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of 13O acres which belonged to the estate of Frederick Thompson, deceased < Ee has taken possession. The Messrs. Page have left and returned to Canaan Sentinel. BETHLEHEM.-Th Episcopal Church has undergone thorough renovation, aud is now being fitted up in a tasteful manner, by that excellent workman, Mr. George Clark of Waterbury.
 Some of onr Bethlehem Swedes sud- denly disappeared two weeks ago, exchang- ing Bethlehem for Bozrah in New London County, and taking more money with them, than they were justly entitled to. Their whereabouts were soon discovered, and the worthy captain started in pursuit and found them working for other parties. Rather than be arrested, they paid over the green backs, and the captain returned alone, pre- fering the money to the men.-American.
 WATERTowN. the thunder storm on Tuesday night Christ church was struck by lightning and slightly damaged. The ceiling was cracked in one place. and slight ly discolored. os ys aE
 Tickets for Maggie Mitchells enter. tainment will be sold at R. B. Lewiss store after next Monday morning. .-American.
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{ COUNTY ITEMS.

RIvERToN. N.-Milo Case has reopened thu blacksmith shop. z .SssFs7aa.
 Elisha Ransom is intending to erect { building soon, to accommodate his increas ing business in the boot and shoe hne
 MT. G. H. Afford has just left us tc commence the hardware business witt Aaron Case of Winsted. d.-Herald. : -
 NEW HARTFoRD.-Real estate in some sections of our town has advanced in price more than one hundred per cent. within the past ten years. .a....|.
 Railroad matters are progressing finely the work on the c. W. R. R. through this place being nearly completed.-Herald.
 TWISTED. .---Ex-Sheriff Botsford has not purchased the Berkshire House at Ct. Bar rington. He has taken suite of rooms at the Beardsley House for himself and family Hon. o. J., Hodge, formerly of this ward of the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
 MT. Eli Ransom, of Colebrook River lost half of yoke of oxen on North Main s., last Saturday, from the heat.
 An army of c. w. R. R. Sub-C Contract House during the early part of the week, to
  Chief Contractor Barnes Reports from most of the sections are very favorable for a speedy completion of the work k.'2 Herald.
 THoMAsToN. The Catholic Church here will be erected this summer, the foundation stones of which are now laid.
 -TheRev. MT Lockwood has been obliged to decline further service in the M. E. Church on account of i'll health, and has gone to warmer climate 1.da aai
 The two Temperance organizations here hold their meetings weekly and al- ready more than 32o names are upon the pledges of these two societies. .a; ss l-J. Mullen has entirely closed his sale of liquors and taken down his sign. The Measles are yet raging, but in an- other week we shall expect to be rid of them .-Herdld Fl 4 n ssfE
 SHARoN.-The Rev. Mr. Hyde of Stama ford is going to be Rector of the Episcopal Church of Sharon. -tf Ef.s.a .s,f-.g. e@a9 SALISBURY. The Thermometer stsod at 88 Q on Saturday last, and an OK fell down dead while blowing. l sas'.'a2
 -The Board of Health think there will be no further spread of the small pox here. No new cases have occurred within the last fifteen days. A s'Pest House. in remote locality has been prepared, but will proba- ly remain patientless. - y@
 A livery stable has been opened at the centre village by Messrs Hurd X Riker from Duchess Co.,, N. Y.- Herdla.
 ie MORRIS. -Rev. MT. Mclaughlin tender. ed his resignation, No. ?, on Fast day as pastor of the schnrch and society in this .toxvsr which will r1ysdauhteflIp he accanfnd
 Real estate has changed about this spring more than usuaL Mr. Horace Oowles has bought the Henry Farnam place
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Congressional.


