Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-29

1be Gitfbhelo Gnquirer,
 LITCHFiELDr CONN. Thursday Aug. 29,. 1878
 Four hundred Icelanders recently arrived il Canada.
 Oliver Dalrymple Dakota landowner, ha recently raised 300, 600 bushels of No. whea on his 13, 900 acre farm in the Red River
 Examinations for the Catholic priesthoot seem to be rather severe. Of eighteen appli cants recently before their ecclesiastical boart only ten passed.
 Damascus has been ruined by the Suez Can al, it is now said-a blessed result-if Mark Twain's typographical report on that locality is at all reliable.
 The Republican Convention is to meet a Allyn Hall in Hartford on the 24th of Septem Der, just week later than the Democrat, State Convention.
 In spite of the injury to wheat throughout limited area in the West, the general yield is uncommOnly heavy-4O7, 900, 900 bushels, it is now estimated.
 The Springfield Republican insists on the appointment of a woman as President of Vas sar College. The selection of some heavy, re- spectable doctor of divinity, instead, would be most serious mistake, it maintains.
 Whatever else happens. the country has nc longer any occasion to fear its foreign credit ors. Over 80 per cent. of the public debt is owned at home, and there are heavy and con- stant sales of the four per cents.
 Prof. Young, of Princeton, competent American authority, believes in the discovery of planet Vulcan between Mercury and the Sun. He thinks it's diameter is between 200 and 400 miles, and that there are probably sev- eralothers small planets revolving near the sum- Judge Daniels of New York has cut down the legal fees charged on an inquiry into the
 
 $31.75. Another of the name exclaims, "A Daniel come to judgment! Yea, Dan iels!"
 The North Carolina legislature stands Sen. ate, B Democrats, r Republicans House. 79 Democrats, and Al Republicans. Vance (BourbOn candidate for Senator) has 73 SUD- pOrters in both Houses Merrimon (the pres cnt Senator) 39. The 58 Republicans will therefore have a chance to send Merrimor again as they did six years ago.
 The Democrats hold their State Convention at Music Hall, New Haven, on the 27th oi September. Judge Phelps seems likely to be their candidate in the New Haven District Landers' renomination is doubtful, and War. ner's out of the question. There is considera- bic talk of running w. D. Bishop, Pres o1 the N. Y. N H. and Hartford railroad in this District
 The Tribune thinks that the removal of the Conkling Custom House officers is likely tc help the Republican chances of success in New York, this fall. The anti-Conkling Republi cans-at least half the party in Central New York-are now disposed to fight Conkling in the legislature rather than allow the election tc go Democratic by default, as had been their previous intention.
 The murderer Ten Eyck, who was hung at Pittsfeld week before last, made written confession in which he acknowledes burn. ing Gen. Phelps barn in North Colebrook, be- sides burglary or two, and forgery, but he says nothing of the murder for which he was hung. There was no sort of doubt of his guilt, however, and he refused to reassert his innocence just before his execution.
 Kearney's attack on the Boston Pilot, the Catholic organ, was manifest blunder. Ii seems that the Pilot was formerly owned by Patrick Donahue, who failed owing a large amount in small sums to the Irish people of Boston. The Pilot passed into the hands of the Catholic archbishop, who was in no way obligated to pay these debts of Donahue. Nev. crtheless the church assumed the burden, and during the past two years, has divided $20, 900 among these poor people,
 The World exposes a curious practice o certain New York lawyers who make it a bus mess to furnish bankrupts with worthless bonds and stocks with which to impose upon theil creditors while they make way with their req assets. The transfers are dated back to tn, time when the bonds or stocks were valuable the creditors arc fooled the newspapers repor ''another failure caused by speculation or Wall street," and the bankrupt goes on hi way rejoicing.
 It was pretty we'll understood that during the last hours of the last session of Congress the Committee on Enrolled Bills were al drunk but Rainey (colored) from South Caro lima. The Bridgeport Farmer now substan tially admits the truth of this charge, but goe on to say that Rainey and Senator Conovel (both Republican)were bribed to omit claus regarding the Hot Springs Commission. Grant ing the truth of this statement, how much ar we likely to gain by substituting drunkard for thieves?
 MT. Jas. s. Andrew, of New Milford, ha navigated ''sharpie," 16 feet long and trifl over Sfeet wide, from Gaylord's Bridge dow the HOusatonic to the Sound and thence back to New Milford. He made the S2 miles iron New Milford to Birmingham in about 64 hours the return trip taking three times as long There are some 20 ranids in the river. mnstl1