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Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23

A terrible and mysterious tragedy oc- curried in Stonington on Sunday night. Two sons of Henry D. Langworthy were attacked in his house while he and his wife were at church; one killed outright, and the other fatally injured. Wm. Lib by, hired man, was suspected. He says he was in the house with the Langworthys, that they were all assaulted by two men and that he was himself struck senseless with club. He has severe wound on the head,
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23
C0Shen--No 36.

Our snow is all gone, and mud deep
 Last Sabbath morning, Norman T. Wadham's horse, accustomed to take the family regularly to church, hearing the bell, started without any driver, and when the bell tolled he stood near the house, waiting for meeting to begin. His grand fathers horses did the same thing great many years ago.
 Mir. and Mrs. Coe, whose marriage is noticed this week, and Miss Fannie Beach, have gone to the Soldiers Orphan Home at Mansfield. Miss Beach has been teach there before.
 Mrs. Enos B. Pratt and family have left for Decatur, Ill. H. N.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23

| The following letter was delayed at our post-ofice, last week, and did not reach us in time for publication. So we have a second from another correspondent. ''The more, the merrler."
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Litchfield Institute.

HE summer term of this school will com 1 mence Wednesday morning, April 29th, 1874, under the charge of Mr, Marshall R. Gaines, as. slstea s by the Misses Richards. Instruction in drawing and writing will be given bv Miss Anons- ta |. Smith when desired.
 1itchfed, April 2eth, 1874. sf
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23
May Monthlies, &c.

The ATLANTIC MONTHLY contains: Pru- dence Palfrey; Fancies; Behind the Con- vent Grille; The Tower; A Terrible Twen- ty-four Hours; Rachel at the We'll; The Cats of Antiquity. by J. W. DeForest; The White Rover; Ivan Turgenieff; Bad deck and that Sort of Thing, by Charles Dudley Warner; Agassiz, by James Rus sell: Nose Evans; Atalanta; Recent Lit erature; Art; Music; Education.
 H. o. Houghton & Go. Boston; $4 8 year. See Enquirer clubbing rates.
 SoR1BNER's MONTHLY contains; The District School; The Great South, by Ed ward King; Adina; The Silver Desert; A Song of May; The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne; Katherine Earle (continued); }; The New Homes of New York; Relenting; Over See; The Co-Education of the Races; At Last; The Bricklayers; Victo- rian Poets, by E. c. Stedman; The Doct- or's Wife; Editorial Articles.
 Scribner & Go. New York; $4 year. See Enquirer clubbing rates.
 ST. NICHOLAS contains; What Might Have been Expected; The Magic Keys; Miss Fanshawe's Tea Party; Fast Friends; Christmas City; A Bright Idea; Nimpo's Troubles: The Jimmyiohn's Sailor-Suits; Short Articles, Illustrations, Poetry &c. Frontispiece-"Johanna Sebus.' Scrihnar & On Naw York. @ O voar See Enquirer clubbing rates.
 GoDEY's LADY's Book contains; Work ing and Waiting; The Hidden Treasure; That. Phantom Party; Aunt Mehitables Winter in Washington; Woman's Heart Triumphant; Our Pretty Usher; Katie; Work Department. Editorials &c. En- graving Consolation" Fashion Plate, Fashions, Patterns, Music, Poetry &c
 Louis A. Godey, Philadelphia; B a year. See Enquirer clubbing rates.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23
Plymouth sketcnes.-No. sz2.

In St. Peters parish, at the annual meeting on Easter Monday, majority voted to add S175 to the rent of the par sonage, without making any provision for an increase in the rector's salary. At the same meeting a somewhat important change was made in regard to slip rent. A resolution was passed making it paya- ble in monthly installments, unless one chooses to ''shell out" at a more rapid rate.
 On Wednesday, evening the 18th, an ''apron and necktie" festival was held by the Congregational society of Thomaston, in the basement of their church. As may we'll be supposed, the affair was attended with good degree of success; but have not learned the particular object for which the funds are to be appropriated
 Manufacturing business generally is is not particularly driving" yet moder- ately brisk.
 PLYMoUTHEAN. April 17th, 1874.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23