 Senator Sherman has introduced A reso. lution into the Senate directing the Ri. nance Committee to prepare plan for the reduction of Tax and Tariff imports. He thinks the taxes can be reduced $5O OOO. 900, next year.
 The Senate Was engaged most of last week in discussion of the Ku Klux bill MT. Sumner spoke in favor of the bill Messrs. Schurz, Trumbull and other against it. The bill finally passed 45 to l9, on Friday. It received no important amendments except one proposed by Mr. sherman which makes localities where Au klux outrages occur responsible for the damage done.
 On Friday Senator Howe, of Wisconsin, apologized to Senator Sumner for imputa. tions in his speech against that Senator on the San Domingo question. t...
 The Senate amendment of the Deficiency bill repeating the law providing for an i'm mediate session of every new Congress in March, passed the House by one majority on Thursday.
 The Senate is now composed of "A mem- bers, among whom are 43 lawyers 2 mer- chants, 3 planters and three editors, the majority of the whole being lawyers. The House has 134 lawyers, g editors, IS mer- chants,- 10 manufacturers. farmers, g bankers, and teachers. In both Senate and House there are 10 natives of Connec- ticut. l13 members of the present House served in the last one and 40 have served in former Congresses. so that no lack of experience can be claimed 95 have been educated in colleges, 56 served in the Union army, and IS in the Confederate. One was born slave.
 On Saturday the House non-concurred in the Senate amendments of the Ku Klux and deficiency bills and they were sent to committees of Conference.
 The Senate has determined not to act on the House Amnesty bill.
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KENT.

MIR. EDITOR Your correspondent of last week from Kent neglected to mention a few items which will doubtless be interest ing to your many readers, and in the "great influx probably forgot to mention al the strangers. Mir. Eleazer Hurlbut and Miss Aritta Berry, from Groton, are visiting their cousin Miss Caroline Stuart. Mrs. W. Williamson and son, from Illinois, are visiting at MT. E. M. Judd's. Mrs. Wheeler, from New York, is stopping with her aged aunt, Rev. Mrs. Blair.
 Mir Russell Eaton is making extensive repairs in his house, and in tearing down an old chimney found an antiquated slip per, supposed from marks ou its surface to have possibly come over in the May flower. Strangers are cordially invited to town to take look at this relic of their forefathers. .
 The Y. M. 0. A. still fourishes. At their semi.monthly meeting it was decided to hold Experimenting in every district. The one on the Plains next week is to be conducted by Brother R. G. Fuller Friends of the "cause" residing in the County are invited to come along and help him. sa
 Mir. J: Hopson is also making repairs in his house, and has lately enlarged the boundaries of his garden. t'i5
 s GARRUL1rY. Y
 A surprise was given to MT. and Mrs. c. s, Smith, nee Willard, on Wednesday evening of last week. It was an exceed ingly enjoyable affair, and the ladies and gentlemen who were so fortunate as to be present will long recollect it as being one of the most delightful gatherings of the season.
 "A lady while riding the other day on the road .leading from this place to Bulls Bridge, had reached "The Bend" when the horse became frightened, backed the wagon into the river, and it was not until after much damage had been done that she was able to control him. She had to lead him up to the Plains where she succeeded in getting another wagon and again started on
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Book Notices.

ARTHURs MAGAZINE contains: Rememb cred; The Robins Nest in the. Elm; Mad anne De Stael; To Give is to Live; A Dol lar Day; Other Peoples Windows; Tn, Rainy Cloud; Short Articles, Poetry, Mu sic, Fashions, Engraving.
 T. s. Arthur Sons, Philadelphia.
 HE CH11DREN's HOUR contains the usua amount of reading for small children. II is well illustrated. :
 T. s. Arthur, Philadelphia.
 THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW con. tains The American Press; Royal Com mission on International Coinage; The Malmsbury Papers; The Explorations ir Palestine; The Early sieges of Paris; The Established Church in Wales; The Greek New Testament of Dr. Tregelles; The Wa, of 1870; Contemporary Literature.
 Leonard Scott Publishing Co.,, 40 Full ton St. This Review is published in place of the North British Review, discontinued
 EVERY SATURDAY for April 22 is an ex- cellent number. Beginning with the Princess Louise smelling a rose in aristo cratic fashion, it follows up the late royal wedding with views of Windsor, the bridal gifts, and the bridesmaids, the lowest oi whom in rank seems to be the daughter of an earl, and none of whom strike us as remarkable for beauty. On another page we have the old Marquis of Argyll, the scoundrel immortalized by Scott in the Legend of Montrose, and the present Duke of Argyll looking like the evangelical prig his enemies say he is. Then follows a Steeple Chase. and the last of the 'Uhlans' gives place to the first of the "Reds' among the Parisian sketches. Reade's Terrible Temptation finds it's way into court, and there are good articles on Wen dell Phillips, the South, and other matters.
 J. R. Osgood & Co.,, Boston; ten cents a number, $5 year. sa5 4
 PzrERsoN's Magazine for May contains The Way to. Win. Him; My Castles in Spain; No Choice Left; Ermengarde; A Marriage Notice; The Croquet Slippers; Woman's Rights; The Reigning Belle; to. gether with the usual Music, Fashion Plates. Poetry. &c.. Sc.
 Ohas. J. Peterson, 306 Chestnut Street, Phila. Terms, $2.O0 year.
 
