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Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04
CONGRESSIONAL

The President announces that no spe- cial session will be called.
 There is opposition to the proposed Pacific railroad compromise in the Cabi. net
 The President has signed the Civil Rights bill sa
 Senate.-On Tuesday of last week the Judiciary comittee reported that refusal of the Pacific Mail subsidy would be le- ga, and the repeating clause was voted,- The Post Office and Army Appropriation bills were passed.
 On Wednesday the bills admitting Col orado and New Mexico as States were de. bated and passed. ..
 On Thursday scheme of internal i'm provement was discussed. bill fol changing the mode of counting the votes on the Presidential ticket was debated and passed.-The Finance Committee an- nounced that they were equally divided upon the Tax and Tariff bill
 The Civil Rights bill was discussed on Friday and Saturday night and passed.
 On Monday the Tax and Tariff bill was debated. MT. Sherman wished to SUI bsti tute bill taxing tea and coffee.
 .House.-On Tuesday of last week, the Louisiana committee reported.-The Taz and Tariff bill was amended and passed.
 The session of Wednesday was continu. ed through the night and till late Thurs. day afternoon by Buffers unsuccessful at. tempt to spring the Force bill on the House. ...z.t-. .r.f ssa .aa-.
 On Friday the Sundry Civil Appropria- tion bill was considered.
 The Force bill was taken up Friday evening, debated Saturday, and passed late Saturday night.
 On Monday the resolutions reported by the Louisiana committee recognizing the Kellogg government and declaring the Conservatives entitled to the lower House were passed.-The Sundry Civil bill was debated ..,
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04
Unkind.

1t seems trife hard in a Democratic
 county like this. and in a year, too, when
 our present high sheriffis to be reelected,
 II heaven so please, that Democrats
 should he as busy as they are making
 things difficult for him. In the first place
 Representative Baldwin, of New Milford,
 would insist on knowing, at the late coun-
 ty meeting. how it happened that the jail
 brought no rent into the county treasury as was the case in old times when he was a county commissioner. And now here comes the Winsted Press, a Democratic journal, making hue and cry about poor old Betsy Wadhams, an insane woman placed in jail long ago when the law or dered that lunatics acquitted from crime on the ground of insanity should be so confined. In 1870 the law was changed. and Betsy Wadhams should have been re- moved to the State Insane Hospital. For some reason not known to us she was not so removed. For the SIX years of the pres- ent sherifs term of office he has received s, week out out of the State Treasury. for her board, and that board has proba- ply cost him less than $1, week. Here is a clean profit of $1OO year, on one lunat- ic prisoner, to careful Democratic official. Now what must this reckless organ of a Liberal Economical Democratic Reform Party do but raise an outcry, as of 8 steam whistle, about this little matter of Betsy Wadhams, within less than three weeks of the nomination and five of the election Its article closes with the following re- marks, intended for Litchfield promiscu- ously, but most unluckily coming home to the high sheriff individually:
 A curious circumstance ill connection with this old lunatic's case is the fact that she ought to be sent to the State Asylum at Middletown. But while.she is in jail she is the charge of the State $500 per week, and if sent to Middletown the ex- penses would be taxed upon the town of Litchfeld, and 1t is scarcely to be wonder ed at that our humanitarian neighbors at the county seat have kept the matter shady. It has however come to the knowl- edge of the State Board of Charities and Corrections, and they promise early mea-. sures to transfer the poor old creature to her proper home.
 Here is a nice prospect. Our public spirited sheriff hardly clears expenses on the jail. now, he says; and. with S300 Ire formed' clean out of his pocket on one little matter, and other reforms threaten ed, how is he to scrape through his three years term even should be nominated and elected? Evidently this Gatling Gun of an editor, who is doing all he can to make the office unproitable by his interference, should favor some plan that will relieve his friend of that branch of his present official work. Relief will no doubt come most effectively in the form of resolu- tions in each of the county conventions, in- stucting their respective nominees, in case of election, to rent the jail to some suit able person, as was formerly done, and pay the rent into the county treasury.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04

