Litchfield enquirer., 1874-02-19

CO~sisaa Og Somers. on trial at Holland for sAAsz<@teT and wlll he sentenced to imprisonment tS< term Ecs exceeding ten years.-Er.
 Rather hand on COstiganl Ten days for mayhem and ten months for murder ES about the usual penalty where it is the wife tAzt Is hurt
 JaSt seven-tenths of the children in the State cf Massachusetts,, between and 15 years of age attend the public schools. TaOse schools employ 1O2S male teachers with an average pay of S9S month, and Ttzl female teachers with an average of S7t. per nOath- Even Boston pays her fesaale teachers but SIS per month.
 pETEEsOSis MAGAZINE, for March, con- tzins- Old England Us. the New; The Trailing ArbGtus: Between Man and Wife; Oar Devil FIsh;'' How paid my Debts; The Marriage Certificate; Engravings Patterns. Fashion Plate, Music, Poetry.
 q ]. Peterson, Phila, Penn; g year. See Eaq- clubbing rates.
 Wisconsin Episcopalians have been hay ing a sharp fight over the choice of a bishop After a three days wrangle their convention finally adjourned till June. The clergy, after hot fight, elected Dr. De KOven, ritualistic high churchman who defends flights, vestments and in- essse- and allows '-confession;' but the taity vOte'l anti-De Koven by a small ma loFity.
 Gen Garfield, chairman of the House committee on appropriations, credits the State and Navy departments with eco- nOmical management. But the treasury, he says, has not only ignored the fact that business has diminished since the var, but has annually increased its ex. pensiveness, and, to-day, is far more cum bersome and costly than in 1885, when the business of the department was at it's maximum. The same is true to less ex. tent, of the interior department.
 \ very important insurance case was decided in the New Haven Superior court, last week. It was an action brought by Mrs Fanny E. Savage on 5000 policy issued by the travellers insurance compa- ny of Hartford, on the life of her husband who was attacked and killed on his re- turn from the night boat in that city. { year or two since. The defence set ur was that the deceased killed himself witl intent to defraud the company. The case occupied about fortnight in trial, but the jury after being out but three-quarters of an hour, returned a verdict of S5, 900 for the plaintiff Messrs. Bristol and WatrOus conducted the case for Mrs. Say. age; DOolittle and Whedon, for the com. pany.
 The Western New Yorker contains the following notice from Gainesville core. sPOndent. of lecture delivered in that place by Mr. E. W. Woodruff. of Washing ton, Conn:
 Kindly complying with the wishes of q number of our inhabitants. Mir. Eliial Woodruff delivered his lecture on ssEdu. cation" in the Congregational church, or Tuesday evening of last week, before 6 large and intelligent audience. Having presented in very tersc and forcible Ian. gaage the true definition and sphere oi edncaIlon. he exhibited its power in moulding the morals and manners of the eolmunity-in purifying the political woxld-iR elevating social life-in guid- Ing the amusements-the aims, interests and fashions of the people. With much sound and thoughtful matter were inter mingled passages of touching rathos- of quiet hamor-and sallies of lively sar- easn. the whole evincing cultured and well-balanced mind. A very pleasant and profitable hour vas spent in listening to lae lecturer to whom at the close cor. dial vote of thanks was accorded.
 We hope Mr. WoOdruf-s townspeople sall eall for repetition of this lecture,