 GoDY's LADY's Book contains: Getting on in the World; Pegging Away; At Res, at Last; Allan Holmes Housekeeper Looking Them Over; Which Corner; Mar. ried for Fun; The Hawthorne Copse; Work Department, Receipts Sc. Engraving "Rustic Gallantry," Fashion Plates, Pat. terms, Music. 5 ..s Louis A. Godey, Philadelphia.
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ASSiunee'S Sale.

FWVHE Subscriber will sell at Public Auc- -W ton, on the premises in Milton, on Wsdnes- day the 10th day of May, 1s71 at 10 o'clock, fore noon, all the real and personal estate of Homer D. Smith, assigned for the benefit of creditors, including the well known and valuable
 with all the machinery and the water privilege, which is one of the best in the State. Also tho Dwelling House, occupied by the assignor, and several tracts of Meadow, Pasture and Wood Land. e s.de7 o5E E.l-.. .se.
 Also, . large quantity of seasoned Lumber, Oils, Paints, and other articles used In the manufacture of Eleighs and Wagons.
 Also span of valuable Horses, two horse Lumber Wagon, a Single Buggy new and second hand Slsighs,. Double and Single Harnesses, a
 Also 1000 bushels charcoal and many cords of Wood.
 5 se CHARLES ADAMS, Assignee.
 Litchneld, April 18th, 1871. 2sw
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That i" Cruel Joke" Once More.

The Sentinel still holds lin worse temper than eyer)t to it's absurd denial ofsour state- ment that ous selection of candidate for tbe Probate Judgeship in this District [ " would have proved no more Shan com plimentary nomination but for the out. rageous attack made by the Sentinel on Mir. M., the day after his nomination" That paper further .claimemthat the movement for the defeat of MT. Woodruff was started before it's first libellous attack on MT. Nor Till. Now, the Sentinel further claims that Mir. Graves was the. author of that move ment. Let us look at the consistency of these claims Up to Wednesday noon, March 29th, it had been supposed that Mir. F. D. McNeil would be our candidate for Probate Judge. At Mat time, Mir. McNeil peremptorily declined, and we were unable to announce any nomination in our paper, published that afternoon. Mr. Morrill's nomination was then settled upon. He and MT. Graves were both out of town at the time, and did not return till the fol- lowing (Thursday) afternoon, and could not by any possibility have known of MT. M. s nomination more than few hours before the issue of the Sentinel containing the libel In the face of these facts, the Sen-
 i'el will plainly be obliged to withdraw it's forty times reiterated charges against MT. Graves. or its claim that the movement for MT. Woodruff's defeat commenced before the first of it's forty (more or less) libels of Mir. Morrill,. ei
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News of the Week.
FOREIGN.

