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Litchfield enquirer., 1873-11-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

Great Britain. -F Further hearing in the Tichborne case has been postponed until November, 1874. Very high rates of discount prevail in London. Over a million dollars in gold were shipped on Saturday from England to America.
 Several persons were killed by col lision on the railroad near Durham, Eng land.
 Sir John Duke Coleridge has been ap- pointed Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas.
 France. A compromise has been eff fected between Monarchists and Repub- licans. McMahon is to be chosen Presi- dent of the Republic for five years.
 M. Buffet was reelected President of the French Assembly.
 Germany. In the recent elections to the Prussian Landrath the liberals gained fifty seats.
 The appointment of Prince Bismark as President of the Prussian Ministry is off cially announced.
 Austria. - The Reichstrath met, last l week. The session was opened by the Emperor. Spain. - The Carlists claim a great victory at Miranda, but the government denies their claim. The steamer Virgihius has been cap- tured by Spanish gunboat, and four in s,lrgent officials found on board were ex- ecuted.
 The carpenters union are sending back many newly arrived Englishmen who came out for work.
 Official reports show that nearly 46O, 900 immigrants to the United States arrived during the year ending June 30, 1873. New York Cubans have been holding an indignation meeting regarding the killing of the insurgent officers taken on the Virginius.
 Joseph Arch, the English labor re- former was received at Faneuil Hall, Boston, last week. He has since sailed for England.
 The steamer Bavaian was burned on Lake Ontario and IA persons are missing. including the captain. The annual report of tAa. Register of Treasury shows an increase Ia American shipping of nearly 260,O00 tons. An alliance is planned in the west bet ween the Farmers Oranges and the Lab or Reformers.
 The yellow fever is rapidly disappear ing from Memphis.
 The brothers Sammis, implicated in the Kelsey murder, were refused bail by Judge Tappan.
 Messrs Waterman, Lockwood, and Nightingale have been appointed trustees to take charge of the Sprague affairs on behalf of the creditors.
 Five millions of Southern Railroad bonds are to be offered for sale on the English market.
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 Mir. J. ". Wheeler, the New Haven music teacher, charged with running Miss Cowap who committed suicide recently, has concluded that discretion is the bet ter part of valor and has left for Europe. Mrs. Hanaford commented on the affair from her pulpit recently as follows:
 How sadly comes home to our hearts the fact that the victim has been ostra- clsed, while the destroyer of virtue and hope and peace has been allowed to go free, ''unwhipped of justice,' to lead the praises of God in the most prominent church of our city. Where, O God, where are thy averaging bolts!
 But women ought not to preach and to refer so pointedly to disagreeable facts that male clergymen seldom meddle vithi
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Sted.

The rains of the past few weeks have benefited the manufacturers very much. The volume of water in both Long Lake and Mad River is very much increased.
 The hard times effects us but little in comparison to many places. No one has suspended excep t a cigar and tobacco dealer, and he was nearly bankrupt be- fore the panic The shops are all running about as usual. through in one or two there has been small reduction i'll wages.
 Our new board of Selectmen Is made up on the plan (as it happens) of aainasjtz representation, there being two Rept
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 -Holabird Avenue in East Winste6 is about being opened. Engineer Geo. M. Bradford was last week employed laying out the same.
 A new time table on the Conn. Vest ern R. R. went into effect on Monday. the 10th inst. The early train from Millertoh, east. does not leave there now till about 10 o'clock a. m., passing Winsted about noon. It returns at night about the same time as formerly. A new train is put on from here to Hartford leaving at a. m. and returning at about 3 p. m. All other trains run about as before. From this place and to the eastward we have better facilities for travel than before, while to to the west of us they cannot go to Hart ford and remain more than about two hours the same day.
 A party of gentlemen, consisting in part of the Hon. Robbins Battell, and Hiram P. Lawrence, Esq, of Norfolk, and F. D. Fyler, of Winsted, under the direction of civil engineer, Geo. M. Brad ford, ot the last named place, Qate of the engineer corps in Central America), have been engaged during the past two weeks measuring the heights and accurately de- termining tie elevation of some of the mountains in northern Litchfeld Go. The result of their labors IS as follows:
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Marri9geS.

