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Litchfield enquirer., 1878-01-31

The fierce debate over the Silver resolution. in our legislature, on Wednesday of last week, showed an overwhelming majority against tampering with the currency. Mir Gallsgher's war record was brought into the debate, most unnecessarily. He has present sins enough to answer for without going back fifteen years for irrelevant iniquities.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-01-31

The Moody and Sankey meetings at Hart ford are very large and enthusiastic. The Rink is always we'll filled in the evenings and on Tuesday it was filled three times and at the evening meeting there was large over flow besides.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-01-31

The Louisiana legislature has been passing Hayes resolutions, with but eight dissenting votes in the Senate and fifty-seven in the house -disgruntled republicans. ss.v
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-01-31

The Winsted Press tells a touehi1z little sto- " about Miss Mary McCargar, one of the teachers drowned at Tarifyille. A few years ago she was to have been married to 8 worthy young man and preparations were being msde for the wedding when he sickened and died, the deSoted girl nursing him tendsrly through out his illness. From the effects of this terri ble bloT she never recovered. and few days before her death she remarked to Q lady that she was tired of waiting. and longed fsr the time when she should see and be with him agzin.
 Whatever else we may have suffered in the way of extravagant state expenditure, there is no doubt that our Capitol will be not only an extreaeiy fine building, but worth every dol lar if costs. Poor New York, on the other hand, has already laid cut over eight millions on her capitol, yet nobody is satisfied with the work already done. and 1t will evidently take nearly as much more money to finish t,
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-01-31

The legislature is plainly disposed to allow the Charter Oak Insurance Company to reor- ganize on the mutual plan. If it's policy hold CTS desire it, that long suffering and rather inn portant interest ought to be allowed to make the experiment.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-03-07


SEC. a. The commissioner shall be entitled to
fifty cents for subpoena to debtor, twenty five cents
for each extra subpoena, twenty-five cents for
capias, fifty cents for warrant Of commitment. and
three dollars for each day in hearn. the disclosure
and other testimony, The fees of officers shall be
the for servcesof other process OF similar
nature. The petitioner may if the commiss oner
authorize it, procure officer to be in attendance
during the proceedings and the fees for such at
tendance shall be seventy fve cents per day These
fees shall be paid by the petitioner, and may be
added to the costs on the judgment and execution.
They shall be taxed by the justice and certified in
detail on the back of the execution.
SEC Is. Nothing herein contained shall affect
any other remedy now existing for the enforcement
of judgments and executions but any debtor max
Ing disclosure Under this act shall not be arrested
on any execution upon said judgment, nor shall
any debtor who has disclosed upon arrest on any
execution be required to disclose on the same juig
ment under this act. The commissioner shall make
on the execution certificate of the fact of the dis
closure. approved February 81, 1881
CHAPTER 90.
An in regard to herenewa of Trial Justice Elk cuons
Be it enacted. &C., us follows:
SEC. Executions remaining atisfed, in whoe or in
part issued by trial justice whose commission has exr
ed who has removed the county within and for which
he may be renewed by any trial justice
in commission in county, upon like vouchers as
can SOW by the trial justice who rendered the judy
ment. SEC. g Take effect when approved. zap Fep 2l7s
The New York herald., 1878-12-20
WHY Not Private Dnlxcll (!

Bernadotte, who sat upon the throne Of
Sweden for quarter of a century and ruled
in manner that commanded approval, be-
gan his public career as a private in the
royal French marines. Now, Private Dali
zell has been q private all his life SO far. and
therefore much better fitted to be king
than the shifty Frenchman, who was only
private for a little while. We do not know
how long he has been q private, for we do
not know his age but we are reminded by
every mail from Ohio that lie is one. In
fact, there are thousands Of editors all
over tie country who have frequent,
not to say painful, evidence Of the fact
equally with ourselves. The information
that we have at least one private in our
midst comes at the foot Of mastery
disquisitions upon every subject pertain
ing to the government of the country.
couched, unfortunately, in n language which
only our correspondents returned from the
remote places in Eastern Europe, lately
the scene of hostilities, can understand.
To each of these we give ton or more Of
mail matter from the illustrious Private for
rchulI1 hiS iohi
the reports of a number OF these gentle
men, who are now on the sick list, we con-
cludc that Private Dalzoll is lost to civiliza-
ton in America. They point TO the anomaly
Of persistent private in nation of colonies
and brgadiers, and with one voice declare
that he and his state papers should be sent
where they would do most good. From all
of which we conclude, and ask our contem-
poraries to support us therein, that he
should be shipped to Bulgaria and en-
throned as its king
The New York herald., 1878-12-20
People with Delicate Nerves.

