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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-07-09

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Brentsville, June 8, 1871.
To the plaintiffs and defendants in the sbovesu
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DAY, the 18th day of July, 1874, at my eiilc",
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CANADA OAT MEAL in bulk; also Scotch
u do in packages, and Canton Preserved
Ginger-a fresh supply in store at reduced rates
GEO. McBURNE1 u SON,
9c 166 and ITO King street.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04
NCRESSl0NAL.

Senote.-On Tuesday, of last week, the Deficiency Appropriation bill, after being amended, was passed.-The Centennial bill was then taken up, and long debate ensued; the bill was finally passed, 25 to 17.-The bill to revise the statutes was then taken up.
 On Wednesday the Alabama contested election case of Sykes against Spencer was taken up and discussed.
 On Thursday the Alabama contested election case was decided in favor of MT. Spencer, the present incumbent. .-4he bill to establish the Territory of Pembina was taken up, and an amendment provi6 -tazxz---sov% tea5Sf- tory gave rise to long debate, and 'wds finally rejected, the bill was then rejected, 19 to 29.-Mr. Morton made report pre- posing changes in the mode of electi1g: President and Viee-President. &'
 On Friday the Army Reduction bill was passed.-The Senate amendments to the Legislative Appropriation bill were then taken taken up and discussed, and con- ference Committee was ordered on the disagreeing votes.-Adiourned till Mon day.
 On Monday the Military Academy Ap- propriation bill was passed.-The Indian Appropriation bill was then taken up and considered, and number of amendments reported by the Committee were agreed to.
 House.-On Tuesday the Sanborn con- trcts were discussed.-A bill to amend the customs and internal revenue laws was debated.
 On Wednesday the debate on the San- born contracts was resumed, and the bill repeating the law under which they were made was passed.-The consideration of business from the Judiciary Committee was then proceeded with, and large number of bills were passed.-A resolu- tion for congressional investigation into the state of affairs in Arkansas was adopt ed.--Mr. Tremain spoke on the Bankrupt law.-At an evening session the Tariff bill was considered in committee of the whole
 On Thursday MT. Maynard reported 6 substitute for the Senate amendments to the Currency bill, and it was rejected, the Senate substitute was then rejected, and the whole subject referred to Conference committee.-The bill for the reduction of the army was then taken up and discuss ed.-An evening session was held for the consideration of the Tariff bill.
 On Friday the amendments to the Fin ance bill were insisted upon, and com mittee of Conference appointed. Pension bills were then considered and large number passed.-Adjourned till Monday.
 On Monday several bills were introduc- ed and referred.-A Conference Commits tee was ordered on the Bankrupt bill.- The Senate amendment to the Centennial bill providing that there should be no ap- propriation was concurred in.--The Tar. if bill passed with some amendments. Reports of the Judiciary Committee were received at an evening session.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04
A Queer Scheme.

We are in receipt of a copy of the Leav- enworth (Kansas) Daily Commercial de- voted mainly to the glorifcation of Simon Abeles of that place who has been getting up grand lottery to raise funds for the building of Juvenile Reform School. About $450, 900 in cash and other prizes are to be distributed among the ticket holders, the chief attraction being the ''su purb palatial residence of Simon Abeles, Esq, unsurpassed as a private dwelling in the United States" For the privilege of dividing up these prizes,a large part of which are real estate in Leavenworth, es- timated at fancy prices we judge, the con- fiding public are to pay between $500, ,OOO and million dollars. We have looked over the paper with some care to sec whether Mir. Abeles giues the property he puts into the enterprise, or whether he sells it at the price put on it to the ticket holders. If the latter he will probably be we'll paid for his trouble.
 But the queerest part of the transaction is to be found in some resolutions passed by meeting of the citizens of Leaven- worth commenting MT. Abeles and his project. They pass three resolutions preceded by string of six whereases, proposing postponement of the drawing: MT. r.Abeles showed what kind of people his swindle was yictimizing by remarking that owing to the panic 'just the class of men who buy tickets are nov out of en- ployment." He has testimonials also from the city council to his integrity and also to ''the great need of such an institution in our midst, in consequence of the num- Der of depraved youths brought before our police courts" Among other eadors- CTS MT. Abeles has, the Davenport Demo crat, which touches on the morality of the lottery business in the following gingerly manner:
 The love of chance, the innate desire to try the fortune of turn, seems innate in mankind. From the earliest ages, the distribution of wealth by lot has been practiced. and we find that lotteries of some klnd or other characterize the re- motest periods of which we have records.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04
LEGISLATIVE.