The trial of James E. Latin for murder,
 in Bridgeport, is remarkable for an innova- ton on the oldWommon law mode of trial
 authorized by Q recent statute. He IS tried by Judges Beardsley and Sanford,
 sUitAOut q jury. The prisoners request for trial by court instead of jury was granted against the opposition of the States Attor- ney, who claimed that the statute is un- constitutional We can see no reasonable objection to such mode of trial, and at least one strong argument in It's favor. Ordinarily, prisoner would prefer jury trial, because he cannot then be convicted except upon proof sufficient to make a panel of twelve men unanimous against him. In case, however, of prevalent local prejudice. c jury trial may really be to the prisoners disadvantage, and then it is no more than fair thet he should have the option Of being tried by an unprejudiced tribunal We notice that Messrs. Henry s. Sanford, formerly of New Milford, and Morris ". Seymour, late of this place, are counsel in this case; Mir. Sanford for the State, and MT. Seymour for the prisoner.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04
REAL ESTATE At Auction :!

Will be sold at Public Auction, unless previ- ously disposed of, at my house in Falls Village, Ct, on Wednesday and Thursday, March IT and IS, 1875. commencing at 10 o'clock, a. m, of each day, the following property: My house and lot, with barn, ice house, and other out buildings. The lot has 91 feet front, and con- tains about three-fourths of an acre of land. AL so. twenty acres of land, in high cultivation on .'Beebe Hill" Also, 6. acres of land, on the Johnson road" Also, two wood lots, one with acres, and one with acres, on the '.Barreck' Also half interest in the Scott farm, the Coop CT farm, and the Keep farm. Also will be sold the following personal property: pair match ed mares. 1 bay mare, gray mare, with foa1, I yearling colt, Hambletonian, 3 native COWS, 1 Attorney COW, full blood, Alderney yearing calf. full blood. Alderney bull, iun blood. shotes, SOW with pig, g tons of baled hay. 2 farm wagons, light wagon, 8 two-seat spring wagons, meat wagon, buggy, two-horse sleigh, 1 one-horse sleig, 2 set double harness, 3 set single harness, blows, chains, and other farming tools.- Also, 2 lot of household furni- ture, carpets, stoves. &c. Terms made known ct time of sale. ABRAM HERMON. - ,. Falls Village, Feb. 12, 1875. 47sW
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
 Great Britain.- Gladstone has pub- hshed another pamphlet entitled "Vati- canism."
 The steamship Hong Kong, London. for Japan, has foundered; six lives are known to be lost.
 France.-The coalition of Republicans and moderate Royalists has finally carried through the articles of the proposed con- stitution.
 M. Bufett was reelected president of the Assembly by a very large majority. He has decided to undertake the task of forming Ministry.
 SpGin.-Troubles have arisen in the Cabinet on account of the Gustav affair Fighting continues in the neighborhood of Bilbao.
 No complete settlement of the Virgin jus claims has yet been effected.
 South Anserica.-The Venezuelan Re- volution has come to an end.
 DOMESTIC. Ernest Ortwein was hanged in Pitts burgh, last week, for the murder of five per sons in April last.
 The effect of recent railroad squabbles has been to lower freights on all the trunk lines. ,"7 335i as asSa ~l7 The North Carolina House failed to ex- pei member for being an atheist.
 The State Treasurer and Auditor of West Virginia are to be impeached.
 Three coal shafts near Brazll, Ind, :, have been burned by striking miners.
 The annual report of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company states the net earnings of all its lines at three millions.
 Great damage is threatened at Pitts burgh by extensive ice -gorges on the Ale gheny and Monongahela Rivers. Dr De Koven has accepted the bishop ric of Illinois, but there is doubt whether his election will be ratified by the com mittees of other dioceses. e - The Secretary of the Treasury has issu- ed a call for the redemption of 5000. 600 coupon bonds. ffsssr9 r-.. l-~. sr.F,..s V. < Coal freights have been reduced on the Pennsylvania railroads and on the Balti- more and Ohio. a s1s s. Judge McKeon has ordered Brigham Young to pay 6, 900 attorneys fees, and S8. 500 alimony, pending the t1ial of the divorce suit brought by his wife Ana Eliza. The ladies of the SHARoN Methodist
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04

The Democrats hold their county con- vention for nomination of sheriff at this place on Wednesday, the 17th inst. We hope that, whoever is nominated, the in- cidental business of running the jail to the Sherifrs private profit or loss CD will be stopped, by appropriate resolutions.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04

