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Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05
Morris.

On Friday evening, last not less than an hundred and fifty friends of Mir. and Mrs. David Huntington assembled at their re- sidence in East Morris to celebrate the silver wedding of that hospitable pair. Waterbury, Danbury, Bethel, Litchfeld, Bethlehem and other towns were repre- sented and large number of gifts of every variety of silver ware adorned one of the tables. Others were loaded with a most bountiful provision of eatables pre- pared and arranged with all the skill and taste for which the ladies of Morris are so celebrated. The most remarkable feature of this branch of the entertainment was an enormous brides loaf, ,frostedand trim med with evergreens and surmounted with an appropriate figure, probably that of a Turk. Addresses were made by Horatio Benton Esq, Rev. MT. Gidman and Hon. Robert Pierpont. The minister went back on Paul in the matter of cehbacy and strongly recommended the state of double blessedness. He was fortunate in having two very recent converts to his favorite doctrine; and certainly no one who saw their brides felt like eensuring their weak ness-if weakness it is.
 A. RACHELoR.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05
With Enquirer.

Subscribers who are in arrears must make up arrearges before taking advantage of the forego- ing propositions; and subscribers who are in advance may deduct tine amount their subscrp- tions are in advance.
 Money should be sent by post-office order, check or registered letter, if possible. If remit tances are made by mail we cannot be responsible for loss before the letter reaches us, but will take all risks of remittance to the clubbing peri odical. Receipt will be returned in the next paper.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05

another Bourbon Claimant" has been olsposed of. One Naundorff who claimed 10 De the son of Louis XVI, who was im- prlsoned in the Temple, has been decided to De an lmposter. The only Claimant" that has any luck is just now busy in Con- gress.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05

An lrlshman was badly hurt, on We'd nesday of last week, on the Housatonic ralirood in Canaan by being thrown from a nand car. He was turning the crank when it caught in his clothing. threw him over Tn front of the car, which afterwards ran over him. He had a leg broken and It IS feared that he has suffered internal injury.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05

We regret to hear thatDr. SIT. salis- oury' an old and an able physician anu !, an esteemed citizen of Plymouth, uiea at that place of paralysis, on, Sunday last. :.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05
EnQUIRRR CLUBBING RATES.

Our L1tehAeld County subscribers may not off, sn bs able to take advantage of the low rates offered large clubs by most magazines and peri odieals. For their convenience and as an extra ndaeement to neE county subscribers we will
 end the following periodicals to county subscrib- rs. in connection with tho ENQUIRER at the
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05

The NEW MILFORD correspondent of the News says: ''We long for few Ohio wo- men of the praying order to take our billiard saloons. hotels and grog shops in hand. Our men have not even the cour- age to demand that licenses be taken out. :.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05

Ane IIcbborne f'Claimant'' is at last oisposed of after D trial that consumed more than six months.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05
March 2d, 1874.
woodburV.
PLYMOUTHEAN.

Mr. Wm. L. Woodruff, g former resi-
 dent of this town, who has spent several years on the frontier gave us a lecture upon Indian affairs on the B ult. He spoke of the wild tribes, so called, giving an account of what had transpired during his sojourn ill and over their country, which went to show that white men prac- tice upon the Indians no. only the great est deception and fraud, but cruelty even; and, considering their uncivilized condi- tion, we are not surprised at their ire quent attempts to revenge
 In your issue of February 23, is a quotation from the Valley Sentinel pur- porting to be recent news, viz: that horse i'll Hotchkissville pulled and broke his | neck when the steam whistle blew. Ac- cording to our recollection the Sentinel is rather behind hand as that affair took place Ill December 1871. ENo
 MR. EDIroR:-Dear Sir: Please be kind enough to let the numerous friends. of the Rev. Father Herr know, through the medium of your widely circulated paper, that deep and sincere regret is felt by the Catholics of New Milford, and the
 neighboring missions of Kent, Roxbury. Woodbury, Warren and Washington, at his withdrawal from their midst.
 Father Herr was sincere and humble
 gentleman and an eloquent preacher, and
 was highly esteemed by his Parishoners.
 He attended the several distant missions ! without relaxation at all times, and in all kinds of weather; and for the short time
 he was in New Milford, he made several Improvements on the Church property, at very little cost, and which will remain as monuments to his zeal and energy I remain dear sir,
 Yours most respectfully, T. J. MULcAHY. Was hington, Feb. 24th. 1874
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05