The reports of the capitol committee the show that about $85O, 1000 more than has been appropriated will be needed to finish the new capitol, render it fire-proof. and make it a satisfactory structure.
 There have been but 121 petitions pre- sented to the legislature this year as against 156, last year.
 The oldest member of the legislature from Litchfield county is Dr. Taylor, aged Il; the youngest, M. B. Richardson, aged 25.
 Senate.-On Tuesday of last week there was reference of bills &c., among others bills to prohibit the taking of fish in Dog and Tyler ponds in Goshen in the months of March, April or May, author lzlng the Board of Education to prescribe a uniform series of text books to be used Tn the common schools of the state, au- thorlzing towns and cities to make appro- priations for musical purposes, Resolu- tlons passed appointing J. H. Beach judge of the New Britain court; indefinitely postponing a resolution regarding the printing of the report of railroad commis- sloners; appointing James r. Babcock judge of the New Haven city court; ex- tending time for entering petitions till AA"y 60elA, anu qpRoA4GuS 0aVIu J. TecK associate judge of the New Haven city court.-Mr. Carter was appointed on the woman suffrage committee.
 On Wednesday bills &c were referred: among others bills extending time for New York & Ridgeield railroad to pro- cure right of way; increasing number of superior court judges to eight, exclusive of supreme court judges.-A resolution raising joint special committee to exam inc into pauper laws and report improve ments was passed
 On Thursday bills Sc. were referred. among others, bills validating doings of Barkhamsted School District No. g; pro- viding for minority representation on boards of dirsctors of corporations: re- lating to elections in Eey Haven; author izing the Governor to contract with the Whipple Home School for the instruc- hon of deaf mutes; giving messengers and door keepers $300. Resolutions pass ed appointing Henry I. Boughton judge of the Waterbury city court, and G. W. Smith judge of Meriden city couYs. 1 resolu- tion passed providing that when bills are reported from committees they shall be laid upep the table before the third reading and 300 copies printed for the information of the general assembly. and that no bill shall be read third time and put upon its passage until the second day after printing.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

 Great Britain.-Queen Vicroria's birth day was celebrated in England on Satur- day.
 The ship British Admiral was lost in the South Pacific; 73 lives were lost. France.-The Left are pressing for a dissolution of the Assembly. The Left Centre, however, are proposing coali- tion to the Right Centre against the Bo- napartists who are very active and will con- test future elections with some of their most prominent partisans.
 The Franco-American Postal Conven- tion is approved by Committee of the Assembly.
 The Catholic pilgrims from the United States, have arrived at Paris
 Spdip.-Ghere are rumors of proposing to another Prussian prince to become King of Spain. Don Carlos has sent Gen. Elio to inform the French Government of the movement.
 Gen. Loma has assumed command of the First Corps of the Republican army in the north of Spain.
 Hernani, in Spain, is completely invest ed by the Carlists.
 Diplomatic relations between Spain and Mexico have been resumed. Italy. The Pariiament will probably be dissolved in August es's's'.- Russia.-The Grand Duke Nicholas. recently arrested for theft, is thought to be insane.
 Igdic.-The famine is increasing. PdrGguGy.-A fresh rebellion broke ont. but the insurgents fled on the ap- proach of Brazilian troops. Cdnada.-The Parliament has been ,,re. rogued. A schooner was run down near St. Cath arines, by . United States cutter. A steamer was burned to the water,s edge near Pembroke, Ont.
 DOMESTIC. 4
 A large amount of evidence has been taken in the case of the Mill River disas-
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04
waShin& &ton.

