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Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-04
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The passage aof bill cutting up the Usury law root and branch by two thirds vote in he House, and we believe without dissenting voice in the Senate, was a most pleasant surprise to those who have watched the proceedings of previous legislatures. The versatile. Tom Waller was the only statesman who spoke in opposition to the bill, while all the business men in the House favored its passage. Now we shall pay our seven per cent interest and taxes without feeling that we are violating the law of the land, or without entering into any separate ar- rangsment, not tsappearing of record, Z for the illegal one per cent extra that every one feels, of late years, at least, that the use of money is worth. We think that the result of the repeal will be that the better class of lenders will get more interest, extortioners less, than while the usury law was in existence. There will be more lending from man to man, and less through corporations than has been heretofore the case. -11-s
 We give this important law in full:
 An act Concerning the Rate of Interest.
 Re tt enGcted by the Sendte and House Cf Represent
 dtiUes in General Assembly conce,aed: A"s
 SECTION 1. When there is no agreement for a different rate of interest of money, the same shall be at the rate of six dollars upon one hum dred dollars for one year, and at the same rate for quarter or less sum, and for a longer or shorter time. 5t e5A ~-ss f,-- -
 SEC. 2. It shall be lawful to contract to pay or reserve and discount at any rate, and to contract for payment and receipt of any rate of interest prorided however that no greater rate of interest than six per centum per annum shall be recovered in any action, except when the agreement to pay such greater rate of interest is in writing.
 SEC. 3. The first, second, third and fourth sec hons of an act entitled s'An act to restrain the taking of usury," and ali acts inconsistent here with sare hereby repealed 1.,'.
 SEC. 4. This act shall not effect any existing contract or suit now pending.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-04

A eolOresi conservative of Virginia. SOEoa Johnson by name, is out in Tues isr1s Tribune In favor of Greeley.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-04

Mir GEesA<y once remarked that there Ssze Eve gallons of whiskey to every sPelhle- book" m Pike Co, Pa. Some DsEoezH1 wAO csald read made note of G@ ss@se1e1t (which was probably true) cd Dow the eat1zA county bolts the Gin cSzzH1i EczinseS.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-04

Chicago has actually recovered suf- Ecsezkly to contribute for the relief of Enmishing Persia
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-04

After an immense waste of time and money, the eight hour strikes have, in nearly every case, failed. Work has not been resumed by all the strikers, but most have been obliged to yield, and the remainder will undoubtedly soon follow their example.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-04

The New York World finally comedies the nomination of Greeley at Baltimore, and proposes sort of ''armed neutrality" for the campaign. '
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-04

It does seem to us that the enormous bills the State is called upon to pay for Messrs. Cole. .and Ponds lawyers are a monstrous imposition. It has been cus- tonary to allow lawyers fees of $50 or thereabouts for each side, but to give one party $l 1900, and the other $500 for coun- sel alone is simply putting premium on contested elections. Congress has tried that plan till now the House election com mittee is swamped every session with contested cases, and hundreds of thousands of dollars are taken out of the public treasury to enrich the attorneys who are the only gathers by these swindles If our present Senate is foolish enough to establish such a precedent, future Sen ates will reap the consequences in multi piled and costly election contests.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-04

At San FrsnciscO. recently. Mrs Pitt Ezs~s3 the lecture of an anti-sufffage wo- H.&z. and follOwed up the demonstration eg PreseaE1ng a pistol at a man who Es@o1<tr@ted Mn. Pitt couldn't have essa A<EseH Ench wiser than the lecturer, Sr she w0aA have known that, when a so@aA speaks in public, what she does is a @neA stronger argument for the suf- U@ge than anything she says can possibly ne against it. ---...-.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-04