Mir. Francis H. Smith, one of the off ciai stsnographers of the House. and Q native of Washington in this State, has been appointed a special Indian Commis- sioner. and will accompany Bishop Hare and Mr. Hinman in an extended Western tour to investigate the condition of the Sioux agencies He hopes to recov- CT his health, which has suffered from con. finement to his duties at Washington.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05

At HARwINToN MT. E. Preston has ex- changed his farm for property in Winsted. There was Q surprise party of 15O peo- pie at Judge Catlin's recently and very enjoyable affair. a. mi sn.ls nasa
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05

BARKHAMsTRD shows grand list of $4S2, ,225.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05

We base our allowance from the town, not on our contribution to the town trea- sr1ry by way of tax, which would amount to S1, 1,5OO instead of S1,OO0, but on our proportion of enumerated scholars which amounts to just two-sevenths of the whole number enumerated in the town. The estimate Of receipts from outside scholars IS based on the experience of the Wolcott- vile graded school when it was run by the district.
 The expenses and receipts of larger consolidated district comprising the pre- sent Center, North, Chestnut Hill, South Plain and Harris Plain districts we should estimate as fOlIoMs:
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05

The undersigned, majority of a com mittee appointed by the First School Dis trlct of the Town of Litchfeld to report upon the establishment of a graded school Tn this village and upon the probable expense of providing a suitable school building and maintaining suitable schools therein, would respectfully report
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05
LlTCHFIELD.

On Friday evening last, the school dis trlct meeting met pursuant to call Dr. Deming was chosen chairman and the committee appointed at the last meeting reported as follows
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05

simmons was finally confirmed by the Senate. The first vote was adverse but, showing no quorum, the matter went over till the next day. In the meantime But Ter was bdsy the Democratic Senators concluded to vote for Simmons in order to make Republicans trouble; and he was confirmed. Boutwell, voted against him, bnt his vacilIating course gave his views no weight with any one else.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05

older scholars of which would attend the High School, and the younger would bs taught in their present school-houses, maintained as primaries, except of course in the center district As far as the cost of maintenance IS concerned, however, we do not believe that the size of the distriei would materially affect the district tax required tor it's support With the smaller boundaries, scholars from adjoining dis tricts attending our High School would have to pay tuition amounting practically to about what they would contribute by way of tax if they were consolidated with the center district. T
 Our estimate of the expenses and re. ceipts necessary for the maintenance of public schools of three grades in district comprising the borough and the present north district is as follows:
 EXPENSES.
 intermediates teacher. 'SO0 SO0
 prIndfys SUO $ North street, 's 200 2 Fuel and other expenses, 400
 s2.7OO
 RECEIPTS,
 From town. sI,O00 State on 200 enumerated
 scholars, 5OO $ % outside scholars at S1O
 per term, 400 ' 1 mill district tax, 800
 S2,7OO We base our allowance from the town. net on our contribution to the town trea- sury by way of tax, which would amount to S1, ,500 instead of 1000, but on our
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05
st Canaan.

Was hington, Feb. 24th, 1874.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-05

There has been much comment in the papers regarding the case of Mrs. Scott confined as insane in the Middletown asy- lum by her husband. The Rev. Mir. Nor gan, former pastor of hers declares that she is sane and that she has been robbed of her property and fiendishly persecuted by her husband. Mir. Scott is out in a letter denying Mr. Morgan's statements.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-12