The women suffragists of Massachu- setts are still pushing the matter before their legislature. A proposed amend ment to the constitution giving women the ballot received 75 yeas to 12O nays in the House on the 18th ult. Nearly all the affirmative votes came from the east ern part of the state. Pretty well, the severity of the season considered!
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04

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 13 ly.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04

A terrible disaster happened at Cath olic church in Duane St., New York. on Thursday evening last. The building was crowded by over 2Oo0 persons at a Lent service, when high brick wall of an adjoining building that had been re- gently burnt, was toppled over by the wind upon the roof of the church. A small part of the roof gave way, and with bricks and beams and plaster came tumb- ling down on the heads of the people be- meath. Five persons were killed outright and @ were wounded by the disaster. A terrible stampede of the survivors took place. in the course of which several more people were more or less hurt.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04
Are They Prophets

Early in December. at the very begin ing of winter, appeared our unusual and entirely unexpected visitors. Quietly picking the seeds from the maple branch
 oyer your head but not beyond your reach; foolishly alighting at your feet to gather those that had fallen to the ground; nois- lessly moving among the limbs of your low spruce tree to eat the resinous buds, they keep 8 sharp eye on you; but seem ing to regard you as friend, they neither avoid nor fear you. You never saw them before: you wonder whence and who they they came, and who they are. The Pine Grosbeak, denizen of the cold north, 8 frequent winter visitor in the upper part of Maine, Is almost never seen in Connec- tcut. Why did these beautiful birds make their familiar home among us in December, 1874. Did they know the mer- cury was about to pitch it's tent for the season in the region of zero? Are they weather prophets? or was it the mere ac- cident of no food in their usual haunts, that brought them down to make our ac- quaintance? Whatever may have been the motive that impelled them, let US give thanks for their visit, and invite to call again. Their beauty, their gentle manner, their quiet confidence in man and, may add, in boy, have endealed them to us through the long, cold winter. You need not wait till you can sprinkle salt on their tails. put forth your hand slowly, and you can take him from the branch. He resists with peck; and af- ter moments examination you release him. He fears you no more than before, but alights within your reach. first saw these Grosbeaks in the winter of 1885 or near it. Though accustomed to notice and recognize every bird that visits us, summer or winter, have seen only two individuals from that time till this season of their long soiourn. G.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04

Mir. Barnum was re-nominated at the Democratic Congressional Convention in Bridgeport, Tuesday.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04
ReOiStrarS' Notice!

THE undersigned, Registrars of Voters for l the 2d district of Litchfeld, hereby give mo- tice that they will be in session on Saturday, the be till five in the afternoon. for the purpose of mak ing list as nearly perfect practicable of those who are electors in said district, and will be titled to vote at electors meeting to be hold purpose Of receiving the applications of those who have never been made electors in said town and who claim that they are entitled to be made electors, and also of passing upon the claims of any persons who claim right to vote upon cer- tificates.
 A. M. TURNER, Registrars
 GEO. GUERNSEY, of Voters
 Litchfeld, March list, 1875. 482
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04
The Louisiana Reg orss.


 We publish the report of the majority of the Louisiana committee in full on our outside with extracts from that of the mi nority. They differ chiefly regarding the amount of intimidation practiced by the Conservatives at and before last falls cleo tion, but agree in reporting that n,ajori- ty of Conservatives were chosen to tie House of Representatives, and that the action of the Returning Board was illegal, arbitrary and unjust They also substan- tlally agree in requesting the Louisiana House of Representatives to admit the Conservatives entitled to seats therein They seem substantially agreed also in not recommending @ new elections
 The minority certainly adduee very strong proof of terrorism, such as has, no doubt, paralyzed the Kellogg government Tn a large portion of the State, where the collection of taxes is practically impossi- ble, and where the people are practically without protection of law. But how can
 
 look to the ballot as the peaceful remedy of such grave evils? Confessedly the un- fairness of Republican Returning Boards has banished all hope of peaceful remedy at the polls. It is the counting, not the voting, that decides elections. In 1876 Gov. Kellogg will no doubt appoint a Board that will repeat the rascality of last fall and nullify the will of the people should the Conservatives still have a ma jority in the State.
 Under these circumstances We can see no mode of settlement SO fair and so little open to objection as 8 new election held under Congressional auspices and careful ly guarded against fraud and coercion. Where there IS such just doubt of the le- gality of Kellogg's election as appears from these reports, the true and the Re publican course would seem to be to favor neither the one nor the other of these doubtful sets of claimants, but to go di- rect to the people, for new expression of their opinion. We ask the minority who deprecate the excitement of & general election, now, how much quieter matters are like to be in the fall of 1876, in the heat of Q presidential canvass, with anoth- CT Kellogg Returning Board and the White League aroused to redoubled ac- tivity?
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04

