 reperusal of the eyi- dence taken at Bridgeport and Falls Vil- lage, by the Congressional Committee on Elections, in the case of Wm. H. Barnum. Then let it glance over the Ayes and Noes recorded in votes on ''one-sided tariffs and land grants, and it will find in the Congressional career of that gentleman, the best possible illustration of the cor rectness of it's theory,
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16

A NEW VARIETY OF AN OLD SPECIES. A short time since New Haven pauper was buried without any funeral service. Mrs. Hanaford, pastor of the Universalist church, published card in the Courier denouncing the neglect, and remarking that her church and her services were always available in such cases, for the poor as we'll as for the rich. The persons responsible for the omission defended themselves in the Pal ladiuns, and the editor of that paper eem-
 mented with great severity on Mrs. Hama
 ford's card. That lady replied in com
 munication vindicating the truth of her
 statements and the propriety of her con- duct. The editor of the Palladium return
 ed to the attack more savagely than ever.
 making, in the course of his reply, the fol.
 lowing remarkable statement
 We but state 8 simple fact-which we neither approve nor condemn-when we say that at least nine-tenths of the Christian men and women of New Haven would consider the public services of Mrs. Hanaford at funeral in the light of an un- seemly burlesque of what ought to be very sol emn matter, and that the same proportion of Christian men and women would much prefer that their deceased friends should be buried without any religious service than have one performed by
 the reverend gentlewoman. z4 t4s
 Here is certainly a new, distinct, and very beautiful variety of we'll known spe- cies. Why not designate it as the Odium 1heologicuns MAsoULNuM
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16
Total Abstinence.

we puUAASA OAA OuI OutSlu0 paS6 Caiu
 and exceedingly we'll reasoned article re- garding the necessity of Total Abstinence, even granting the views of opposing med ical authority full credence. The argu. ment of general expediency is so we'll sta ted that we shall not attempt adding any thing to it. One or two special grounds, not touched upon in Mir. Terrys article, seem, however, to deserve brief reference We refer to the influence of climate and occupation which would seem to increase the usual danger attendant upon the habit. ual use of alcoholic liquors.
 In the first place. it does not follow that European habits of indulgence can be safely copied by Americans. We are per- haps more stim ulated by our climate than the Frenchman or Italian is by his, plus a moderate allowance of light wine. The effect of our climate on the national phys. ique is subject of remark by all travellers. The spare figure, and active, excitable tenn perament of our race, indicate that nature has over-stimulated us already. If to the stimulus of climate we should add the stimulus of alcohol. should we not incur the risk of the general physical and men, tai breakdown which foreigners never tire of predicting? We cannot help think ing, therefore, that the danger of mode rate, habitual indulgence is greatly increas- ed by this peculiarity of the American cli- mate. .a
 There is second special reason why ha- bitual indulgence has proved unusually dangerous to those following certain spe- cial avocations. The lawyer, the physi- elan, and the politician, have their seasons of over.work and their seasons of under work. They are therefore melted, both by their excessive settlements in the one season, and their total lack kofexcitement in the other, to the undue use of alcohol. In other occupations there will be found very many. very lamentable, and apparently very unaccountable cases of intemperance. as in those above named. Yet the extra ordinary result is due simply to the extra ordinary temptation. Any business which involves the like attenuation of over-work and comparative idleness, will show the like frightful record of intemperance.
 It is our belief, therefore, that to the special risks of ststructural' and heredita. ry predisposition to intemperance should be added the special risks of climate and occupation. Then arises the great funda- mental question of expediency:-"Are the benefit and enjoyment any American com munity can derive from the use of alcohol ic beverages so great as in any way to compensate for the poverty. ruin and crime that use inevitably entails?' If that ques- tion is answered in the negative, and we do not see how it can be answered other wise. how can conscientious men excuse habits of indulgence which mag be dan gerous to themselves, aud which nsssss be of evil example to othersS
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-10-10

An old gentleman at South Bend,
Indiana, swallowed an ounce Of laud-
nun the other day. Being asked his
reason for the act, he replied, "Busi-
ness; l wish to meet General Jackson
at four o'clock this afternoon, and l
am going to sec him" lie was pump
cd ou'.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-10-10

Corner second sndRircr streets. Alpss,.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-02
NOTICES. 8

SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW
Some people don't knoto
Some people don't knop
Some people don't know
Some people don't knOw
How cheap pe sell
HOW cheap zoe sell
How cheap zoe seu.
HOio cheap zoe sell
H0p cheap zoe sell.
Meme and Boys Clothing.
Mems and Boys Clothing
Mems and Boys Clothing.
Mems and Boys Clothing.
Mems and Boys Clothing
Lots Of Alpaca Sacks
Lots Of Drdp dEte Sacks
Lots Of Costume de Voyage Sacks.
Lots of Drill Sacks
Lots Of Linen Sacks
Lets Of Chocolate Sacks
lots of Duck Sacks
Lots Of Serge Sacks.
Lots Of White Linen Vests
Lots of White Marseiles Vests
Lots Of Linen Pants and Vests.
Alpacas, from So 80 up.
Linens, from 81 so up.
LOTS OF LINEN BUSTERS.
We haze just received
a fresh inStalment of
Beautiful Garments for Summer.
1000 Coats;
25o0 Vests;
5000 Prs. Pants
Store open from A. NJ. 10 66 PM
Saturdays until 10 p. NJ.
WANAMAKER & BROWN
WAEAMAKER & BROWN,
WANAMAKER & BROWN,
OAK HALL,
OAK HALL,
OAK HALL,
THE LARGEST CLOTHING House IN AMERICA,
S. E. COR. SIXTH AND MARKET STREETS.