At the Episcopal parsonage in Wolcott- will, November 6, by Rev. B. E. East wood, MT. George Peck and Miss Alvira Pierpont, both of Litchfeld.
 In Brooklyn, on Monday, Oct. 27, at the house of MT. John T. Howard, by tho Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Rev. Thomas J. Conant, D. D. ,and Miss Esther Church, formerly of Bethlehem, Conn.
 In thls town, Nov. 2d, at the residence of the brides father, by the Rev. H. B. Elliott. MT. Albert s. Jones of East Wind sor, and Miss Sarah L., daughter of James H. Smith, of this town.
 In New Milford, Nov. 2, by the Rev. fl Booth, Mir. Henry Shove to Miss Martha Marsh.
 In New Milford, Nov. l, by the Rev. A. Booth, MT. Daniel Cromwell to Miss Maria Benson.
 In New Milford, Oct. 29, by the Rev F. A. Fiske of Brookheld, Nr. David H. Wanzer to Miss Charlotte F. Hawley.
 In South Egremont, Oct. p, by the brides father, Edwin B. Beardsley, son of s. B. Beardsley, Esq, of Bridgeport, Ct., to Hattie F., daughter of Rev. W. H. Phelps.
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STATE ITEMS.

Norwich has 8 choral union of sixty members.
 Stonington voted in favor of liquor li- cense 211 to 205. l The Valley railroads cash receipts were over $28,0O0 in July, and over $30, ,OOO in | August. The hard times do not seem to have af- fected the manufacturers in Seymour very disastrously.
 The money stringency has deeply af- fected the large manufacturing interests of Fairfield county.
 A New London girl is paralyzed from the effect upon her nerves of recent l thunder storm.
 Benson, 8 famous oarsman of Cam bridge, England, was in New Haven on Tuesday, guest of Captain Cook of the Yale navy.
 People in Collinsville are rejoicing in the assurance that the Connecticut Vest ern railroad branch is to be completed forthwith.
 The Rev. Naryan Sheshadri, member of the Evangelical Alliance, preached at the Third church in Now Haven, Friday forenoon. .-..G Mir. Eleazer Bushnell of Lisbon, an ex- selectman and legislator, fell from load of hay on Wednesday. and has died of his injuries.
 The large mill at Baltic and the store shut down on Saturday, and between one and two thousand people are idle in that small village.
 A son of Thomas Chester of Waterford, while oat gunning recently, met with an accident which resulted in the loss of one eye.
 A meeting of the creditors of the J. w Wilcox company of Meriden, took place Monday afternoon, when they were offer ed terms of settlement at fifty cents on the dollar.
 Ouite a number of the colored laborers who have been employed by the Hartford and Providence road have thrown up their situations in consequence of re- dnotion of pay. sl4 1 sEs<{
 The Irish citizens of Norwich have formed permanent organization, with Dr. Cassidy as president, to take measures to secure larger representation in the tow and city government.
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The sbenauo R R-Co bava n,ad

The Shepaug R. R. Go have made arrangements with the X. I. N. H. & Fl, R. R. Go, by which passengers can buy tickets in New Haven, direct, to all Sta tions nthe Shepaug Railroad, vin Bridge port and Hawleyyille. Trains leave New Haven at 9,45 a. m. and 4.45 p. m., con- meeting through without the slightest de- tention; arriving at Litchfield at 2.O5 D. m. and s. 15 p. m. This WfA1proye a great convenience to the public.
 EDITOR OF ENQUIRER Wednesday evening of last week a small party from this village, including your correspon- dent, attended the tableaux given in Win sted under the direction of Prof. Bartlett. who had charge of those in this village in September last As the programme was nearly the same, we thought we would ''ike to see ourselves as others saw us. ?
 We all admired the statusry, most es- pecially, s'The Christian Graces, who were so perfect that 1t was hard to make ones self believe that they were not mar ble. The pantomimes ''Vilikins and Di- nah" and Glove in Ambush" were very good though not near as we'll carried out as they were here. ''Bluebeard" was fine and all the parts we'll acted. The instru- mental music was well executed, and the singing very good, indeed, both solos and duets. I would like to mention some of the individual performers, but all being strangers, am unable to do so, our old friend ''Joe" Vail being the only one we recognized.
 The Hall is a fine one, though to us it had one great fault, that is, all the seats are on level, so that those having seats in the centre or back of the Hall have a very poor view of the stage, especially, if there are some young ladies sitting in front of you, with good deal of hair sur mounted with the most fashionable of high hats, and the whole kept in perpet- ual motion. Prof. Bartlett may we'll feel pleased at the success he is having, and we hope to see him in Litchfeld again next summer
 Over thirty of the Sons of Temper ance went over from this place to Wol- eottville on invitation of the Division at that place. They were entertained with private theatricals, music, and bounti- ful collation. afterwards. The thanks of Bantam Division were rendered to their Wolcottville brethren by Rev. Mir. Tay- Tor and remarks were made by Dr. St. John and Mr. Welton of Woicottville and Messrs. Elliot, Roberts, Pettibone and others of Litchfeld
 MT. Richards has nearly completed the excavation for the cellar of his new hotel
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pIymoutn sketenes-No. lso