tts-i a'-a FOREIGN. 5sl-.-..
 France. Heavy fighting. has occurred about Paris. Both sides claim successes, but the latest news is favorable to the AS sembly's troops. ','<A 2'ta i<'@ s-f
 Paris has been formally summoned to surrender. .@
 The Commune has taken measures look ing to the confscation of church property.
 Provisions are reported scarce and horse flesh is again resorted to-
 Great B,itain. = Napoleon is i'll at Chisel, hurst. 'fD> f1.ss
 Turkey.-A religious riot is in progress in Odessa "s9 -t't7 r
 Merico. Several prominent officials have been impeached. ''
 Japan A high Government official has been murdered. r--s. @+ ,-s&
 DOMESTIC. S@4 ss
 Miss Carrie Renz, a Philadelphia singer, promises to be one of tho finest singers of our time. She sings up to G sharp, an oc. tave above the G just above the upper line of the treble staff.
 The statement that MT. Cheney. the bolt ing Episcopal minister in Chicago, has un dertaken to confirm commandments, is un- true. ..E . #;.- .ry..e t5s s-
 The emigration to Kansas this season is precedentedly large. f;. ...s .it
 A merchant has been whipped aud ne- gro murdered in South Carolina by the Ku-Klux. .34 au va L... Bal .. ... The Mississippi River at New-Oreans is only two inches below the high water mark of, 1S63 .. F.t r...
 The colored people of Kentucky have memorialized Congress for protection against the Ku Klux. and give list of out. rages in that State .a .s.s.t.ts ii
 Serious disasters have occurred to the Gloucester, Mass, whaling fleet. ss,5
 A violent snow storm prevailed in Iowa on the 9th. ,a sa1 .5r.. ..+.e..a.y
 An effort is making to have new plates of the U. 5. currency made. s. s4.t sr
 A serious break has occurredson the Del aware and Hudson Canal ...
 Subscriptions to the new U. $. Loan amount to $58, ,OOO.O .- 4.s.. ... ~
 The Sheriff of Monroe County has re- ceived executions against the New-York Central Railroad amounting to $90.O0O. D A boy has been stoned to death at Tivoli, on the Hudson. n h.aas
 The Crispins of Baltimore have struck.
 Extensive fires have occurred in Newborn and Grand Rapids, Mich. 4.. 5.t. ..
 Sherman is.en route to New,Orleanes on grand tour of inspection. aase a
 A terrible rain-storm visited Pottsville, Penn, last week, doing much damage.
 Three 'New-York policemen were fined $5, ,0OO for clubbing a man. s.a
 Another steamer has been sunk On the Mississippi River, but no lives were lost.
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IMPORTANT RAILROAD DECISION, We un. derstand that the two New Haven cases in. volving the same principle claimed by Mir. Watrous in his argument of the Morris in. junction have been decided by the Supreme Court of Errors adversely to MT, Watrous claim. Actions were brought by the Derby Railroad Go. to recover subscriptions oi stock, and the defence was made, that thei, stock subscription was not full and that consequently they had no right to com. nenca construction. The Supreme Cour, decided that it was not necessary that the full amount of stock allowed by theil charter should be subscribed. and gave judgment in favor of the company.
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DIED.

In this town, April 18th, Mrs. Isaac Stevens, aged 78.
 At New Haven, April 18th, John Stevens, formerly of this place, aged AT years.
 In Wolcottville, April 9th. of .consump. tion, Julia S., daughter of Rev. B. East wood, aged IS.
 In Plymouth, April II, of heart diss ase, Aaron D. Wells, aged 63.
 In Plymouth, March 26, Lamberton Tolles, aged 7S.
 In Bridgeport, on Tuesday morning, the llth inst, John H. Russell, Esq, aged AS years.
 In Woodbury, April 2, Frederick M. Martin. aged 19.
 At Winsted, April g, Mary, widow of the late James Baker, aged 54 years.
 At Colebrook April 10, suddenly, Remus B. Coy aged II.
 At West Winsted, April g, Hiram Peck, aged B years and l day.
 In New Milford, Conn, March 31st. 1871, Mrs. Hannah Hallock, aged 83 years.
 In Kent, Conn.,, April Sd, MT. Abram Pine. aged 73 years.
 In Kent, April 12, Sarah Kelly, aged II years.
 In West Cornwall, March 2l, Mrs Lydia R. Pratt, aged "A years.
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WARMERS PRoPR1EToRY MEDICINE Co. are selling throughout the land their Viuum Vlte or Wine of Life. Its astonishing sale IS beyond all precedent and is calling on their utmost capacity to fill their orders. We have tried it and find it pleasant to take, improving our appetite and diee, ton, and would recommend all families f., have bottle in the house, not only to l,,. prepared in case of sickness, but to prevent 1t. See their advertisement in another col umn of our paper.-Free Press.
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Railroad company on Tuesday of last week leaving only that of William Black, in Washington, tobe disposed of.
 MT. David R. Ferguson has re convey ed the farm he bought of Andrew D. Smith, about year since, to that gentle man, and removes to Danbnry.
 The Rev. Oscar Bissell, native of :Llltchtield, has just been installed pastor of the Congregational church at Marlboro.
 There is every prospect the village will De unusually full of visitors, this summer.
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MANSFIELD. April 10. 1871.