willing to take Il stand, and to take ii
now, against that tide of political cor
ruption which is sweeping over ouI
State, Louisiana will soon be hopeless
~ ruined because | believe | can do
something for her relief, and because ]
feel it my imperative duty to try to dc
something for a State which has done
everything for me.
So far from seeking political endorse
menU in advance Of my candidature,
/ can prove it was offered to me, and
that | declined it. | have yet to fee
the need of endorsement to induce me-
to do my duty. | had. rather be en-,
dorsed by my own conscience than by
the signatures of all the voters of my
district. If a majority of you approve
of me, and of my political views, you
will endorse me at the ballot box.
Voters of the Tenth Senatorial Dis,
trict, / have put myself on the record.
Very respectfully yours,
GEO. H. WELLS.
Lake Charles, La, May 30, IA.
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States troops. At that place I saw more
drunken men than | ever saw at one
time before. Every man | saw vas
drunk except the b~ar-tenders, and they
were hardly sober enough to wait on the
rest. / tarried just two hours and a
half, when | turned to retrace my steps
to this city, thoroughly disglsted with
Texas.west of it. I was satisfied that
Western Texas vas NJ place for q nan
hunting employment without capital.
If you have capital you can buy a few
head of stock, and by making up your
mind to be dishonest and increase your
stock by appropriatiOn, You can in the
course of time accumulate III independ-
ence, otherwise, according to the state
ments of the people themselves, you
will be Il ruined a The lame stock
man and cow boy is but 4 Western term
s~ignifying thief, according to their own
version. Another thing | noticed, is
that these Western men, to Il man, are
opposed to railroads.
| suppose they are afraid of being en-
crOached upon by new corners, or OF
having their stock ranges narrowed
down or, may be, they are fearful that
the thieves that they say railroads will
bring into their country, will beat them
at their W game!
But San AntOniO-I cannot s~ayUn0ugh
for this delightful sp0t-the l~Ovliest
and most delightful place in America.
It is so healthy here that they had to
according to Il statement of a Citizen-
kill a man to start IL graveyard. 1t is
| subject to sudden changes here, from
| what they call Northers, which last two
or three days. To illustrate the sud
denness of the change, / will give Il
story as told by one of the natives:
Last spring." he says, " | was down at
the lake fishing it was II. very warm,
pleasant evening, and the frogs had
come up and pOked their heads out of
the water all over the lake. / reckon
they were all %halloaing and appeared to
he as happy us could be, and the trout
| were hopping up out OF the water in
every direction when all of a sudden a
Norther came up, and it came up SO
quick and was so darned cold, that the
lake froze over i'll Il second! Well, it
froze so quick that the frogs didn't have
time to pull their heads under ting water,
and the ice caught every n Of them
around the neck, and there they had to
stay until the ice thawed, and | reckon
there was at least tel thousand trout
that were lying on top of the ice! You
see they had jumped out OF the water
and the lake had froze w before they
could get back!"' 49,.
Yet it is very healthy here, it is a
famous resort for consumptives. A
great many OF them are here at this time,
some who came here almost dead, with
their lungs almost entirely gone, have
recovered entirely, and are now active,
energetic business men OF the place.
There is no railroad running here at
present, but they are at work grading
and laying track, and the cars will be
hero beyond a doubt by the 1st of De
cember. There is no reason why this
place should not be the largest inland
town in America. 1t is building up
very rapidly and business is rapidly. OF
the increase. j.. T.tB.
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IS Whom the Gods would de-
.StrOy they first make mad"

This saying is entirely applicable to
the people of Louisiana. We only have
to look around and observe it in every
transaction. For sane men to ever have
working team and hands ON their plan
tationS and neither corn, hay, or fodder
to feed on, and no food for hands,
trusting to grasplng merchants to ad-
vance; who will fail when their money
is gone, and then trusting to chance in
the event of their failure, and planting
almost entirely cotton, eel an i'm
possibility. Such men should be at
once interdicted and curators appointed
to manage their estates. The common
est mind, let alone, intelligence, can
set better at a glance. Who in this
country has wheat to reap in less than
a month from this time? Who has
barley? Who has oats? Who has
rye? Whobut d small patch of pota-
toes, ground peas, i'll IA land that should
be Il garden, with q fertility that ex-
ceeds the boosted Delta Of Egypt ?
Yet men say that the only resource is
to stir up a muss and fight, to get back
that of which they have been robbed.
Peace and intelligent labor can alone
stay the lawyer, the merchant, the farm
er, and the State. Tile great fault of
all this poverty and distress is to be laid
at every mans door who does not make
his living at home; who knows better
and refuses to act according to his bet
ter judgment and convictions. Let
him who breaches reform practice it.
Let him who has brains and muscle use
them or be ruined. And the men who
want to go to Texas or any Seaport
town should at once depart. Good luck
tn them and If nerchancn fhny find on
orchard of sreenbacks hanging on
trees in lunches already labeled and
counted; and shoats, mutton and beef
roasted, with knives and forks sticking
in them and nothing to do but cat, we
are sure we viii not envy their good
fortune. Louisiana is the home of our
adoption,-the land We love; and we
hope II day to see her the richest
state on earth as her soil and climate
warrants; but are afraid that other
hands than those who now possess the
soil will have to bring her to more than
her former greatness.-[Coushatta
FFimng Sr#&z @* @5 s9
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-12
POPULATION OF LOUISIANA.