On Monday. the 3d inst, the clock shops resumed operations, but reduced the time of labor to eight hours day. Attbe same time the Eagle Lock Compa- ny cut down the wages of their workmen from 20 to g per cent
 < One of the cleverest old ladies in town has peculiar way of obtaining fire kind llngs She gathers the clusters of tiny eggs from apple tree limbs, and uses them for that purpose. Thus she 'kills two birds with one stone" She obtains fuel, and at the same time destroys what would otherwise ruin our fruit another season.
 PLYMoUrHEAN. Nov 10th 1S73
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Deaths.

 At Chapinville, Oct. 23rd, Mrs. Reb- ecca Hinman, aged 67 years.
 At Sharon, Oct. 10th, Miss Abby Prin- dle, aged 83 years. ... In Thomaston, Oct. 28, of typhoid fever, James DeRouche, aged 40 years. In Thomaston, Oct. 30, of typhoid fever, Hudson J. Thayer, aged A years. 1u Winsted, Nov. 3rd, MT. Hiram Roys, aged 79 years.
 In Winstsd, Oct. 31, at the residence of her son-in-law, Frederick Perkins, Mrs Hannah Buel, formerly of Litchfeld, aged 70 years.
 In East Litchfeld, Oct. 25, Nellie Wheeler, daughter of Daniel Wheeler, aged IA years.
 In Ellsworth, Ct., October Is, Matilda, Wiza of James McBurnsy, aged 60 years. In Sharon, Conn, October 18th, Mary F., infant daughter of Ralph and Mia v1na Rowley, aged 6 weeks and 2 days.
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Regular tsfixtures?'

SALISBURY is making new street run ming from near the Congregational church in the village direct to the passenger de- pot.-Mr. Geo. B. Selleck got his leg bad ly broken below the knee while attempt ing to remove large beam from g barn on Mrs. Catherine Selleck's farm.-The new school house is nearly completed. It is two and half stories high with the main school rooms 30 35 feet. The rooms are wainscotted with ash; window and door castings, chestnut; mouldings. black walnut. z. .g-s.s .S | At PINE MEADOW the Chapin Machine Go. and H. Chapin's Sons have started up again on eight hours time.
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Der.
 Subscribers who are in arrears must make up arroarges before taking advantage of the forego- ing propositions; and subscribers who arc in advance may deduct the amount their srbscrip- tions are in advance.
 Money should Do ssnt' by post-ofice order, cheek or registered letter, if possible. If remit tGncss are made bymail we cannot be responsible for loss before the letter reaches us, but will take all risks of remittance to the clubbing peri odieAl. Receipt will be returned in the next paper.
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The last named mountain was approxi- mated, but it does not exceed the. height given. Mount Riga in Salisbury, is prob ably about 2,3O0 feet as it appears by the instrument from the summit of Canaan Mountain. It is to be visited by the par ty the present week. These elevations were determined by leveling down the Dutton Mountain and joining it on to the survey of the Conn. Western R. R. at Spaulding's Summit. Then the others were ascertained from leveling across to the Dutton Mountain, and from that to other points, making due allowance for the curvature of the earth. By the sur- vey of Wm. F. Shunk, the elevation of Spaulding's Summit to top of rail is ], ,336 feet. The depot at West Winsted is about 778 feet above tide. The taking of these elevations by engineer Bradford has set tied the question that Ivy Mountain, of Goshen, is not the highest land in the State. There are at least seven. Noun tains in Norfolk, which are higher, beside two in the town of Canaan, the highest peak of which exceed Ivy Mountain by near 300 feet. The view from this Ca naan Mountain summit is undoubtedly the grandest in the State, taking in as it does the Taconics and Catskills on the west, and numerous other high points to the north, in Mass. The Canaan Noun tain Pond is elevated about 145O feet, or about 250 feet above the level of Litch- field village. ls.ses.si-.... ]. A TWISTED minister, the Rev. l.. H.
 Hallock, pastor of the West village Con gregational church, shortly after the death of his wife in October, was taken with cerebro-spinal meningitis. and now lies dangerously ill at Jamestown. NY. -Another minister from Winsted has been ordained Catholic priest.
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The Elections.

