Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-16
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sne Fxragut prize money is to be paid ak omcA
 ME F. B. Perkins novel sfScrope" will be Ssszed soon in book form by Roberts
 There Is small community of English men m Patagonia who are thriving most FeuspeEOz<1y.
 The Hove Sewing Machine company c0@zezced running on full time on the 1z3 of AuxIl
 C9n Herman, of Madison, Wisconsin. has dlsc0vered that he is heir to $500. GOO m AxSkxiA
 Before the war Tn Georgia an able-bod- led negxo used to cost S1 200; now you en 1ezss . convict for five years for $55. TRs lpse Dlx-it of the Governor of New Toxk oz the financial question meets the aFFEVv<l of the press and public.
 Tha Masszchusetts legislature IS bepin- mSzw so EeE shady. The Whittier vote is Eke9y to go over 10 Banks at any time.
 Rv nearfy unanimous vote the Califor- uia 1eEsslztare has decided to submit to the people proposition for new state co1stltztlOa-
 \ RxidSspOrt man has two canaries, and kzs named them "Wheeler" and 'fWilson." His reason Is that neither of them is a s-Sxnxer"
 It isn't cur pigeon, but We do hope for the homer of the state of Connecticut that tt will be Eaton rather than Barnum.- .Ssr LSs9Os TeEegraHa.
 Mr$. R A Lockwood, lawyer in Wash IR<tum, desiring admittance to the court of claims, runs against the enactment that zz attorney to be admitted must be ''a u&z1 of good moral character"
 The TIchborne claimant, having s'lost s0zae flesh since his incarceration, now ozly weighs 392 pounds. Even with this rS1Rced sine, however, we read that Che cannot be placed m an ordinary cell" at NlIIeank prison
 "FFee trade, no monopoly" is the le- gead which, according to the World, the future wiu inScribe on their victorious h@nner& Hon. W. H. Barnums future seat ln the C. S. Senate would look we'll drzped with one of those ensigns.
 The report of the bureau of education VII show that, in 1873, S1l ,226, ,S77 was gSved by private persons in this country for educational purposes, counting all Sans over 1000. Universities and col legeS received $S, ,2SS, III of this amount. The total m Massachusetts alone was $1,- O51, ,61a
 The following anecdOte was told by preacher, for fact: A preacher was pray Ing. and m his prayer he said, .I pray the Lord to csTtau the power of the devil. |" Just then an old darkey in the congrega- ton cxSed: ''Yesi Ameni Bressl God! Cut hlm tail right smack, smoove off"
 What influence persuaded the secretary cf the treasury to sign the Sanborn con tract, the legal authority of which he now wishes tO see repealed? And what should be said of a secretary who yields to such InnacnceSS These seem to us to be very dif1lcRlt and disagreeable questions.- HaTPcr's Weekly.
 The latest project is to tunnel small experimental shaft under the straits of Dover, just to see if there are any bad cracks in the ocean bed and to serve, if it should succeed, as a sewer or drift way for larger tunnel, railroad-size, from England tO France. The small tunnel can be bored in about thirty months for $s.OO0. .O00
 S1a4CCtACuk kOuONS N6W f1amDSQ1fo with nm out-and-Out democratic victory. governor. legislature, United States senator, everything gone. If the repub- hcan leaders will mot take the word of the independent newspapers, they had better get some Daniel to interpret the meaning of these election bulletins.- Worcestcr Gu,cste.
 Iowa produces some extraordinary leg waa atNaV.u nfh of representatives have returned portion of the salary allowed them by law on the ground that they had received more than their services were worth. With a fine sense of appropriateness, they desired that the money be added to the fund for the support of the insane.
 The old sign of .'Chase and Ball". still hangs over the door of the late Chief Justices former law office ID Cinncinnati; and the desk stands within on which he wrote the act repeating the Black Laws of Ohio, and prepared his great argument in the Van Zandt case. The office Is occup- Jed by Judge Chase's former law partner, Mr. Elamen ball.
 Some gentlemen weee practising at rife shooting across Fair Haven river, near ly opposite the dwelling of Mir. Hub bell GOOdale. brother of Charles E., of this place. One of the spent rifle balls looming distance of a quarter of mile) struck Mr. Goodale on the head, infict- ing no injury beyond a knocking over, a headache and a big scare. It was a straight shot, but Mir Goodale wants somebody else selected for the target an- other ume.-COuTaat
 The fierce quarrel and tireless jealousy between Hartford and New Haven, which l<st year gave the State of Connecticut to the Democrats, serves a similar end again this year. It will be recollected that last year New Haven defeated tho ticket bet cause her candidate, Harrison, was mo- nominated for governor. This year Har- us0A was named for the office with ap- parently hearty unanimity, but the vote m Hartford indicates that she has taken her revenge. Journal.
 In making his demagog1c argument in favor Of lnnation. last week, General But Ter found himself closely catechized by Mr. Buxleigh of Maine. who finally forced the Essex statesmen to admit that the re- cent unauthorized issue of S26, GOO OOO cEue1cy Occasloned loss to the country 0f S1. .00, ,O000 We ran in debt S26, 900. :. Weo. and the value of all the greenbacks m the country was reduced five per cent. ey the rlse in gold, making a net loss of $A0oa0o0 Butler squirmed and evaded but E1ally was compelled to admit the tE=kA Of MT. Burleigh's arithmetic and bagac. after which he was induced to ac. R@0wae1gs that it is desirable to have Do@ey ss near the vSlue of gold as possi. 6Ae. and that If the banks had three wears @us1ce tA2& they would have severe penal t1es 1zposed upon them if they did noi ES2ee@ tAelr notes in specie, they would ru1GeZ TGxrazE
 Senator Jones. of Nevada, who quite S<4zzsEAe3 the Senate with his recent wzwm.% <wnzsnrA srm kA.n gsmanror ;r xrI,;oh l.,