 MIR: EDITOR: Will you allow me to ac- knowledge through your journal the re- ceipt of a package of dresses. aprons and other clothing for the little girls in the Connecticut Soldiers Orphan Home' from Mary L. Phelps and few young people in your village; also we'll filled barrel of clothing, bedding &c.,, valued at $S5. from the Ladies' Sewing Society of West Norfolk, Mrs. J. K. Shepard, Presi- dent. All these goods were new and of the most substantial make and quality. ar irving at time when we greatly felt their need, We can hardly find words with which to express our gratitude to the kind Christian ladies of your county, for their thoughtful consideration of these unfortu- nate children. The worthy donors will please accept our grateful acknowledge. meats. za zaaaasJ. B. OARPzagER, Supt.
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Dr. Helmbold has now established him. self at one of the finest business corners in New York: His new store is on the ground floor oi the Gilsy House, the magnificent hotel just erected at the corner of Broad. way and Twenty ninth street, and it's large show windows overlook what is now the most fashionable part of that thoroughfare. This new temple of pharmacy" has been garnlshed in the most luxurious manuer, and will probably excel in brilliancy any th1ng which its owner has previously ts tabllshed. either in this city or Philadel. phia. The new store was opened to the public on Saturday evening" World.
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| " SOUTHERN IMPRAcTIcABLEs." "-The N. :" \. World has an article under the forego- ing head. aimed at the Blair Democracy ,in which 1t cautions them not to believe liter ally the song about the wise man who jumped into bramble bush and scratch cd out both his eyes' and then scratched them in agaia by another jump. It takes the same ground that it stood upon in v 1s6s, and opposes any attempt to abolish
 negro suffrage: @
 % Blink it and shirk it as you may, confuse it as you will by cloudy irrelevance, the real point a is whether the Democratic party will attempt to 7 abolish negro suffrage in the Presidential cam lGpaign of 1872. When the question is thus naked
 y put, not even General Blair, with all his intre pidity cares to face it. He is too correct judge of public opinion to entertain any hope that the Democratic party could win on that issue." ~A True enough, but the difficulty is that
 all the Southern Conservatives care about
 the Democratic party is to use it as lever 3s tx, overthrow negro suffrage. The Mont. gomery Mail tells the World frankly:
 "The known opposition to that hereay [negro asuffagel on the part of the Northern Democracy WAS the strongest igament that bound the South
 to that organization, and we feel it to be our duty to warn the leaders of that party everywhere
 against the danger they will incur by cutting that
 hgament in twain" Flsl.
 In short the Southern Democracy still believe the overthrow of the Fifteenth
 Amendment by force. to be practicable n the World is equally confident that it is iao not. The split of 1868 is just as wide as AVar.34z x a5.LkE 'ss.srs -..ls es4 fe
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MARRIED.

In Woodbury, on Thursday, April 9th, by Rev. G. w. Moves, John J. Rogers to Miss Lydia Hand, all of Woodbury.
 In New Milford, at the residence of the brides father. MT. Lyman D. Stone, Thnrs- day evening, April 9th, by the Rev. o. G. Ackley, MT. Arthur B Ferris, to Miss Susie F. Stone, all of New Milford.
 At Winsted, Feb. 16, by the Rev. s. B. Forbes, Charles Barber, of Winchester, and Ada l.. Beecher. of Pennington.
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CoRNs, BUNIoNs, INeRowINa NAILS, &o.-The enormously increasing sales of Briggs' Alleviator and Curative. for the prevention and cure of the many painful diseases of the feet bear witness to their wonderful superiority over ail other like pre- parations. For years they have been steadily growing in favor, until now the great majority who are troubled with bad feet will use no other reme- dles The Curative, for sore, tender and festered corns and bunions, bad nails, &c, is soothing and healing, permanently curing the worst cases when used according to directions. The AAevator, for the cure or common corns and for the prevention
 ence the only article ever yet discovered that will produce a like result. Sold by druggists Dr J. Briggs Co.,, Newark. N. J., Propriefors
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DG The board of canvassers have given informal certificates of election to Messrs. Stong, Starkweather and Barnum, who have accordingly taken their seats in Con- gress. The irrepressible Kendrick objects to letting in Kellogg and he will probably lose his debenture for the first session of the Forty-Second Congress.
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NOTICR.
OmC0 OI THE SHEPAUa VALLEY RAIL

THE SHEPAUa VALLEY RAILROAD Co.,, E Litchfeld Conn, Mar. 25, 1871. An 1nstallment of Ten Dollars upon each share of the Capital Stock of this company has been called for, by the President and Directors of said Company payable to the Treasurer of the eompss ny, first day of May, 1871. r 1s
 ,61-s sa HENRY R. corr, Treasurer.
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WOODRuRY.

The Litchfield' County Convocation will meet in St. Paul's church. on St. Mark s Day, April 25. Services at 1O3O A. M. and F. M. .4a.t 5aa a.e-tE s.l.sa .u4s