The November elections are of Q piece with those of October. New York has given the Democratic state ticket con- siderable majority, while the Republicans save the legislature on a reduced vote, showing much the same political feeling there which carried Ohio, and Pennsylvania outside Philadelphia, against us Tn Octo- Der. The result in Mississippi indicates that no change has taken place in South ern politics. But in the West the reverses of the Republican party are of much more serious character, indicating that the anti-monopoly vote is strong enough to carry Wisconsin and Illinois against straight Republicanism, with chances of growth that may take over Iowa Kansas and Minnesota, also. California and Oregon have already been captured by this new idea-for it can hardly be said to have attained as yet the consistency of an organized party-so that there are serious indications of general breakup in the West. Unless, however, the new movement assumes the form of an attack on the present tariff and banking systems, in addition to that on railroad monopo- lies, we hardly see how it is likely to come into collision with the Republican party on any matter of principle. Western legislatures will do all they can to secure cheap transportation. and Republicans will not make any opposition to the Changers; and in that case the anti-mo- nopolists will not need to form any new party to get all they ask.
 Should they attempt extreme measures, however, against the banking and manu- featuring interests, they might form 8 united West, but they would be met by an united East, with the South as the um- pire between the hostile interests of a divided North. But, there is nothing vet that indicates a conflict of any such se- rious proportions. Congress and the Western legislatures will no doubt be greatly occupied, this winter, with the mysteries of transportation, and many schemes will be devised-some useful. more chimerical-for the relief of the Western farmer. If the Changers get all they can reasonably expect-as no doubt they will-we fail to see where there will come the necessity of new party organi- zations. The Republican party can hard ly be foolish enough throughout the West to kill itself by opposing railroad reform as it did in California.
 As regards the old organizations, we dc not imagine straight Democracy isianJ nearer beating straight Republicanism than has been many times before during l the past dozen years.
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BUCHAN's CARBoLIc BALM OINTMENT Is a very remarkable Fsmily Slave. It cures astonish everybody. Contains no grease, aud washes off without soap. It is trans parent, like currant jelly. For all the purposes of Family Slave it is without an equal. l3 lv.
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ENQUIRER cLUssIMo RATES.

Our Litehfeld County subscribers may not of- ten be able 10 take advantage of the low rates oGezed large clzbs by most magazines and peril cascals. For their convenience and as an extra rdaesnsnt to new county subscribers we will .sna the following periodicals to county subscrib CTS, in connection with the ENQUIRER at the prices named:
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WASHINGTON, CoNs., Nov 1O, 1873.


