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Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.


 Great Britain.-The iron masters of Manchester discharged one-tenth of their laborers. 'eii France.-A Bourbon usurpation is inn mment, Ii the two branches of the family can unite, which now seems possible. Prince Napoleon has been elected Pres 9pdin.-The Carlists have been driven from Berga and are reported much dis heartened.
 An attempt was made to murder Don Alphonse.
 The Cortes has authorized the prescott tion of nine of it's members.
 Carlist and Communist prisoners are sent to reinforce the army in Cuba.
 Prussia. Roman Catholic Semina- ry at Posen has been closed by the Gov ernment
 LGky.-A noted band of robbers near Salermo has been captured and six killed. Bosnt0.-The cholera has broken out. AsiG.-The Sultan of Atchln has refus- ed to treat with the Dutch.
 SOttther1 ADlerSc0.-The revolution i'll Santo Domingo is making headway.
 The laying of the ocean cable between Lisbon and Rio Janeiro was commenced yesterday.
 Canoda.-A large fire in Quebec has destroyed property worth $400,O0O and throws 200 men out of employment.
 DOMESTIC.
 The business portion of Easton, O., was burnt Sunday.
 It is now stated that Goodrich was not murdered by his mistress as was reported, but by the missing Spaniard Roscoe.
 The finding in the Modoc trials sentenc- ing all the prisoners to be hung has been approved ,and will be soon carried into ef- feet.
 The Kansas murderer, Keller, was lyn- ched, Wednesday.
 A Mississippi steamer exploded at St. Francis island, Sunday, killed thirteen persons and woundirg and scalding about twenty more.
 Railroad robbers have attacked Kansas and Missouri trains.
 A Colored State Convention was held at Chlllicothe, Ohio, Friday.
 The teller of the National Exchange Bank of Albany has proved defaulter. Numerous ku-Klux outrages are report ed in Kentucky.
 Two colored men were executed in Ma ryland, Friday.
 Eight men were killed and twelve in jured by the falling of gable wall Fri day, i'll West Eleventh street, New York Three persons were fatally and some fifteen or twenty very seriously injured, Sunday, by the wreck of train on the Baltimore and Ohio road
 A fire in Belfast, Me-, Monday, destroy ed all the prominent buildings on the Wharves, causing loss of $50O,0O0.
 Another mail-stage robbery is reported from California. $4,OOO were taken from Wells, Fargo & Co., s express.
 father who killed one son and wound ed another in New York, last week, has been acquitted by the coroner's jury on the ground of self-defence.
 The anti-Butler party have issued an address to the Republicans of Massachu- setts.
 Lowenstein, the alleged murderer of Weston, was captured in Canada, last week.
 President Grant has been in Vermont and Northern New York.
 A Grange has been organized in Bos- ton.
 The conductor and engineer of the coal train are held responsible by the coroner's jury for the Illinois railroad accident. A slight earthquake shock has been felt in Memphis, Tenn.
 There has been $1OOO0O fire in Mfr fin, Pa.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28
HarWintoR.

. =
 At the opening of the Congregational Church, a few weeks since, the pastor gave an historical discourse, from which I now give few facts that may be of gem eral interest a alh 4.zf as ha
 The church was bnilt in 1908, at cost of 5000. The stoyes were pEt in. in 1929. The same year it was voted that 10 dogs should be allowed inside the church, and fine of one dollar was imposed np- on persons who brought their dogs to church in violation of this vote. The old pews were taken out and slips put in, in 1867, and the posts removed The same shingles are upon the house that were placed there when it was built. The whole cost of the house up to the present time, has been about S14. 900.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28
COShen..NO lC6.