The neat O1 tne lew Oays past mas been tremendous. On Saturday the mercury went up to 95e in Bridgeport; 9so in Springfield. On Sunday it reached 1O2 Q in Hartford; 9Se in Poughkeepsie, Spring field and Washington. On Monday it went up to 99o in New York. It is to be hoped there will be some let up by the Fourth or the slaughter of the innocents by gunpowder, sun-stroke, and deleteri- ous beverages combined, will be awful to contemplate. .. s- I5 .. -. -.t
 Conservative old Litchfeld is radical on one point at any rate. MT. Woodruff, our representative, committed himself in the debate on the proposed branch of the Conn. Western railroad to New Britain, to an amount of railroad extension that ought to satisfy the most radical. The Palladium reports him as saying,
 s'The gentleman closed with maintain ing the justice of allowing towns to bond themselves, because the time must come when all towns must be connected with all others as by post roads,"
 That, now, is what we call the music of the future, badly rendered" of course by the Palladium reporter, not so badly, though, as by the Courier which merely says that MT. Woodruff ''argued in favor of the principle of boundis,g towns. Having adopted this healthy general prin- ciple we hope to see our representative following it to its logical conclusion and helping MT. Goodwin teach the railroads that the public have some rights corpora tions of that public kind are bound to res-
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Oa Thzr~aay last Goldsmith Maid trot- ss4 the bes& three straight heats ever @2aae m AmeEica. in 9:lT,, 2:l9. and 2:17a. To match this Bonner's horse s'Joe Elliot trStaed mile in 3:I5I, the best time on a s12eae hsst ever made in <he country. s1zner Is tOO good man to let his fast Aszzss trot in a race. but he allows the P-Pess to pahIizh the time they make in F<zx@s<-
 k1AAaAa~ fe=@e of the Salisbury News san1t s@em an aware of the extent of the UsP0azIhzlty he throws upon his subscri bmRs MAen he itAlicizes the closing ser tanre cf Ais appeal for prompt renewals
 s.Fox kke Reneroas and unexpected pit sonaHe of the year % nearly past, we hay, fo xay te 0nr patrons: re thank you mos hemxfilys Eos hars Has5e sss Ire. .es
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-04

Neal Dow, the author of the Maine Law writes to the Independent as follows: d
 s.It is claimed in the British House. of Commons that our Maine law is failure, and society in England for the suppress sion of intemperance has applied to Mir. Dow to furnish them with certificates from official sources to show what the facts really are. He has lately furnished them with statements from judges, Sena- tors, members of Congress, and other chief officers in the State government, that prove: @ atgs aEE z 'alt
 ss1st. That poverty, pauperism and crime are greatly diminished.
 ss2d. Arrests for violation of law are not more in month now, than were some times made before in single day.
 t'3d. Says Hon. MT. Harlow, of Oxford County, he is sure not one gallon of hq- uor IS now sold in that county for every barrel sold before the Maine law. 2a aG
 4sh. An assessor of Internal Revenue says the liquor traffic in Maine has been nearly destroyed by the law, that thebeer trade is not more than ten per cent -of what it has lbeen.n 1o -
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The position of Pres. Thiers in France has been such an anomalous one that his continuation in power, even to the present time, could hardly have been anticipated when his administration began. The As- semhly that elected him, chosen at the worst period of the reaction against the frantic republication of Gambetta, is re- ally monarchist body. The "Right. as the monarchists are called, are, however, divided between the two Bourbon claim ants of the throne, and can agree on neith- CT. They finally compromised on thet tenn porary republic with Thiers as President. Of late republicanism has been growing in favor, and were a general election to occur now, the. permanent government would probably be republican The Assembly will not consent to dissolution, and is growing restive under Thiers' dictation. The split between him and the .sRight" oc- cured upon his bill for organizing the army. They opposed his plan of conscription as too severe; he has given them formal mo- tice that he will resign if it is not voted, and serious crisis seems inevitable. On the whole the Thiers' administration has been an able and successful one, and we should be sorry to see 'tchaos come again" in France by his overthrow. Every month, too, of successful republican administra- tion increases the chance of permanent republic sufanaf ssf ssst
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-CouMTx ITEMS

e. FINE MEADOW has smallpox. The nIs5 Vlctlm was child named Ellis, (of 1T Mlsn parentage,) who recently came from NC" 4oTk, m ana probably brought the dis ease. me only other fatal case thus far is that of Mr. Rice, an old gentleman,
 father of Mir Benj. F. Rice. Three cases of varioloid have appeared but aI1 nossi- ble caution has been taken bv the town authorities and physicians, and they now report that there is no cause for fi1rtber
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-04