 The old adage that ''misfortunes never come singly." has been strikingly verified in the case of Mir. Henry Woodruff, whose loss by fire was mentioned in the last weeks Enquirer. To peeuniary loss is now added domestic afiiiction, and to-day he buries his only child, daughter six months of age. Mr. W.'s friends and neighbors eyince hearty sympathy; and labor and timber are freely offered to as sist him in rebuilding his factory, where '--s a-A is not yet ~rtinct.
 Twenty years ago this prerAnt month the Messrs. Leland had leased tlle prem ises for the purpose of staring an axe helve factory. After the machinery was shipped heavy rain caused such flood as the ''oldest inhabitants had never be- fore known, and dams and bridges were swept away, the one connected with the burned factory among the rest. For six months, Mr. Charles Leland waited pa- tiently till the present dam could be con- structed, and then, with MT. R. Limbur- ner as partner, in place of the discouraged nephew who had left, began a prosperous business, which they continued for ten years.
 After Mir. Woodruff bought the proper ty many additions of machinery were put in and many carpenters and other mechan- ics had rooms and waterpower to prepare their building material. One man in- tending to build in Middletown had his 'sstuffS got out and seasoned. It has shrunk to pretty small dimensions. Mr. Bunnell, whose wagon was burned when his barn was burned last spring, had just obtained new set of wheels from Bridge port which were in MT. Rorabacks room, and consumed with Mir. R's own unfin- ished sleighs and other property At least six carpenters had tools destroyed. In addition to Churchill's loss of house. hold goods and clothing, was loss of GUS toner's boots and shoes that were in his shop for repairs. Probably there was never in Washington so disastrous fire and one which affected so many people. One lost his shingles, and from the gen. eral complaints one would think the fac tory had been the repository for the whole town. J.
 RoxBURY turned out, last week, in large numbers to the wedding of Mir. Miner and Miss Prindle at Christ Church There was splendid entertainment afterwards and the couple started on their tour ''ac- cording to the form of the statute in such case made and provided. It is reported that Mir. ". H. Barnum has baught the Silver Stseel Go. s land and furnace.-A subscription paper is on foot for sing ing school this winter.-A horse belong ing to the estate of the late G. H. Noble of New Milford was killed on the She paug railroad recently.-Mr. J. Deming Perkins, of Litchfeld, has bought the Great Rock tract of land, containing AS acres, in Roxbury, belonging to the es- tate of the late George H. Noble, for 6, ,623; also. of MT. Geo. Smith, 9 acre piece of wood land adjoining land of the Mine Hill Stone Go, for $1500.--The Journal makes the following startling an- nouncement
 Mr. Henry Bradley, Miss Ella Judson, and Miss Mary Whitehead became united with the Cong1 Church last Sunday afternoon as members of that beautiful place of worship. k
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The Purest and Sweetest Cod-Liver Oil is Hazard < Caswell's, made on the sea shore. from fresh, selected flyers, by Caswell, Hazard & Co.,, New York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken it to all others. Physi- clans have decided it superior to any of the other oils in market. 314t
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4 TRIUMPH OF MEDICAL ART.-Yes Q triumph we call it, when medicine can he so fired up" as to be pleasant to take and yet accomplish the object intended Such medicine is Dr. Pierce's Purgativa Pellets, samples of which the writer pro- cured and tested in his own family. The Pellets Qittle pills) are about one-ffth the seize of an ordinary pill, made of highly concentrated root and herbal ex- tracts, and sugar coated. d.-Fr0nkfort Ind j lHeekLu Crescent.
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New Preston.

Last Friday the sewing society organiz- ed by young ladies of the New Preston Hill society, met at Ar. Noah Hatch's The afternoon and evening, were spent Tn sewing and talking. Of course there was more of the latter as the ladies were in the majority. At six o'clock we were invited to the dining room, where a bountifnl supply of good things were set before us. The party dispersed about nine o'clock, having enjoyed themselves exceedingly We are pleased to say that the Lyce- um still continues to improve; the mem bership has increased and can now mus ter nearly as many names as appeared on the roll of '72. tn the future the debates are to be opened to the public. A paper has been started by the association which is read at each meeting; the Editorial staff" IS composed of three of the mem- bers, Messrs. s. Cameron, Jr, G. T. Sperry, and F. c. Beeman.
 W. Middleton, one of the students at the Seminary, who were injured some time ago while playing with some powder made his appearance, for the first time, yesterday, minus his eyebrows.
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85 REW ARD 2

THE above amount will be handed to the par- ! ty who will bring to this .Ofice, the First Volume of Lord Byron's Works, printed in Lon- don. The Books were loaned or mialaid in the village some few years since.
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Habltual CostIyenesc cauaes.

HabituaI Costiyeness causes Headache. Dizziness, Worms, Liver Com plants, Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach, Bad Breath, Sc. The surest preventive is Dr. Harriston's Persitaltic Lozenges; being both Tonic and Laxative, they restore nature, thereby curing a ,costive habit. In the opinion of every Druggist, they are the most pleasant and effectual rem edy for the piles and the only one that reaches the cause, as outward applications are only time and money wasted Trial box, 30 cts. Large box, 60 cts, mailed free for this last price,
 DR. HARRIsoN's ICELAND BALsAM, splendid cure for coughs, hoarseness, and all Throat and Lung complaints. For sale by E. S. Harrison & Go. Pro prietors. No. Fremont Temple, Bos- ton, and by all Druggists. 32-4w
 A Starteing Truth !-Thousands die an- nually from neglected coughs and colds, which soon ripen into consumption, or other equally fatal diseases of the lungs; when, by the timely use of single bottle of Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry their lives have been peserved to g green old age.