A curious specimen of the ''tricks of the trade" came out in the Louisiana debate, last week. It had been claimed that the law which substantially gives the control of elections to the Governor had been re- pealed, and that the opponents of Kellogg would have 6 fair chance at the election of next fall. It turns out. however, that the legislature, before its adjournment, passed bill repeating thIs very law. and that this bill is in the Governors pocket who can, any time before the legislature meets again, approve it. and thus at will resume his old power over the elections. Such piece of knavery ought to settle the question against MT. Kellogg and his pretended legislature. n
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23

KENT had a iollification recently at the dedication" of Mir. Watson's new store recently with calico ball.. The music was furnishen by Whites band of Winsted.-Mr. Griggs has recently remoy- ed from Harrington to the store and honse in this village formerly occupied by the late Deacon Fuller, and is having the store repaired by Mr. Ashman.-Mr. Geo rge Hopson of Bridgeport has purchased the Deacon Barnum place, and is hayinp it throughly repaired.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23

The following assignments were mnde for Methodist churches in this vicinity at the recent Conference; New Milford, E. L. Bray; Roxbury, F. F. Jordan; West Goshen and Cornwall Centre, D. R. Stev- ems; Litchfeld, W. s. Morrison; West Winsted, B. T. Abbott; Wolcottville, H. O. Judd; Woodbury, J. Vinton.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23

We are very glad to see that the morn and evening trains on the Naugatuck rail road are to be mail trains. Winsted claims the hours of securing this arrangement, for Postmaster Marsh while Waterbury thinks it due to Congressman Kellogg. Whosever did it did very good thing.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23

The House Ways and Means committee have finished the testimony in the San- born investigation and are expected to re- port, this week. It is said that they will censure the Treasury officials who grant cd the contracts and helped Sanborn to make large amounts of money out of cases that could have been collected in regular course of business. They will not impute any corrupt motives for this action, but no doubt the result will be the retirement of Mir. Richardson, whose term of useful ness has, we judge, expired, if it ever began.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23

Dr. Cuyler wants the young ladies' to band together and say. 'sNo lips shall touch my lips that have touched . bottle ; Rather rough this on thefellows that were brought up by hand IRomastoa Er- press.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23

WINE OF THE WooDs invigorates the Liver. Ally
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23

s Read DissrOani $ Cos new advertise
 ment.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23
Winners New Schools

Father Ksmp's Old Folks Tunes: Enlarged
 94 OO per doz
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23

TALcoTr & POSTS COMPLETE ESTABLISH MENT, HARTFORD, CONN, LARGEST AND RICHEST STOCK EVER EXHIBITED.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-23

AAAA0A1 4@0WAO44AOS h1AA-AtACA 4NOAsA way, Henry J. Holt, Plumb Brown, My ron 0. Johnson, Alva Cowles. The NEW HARTFORD Temple of Honor dedicate their new Hall, May 1st. The committee of arrangements are Messrs. W. E. Stanley, o. T. Hungerford, Grove Tanning, D. T. Lane and James B. White. The SALISBURY Washinee factory is to begin immediately the manufacture of its old line of weolen goods called "Repel- lants." .zsa s. 4c A LAKEvLLE boy named Robert Drum mond had an arm broken recently by a fall in barn in which he was played with other boys.-Messrs. Barnett and Grant have opened new meat market.
 The WEST CORNWALL Sabbath School gave very successful entertainment re- gently, says the News. The singing of Mrs. J. A. Cochrane, Miss Carrie Barnum, and Messrs. Hughes, Mallinson and Lamont was enthusiastically encored and Miss Sarah Miller also rendered her part in a highly satisfactory style.-The D. Y. ". '. R. Society have fitted up lodge room Sc. in the Bee Hive.-T. L. Hart has gone to Sharon to live, !, e #.@..
 At CHAPNrn1E Landon & Co.'S. furnace has blown out for the want of coal. .-S. W. Fields occupies the Dr. Smiths farm in Canaan, Robert Young, commission merchant from New York, is at the depot Mondy forenoons for the purpose of freightins farm produce. &
 s At SOUTH NORFOLK, recently, MT. Wm. Mallory was found beside the roadside sleeping that sleep that knows no waking: The empty pint bottle in his pockets told the whole shameful tale-Netcs.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-03
Ice Signals i'm the North Atlantic.