''Coasting" has been dangerous sport on the glib ice of the past fortnight. On Monday night of last week party in Meriden had an upset, killing one person outright. and iniuring several others ter ribly. A boy was killed in Worcester, Mass, on tl spS .Anlt., and another in Stoughton oL .Get tZ0th. Another unfortu- nate lost an eye in Thomaston.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04

The Democratic papers. especially the Hartford Times, are having an uncomfor- table time with the reproduction of va riOus spicy editorials they published two years since when Judge Minor accepted the nomination in this Congressional Dis trict They then took very strong ground against the propriety of a judges accept ance of . nomination for such an office. while retaining his position on the bench. Now. Judges Phelps and Foster are both running for Congress on the Democratic ticket, and neither talks of resigning. Judge Minor, on tho contrary, announced his intention of resigning his judgeshlp, as soon as he accepted 8 nomination for Congress and he kept his word.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04
RaniStrarS' N0tiGaI

THE undersigned, Registrars of Voters for the l first voting district of Litchfeld, hereby give notice that they will be in session on Satur day, the 18th day of March, 1875, at the Office of Chas. B. Andrews, Esq, from nine o'clock in the forenoon, till five in the afternoon, for the pur- pose of making list as nearly perfect as prac- ticabe of those who are Electors in said district and who will be entitled to vote at an electors meeting, to be holden on the first Monday of April next, and for the purpose of receiving the applications of those who have never been made electors in said town, and who claim that they are entitled to be made electors, and also of passing upon the claims of any persons who claim rigbt to vote upon certificates.
 A. B. SHUMWAY, ! Registrars
 GEO. H. BALDWIN, of Voters
 Litchfeld March 1st, 1875. 48-2
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Senatorial Convention

The Republican electors of the 18th senato- rial District, are hereby notified that Conven- tion will be held at the lower hotel in the town of Woodbury. on Wednesday, March 10th, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, for the purpose of nominating ing State election.
 CHAS. L. HICKOX,l co
 47 2w WI. J. SMITH. j Oon'
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04

The ladies of the SHARON Methodist
 church held 8 sociabls at the house of Mir David Cole, on the 18th and presented q fine series of tableaux. 'aE @ F .
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04

In Beecher trial the plaintiff rested his case on Tuesday of last week. MT. Tracy then occupied four days with his opening address for the defendant. It IS very ag- gressive in its style and character, and promises strong evidence contradicting the plaintiffs witnesses. The testimony for the defence commenced, Tuesday.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04

AMERICANS ARE NATION OF DYsPEP- TIcs.-We live fast, dissipate and fill ear- ly graves. We drink all kinds of alcohol ic spirits. and swallow. without mastica- ton, pork, grease, and every kind of life destroying, system-clogging, indigestible food Dr. Walkers Vinegar BiIters will remove the evil effects, and the recovered patient, with pure, ,viltalized blood flowing through his veins, will have clearer head and cooler judgment, which added to ex- perience, will cause him to abstain in the future. AS 4w Take the whole catalogue of medicine and you will not find preparation so competent to effectualy deal with kidney, i bladder, glandular and Bright's disease as l Hunts remedy. Gravel, dropsv, diabetes, suppression and lncontinence of urine, pains, in the side, back and loins, com plaints of the urino-genital organs and fe- male Irregularities. It subdues and re- stores to Il sanitary condition the impair ed nerve structure.
 ONE HUNDRED DEATHS PER WEEK Tn New York and Brooklyn from diseases of the throat and lungs! Is it not awful! And yet Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, taken in time, would prevent seven eights of this frightful mortality. No cough or cold can resist this balsamic remedy. Crittenton's 9th Avenue. Sold by all Druggists.
 Pike's Tooth-ache Drops cure in one minute
 All persons who aspire to beauty or per sonal appearance should not neglect that natural accessory, the hair. By many 1t hoo narr1aotol r1rfil kI,a ho1 I,o come thin, gray, or entirely fallen off, Messrs. Hail < Go. Nashua, N. H., have produced an effectual remedy, called Sl- cilian Hair Remover, which cures all dis eases of the scalp. This wonderful pre- aration acts upon the glands, which sup port and nourish the hair, restores gray hair to its original color, makes the scalp white and clean, removes and prevents the formation of dandruff and all cutane- ous eruptions; and, by its tonic and nu- tritive properties, restores the scalp to a healthy state, and creates 8 new growth. As dressing, 1t IS unsurpassed, giving the hair that briliancy so much admiren by an.-BostO1 Commercial
 Stop that cOughi No pulmonary com plaint can resist the healing influence of Dr. Morris Syrup of Tar, Wild Cherry and Horehound. As a. specific for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, ,hoarseness, sore throat and bronchitis, cure for GROUP and preventive of consumption, 1t has no equal. Acts like charm in wHooPING COUCH, clears and strengthens the voice of speakers and sing CTS, contains no opium, and is pleasant to take. If everything else has failed in your case call at the drug store of Buell. & Wheeler and ask aboutit. Trial bottle 10 cents. 43 1y
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04
PROBATE ADVERTISEMENTS.