 The Sewall and Norton families had their annual meeting at Bniseye Hall, in E. St, Monday evening of this week. The large company consisted of the grand children and great -grandchildren of Eben- ezer and B,rdseye Norton. At the table set i'll the long, beautiful hall, Rev. John F. Norton, of Mass, gave this sentiment: ''The memory of Col. Ebenezer Norton, and his two sons, Ehenezer and Birdseye Norton.' The Col was born 158 years ago and was one of the first settlers of Goshen, married Elizabeth Baldwin, and built the house near where this Hall stands; here, among other children, were born our ancestors, Ebenezer and Birds eye, who, with another brother, went on horseback to the West, spent night in q house on the bank of the Genesee river, all took deadly fever, but reached home, and Birdseye was the only one who survived.
 Interesting responses were made by FIT. anu Mrs Henry '. SeWall, the pres ent owners of the mansion, and much joy was expressed that the property was again in the hands of the descendants of the builder. I can't give you an ac- count of the addresses, but Rev. Robert Norton, of Canada, remarked that much had been said of our grandfathers, and he spoke of our grand-mothers, they were indeed groRd-mothers Dr. Sewall, of N. Y., who is now with his family in Litchfeld, spoke of Mrs. Goddard and Mrs. Sewall. His wife said that she did not originally belong to either of these families, but she was glad she had entered the Sewall family. H. N.
 Aug. 18th.
 No 1O7
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28
Social Christianity.

A writer in the New York Observer in-
 velghs against the attempt in modern
 church edifces to furnish conveniences
 for social as well as religious meetings.
 He describes them as, Ca conglomerate of
 preaching rooms, and praying rooms, and
 cooking rooms, and school rooms, and packing rooms, and pantry, dumb waiter, refrigerators and wash house." The Springfield Republican criticises the critic in the following shrewd sentence:
 While it may be true that there is some danger of the devotional exercises of the sanctuary be- ing robbed of some of their former prominence by the attractions of the social festival and cul mary departments, it is no less true that the in troduction of these elements has proved most efficient in the building up and support of the churches
 The circumstances of the locality where the improved" church is built no doubt make difference. In a country town where few social distinctions exist and where no special contrivances are needed to bring church members into easy social relations, there may be no need of church cooking-rooms and church pantries; but in village every thing that tends to bring church members together will no doubt strengthen the church. In the viii lage, society becomes divided, often to a ridiculous extent, by lines running hori- So'atatly through the pyramid to which so- ciety is naturally ikened. ''Sets'' fpeo- pie of similar tastes, of similar modes of living, and of similar scales of expendi- ture, get together in classes. With wo- men especially, habits of association be- come very exclusive, limited to few per sons, and hedged about by jealous rival ries, almost irremediable because they are founded in habit and not ill reason. Village churches, which divide society pevpendicularly, taking in all classes, are apt to be grievously injured by the social bitternesses between these small but nu- merous ssets." Often the fervor of tine new convert is at once brought to the freezing point by the social temperature of the church she joins. She sees that the brotherhood of christianity IS sham that, whatever may be its religious eff easy, the church is a social failure. Now whatever introduces the different sets to each other; and brings them into contact and familiar social intercourse; not only tends to make the christian bond of fel- lowship reality instead of a pretence, but softens all the social bitternesses that are the curse of village society. How much the improved" church edifce fa- ciliates this sort of intercourse we have no means of knowing; but that it's tend ency is in the right direction seems obvi- ous.
 Of course some evils may attend the strengthening of the church socially: 1t may aggravate denominational differen- ces; it may tend to the cultivation of fel- lowship in place of religion; it may lead to the social persecution of outsiders. These evils will, however, be more than by the increased charity and appreciation of all social classes for each other that will inevitably grow out of increased intercourse, and by the great CT genuineness that intercourse will in- fuse into christian fellowship.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28

m running order. Their prospects seem to De fiattering, as orders for Heaters come 1n faster than they are able to fill them.
 MT. T. s. Gold returns, this week, rom hls trip of which the readers of the Enquirer know something.
 Miss Merwin is expected to return to take charge of the Cream Hill School.
 feed in the pastures is very low. and farmers are complaining of the consequent small milk receipts.
 Tobacco looks badly. Potatoes are likely to be fair crop. A.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28

The old Fort Smelling matter is coming uP in new shape. It appears that the purchaser of the tract about that fort in Secretary FloydiS time has managed to get SeS 5000 for a small part of what under the original fraad cost him but S3O,OOO, It Is q good thing for Congress to investi- eute next winter.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28
Marbledale.