A very beautiful and useful system
of ice signaling has been recently adopt
ed by one of the Canadian steamship
lines, which promises to give great safe
ty and security to passengers crossing
the Atlantic. The company has is
sued to all its commanders an ice chart
and tallying ice signals, by the use of
which steamers passing each other can
learn when and where dangerous bergs
and ice fields have been encountered.
The ice chart is divided into degrees of
longitude and half degrees of latitude,
nearly making squares, each of which
has separate literal designation. This
in each section of the chart consists of
two letters representing flags of the COM
mercial code, and when the correspond
ing flags are hoisted by steamer indicate
to the passing ship the exact position of
the ice met. The ensign hoisted above
these means berg Ice, and the Union
Jack field ice likely to imperil naviga-
ton. The flags are, of course, only
serviceable in the day time but at
night the ice signals are made by means
of Colomb's Chatham lamp. The whole
system is one of extreme simplicity,
both in the chart and code, and easily
enables any steamer, after passing
through the ice track near Newfound-
land, to communicate to the steamer
approaching it the precise place of the
peril, and therefore the imminent ne
cessity of extreme caution in nearing
that point.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-03

LET Us CONSIDER. Since the intro
duction of distilled spirits in the six
teenth century, they have been habitu-
ally prescribed as remedies. We know
that alcohol, in all its forms, is PERM
cious to health. Knowing these things
and that under the system of treatment
which includes their use the mortality
among the sick is, and ever has been,
enormous, is it not worth while.to try
the effect of a remedy which combines
in their highest excellence the qualities
of Tonic, an Alternative and Regula-
tor /; contains no mineral bane or MUIR
derous alkaloid or alcoholic poison ;
does its curative Office without pain and
with uniform certainty? DR.. WALKER
VINEGAR BrITERs fulflls all these con-
ditions, and is now effecting the most
extraordinary cures, in cases where
every specific" of the faculty has ig-
ANONYMOUSLY failed. Consider, in view
of these facts, whether any sick person
is justified by reason and common sense
in declining to test the virtues of this
undefiled and irresistible remedy. IL
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-03
A Belligerent Editor.

The following item is taken from a
Boston special:
At the Office Of the Pilot, Catholic
newspaper, John Boyle O'Reilly, the
editor, who was formerly in the British
army-and was convicted of Fenianism,
and transported to Australia, whence he
escaped in a small boat, and was picked
up by an American vessel and brought
into this city-heard that man In the
establishment has been circulating sto-
ries to the effect that he (O'Reilly) was
IN the pay OF the British government,
and had secured the removal of his own
disabilities by throwing the influence of
the Pilot In favor of British rule in Ire
land. He called the man into his room
and demanded an explanation or retrac-
ton. This the man refused TO give,
when O'Reilly attacked him, and put a
marvellous head on him, ending by kick
ing him down stairs. The affair caused
a good deal of excitement among Irish
men in this city, as the liberal course of
the Pilot, under the O'Reilly manage
ment, has offended many of the more
bigoted Irish, especially those who blow
about the wrongs of the could sod,
striking a blow at England, etc.
O'Reilly is a young man of fine talents,
and highly esteemed by his brother
journalists.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-03
The Freight War.