1u0 pEOl0Cb IOI IGftfulS5 here seems to have taken some definite form, and it now looks as if ere long the busy hum of machinery would again be heard in our almost deserted town We hope this will not, through indifference or lukewarmness on the part of our citizens, be permitted to fall through.
 The LEE & NEW HAVEN RAnoAD is to be built notwithstanding the failure of Pitts6eld to vote aid. A meeting of the directors and contractors was held at Piitsfeld, Monday. Although no definite action was taken, the Phelps contracts are being drawn up, and there is no doubt but they will soon be closed. New Ha- ven's $50,000 being apparently sure thing, the contractors think tho extra $20, 900 required can be easily raised be- fore the work is fnished.- Berkshire Courier.
 The SALISBURY Choral Union returned from it's arduous labors at Boston at the end of the first week. They were greatly pleased with their trip.-Mr. Thomas Swift, the heartless man who had a beau tiful obituary in the Enquirer about ten years since and then turned up alive, is in Salisbury again. Charles Worden, boy 18 years old, was discovered in the act of throwing stones in the car windows of Conductor Hinsdale's train as it was leav- ing the station at Lakeville going west, last week Wednesday afternoon. MT. Cogswel, the car inspector, saw Worden throw the stones, and he immediately jumped from the train and pursued him, and after ga long pull and a strong pull, succeeded in overhauling him. He waived an examination before Justice Tupper the next day, and was bound over to the Su- perior court in Litchfeld, in default of $500 bonds -Mr Albert Decker also puts in an appearance from Gila Bend, Arizo- na.-The editor of the News kindly advises all persons who may have taken offence at personalities in the News of the 21st ult. to horsewhip MT. T. IL. Norton, the editor for that week.
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 fault; but the illustrations, as a whole, are much below the execution of the work in other respects. ,i 4
 It is hardly, fair, perhaps, to criticise the writer of g local record for trespassing somewhat on the more interesting field of general history. The temptation to en- 1iven the petty details of the one with the grand facts of the other is peculiarly great in treating of the Civil War. To this temptation we have noticed that the State or Town historian is sure to yield, and the writer of the present history occupies ma ny pages with that which is not in reality the history of woodbury but the history of the United States. One portion of his war chapters, however, is peculiarly inter esting and valuable- we mean the soldiers letters. These records of the time, show ing howsthe war seemed to the intelligent New England soldier, deserve to be care fully preserved. and we judge that the his torian has been very judicious in his se- lections. It is to be regretted that the material at his disposal has not been such as to enable him to give something of the war history of the towns included in An cient Woodbury as we'll as3 that of the present town of that name.
 . Of the value of the additional genealog- ical material gathered by Mr. Cothren we cannot pretend to speak We judge, how ever, that this portion of the work. is care fully prepared, and as trustworthy as such records well can be. afOf course many er- TOTS creep into pages full of names and
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EVENING STAR.
CONGREsSlONAL.
loaeiusion Yesterdays Proceedings

SENATE.-After our report closed
MIR. Sumner said now he should not reply at
length to the elaborate argument of the Senator
from New York, and ntv. would he reply to
the insinuations and inuepdoes with which he
had 80 layishly strewn his pathway. He (Mr.
Sumner) had brought forward his amendment
with q conscientious purpose, and as the result
OF experience. Every great statesman Of the
county had proclaimed in favor Of the one
term, and he asked what statesmen had pro-
bounced against il. Not one. Mr. Sumner then
briefly proceeded to support his proposition,
quoting in favor of the principle involved from
a speech OF Hon. B. +. Wade, of December 8,
leo
The Senate then, on motion of Mr.. Trumbull.
went into executive session, and after a short
time therein, adjourned.
HOUSE.-After our report closed
The Senate concurrent resolution returning
the thanks of Congress to the state Of Rhode
Island for tie statue of Roger Williams, pre-
sented and placed in the rotunda OF the Capitol,
after cOnsid, rable debate was passed.
MIR. Dawes Mass asked unanimous consent
to introduce a resolution providing for COM
mittee OF five 90 investigate the condition of
affairs in Loui lana; but objection was made by
Mr.. Coughian. (Cal-;) and the House, at 3:25 p.
I'M. aliOUTnt d.
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"Redding, Conn.,, uses a coal-cart for
hearse-
~writs OF attachment-love letters.-N. o.
Times.
"Milwaukee manufactures agricultural
machinery for Japan.
GA farmer Is the noblest work Of God. He
rises at O'Clock in the morning. and burns out
half a pond of wood and kords ov HANDLES, and
then goes out to worry the geese and stir up the
Logs.
sra girl in Franklin, Kentucky, locked her
parents in their bedroom at daylight and
slCped with her Teller. The old folks were
astonished until they recolected it was leap
wear.
ga small boy, being called up as a witness
in n New York court, and asked by Mr.. G. s.
Spencer what they do to persons who swear to a
lie, replied, They make policemen out of EN-"
ga drunken vagrant upon being arrested in
Detroit said that he obtained his whisky from
HI. and that he was going to HI. The next
morning he was found dead in the cell OF a sta
ton house
ga little Danbury girl, when asked by her
mother about suspicious little bites in the sides
Ot a dozen choice apples, answered, ssPerhapS
mamma, they may have been frost bitten, it was
20 cold last night" The mother retreated.
~A Long Island farmer has sued his wife
Tor divorce because, after coming to this city
and listening to lecture in favor of free love,
she insisted upon Mailing every man who passed
the house and inviting him in to have talk
World
~The Edinbury Rerier relates an anectlote
of Nj. de Sainte-Beuve. He once fought a duel
When the principals took their position it was
raining hard. Sainte-Beuve had his pistol in
one hand, and with the other hand he held up
his umbrella The second protested. 81 have
no objection to being killed." said he: ''but as
being wet-pO'f
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RY FITCH FOX,
ID Real Estate Brokers,
SlS Seventh street, opposite, Post Offs

