Litchfield enquirer., 1875-06-03


 Thursday, June 3, 1875.
 TO CORRESPONDENTS.
 Being dssirous of giving every encouragement to srsons fsvOring us with local news make the fol- owsna uropositions to regular and occasional corres- pOndents:
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 Local items from reliable sources any part of the county w be received with pleasure but we are par tiealaxly desirous of increasing list of regular ~seky snd fOrtnishtly correspondents, especially in pucss liks New Milford, Kent, Cornwall, Falls Village, WolcctxviIe Haxwinton and other localities not ade Quatey represented in our coumns and we hope also
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 simple statement of facts is all that is necessary, and hastily written communications will be corrected before publication.
 The committee to whom these questions were referred by former Legislature, have presented e report favoring the establish ment of state inebriate asylum and a state workhouse for tramps.
 Bishop Williams confirmed forty-two persons in St. Johns church, Waterbury, on Sunday last. A Diocesan School for girls is about being established in that city.
 The people of Nebraska and Kansas are. returning pay for the numerous gifts sent them. last winter. Many of our Eastern people are receiving samples of the first crops of grasshoppers by express. Such acts of warm-hearted generosity are specially commendable.
 It is astonishing that men should under take the risks of boating without knowing how to swim. Last week three of the Trinity University crew were upset in the Connecticut at Hartford, where they were predicting. Tso of them could not swim. Luckily one of them saved himself by clinging to the boat; but the other, an es- timable young man named Cameron, was drowned.
 At caucus held on Wednesday evening of last week the Democratic members of the legislature nominated Judge Loomis to the vacancy on the Supreme bench oc- casioned by the resignation of Judge Phelps. Judges Sanford and Granger were also renominated and we are glad to hear that the health of the latter is now lully recovered.
 ocNdned In S6dfh H6l56ke.r "bh1aiiisa.;s 1aiiisasts5Efa s5Efi Thursday evening last. The Catholic church in that place was crowded with congregation of 700 when the building was fired by c candle on the altar and between seventy and eighty lost their lives from burning or orsuffocation. The passage ways were blocked as usual by Q struggling crowd. The parish priest made every ef- fort to restore order, and saved several persons by his personal exertions.
 new device in the matter of locks saved the Mahaiwe Bank of Great Bar rington from loss, on Friday night This lock, which had been put on the bank vault but recently. is so contrived that it becomes absolutely unbeatable for given term of hours. A gang of burglars enter ed the cashiers house, bound his family and carried him pinioned to the bank. Here. however. the new lock proved to be an impregnable barrier. The cashier could not open it; the burglars could not force it; and the attempt failed.
 The American Sunday School Union is accomplishing great religious work in establishing and maintaining Sunday schools in new settlements and in places where people are not reached nor provid. ed for by any other agency. During the year ending March 1st, 1875. it establish. cd, west of the Mississippi alone, 5S9 New Sunday schools. with over 21, 900 scholars; visited and aided 1900 other schools. It gave over 2,000 bibles and testaments, and held over 20O0 meetings;-all which was accomplished at an expense less than the cost of single mile of Q first class rail- road.
 Last week MT. Ives. of Goshen, intro- duced bill for the reduction of the sal. aries of judges of the Supreme and Supe- rior courts from q. 900 to $3,OOO. While favoring most propositions looking to economy we cannot agree to this. The trouble now is that able lawyers are un. willing to give up the larger income of successful practice for the harder work, poorer pay, and long absences from home, that are the lot of judge of our Superior or Supreme courts. The worst feature of our judicial system is the present mode of appointing judges. They should either be elected by the people or appointed by the governor. The latter we believe to be the preferable method but the former is certainly better than the present yearly scramble for iudgeships.
 Legislatures are apt to overlook the fact that uniformity and certainty are