We publish below q colnplIdtlOn Oh
the censu of tile State of Louisiana for
the yea 1870, showing the white and
| cOlored population of each parish. IL
will be found on examination that there
are colored majorities i'll thirty-two, and
white majorities in twenty-one OF the til
ty-three parishes of the State. Counting
white Republicans and "Carpet-Bag-
gers,n who, under the issue presented
by White Leaguers, viii vote the he
publican ticket, we may safely conclude
that Republicans will always carry the
following parishes, where the two popu-
~lations, white and colored, are so equal
w divided as to leave only small majOri-
ties of whites, viz: Ayoyelles, Bienviile,
| Caldwell, Catahoula, Grant, Iberia, or q
total Of thirty-nine out OF f~fty-three
parishes. With these facts staring us Ill
| the face, q due regard to the interest OF
the State, we think, should lead all men
to reflect we'll before presenting the
question of white VS.. Black" to the
people OF Louisiana. The odds are
against the whites out of all proportion ;
and, as stated in our last, buttwo modes
are presented by which the whites can
succeed: list, by inducing the negroes
to vote with them or I'd, by a resort to
intimidation and force, which will pro-
woke instanter a power which it is use
less to resist. Every thinking man
knows that the white leaguers canneveI
become a national party until such time
as the Fifteenth Amendment to the Con-
| stitltion shall have been repealed, winch
will require the concurrence OF three
fOurths of the States OF the Union-a
| contingency indeed SO remote that the
eye of prophecy can not foresee 1t. 1t is
utterly impracticable, on the other hand,
ever to make it a State party. All prac-
| teal me residing in parishes where
| negroes have such majorities, for in
stance, as in Plaquemines, Point CoupGe,
| Rapides, St. Mary, Tensas, Caddo, Car
| roll, Madison, 0nachita, and numerous
/ others, must decline to raise an issue,
| which would fill every office; from Par
ish Judge to Ward Constable, with col
ored officers. They will on the contrary
hold aloof from any organization, and
e1deayor rather to take a common sense
view of the situation, and try to obtain
4 share at least of the local offices for
their own protection. They will not
combine the colored vote, to be
lorded over BY tue "black horror Of
which our neighbor talks so glibly'
In conclusion we call the special atten-
ton of our readers to the compilation OF
the census Of 1870. It presents the
strongestof all arguments against White
Leagueism. Even granting it to be
right in principle, which. we enphati.
cally deny, it is utterly ~impracticable
and must be overwhelmingly and dis
astrously defeated, at the first election
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-12
Proceedings of thc Hoard Of Police of
the Town Of Opelousas,
MONDAY. lime 9Th

49, NNAf ANF'f
The Board of Police of the own of Opclousas
met. Present. DIR. James Ray, President; {.
Mornhtnveg, ST., en-. EaleFt +. il. Lefebvre, A.
B.. ChacteFG and c.. Mayo.
The minutes of the previous Injecting were
read and approved.
The President reported that he had sent Alex
andre BOutte, freedman, 10 New iberia, III ac-
cordanec with aprevious resolution of the Board
On motion of Mr.. Ealcr. resolved. that the
sum Of three dollars and eighty cents be and the
same is hereby appropriated to pay tor station.
cry.
On motion, resolved ,sthat IL warrant be issued
in favor Of LeodOr Skinner for the sum of one
dollar, for making Il key for the Council Room.
On motion Of Mr.. Mayo, resolved. that Section
r OF an ordinance adopted May 18TH. 1874. emit
lied All ordinance relative to the public market,
he aInended SO as to read as follows: That all
persons leasing stalls shall he required to furn-
lSh TO this Board. monthly. Il description of the
animals of the COW kind they slaughter for sale,
by their color, sex and brand. said statement TO
be made under oath.
On motion of Mr.. LGfebvrc. be it resolved bv
the Board OF Police of the town of Opelousas,
That III order TO ascertain the exact amount of
outstanding warrants Of the town of Opelousas
to date and likewise the nature of said warrants
the Board Of Police of said town, do hereby or
daln that the holders OF said warrants be rcquired
to present the same to the Treasurer OF said
town during the fifteen days following the first
publication of this resolution, i'll order to enable
him to take a memorandum OF their date,
amount and for what purpose issued.
On motion of Mr.. MOrnllinVcg, resolved, that
an account OF A.. b. Chacher6, for lumber, spikes
and cash paid for work on Il bridge, be paid him
on the usual warrant.
On motion, the Board adjourned.
JAMES RAY, President.
Attest: Jos. D.. RICHARD, Clerk.
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Estate of Joseph I'D. Castillo,

BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE HON
49, orlble Probate Court, of the Parish Of ST.
Landry, there will be sold at public auction, to
the highest bidder, by the undersigned admins
TRAITOR or a public au%cti0neer, at the last resi-
dehce OF the deceased, in prairie des Fqlnmcs,
this parish; on MONDAY, July 18th, 1874, the
following described property belonging to the
estate of Joseph i. Castillo, deceased to-wit
l. One tract of land situated in prairie des
FelnnleS' parish OF st. Landry, containing one
hundred and seventy-fOur 23l00 acres, more on
less, bounded north lands of Tlleodose MARKS.
ami Joseph Bottdreau, cast by coulee Bour-
and Dupr6ville Mtcle. and west byland Of Ioris
Miller and Joseph BOudreau, with all the build
ll!Ss ana improvements thereon, and the undi-
yided half of the growing crops, COMPRISING
eighteen acres of cotton and eighteen acres 81
corn. 5r
.. Three old oxen, fifty-two head of horned
cattle, three Creole mares and colts, three Gre
Ole mules, W pillow horses, two riding horses,
one douhlc-barreled shot gun, one revolver, ono
saddle, one Wilson's sewing machine.
TermS-Cash.
=. June l2-Jt Administrator
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-12

RETRosPEcT1vE.-We have received
Ia communication, from q Republican
source, in regard tothe Gonrier'sremarks
on "a Political Retrospect, from which
we condense the following
AT the first Republican meeting the
following white persons were present,
to-Fit: Hon. b. A. MaRtel, Gilbert
CAN'T, B. T.. CAN'T, Louis DeKerlegand,
u. b. Gpillory, Solomon D'ayy, C.MoTn
hinyeg, Sr., J.J. Beanchamp, Rodolphe
ChacheTe, John Amrein, Z, Castillo, Al
! zee Castillo, s. Prejean, G. E. Durand,
Lieut.. Brown and Mr.. Rivette.
The following gentlemen were APP
pointed to draft o constitution j. J.
| Beanchamp, Louis DeKerlegand, R0-
dOlphe. Chachege, and q like number of
| coI0red men.
When the call for q convention was
made, public opinion was 80 strong
against what was termed negro equali-
ty.r that it was almost impossible TO
make such il ticket as we wanted; and
necessity compelled us To make our
ticket with such material as We had,
with Messrs. a. Donate, George jackson,
8. D'ayY and Lieut.. Brown.
AIguste Donate was one of the most
respectable citizens of our parish, and
avery large taxpayer. George Jackson
syns certainly tile most enlightened
freedman of ST. Landry. S. D'avy was
nm old resident of our parish, o large
property owner and had many friends
among the whites. Lieut.. Brown was Q
gallant Federal officer, and connected
by marriage with a very respectable
family in our sister town of Washing
TIN.
Lieut. Brown died during the CAM
paign3 q e0pyention was called, and Mr.
ZerAott was nominated, defeating Mr.,
Il. Castillo. The defeat Of DE-, Castillo
dispIeased Ma. Diayys and caused him
to withdraw his maine from the ticket.
During Ehat time we discovered that
ME. ZeTnOtt WasuOtan American citizen.
and was therefore iaeligible. "a con-
yelatiOn was again called, and. nOtwitll-
Standing Mr, Dayy had resigned, be
WAS HsnoaainaEaa bnt again. declined
unless MF. Castillo vas on the ticket.
IL was then that MessTs. vidal and
Drinkard were nominated.
So strong was the current of public
opinion against e0l0red suffrage, that
only about sNenty- three white votes
A4Ee east for the haxAbIlean ticket &C
HElAis, the flat, election
Tie Courier makes Ii mistake In say
ing that the Republicans bad nO one
qualified for the two positiens Of Dis
jcE Judge ard District Attorneys for
they could have been imported. without
costs 0f travelling, etc
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