ID a
d Real Estate Brokers,
Ola Seventh street, opposite, Post Onice.
ANALOGUE SALE OF ONE MAGNIFICENT
UPRIGHT STElEWAY PIANNFORTE; ELE-
faS M hfEt sETs cons
SSSEAf iiks ASS sfSG shs5fEfs sS
hfsiEi 1.sSS sSHs ib$ SaF E $S*k
G GIF N5A MG GaR fE 4asLh NP skF
L..DY,S sTHL WORK STAND ONE sTPERB
SsRkY SxR T1kk xT AK!1 W6
ES%Es sSS Sa sSSSSH ssi$$EHS
TOILET AKTICIEs IN sEYREs CHINA. &C.;
SStsFEhSRr Sk kAktSf SssiTkI u
sSfEks
SsBS SERss civ
GE 2ME EPEEGNE two FEkT
SETS; FOUND, OVAL AND DEEP DISHES:
FhNeM shTSk IbSS aNER shsyfGE
WEE PEGRs oHSa PFfSEST s SSf
EYcE G,RVr CLASS SxT WAkF
t9tESk casE ENGLISH BNIsfF BktssE Hst GaR
PTS AND RUGS: ON Ia SGE PERSIAN
RUG; Is BEAUTIFULLY CARVED DINING
CHAIRS; ONE TUYA WOOD BEDSTEAD
FAITHFULLY CARVED AND INLAID. COM
PPtETE WITH BEBDiSG; ONE TTYA WOOD
WOOD GIMM0PE; MARBLE;TOP ANTI9nE
TABLE; 1NLAID WITH IyNRY: TURKISH
LOUNGE, ARM AND SIDE HAIRS, UPHOL-
sTEkED IN CRETONNE; ROSEWOOD WRT-
TING DESKS, SECRETARY AND BOOKCASE:
WALNUT AND OAK OFFICE TABLES; MA
HOGANY AND OTHER CHAMBER FURNI-
TURF. LARGE AND SUPERIOR COLLECTION
OF COPPER COOKING UTENSILS, &C &C.
ALSO, AT O'CLOCK,
ONE PAIR FINE CARRIAGE HORSES: ONE
EiEGANT Landau, MADE IN PARIS: ONE
PHhETON; ONE SET DOUBLE HARNESS,
~ On FRIDAY MORNING, January eth,
@VHcommencing at l0f O'Clock. at the resi-
VI ~ 'dence of his Exec !lency c. G. Catacszy the
Russian Minister, No: 1886 street, between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets, We shall sell the
above described superb collection Of Furniture, &C
Most OF the Furniture was made to order in Paris.
The House will be open for ins pection day pre-.
vious to sale.
Terms Cash
LATIHER h CLEARY, Auetioneer
southwest corner Of Penn. avenue aud lIth street
Jan3d&d
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DIED..

BANTER. On the 10th inst, Mr. GEORGE NJ
BAXTER. aged A years.
Funeral SATURDAY, l3h inst, at clock, from his
late residence, IL 39 Sth street northwest
Boston papers please copy.l
DARRELL. On the 1lth inst ZELDA infant
months and 3 days.
Funeral az p. m. SATURDAY.. 18th, from parents
residence, Ne. laos 9th street northwest
NOkRIS. On the 1lth inst. CHARLES A. MOB
BIS. in the ed year of his uga
The relativ, and friends OF the family are expect
uiy TO atterd the funeral from biI late resi-
de nee, No. 1897 Maryla Rd avenue, on sunday III >
18th instant. at 2 - clock D. m. It's
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0TIOE.
AND BLANK BOOK MANgFAOTORY.
Firstclass goods at fair prices, for cash.
LITHOGkAPHINQ, ENGRAVING, PRINTING
AND BINDING DONE TO ORDER.
eW stock, BEN. +. FRENCH,
Under National Metropolitan Bank,
..,.. and next door to Jay Cooke Cos,
seH-H WasbinatOn, d q,
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AUCTION SALES.
Pr GREEN z WILLIAMS, Anctionesrs.

