Litchfield enquirer., 1875-07-15

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 The legislature threatens adjournment at the end of next week. Well, if it will go, we must get on without it-till anoth- CT Reform assembly is elected.
 Plymouth church has in effect assumed Mir. Beecher's portion of the expense of the great scandal trial by vote of $10O,- GOO salary for the present year.
 The House of Representatives has voted committee ofinvestigation into charges of corruption brought against members, especially members from this and Fairfield counties.
 The Democrats of the legislature have nominated MT. Miles, member of the House from Milford, for school fund com missioner. This selection of appointees from their own number is practice Re. form legislature ought not to sanction.
 The legislative committee on temperance has reported against a number of bills changing the license law. It is to be hoped that this law will not be tempered with; but the liquor interest is making every effort for repeal of the local option clause.
 Another bank has been saved by chronometer lock. On Tuesday night of last week the cashier of the Barre (Mass.) Bank was taken from his house to the bank by four burglars and ordered to open the vault. The chronometer was set for nine, of the,next morning, and the thieves had to give up their attempt.
 The boat race which is to come off at Saratoga, on Wednesday of this week, bids fair to be one of the closest ever known. Harvard has fine crew, Yale has it's fine ''stroke" as well a fine crew, and the number of entries is larger than ever. The new arrangements prevent the fouls which made the last race so unsatis- factory.
 Bro. Joe Vail is a model mourner. With one eye blinded with tears, the other is always wide open to business. He sim cerely bewails our recent misadventure with mercury" and then calmly pro- poses to bag our entire subscription list during our disability therefrom. Job. in all his misery. never had so "pisen" friend as this
 The first number of the new Winsted paper-the News-reached us, last week. It is well printed, creditable paper. .Dem- ocratic in politics, and edited by MT. Hen. " A. Bills, formerly of the Winsted Press. An anti-Protectionist editorial, condemn ing the dominant, Lime Rock view of that question, is pleasing feature of the new paper.
 The attempt to capture of an express Car on an Illinois railroad on Thursday night last was very bold but luckily an unsuccessful one. A band of robbers seized the train at a station in the woods, shot the engineer dead and then tried to force the Adams express car. The man in charge refused to open it, and though they riddled it with balls he held out till they were obliged to retire without effect ing an entrance.
 It will be seen by our legislative reports that new constitutional amendment is to be proposed for the reorganization of the Senate. This will authorize the forma- tion of from 35 to 45 Senatorial districts. the redistricting to take place in 1880; and, in order to prevent "gerrymander- ing" it is provided that a two.thirds vote shall be required in favor of each appor- tionment. This plan seems fairer one than that recently voted down in the House; but the two-thirds feature might. perhaps. block all action.
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 There is evident indisposition in both branches of our legislature to increase the governors appointing power. The bill which gave the governor appointment of school commissioner met with no favor in the Senate. and now Mir. McMahon pro- poses to make the office of railroad com- missioner elective by the people. That might be better than an appointment by the legislature, but in position where peculiar fitness is desirable. an appoint ment by the governor ought to secnva . better selection. The choice of MT. Mi.