The new arrangement of trains on the Shepaug went into effect on Monday. The two down passenger trains leave this sta tion at 8:37 a. ID. and 3:17 p. m. the down freight at 4:36 p. m. The up passenger trains arrive at 12:33 and 7:2s p. m.; the up freight at 9.54 p. m. The Sunday milk train arrives at 5:25 p. m. and returns at S.22
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

ter. On Saturday the contractor admit ted the truth of the charges relative to the sloveniy manner in which the dam was constructed.
 Mrs Brinckley won her divorce suit, a verdict being rendered in her favor on all the issues. ] The Rhode Island Legislature has pas sei Prohibitory law.
 A meeting of iron-masters was held III Philadelphia, last week, and measures de- signed to remedy the depressed state of the trade were recommended.
 The Episcopal Convention of New Jer- sey have decided to divide the Diocese.
 Henri Rochfort has arrived at New York.
 The steamer Lady of the Lake was run down on the Potomac River, Saturday, by the D. s. s. Gettysburg: no one was in- jured.
 The Hon. Thomas E. Steward has been appointed Park Commissioner of New York.
 Ninety thousand dollars have been sub- scribed, thus far, for the Mill River suf- ferers; the list of needy persons is decreas- ing.
 :, Decoration Day was generally observed throughout the country.
 A fire ID Chicago destroyed property to the amount of $39O,OGO
 Slxty-five candidates passed the exami- nation at West Point.
 The temperance movement has broken out with renewed vigor at Wilkesbarre, Penn.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

A Canaan correspondent of the Salis- bury News gives the following fact for the benefit of those who indulge in the use of intoxicat ing liquors:
 We had good illustration the other day, in our village, of the evil of intem- perance. A man who a few years since moved in good society-a lawyer of some note in New York city-now in scanty clothing, associating with drunken ne groes, and passing from one place to an- other begging for rum. And yet in the light of such sad scenes, not few of the young in our midst are found daily at some places here taking their beer, and often found quite the worse for liquor; and no one is interested enough to in- quire where such minors obtain liquor in violation of our license law.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

Mir Goodwin. of East Hartford, is as 6@zy ss ever looking after the interests of tAs Pzhlse in the matter of nasty legisla- t1aa and railroads. Last week he intro 3@re1 what seems to us an excellent bill peoAShSking railroads from watering stocks. and saso giving stockholders better op- Puxtmnity thzn they now have for over- tAzwwing directors rings. This bill pro- vS1aa th.& every corporation shall keep a Ezk af its stockholders with their post-of- Zee a1aresz. to be open to inspection of ssnekkoa3eEss that stockholders may call aannal mneAings and appoint their own pssasaing oGsoer. The bill is q copy of sAe Ma.aaehasstts law and is evidently a good @aasare. Now, stockholders some n@as ana it impossible to combine aea;nst a eaaEd Cf rascally officers because thev knsw Rnahing of each other and have no wpy of knding out who their co-stockhola -eEs are. or where they live.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

The Lee & New Haven railroad grant has passed the Massachusetts house and will probably go through the Senate. As Gov. Washburn is no longer in it's way the measure seems likely to be successful at last.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

A Middletown N. Y.) board of trustees was recently visited while acting on liquor licenses by a company of seventeen ladies who presented an anti-license petition.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

Town taxation to build railroads has been decided in the U. s. Supreme court 60 the constitutional. We do not take quite the interest in that question we did a few years since.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

There will be held at Watertown, on Wednesday, June 10th. at 10 A. M., Un- ion Sunday School Convention. All Pas tors, Superintendents and Teachers are invited,
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04
STATE ITEMS.