U DH Feb. ss. 1875. S7 "0000ofS s. ff0O"'' o0Or''
 Estate of John Bacon late of Woodbury, in said District, deceased.
 Woodbury hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof, for the Creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims for settlement Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be de-
 barred recovery. All persons indebted to l said Estate are requested to make immediate
 4s 5w* AUGUSTA BACON, Executrix. DIsTRICT of Watertown ss Probate Court, u Feb. 24, 1875.
 Estate of Theodore C. Glazer late of Water town in said District, deceased. The Administrator represents the Estate in- solvent, and prays the appointment of Commits sioners thereon.
 Ordered. That Commissioners to receive and examine the claims of the Creditors of said Es- l tate be appointed at the Probate Office in Wa tertown, on the eighth day of March 1875 at nine o'clock, forenoon; of which all persons in interest will take notice and appear if they see
 cause. and be heard thereon. Attest, DISTRICT of Washington ss. Probate Court. u Feb. 3d. 1875
 Estate of Johanna Doherty late of Washington in said District, deceased. The Court of Probate for the District of Wash ington hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof, for the Creditors of said Estate represented insolvent, in which to exhibit their claims thereto; and has appointed D. c, Whittle- sey and Guy c. Ford of Washington, Commis- | sioners to receive and examine said Claims: and has ordered that said Commissioners meet at
 the house of David c. Whittlesey, in said town on the 27th day of March and Sd day of August | 1875. at 1 o'clock in the afternoon of each of
 said days for the purpose Of attending on the business of said appointment Certified from Record
 HENRY H. MOREHOUsE, Judg,. DAVID C. WHITTLESEY, GUY c. FORD. tom rs. All persons indebted to said Estate ara re- quested to make immediate payments to J. s. TITUS, Adm.
 Washington, Feb. 18th, 1875. 46 3w
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04
REPUBLICAN, CONGRESSIONAL
 CONVENTIOM.
Tuesday. March 9th. 1875.

The Republican Congressional Convention or inc Fourth Congressional District will be held at BRIDGEPORT, at FRANKLIN HALL, on
 Tuesday. March 9th. 1875, al 10 o'clock A. x. The several towns in the District are requested to send delegates (equaf 1o twice the number of representatives to which each is entitled in the Legisaturel to noroinate a candidate for Congress for said Dis trict, and to do any other business proper to be brought before the Convention. Per order
 W. E. NoRToN-10th Dist.
 P.D. CRossBT-11th Fist.
 Gxo. a KErLER-12th Dist Congressional
 D. F. MARsH-15th Dist. Committee.
 WM SMrrH-16th Dist.
 F. w. SPURR-17th Dist.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04

TIE WESTMINSTER REVIEW for January contains: John Stuart Mills Three Es- says on Religion; Railway Regulation and Railway Purchase; The Bible and Strong Drink; Rocks Ahead, or, the Warnings of Cassandra; Aristotle; Chari- ty. Pauperism. and SeIf-help; The first Metallurgists; Home life. English Dwell ings; Contemporary Literature.
 The Leonard Scott Publishing O., New York, S4 year.