On the 18th, the residence of Will l,am Lines was burned to the ground. The flames were discoved about eleven P. NJ. by Mir. Lines, but owing to Q scarcely of water no amount of exertion could extinguish them. Nearly all the furniture vas saved. We understand that Mir. Lines will immediately rebuild his residence. a Sr
 Our organist, Frank l.. Platt has. left us in the lurch, having agreed to play the new organ in the Episcopal church at Kent.
 In speaking of MT. Barton's residence your types made us say '.repainted" in-. stead of repaired" as it should have been; but we presume ''repainted" is one of the innovations next to be. We have received an invitation fsem a friend to come and help eat watermel sons. He writes:-tsAnd if you will come over next week we will cut long one and .eat it, and then we will eat one of those round ones, and then we will cut one that isn't so long and try that. and if that is not so good we will ty one 2 little longer,
 and if after several applications they prove not so good as the round ones, why
 we will go to cutting round ones again.
 We have read it over several times,
 dreamed all one night of Asiatic cholera and two horse power cramps, but have f. nally decided to go. .ea KEHAlA. -
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28

During that past month number of horses have been stolen iR New Britain, Wethersfeld, Berlin, and New Haven, by a gang of thieves who had their headquar- ters in New York. They were finally caged; two of them, William Connors, and Walter Beach, being caught in this State. They had hired stable in Harlem, to which they took their stolen property. Beach is said to be man who had hith- erto maintained good reputation in Burlington. osa aoI .s5sa
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28

A severe fight came of between Gus teris cavalry of the Yellowstone expedi- ton and about S00 Indians under Sitting Bull. on the 9th. The Indians were we'll armed and were finally driven off by ar tiIlcry. The loss of the troops was one killed and % wounded; that of the In- dinns considerably larger.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28

The HOosae Tunnel is being driven forward very rapidly; only about 1000 fit. remains to be bored, distance that will be easily accomplished by the 1st of Dec. Considerable moro work, however, will be necessary to fit the tunnel for travel, for which it will not be ready before the middle of 1872.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28
STATE ITEMS.

New Haven's population is not far from 6O,0OO.
 An OK was fatally bitten by a snake in Hamburg, recently.
 A forger was caught in New Haven, last week.
 A grocery was burnt in Birmingham, Sunday.
 Two valuable horses were stolen fpOm the pasture in Hartford, Saturday.
 The Willimantic camp mee tug opened with an attendance of 800 on Sunday.
 A Guilford store was broken into, Fri day night; but little property taken. One of Groton's summer boarders gained 63 pounds in six weeks. A religious revival is in progress at the New London Second Baptist church.
 Governor Ingersoll and Major Osborne of the New Haven Register, are at Sara toga.
 A branch of the order of United Amer l ican Mechanics is soon to be organized ill Bridgeport. A Danbury firm is manufacturing hat which is called the "Danbury News Mans Hat.''
 There are seven copies of the celebrated and very valuable "EIiot" Bible owned in Hartford.
 A Bridgeport minister uses postal cards to invite delinquent church members to prayer meeting.
 There were to be Indian canoe races at West Haven Tuesday. for prizes of $3OOj S200, and $150.
 The story that Yung Wing, the Chinese commissioner, has been recalled, IS un- true.
 The Plainv1lle camp meeting has had an attendance of from 1000 to 1500 in good weather, and breaks up on the 27th.
 An Irishman was killed on the railroad track at Long Wharf, New Haven, last week.
 The Ninth, Twelfth and Thirteenth Regiments had Q pleasant reunion at Bridgeport, on Thursday.
 A boy was accidentally shot with pis- GOl DY 0 4COmpaU1OU, HI N0W I1bf0H, 1HuTB- day. He is not expected to survive.
 Prof. Marsh has secured a remarkable pterodactyl, or fossil winged lizard, from Bavaria.
 A branch of St. James Episcopal church of Derby is to be established in West Birmingham.
 A musical convention of the old veter- ans of martial music, in Holland county, will meet in Somers, September 2d.
 The Davenport house in Stamford was entered by burglars one night, last week, who secured some silver plate.
 The Bridgeport postofice has been made German money order office, to take effect on and after the 1st of Septem- Der.
 The Hitchcock family held Q regniGp st Southington Wednesday, at which bes tween 200 and 300 members were present. ~IThe females who were murdered by In- dians near Camp Brown, Wyoming, some weeks ago, were formerly residents of Middletown.
 There are only seven married men in Bu0 NSW 11AfcA OLAyHS AIlu bIiC ShIue might also be said of the chatfeld Guards, Waterbury.
 The wants of Moodus, as recounted by the local paper, are railway communica- tion, new hotel, reading room, and respectable hearse.
 Burglars successfully went through some half a dozen stores at New London, Wednesday evening, carrying of among other things 400 cigars.
 A young burglar recently caught in New Der of young rogues in Cheshire, South; ington and elsewhere.
 The First Presbyterian society of New Haven, owing to pecuniary embarress- ments, have offered their church proper to the Roman Catholics for school.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28
EnoulRER CLUBBING RATES.