The trunk hines composing the Sara
toga compact having failed to induce
the Grand Trunk railroad to join them,
recently reduced their rates by their
s. fast freight lines to the minimum
rates OF the Grand Trunk. But the
latter, having completed its arrange
ments for an independent line to Port
land, at once put its rates down, and
the managers say they will continue to
compete with the other roads, no mat
ter how low they may put rates. As
the direct exports of provisions from
Chicago to Europe IS likely to be very
large during the next three or four
months, and the Grand Trunk has ar
ranged to have two steamers per week
leave Portland for Liverpool, and pro-
pose to issue bills of lading for through
freight, deliverable to steamers free of
cost, shippers to Europe will not be
sorry to nave the war between the lines
continue through the winter. The
present rates of rail freights between
the West and seaboard are not more
than compromising to roads built at the
cost of the New York Central, Erie and
Pennsylvania Central. But that is not
a question with Western shippers any
more than the cost of producing bar
rel of -four or hundred pounds of pork
is to the consumer and if the Grand
Trunk and Baltimore and Ohio can, as
they claim, carry freight and earn divi-
dends at lower rates than the three
lines above named, the public will be
likely to give them them the preference.
CHICAGO Courier.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-03
Border Warfare.

There appears to be no doubt that
Mexican rangers are again at the excit-
ing and profitable pastime of raiding
over the border. The Galveston Tex.
Nelcs gives an account of a raid on Los
Amos, about 100 miles from the Rio
Grande. Parties of raiders have also
been seen crossing the river with bales
of calico and other evidences of spolia-
ton on their horses, while bands of rob-
bers have collected cotton, cattle, and
horses from various parts of Texas, and
and carried off their booty unmolested.
OF course when dry goods, cattle, and
other commodities are too expensive for
purchase, a cheap and practicable means
of obtaining them opens up in raid !;
but the laws of modern society are
singularly barren of encouragement to
this free and easy style of obtaining
possession. Mexican dollars are just as
good as gold, and the good people of
Texas would prefer coin to curses in ex-
change for their products. In fact, un-
less hemp offers such attractions to the
raiders that they have carried off all
that is available in the neighborhood, a
judic1ous application of it to the
marauders would be advisable. Of
course, before cooking hare it is neces-
sary to catch him; but if the Texans
cannot make a proper preparation for a
feast of jagged Mexican hare, they do
not deserve sympathy.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-03
Russia and Germany.

The Paris Patrie publishes the fol-
lowing, which it has reason to believe
is reliable. Russia is convinced that
soon. though not immediately-in two
or three years about-she will have a
terrible struggle with Germany. 1
point to this time not arbitrarily, but
because it is certain that the former
country cannot sooner have completed
her armament, and more particularly
her railways. This prospect is gener-
ally taken for granted by the people,
and the Court of st. Petersburg is SO
fully prepared for coufict that it be-
ieves it knows the casus BELLA de-
mand by Prince Bismarck, supported,
according to the German manner, by
the opinions of juris-consults, as COM
placent as expert, for the German B al
tic provinces. Herr Won Moltke is pre-
pared for the contingency he has taken
his precautions in consequence. A mass
of spies spread over Livonia and Cour-
land, a carefully studied plan of cam
paign, complete to its smallest details,
the Russian language taught the off,
GERS, the railway wagons adapted to the
Russian lines" ETC., etc.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-03
An AdrOit Robbery.

The recent robbery of an express car
at Delaware station, little hamlet ON
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
railroad, was an adroit affair. The
train stopped at the station for supper,
remaining there fifteen minutes. The
express messenger being hungry locked
the safe, shut the door of the express
car, locked it, and bolted off to supper.
He forgot the door of his car on the
other side of the platform. The robbe1
remembered it, opened it in few Sec
onds, placed tie against the car, and
by main force slid the safe-a mere iron
box weighing 218 pounds-to the track,
closed the door, and lugged his ponder
GUS capture away. Coming to a high
fence, he pulled down enough of it to
admit the safe, and after dragging il
fifty yards further pried it open. He
made hurried examination of its con-
tents with light, and secured $1,000 il
cash and iewelry, leaving nearly foul
times that amount in greenbacks, done
up In paper in such a manner that ne
could not discover what they were. The
robbery and examination were complet-
ed SO rapidly that the train had barely
left the station when a resident of the
village encountered q man running
from the spot. A few minutes later the
safe had been discovered before the ex-
press messenger had missed it, and re-
fected upon his ostrich-like stupidity.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-03
BlackbOards i'm Schools.

