Litchfield enquirer., 1877-11-22

Chicago's last fire-Field 6 Letters mann moth dry goods store@is only q -sf, ,5o0,0oe affair, and the people there feel good deal ashamed of it.. al.- l4-Z T T<4
 It seems that the Canadian government has finally adopted Sitting Bull and given him a reservation in Saskatchewan, on the Red Deer river. We shall miss him dreadfully for a while.
 Some idiot sent us a fictitious notice of the death of Mrs. Marietta Emmons, of West Morris, last week. forging the signature of a well known citizen to his letter. Mrs. Fin mons is alive and we'll ,.
 Raymond, Republican. finally nets three majority as sheriff of New London county Probably the number of men who ''sayed him." and who want to be deputies in conse- quence is considerably larger than his ma jority. ta..is9 'fasa is7 8 .e'af sr
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 Mir. Blaine's health seems much shattered by the settlements and labors of his political life. He has been dangerously ill since he returned home to Augusta. and doubts of his recovery were entertained at one time.
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 The republican majority in Minnesota at the late election reached near 1T 900, higher than has eyer been known before at a state election. The majority in Wisconsin is near 6, GOO, 2, ,OO0 better than Hayes majority, last year.
 The conviction of Robert l. Case, president of New York insurance company, for perju- inc f0 fall tot of the condition of his company, is very satisfsc- tory. It is a style of prosecution that deserves to become general.
 The Wolcottville Register goes into the hands of MT. C. James, formerly of the Miller ton Telegram. If we are not mistaken in the person, he used to be correspondent of ours some years since. He writes we'll and will no doubt give our neighbors good paper.
 The ''labor' vote has been very heavy, this fall Chicago boiled 1000 communist" votes; and, in Rochester, the workingmenstic ticket ob- tained nearly 500 more votes than either the Republican or democratic tickets. Hartford and New Haven also, boiled heavy Work ingmen's vote.
 There are ''bloated land holders" to be looked to, as well as ''bloated bond owners" Ex-Gov. Coburn, of Maine, owns half mill lion acres, arsd one Washington, of New York, 1,256, 900 acres. Waddington's land, however, is in New Mexico and it is wonder how he keeps out of the poor-house
 John D. Howe, formerly of Winsted, and an old correspondent of the Sentinel, was the Independent and Liberal candidate for Judge of the Supreme Bourt of Nebraska at the late election in that State. He was beaten, of course, since the State went strongly Republi- can.
 The failure of the Democratic attack on the army, by the adoption of the Senate amend ments of the Army bill in the House on Mon- day, closes the chief special work of the extra session. The Texans who want protection were joined by one or two Northern Democrats, and gave the supporters of the Senate measure four majority on the decisive vote.
 The fall of Kars is a severe blow to the Turk ish dominion in Asia. It ensures the conquest of Armenia to Russia, ,-one great Russian object of the war. In the meantime fighting goes on at Plevna, and if that falls, too, the Ottoman power will be terribly shaken in Eu- rope as well as in Asia. THe few weeks left to the campaign of 1877 may yet see decisive results
 Popular indignation is growing stronger dai- ly against the Congressional demagogues who, 'while eeonomizing at the expense of the army, have passed bil offering five cents more for the silver used in coining each dollar than that amount of silver is worth in the market. The silver swindle is bad enough in any aspect, but this clause in the bill now before the Senate proposes so gross animpostion that it is thought certain it will kill the whole abominable meas ure.
 An instance of the swindles practiced by railroad companies upon their bondholders has lately come under our notice. The Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Co.," of Missouri, issued their bonds about ten years since guaranteed by the South Pacific R. R, Co.," of that State. On foreclosure of the Atlantic & Pa. cific railroad the mortgages realized only ten per cent of their claims, and now the South Pacific K. R. O., solvent corporation repu- diates the guarantee signed by their treasurer, on the claim that it was illegal.
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