The Waterbury Daily American is eight years old.
 It is decided to unveil the stature of General Putnam at Hartford, June IT.
 A man had his pocket picked at the New Haven station, last week. Mir. John R. Hamilton. q well-known farmer of Salem, cut his throat last week with razor.
 The barn and carriage house of R, B. Wheaton in Middlebury was burned the other night
 There are about 400 men employed by the Howe sewing machine company at Bridgeport.
 Three girls escaped from the Industrial school at Middletown, Sunday night at midnight; two have been recaptured
 Professor Mark Bailey has begun a se- ries of lectures to the Yale law students on Forensic Eloguence"
 David N. Biddins of Bridgeport, has disappeared after passing forged cheeks to the amount of 8 1000.
 Including the city appropriation of $1 900, New Haven has raised nearly $l,- 900 for the Mill River disaster.
 The dwelling house of John B. Nichols ill Nichols Farms, near Bridgeport, was struck by lightning, last week.
 The dead body of Lucius H. Fisk. 60 years old, of Hartford, has been found Ill the woods in Newington mountain. Miss Jennie Larned, sophomore, will contest at the prize declamat1ons at Wesleyan University.
 The Rev. Dr. Bacon began a course of lectures last week on s'Eccleslastical Law before the Yale theological students. Wm. Spillman has been bound over in $500 bonds for trial on charge of abstract ing latters from box in New Haven.
 The summer tourists have already begun to look up their boarding places in the Housatonic valley during the heat ed term.
 Messrs. Short & Co.,, of New London, are fitting up whaling expedition for Cumberland Inlet, Captain P. Williams in command.
 A Mrs. Gildea of New Haven who shot her husband lately, as she claimed in self defence, has been discharged.
 The New Haven Board Of Education are investigating into the management t 4ha Hieil' snhnnl in that fialacn- Professors Dana and Brush haya ex. amined the East Canaan marble used in the construction of the capitol and decl,.re it admirably fitted for the work.
 Few People unacquainted with physio- logical chemistry are aware of the quantity of iron in the blood. but all should know
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

Tuesuays Uourant says the judic1ary committee will report unanimously against an increase of the judiciary, and that D. W. Seymour of this place, and s. B. Beardsley of Bridgeport, are probable nominees.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04
Nofice-

THE friends of T. H. Richards propose to give
 days work on Friday, June 5th, to grade the highway in front of the New Hotel. All in favor of public improvement are invited to come with their teams, blows, scrapers, &c. Those without tesms please come with hoes or shoyels. Refreshments will be provided.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04
A Card.

Mrs. William Norton hereby tenders her thanks to the friends who recently presented her with an elegant set of parlor furniture in kind remembrance of her thirty years service in the Congregational choir; and she sncea ely hopes many successors will be found more competent and just as willing to maintain so long and so pleasant connection with that branch of the services of the church.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

Most of the Michigan papers are in fa- vor of the proposed woman suffrage amendment of their constitution.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04
costIveness is aggravated b,

Costiveness is aggravated by
 The use of strong purgatives. The only rational treatment is some gentle laxative and tonic like Dr. Harrison's Peristaltic Lozenges. These never weaken, but gradually restore nature. They remove Oppression, Dizziness, Headache, and every form of Indigestion; also, the only proper remedy for Piles either bleeding or otherwise. Trial box, 30 cts. Large box, 60 cts., mailed free for this last price.
 DR. HARRIsoN's ICELAND BALsAM. a splendid cure for coughs, hoarseness. and all throat and lung complaints. For sale by E. s. Harrison < Co.,. Proprietors, No. l Fremont Temple, Boston, and all Druggists. 6:4w
 WINE OF THE WooDs invigorates the Liver 441v
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

We have not seen the bill presented in the legislature last week authorizing towns and cities to make appropriations for musical purposes; but "Remember the Poor Fiddler" is an appeal Liberal leg islature can hardly withstand.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

