Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-21

hours quite freely. The company have been expending large sufllsssof money in making extensive Improvements at their works here, and though delays may come success will eventually crown their efforts. -aasa..a.zcouATx-EFEMs..u.u..a...u..
 The SALISBURY News reports tbe recent discovery of valuable ore. by the heirs ,of Holley and Cbfng, on aI .traet af land north of the Davis bed. It was honght by that firm forty years ago. and ineffsct- slal search for ore was theg,
 ORE HILL has been playing ssCopenha- gen, 7, according to the News, TAIr, Homer Gibbs is building new barn = A
 SHARON boasts 2 prodigy in Mr. Hiram Weed, according to the. News. tsHis hair changed from unmixed black to unmixed white in six xweekss and his beard ceased to ogrow
 lWArERTowS is after the fellows Who broke into MeN NeiRs store, recently Two collored men were arrested recently, for that that offsncei one acquitted fitted and the otheg ara .Lla aao adt nsd3 ,oa5 .issi2sll ,s.tom
 
 the manufacture by the Holly compalnriyy nv of 909' knives during November. s'aa''-7ss Iced
 'THR NRpaud corfespondent Of the Hteft.2 aid complains of the queer Svaysfsof the Temperance people of that. place osItl seems that there, are two stores; one at which liquor was sold, and another at which it was not Temperance people agreed last spring with the merchant who sold iquors that fine would stop the traf- < fic, they would buy their goods of him As a sconsequ the man who had nev- CT dealt in the as scritter' was obliged to shut up shop for want of lbusinessil b3yoi,
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 Judge Geo. II. Williams, ms iiat late t. S Sen ator from Oregon, has been appointed At terney General eice ;Ackerman,l, fesignedj He was serenaded Friday nigAtiw 1ada4,
 There has been & sharp collision be- tween the Republican Anti Grant Senators and those more favorable to the Admins tration, abonts the ,reappomtmenta of l the Retrenchment Committee proposed, by Senator TrumbuH. The matter caused an excited discussion in caucus by Messrs. Schufz and others on one side, and Conk- lin and his supporters non thes other. The, Anti Grant Senators were defeated, the extraordinary powers given that com mittee at the lastsession refused, and none of them were appointed on the committee. There was considerable discussion in the House, Wednesday, about the effect of property, reading and other qualifca- 1! tions in reducing the representation oi states requiring such qualifications under the Fourteenth Constitutional Amend ment It turned ont that the number ot ! voters SO disqualified was not enough to l to change the number of representative I in any State.oaax6a ton bsd 1smmhS saI
 -,Se,aate.- Tuesday MT, Morton's res olution for the final adjournment of Con gress on the third Tuesday in May was discussed but not acted 'np6n.lsnoid $ 'ha 1 On Wednesday therea was aa sharp de
 bate on the Retrenchment Committee, the renewal of which was proposed by Mr.
 TrumbuH The infringement of the New
 York Custom House was criticisedib Mr. Sehurz. ard 9aifa19 et i3aido Ins tan eI II On Thsirsday, Mr, Buckingham 3 sll Fl m present
 ed an anu woman suffrage petition Re: 1 trenchment was discussed ct length, and Mir: FrhmbulP s1amendment giving the committee larger powers, voted down B | day. 9iiA .@sA954 e'"!'h''''''' 'S-' Messrs. Buckingham, Pxatt, Howe, liar. Ian, Stewart, Pool iBayartls aandj Casserly have been appointed committee apn Re trenchment and unusual powers given .thenn. The omission of all who first ia voreda the investigation isi sharply criti. cised.g aannt,g a1 isyfads sd daIfw .sui r House,-On Tuesday. Mr.t Herndon ls(Dem.) of Texas was sworn in. A bill l wa offered by a Kentucky man0ber giving 5OO, 900 acres ofpublic lands foraleveeing the Mississippi in that StateandI Tennessee. IA resolution, was passed for an inyestiga- lation into the management of the various executive departm ents. The bill consoli- dating the Postal laws swss passed. # aThe I Apportio Dill was discussed, as ar;s. F On Wednesday, Mr. Kellogg presented la petition against the present mode of l selling stamped envelopes.ia A bill was proposed raising a Commission to- exam inc into the matter of Labor Reform ,.ai Ia On Thursday resolution was. adopted
 calling on the Secretary of the Treasury
 for lists of Customs employees and etheil | salaries and fees at the various ports. The Farnsworth apportionment bill fixing the
 number of the next House was then pass l ed. sal lIlw I EscaiN aGaezi ggzso7 6 afasm I On Friday q bill apprepriating two mil
 lions for rebuilding public buildings il
 Chicago, was passed with the provision ! their entire cost should not exceed aforil
 millions. Bills wese passed appropriat | ing $250, 600 for the expenses of the aGe
 neYa Conference and $23, ,OOO to meet .the
 deficiency caused by the defa1cations O
 F. A. Mccartney, the late disbursing clerl of the Post Office Department. ,llit8 .a A resolution condemning CommunisI
 executions was passed, on Monday. A
 resolution abolishing the Income Tax fail l ed to pass .seai8fl 9Isst9 saai1ss e.I efsa t''