Our LiscAfeld County subscribers may not off, ten be able to take advantage of the low rates offered large clubs by most magazines and peri odieais- For their convenience and as an extra in3zcsneat to new county subscribers we will se1a the following periodicals to county subscrib CTS. in connection with the ENQUIRER at the pgsces naRed:
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28
Mashington.

The stone work at the hemlocks op the new road connecting the tEo. stations is nearly completed. It is pretty expen- sive piece of building and blasting and will be dangerous crossing at best. When we see first selectman holding auger himself we know it means business.
 -Signor Blitz had fair houses consid- ering the awful weather; receipts, s7O.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28

The anti-sufrage papers kaye been de- lighted of late with the report that the women of Wyoming have offered their votes to either party that would give them a representative in the territorial legisla- ture, and that the virtuous politicians of both parties declined any such ''entang- ling alliance. The Courant of Saturday correct this little story. The fact was that the politicians refused to admit wo men to their nominating caucuses; whereat they held caucus of their own, and nom- mated a ticket selected in part from the nominations already made, adding the names of two ladies.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28
With Fnouirer.

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 SzhscEshsrs whO are in zrTOa-s must make up zrre4rgS@ hesare taking advantage of the fOrego- TzS FEupossEIoass and subscribers who are in a1vaz-& G4y aSaGes the amount their subscrip t11zs are E a3v1ace-
 N1z&y sAs1A be sent by pOst-Ofice order, cASsS CT registered letter, if possible. If remit tHzssz arS z13e hy@11 we cannot be responsible ssE ts@s sssoEs the letter reaches us, but will take all ESsks es resA1ttance to the clubbing peri Skz41 Eacszpk wn bs returned in the next Fzp<-.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28
LlTcHFIELD.

