Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-06
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N. Ssmi-veekly Times. .... 4.5O
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 Szhaxibexs wh0 are in arrears must make up nErsa<.gss before taking advantage of the fore roang pEspasEEionss and subscribers who are in .avznrs mny deducs the amount their subscrip- tSuna azs in advance.
 Money shou1a be sent by pOst-Ofics order, check ar reWiuknrsd letter, if possible. If remittances gre nada bE ma1 we cannot be responsible for lns k~are khe letter reaches us but will take all rSsks of remittance to the clubbing periodical Raesspt vii hs returned in the next paper.
 The Amenia Times is out for Greeley.
 Persons living on the line of the She pang must soon begin to look out for their yearly supply of coal, and with the eomplstion of the Bethel branch freights viii probably be lower from Norwalk than from Bridgeport In another column will he found the advertisement of Raymond Rros. of South Norwalk, dealers in coal, buiiding materials, fertilizers, &c., &c.
 The amendment of the Tariff bill in the Senate abolishing the system of giving infOxmers share of the property forfeit ed for fSnuds on the revenue seems to us a great improvement on the existing law. IL will surely put Q stop to the blackmail- ing that has been one of the worst features of the New York Custom House manage menk
 Some conservative legislator offered a resolution requesting the Speaker, in sub- stance, not to invite Mrs. Hanaford, among other New Haven ministers, to ofseiate as chaplain of the House. The concern has invited in Catholic ministers, and even Jewish Rabbi, but woman minister? ''PrOcHI, OprOcat, este pro- 6aS9!"
 On Wednesday of this week Mr. Darius O. WhiPple explains to the Connecticut House of Representative his system oi instrncting deaf mutes. Just here it oc. caEs to us that a Legislature of deaf mutes would be a great improvement on exist. ing institutions They wouldn't waste time in talk, and they would be utterly inpeEviOus to lobby influences.
 On the 26th ult. the Rev. Frederick HOlcomb. D. D., the oldest presbyter of this Episcopal diocese, died at his resi- dence in Watertown. He was born in 17S7, ordained in 1872, and was for many years rector of the Episcopal churches in Wa teTtOwn and Northfeld. He was an es- timable man and faithful minister. His funeral wAs attended at Watertown on Tuesday last
 James Gordon Bennett, the founder of the New York Herald, died at his resi- dsnee in New York on Saturday, in the T7Eh year of his age. As an able, ener. sstic, ,unscrupulOus editor of great daily pspsR Afr. Bennett has had no superiors. Nevs<sheless his gross personalities, hii utter wani of truth and principle, his low conceptiOn of the requirements of his re spoasible position, coupled with his great saeeess. have done more to discredit the profession of journalism at home, and tn. reputation of the American press abroad than if is easy to estimate As ibellel and as c nexs-gatherer, the Herald wa, long uneqnaIled. Of late years it Ina. been successfully rivalled in both capaci tieA
 Father Goodwin is out with his Legis lative Statistics, again, He button-hole, every member for particulars of his age, basiness. politics &c., and then prints then in a pamphlet How an unmarried ls1y orer s can ever go to the Legisla. ture a. long as Goodwin lasts we don't see. Mr. Newton of Northfield is the on. ly L-ifcAEsld County legislator that is toe szaArt for Goodwin, this year. Not sol. ikzly faoA do the Statistics record of Mr. Newton: what he is; where came from whea As came: where he is going to; what he thinks of Greeley; how he came to vot, for Fsrxys-al is blank. Now if MT. N. vii nOs draw pay and mileage this year, W, shAn be inclined to go for his reelection il ISSS He is on the whole, the most satis ae&uxy Democrat Litchfield ever sent to tn, legis1Akure. s-
 The long promised reduction of fare Oa the Springfield & New York (consoli aAkedD railroad Is announced at last. I amounts to about 10 per cent on througl travel and something more on short dis tHnces and between way stations There asso provision for another reduction ol excursion tickets to and from New York good for one day only. We cannot agre that these concessions are what the pub hc haS a right to expect; still they ar somekhing. Whether there is cores pending reduction of freights we do no learn- The following suggestion of tn Mazaachasstts Railroad Commissioners i saeh aa excellent one that it is pity tn, consolidated company does not profit b, it
 A small uniform reduction of charges throughout railroad tariff. has been gen eEAlly found to be simply equivalent to 6 loss of % much net profit to the company makiRg 1t To be effective, and to com aunicats q decided industrial impetus, . heavy and concentrated reduction, which vin make isself immediately felt, is nec- esmaxy- The Commissioners believe that this Fule is to be deduced from the expe- rsenee of all countries. A re- dnrkinn of i've per cent throughout the eAAzEes u1 1a tariff would scarcely produce @m mNWMmnEnAsln eeRa~k .,r k3,a .