Mr.Alfred Birch, of Woodbury, has been chosen county commissions in place of MT. R. E. Garfield, of New Milford, whose terp expires on the 4th of July. The county loses an efficient commissioner in Mr. Garfield, whose retirement results as @ matter of course from the political upset of last spring.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

Saturate Piece of Bread or Meat with gastric juice, and it will dissolve. This is digestion. Add to such mixture little alcohol, and it will not dissolve. This is indigestion. Beware, then, of tinctures, or tonics, or decoctions containing spir- ituous liquors. Shun all rum ''tonics," and rely solely on Dr. Walkers Vinegar Bitters, the finest digestive invigorant known, and free from the fiery curse of Alcohol. S4w
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

NIT. Dawes thinks that the income of the government will be large enough to meet it's expenses. A marked revival of business within few months is indicated by an increase of receipts from customs.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

The Courant correspondent at New Haven ayers that there will be some re- markable facts disclosed about savings banks before this legislature, showing among other things that bank officers have taken special commissions on loans. In one instance treasurer took as high as g, 100 on S12O, ,OOO loan.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

BUcHAN's CARBoL1c 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. 13ly.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

Many of the recent emigrants from Ita- ly arc working at a considerably lower price than is demanded by Irish laborers. Hence the latter insult and abuse them on every opportunity, and murder was one of the recent results of this persecution. So it isn't the ''heathen" peculiarity that is objectionable in the Chinee but his ''cheap labor !"
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-04

The risking of of small and insignificant
 sum, which If lost, causes no distress, with the. chances of realizing a splendid
 return, is not to De despised.
 We cannot conceive any more disgust.
 ing style of hypocrisy than this of promot-
 ing ''good" objects by fostering one of
 the worst vices to which human ", akness
 IS prone. As NIT. Abeles states, the peo-
 pie who buy lottery tickets are not the
 wealthy and the charitable who are able
 to contribute money to such enterprises,
 but the poor who are thrown out of em.
 ployment by panics, and who are doing just as wicked thing in buying lottery
 tickets with their hard earnings as they would do in buying rum. Indeed the taste for this sort of gambling becomes much such a mania, if indulged, as the love of drink; and if MT. Abeles were to open huu- dred saloons throughout Kansas, and de- vote their profits to the building of Re- form School, it would be just as mora, and no doubt just as successful, an enter prise as the one he is now engaged in. And yet this philanthropist, ''one of the richest men in Kansas, seems to imagine he is doing good work and founding an institution that will carry his name down honorably to posterity! Doing evil that good may come, is fallacy that appears under many guises, and it is not a hun ab hyr11 lottery in New England. An undisguised swindle like the sale of the Wooster House, at Danbury, is by no means as of fensive as the combination of charity and villainy in one abominable dose, and what Leavenworth seems to need more than reform school for it's juveniles is an institution for the reform of it's adults, its common council, its principal cit izens, and it's model philanthropist.
 The reports of the county commissioners show decrease in the licenses granted, from 1794, in 1873, to 1887 in 1874 Hart ford and New Haven counties issue nearly the same number as last year; New Lond- on and Holland increase their number considerably; Fairfield shows decrease from 345 to 21O; while Litchfield falls off more than two thirds, from 6S to 20. A little of this decrease is doubtless owing to the fact that more towns have voted ''No License" this year than last. Still the great occasion, in this county, is the non-enforcement of the law. It is worthy of note that in the Fourth congressional District, the stronghold of Democracy in the state, occurs the principal falling off; and we attribute the fact to the non-per- formance by officials of their duty in towns where liquor is freely sold. Not grand juror. or selectman, seems to imagine he has any duty to perform in the premises. Temperance people do not care to incur odium and make extraordinary effort merely to make few liquor sellers pay $1OO, each, into the town treasuries. Now while it may be true that special effort and organization may be necessary to en- force prohibition, there ought not to be any hesitation on the part of town author ities in enforcing payment of licenses from those who are now openly selling without license.