There seems to be a commendable de- sire on the part of onr Congregational friends to continue their contributions to- wards making everything complete about their new church. Mir. J. Deming Per kins has put up handsome iron tree-boxes around the trees in front of the church; and we understand a lady has ordered chairs for minister and deacons, to cores pond with theose on the pulpit platform. The ladies took in forty dollars on Saturday, at the sale of articles in the chapel, and they will attend again, Thursday and Sat- urday, of this week, for the same purpose and to receive orders.
 <. A root which is quite curiosity was found at the Shepaug depot, last Satur- day, as, on taking off the bark from and placing 1t in the dark, it gives a green light like that of phosphorous. We have seen but one person who knew what it was-a young lady, who evidently had studied botany, said it was a petrifed l naasltrooDs. The Adgermack North St.) B. B. c. played the rest of the village, on Monday, with the following result ~. ... s.l Innings 1 2 34 5678 9
 Adgermack, 0 900 251O 1-9 Town, 0O2 o 22 2 L12
 Mir. Charles Deming stands at the head of the fishing iist On Saturday he caught Q turtle that. weighed twenty pounds, and bass that weighed four :; and, on Monday, trout that weighed two pounds and four ounces.
 As l., J. Blake, Esq, was returning home from the trial of case, one even ing last week, he was run into on bridge just west of the village, by Patrick Lyon, and had one wheel of his buggy smashed. F Ralph Bissell and wife, of Callao Mo, have sold tract of land containing about twenty-four acres in Bantam, to Charles Bissen of that place, for $1, $50.
 -Wm. l.. Hopkins has conveyed the William Hopkins homested, in Northfeld, and another tract containing about fifty eight acres with buildings thereon, to Homer H. Hopkins.
 The firm of Braman & Deminc hay- ing dissolved, as will be seen by notice in another column. Mr. ". H. Braman will renew the stock of goods, and con- tinue the business at the old place.
 MT. F. R. Starr will conduct the ser vices in the Methodist church on Sunday next, at the request of the Rev. MT. Fay Tor who is to be absent. ...t--..
 The shower of Saturday was attended by narrow belt of hail that was very se- were at the South Bridge, running g piece oftobacco for MT. Biglow. - . The car house on the depot grounds which was wrecked by gale sometime since. was sold to MT. Leonard Stone, last week, for $15O. ... -..-... ........ ...
 The Blitz entertainment on .Wednes- day last, was well attended, especially in the evening. The gross receipts amount ed, we hear, to &16G. -
 -~The devisees of the late Cyrus Catlin have conveyed forty acre tract, with buildings thereon, on East Chestnut Hill, to Truman Catlin.
 Thomas K. Pierson has sold place in Northfeld. to Wm. L. Bostwick, for S7OO.
 The East Park is being repainted- greatly needed improvement. The trees are to be trimmed, also. 7. s ,s. .
 Judge Seymour has had his house re- painted. .
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28
of Reunion of the
 Second Conn. Heavy Artillery.

The Reunion of the Second Conn. Heavy Artillery, Originally the Nine teenth Conn. Infantry Vols. ) which was to have been held Sept. II, IS POSTPONED ONE WEEK, and will be held at Cornwall Bridge, on Thursday, Sept. IS. Comrades will please circulate this announcement as widely and soon as possible.
 H. P. MILFORD,
 R E. s s; rG5NR' EGTn Committee.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28

BzSzness oa the Conn. Western is so large thzt they are about adding new trvixks engine to their rolling stock.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28

GoAlSnith Maid won the grand race at SpCIng6e1l. MOaday. Time 919: the best this season.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28

The scsezklsts as Portland have been hzvlRg sharp discussion over the theo- " of evolution
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28

The Register urges the thorough en- forcement of our license law, as the less CT of two evils. s'The choice is not be- tween license and no license" it says, 'but between license and prohibition and O state constabulary.' The chief opposi- tion, it remarks very truly, comes from the opposite extremes-from the disrepu- table dealers who can get no license, and from the rabid prohibitionists who want a restoration of the old statute.
 If the present law is to be enforced, it must be enforced by the true friends of temperance in both parties, The men who lead temperate lives should see to it that the law is enforced. hey can do much. In few weeks, the licenses which were granted last fall will expire. We hope that the authorities will see to it that they are renewed or that the business is discontinued. The combination between liquor dealers and temperance fanatics is so strong that 1t will re- quire the whole influence of that portion of the community which believes in the law to give it q fair trial.
 As has been proved by repeated trials here, the present law is one that can be enforced. All that is needed is prose cution of unlicensed offenders under the reputation clause of the statute. This grows more easy of enforcement by lapse of time, for the defence set up in every case is that the reputation attached to the ac- cused parties before the passage of the license law. The time when such de- fence will be tenable will soon have been gone by; and prosecuting authorities have now no excuse for not stopping the unlicensed selling of spirituous liquor.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-28

A very interesting political issue com es up in California, at their election next week. There is to be a legislature cho- sen which will elect a successor to Sena- tor Casserly. The fight is really between Gov. Booth and the citizens party, and the Central Pacific, who want to send MT. Geo. c. Gorham, Republican lobbyist, to reinforce their friends in the U. s. Sen-