ID Northwest corner Of 10th and D streets.
rRuSTEhT SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPEhT1 AT AUCTION-fMO BRICK
ts1H s! sTRxET WEsT, BssTTkEH W AND
by virtue of o deed Of trust, dated August
H. lsl, and recorded In Liser No. 6s6, folio
thereby, viii sell :. public auction, On fRIOXT,
the 18th day Of January p lS71, to front # ths
premises at 4 clock n all those certain pieces,
parcels or bots Of ground situate, lying end being
the city OF washington, District Of Columbia, and
known ard described upon the ground pSals plans
Of .aid city as Lots numbered seventy nine t79).
eighty go and eighty one Ca in =: Aliens sub
bsred two hundred and thirty four !zs4 which sub
Terms If sale: 81 800 caeh on each He1se; balance
in six and twelve months seeursd by notes AID deed
when the property In straek of II the terms Of sale
are not complied with within five DAYS from the sale,
the Trustee the right to resell the property
At tho risk and cost Of The defaulsing pu chaser.
Stamps and convey ancirg at purchasers cost
ID DAVIDSON, Trustee.
j6d GREEN WILLIAMS, Aucts.
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VlH GREEN& WILLIAMS, Auctfonsera
ID 1901, northwest corner 10th aud ID streets
T1sUsTEES SALE OF VALUABLE DIV ELLIN(
HOUSE ON SIXTH STREET WEST, BN

T!kUsTEEs SALE OF VALUABLE NV ELLING
MOUSE ON sIXTH STREET WEST, BIN
- By virtue OF a deed of trust tied. March lat,
ISL A; ID: 1870, and duly REGARDED in liber No 6iO,
folio l0, &C., Of the land records for w flashing
ton county ID G., and by direction # the party
cured thereby will sell public auction, in front
s s5y. A. D. i7s at O'clock P M. lot numbered
bersd faar hundred and eighty IN the city
OF Nssislngt9n, ID: O., together with all the im
prveEsents thereon consisting OF q very desir abb
dwelling house, in a very central part of the city
Ter!as One, half an cash; OF which Sle9 must be
pald AZ sale. The Ceferred payments TO be m ade in
O. II, and "A months after day Of sale, with int
est and cured by deed Of rust to the sat-fac ion
OF be trustee Terms of sale to be fully com piled
WITH within six days after day Of sale herwise the
trustee reserves the right t. resell the property
after one week notice 1T the risk aud Of tho
hrst purchaser. All conveyancing and stamps at
purchasers CosS.
VIM. r. WARD, Trustee,
jans.3taw&ds GREEN WILLIAMS, Auc;s
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10y j. 7. COLDwELL CO., Auctioneers
- B. 3. corner Pa. avenue and 18Th street
CHANCERY SALE.

~ the District Of Columbia, passed In e0uity
., cause No. 2S5, docket 10, william n. Cant v
" orgs nelntzerling ct al, IL shall. on MONDAY
the 9th Of January, lS72 on the premises proeeed
to sell q, public auction, at O'Clock p. m, lot OF
vision OF square No 6 in this city fronfipe p feat
inches on New Jersey avenue. between 4 and
streets north. and Inimproved
Terms: One third OF the purchase money In cash
and The residue in three equal instalments at g. r.
be secured by the purchasers notes and = deed OF
, , on the prePerty Deed given on final rstcs
convey ahcing 4, purehas.r'. cost.
REGINALD FENpALL, Trustee
Jans-w I'm. ads J. T. COLDW ELL n Co. Ancis
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DY GREEN 4 WILLIAMS, Auctioseers,
II Northwest corner l0th and ID streets,

TRUSTEES kALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY OF 18Th STREET, BETWEEN
W AND BOUNDARY, Wv.
- By virtue Of q deed Of tYNst dated Septic mber
Es 2d u. 1871 and duly recorded in Liber Ne.
lk657, folio 2D, &C., one OF the land records for
ashit gton county, ID c., and by direction Of the
party secured thereby will sell at public auctia
In front Of the premises, At 4 O'Clock FRIDAY,
the hath day ~ January. 1871, numbered 81 2ty
to7) and sixty eight l6Sl in E. X. Allen Snb
div Of part Of the half of square nnulbr
hundred and thirty four, with al the
improvements, consisting of two unfinished dwsNing
no isee.
Terms Of sale: One half cash. OF which $40 ION
house mHst be paid at sale; the deferred pay
terest 10 Per from day If SALE Terms to be
fully complied it'll within FIVE day from da of sale,
otherwise the trustee the right sell the
property at the risk and of the first purchaser
after five days notice thereof. All conxeyancing
and stamps At purchasers cost.
jaD3d GREEN &WILLIAhfS, Aucts