Biackboards are an experiment as yet,
we believe, in most schools or. at least,
they are not recognized as a necessary
part of the school machinery. In many
cases they can be, and are used with
good effect in illustrating the points of
a lesson. But there is danger of at
tempting too much with it, as Rev.
Alfred Taylor has SO well shown. He
fears that teacher who is skillful with
the chalk may suffer his very skillful-
ness to lead him astray. "He covers
his board with a rich assortment of
words, with large and beautifully devised
initial letters but forgets that the
abundance which he thinks so valuable
tends to confuse rather than to instruct,
to scatter rather than to bring the lesson
to point. A company of children gaze
in bewilderment on a blackboard artist
ically adorned with hearts, crosses,
anchors, lamps, rocks, and dozen 9th
er well-known objects, all except one OF
two of which ought to have been left
out. The leading idea which they catch
is that of his wonderful skill with the
chalk. The truth which his marvellous
work is intended to convey is simply
scattered. Christian Union.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-03
Brooklyn Scandal Suits.

Out of about a dozen suits resulting
from the great scandal, the five leading
cases, and the first to come to trial, are
these: Mr.. Tilton's civil suit against
Mr.. Beecher for $780, 900 damages the
civil suit for libel against Francis B.
Moulton, brought in the United States
Court by Miss Edna Dean Proctor; the
criminal case in which Mr.. Tilton is in
dicted for maliciously ibeling Mr..
Beecher, and the two criminal cases In
which Mr.. Moulton is indicted for ma
licious libel, one indictment being foI
libel of Miss Proctor, and the other for
libel of Mr.. Beecher. ALI of these
cases, except the suit for damages
brought against Mr.. Moulton by Miss
Proctor, are to be tried in the Brooklyn
City Court. The only ore of the &C.
tons in which day is set for trial il
Mr.. Tilton's suit against Mr.. Beechel
for damages. Mr.. Beecher's lawyers
are t. g. Sherman, VIM. M. Evarts,
John K. Porter, Benjamin F. Tracy,
John Il. Hill, and Austin Abbott, the
last-named acting in an advisory capac-
ity, rather than taking an active part
Mr.. Tilton's lawyers are ex-Judge VIM.
Fullerton, VIM. A. Beach, Samuel d.
Morris, Thomas Pearsall, and Roger A.
Pryor.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-03
The Wages of Women.

The fact that women have been re-
garded as dependent upon men for pro-
lection and support, has naturally led
to the payment of low wages for work
performed by females. Where a man
and a woman are employed in the same
kind of work, the man usually receives
double the wages peid to the woman,
although she may perform her duties
better than the man performs his. Every
one has felt the injustice of this dis
elimination against woman, but it has
been justified on the ground that she is
only temporarily providing for her
wants-she expects to marry and be
supported by husband-while he must
make provision for the support of a
family and provide against adversely.
Thus, the theory of dependence on
the part of women has been sustained
by common custom in preventing
women from achieving their independ-
ence.
California has undertaken to break
down the old order of things and estab-
lish practices more In harmony with
justice. A law has been enacted in that
State which permits married woman to
make contract for her own estate, rem
ders women eligible for certain school
offices, and compels school boards to
pay female teachers the same salaries
that are paid to men for similar work.
This is simple justice, and cannot fail
to meet with general approval. The
only reasonable objection ever urged
against opening more avenues to female
employment, has been the plea that
such employment would result in break
ing down the prices of labor. By pay
ing women the same as men this OBJ
lection is removed, and there can be no
well grounded opposition to the en-
ployment of women in any pursuits
in which they can successfully engage.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-03

A RocKLAND Gazette correspondent
gives this receipt for coffee: Use about
one tablespoonful for each person, and
one egg mixed with it. Place this in a
coffee pot, put in little cold water,
then the desired amount of boiling
water; place upon the stove and let il
come to boil. If no egg is used, il
should never boil over a minute. If an
egg is used, it may boil two minutes.
when it will be ready for use. The
coffee-pot should be asclose as possible,
so as to retain the flavor. The object
of using little cold water, is to give 9
virtues before it boils.