Many people who live in this city have
discovered that it has too many noises for
their convenience. One of the oldest of all
bits of municipal experience is that it has
too many smells and now an attorney
adds his experience to that Of Mr.. Com
stock, making just two who believe it has
too many sights from which they cannot
turn away their fascinated eyes. Through
the terrible temptations held out to the
sense Of taste the Rev. DIR. Crosby and some
other excellent men believe we are kept at
the verge of perdition, and the amiable Mr..
Bergh believes that the courts are
recreant in no other respect than in
their refusal to set aside all the
prejudices of love Of liberty in favor of q
reduced strain on peoples sensibilities
Thus, directly through four senses and
colorably through the fifth, is the human
soul assailed by the devil or member Of
his troupe in this lively city. Wouldn't it
be well if some of these gentlemen went to
the country There, in the calm seclusion
of the fields, in the beautiful tranquility of
the woods, they will find peace and stick
ing little crooked wires into fishes Jaws or
pins through the bodies of butterflies in
the pensive pursuits of angling or ento-
mology they will please their soft souls and
recover the robust nerves that are needed
for life in cities. For it is becoming a
point of practical consequence whether
this dog of city is going to wag
its own tail or whether the tail is going
to wag the dcg Shall the active life Of a
great city be constrained and limited and
set aside in the interest of small class OF
the people and their delicate sensibilities
or shall these over.sensitive ones step aside
and make way for the hard rush of city nc
tivities? For though Mr.. Cummins in his
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

prived England of her most important
customer. Finding her markets narrowed
she was forced to curtail expenses, and
the reduction OF wages has led to
extensive strikes, checking production
and bringing on stagnation which does
not yet seem to have reached its worst
stage. The United States are in fair way
to recover, but whether England will ever
again be what she was is doubtful. The
loss Of her best market is permanent, and
we are beginning to crowd her in the other
markets of the world, including her own
home market. The evils which result from
mere imitation can be cured; but the loss of
her best market and the impending COM
petition in others is a staggering blow to
the commercial supremacy OF England.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20
A Rare Man Gone.

BY the death of Bayard Taylor, our Min
world lose man Of class which at its
largest is far too small. While not posi-
lively great in any single particular his
nature combined many qualities, any one
Of which would have distinguished him
among his fellow men. His versatility,
which is universally acknowledged, was
neither the result of ambition nor curl
osity, but rather the natural out
come of catholicity of nature
and taste which. compelled him to
interest himself in whatever was admir-
able, manly or good. He was at one and
the same time fine embodiment Of modern
culture and living rebuke to the genera
ton of pigmies to whom culture is an
incessant but meaningless shibboleth. Be-
yond the age at which literary men
are most active and without the whip
Of necessity to urge him to labor,
he was almost to the last an industrious,
painstaking, voluminous writer, always
carrying to his work a degree of enthu-
siasm which many younger men might envy.
Like most other men, he d1ed with MS
favorite work uncompleted and his prin-
cipal ambition unsatisfed, for to write the
life of Goethe and to be principally es-
teemed as a poet were the darling de-
sires Of his heart. Some of his friends.
doubtful whether his qualifications We're
equal to the possible requirements Of
his diplomatic position, will believe that
for his own regulations sake his death oc-
Cured at fitting time; but the world is
more interested in what man is than in
what he is not, and the memory Of Bayard
Taylor will be affectionately treasured as
that of genial gentleman, o hearty friend,
loyal citizen, an enjoyable writer, and,
in the fullest sense of the term, an honest
workman.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

we'll known fact that in those houes they
carry their lightest loads, the decrease in
their passengers being clearly caused by
the cheap fares on the elevated roads.
g. The increased travel ON the elevated
roads consequent on reduced fare would be
confined to the hours during which ten
cents is now charged, and would not there
fore be attended by any extra cost to the
road, while the crowding of trains in the
now cheap hours would be relieved The
night travel would probably be quadrupled
at five cents fare, and thus made remunera-
tive, instead OF being, as is now claimed,
accommodated at loss.
A. Taking the Metropolitan roads figures
for November the passengers were divided
as follows:-
163, $50 at ten cents. 1888 0
4S2, 6d4 at five cents. 24133 90
Total. .SlOo521 &c
Fifty per cent of the Sixth avenue horse
car travel transferred to the Metropolitan
road would have added 100, 500 opthe lat
ters pas ;engers, making total Of 2, 037, 344,
which, at five cents fare all round, would
have yielded revenue of S101,8 20 for
the month This is more than the actual
receipts; but to this must be added the
large numbers of passengers that would also
be drawn from the Seventh avenue, Eighth
avenue, University place and other street
lines.
With these facts before them such capa.
BILE and shrewd business men as Cyrus w.
Field and the managers of the Metropolitan
Elevated road ought not to hesitate long in
adopting the policy of uniform five cent
fares
The New York herald., 1878-12-20
Italian Opera-Extra Nights.

An exceedingly brilliant and prosperous
season Of Italian opera has thus far rowned
the efforts of Mr.. Mapleson, and for this it
is to be hoped he is none the worse, while
the city has certainly been the gayer, and
that part of the public which cannot live
without good music has been happy. Scar
men" has been as pronounced a success as
any season Of Italian opera has ever given
us, and the public accepts Minnie Hauk as
a prima donna whose appeal to the ear is
all the occasion demands, and whose appeal
to the eye realizes the fiction in SO far MS it
presumes that the heroine shall have all the
charms Of youth and beauty. But Mr.. Ma
pleson has other attractions in store. Next
week Marie Roze will make her debut in the
part Of Leonora in ''Trovatore. She will
be supported by Campanini and Galassi.
This, therefore, will be an uncommonly
fine performance. Few operas are more
popular here than this old favorite. The
performance will be on Christmas eve, but
will be none the less attended on that ac-
count. Thursday of next week will be an
other extra night, and one in which the
public is very directly interested.
On that occasion Mr.. Mapleson will
give benefit to the theatre itself,
the proceeds being assigned to raise
fund to supply the Academy with scenery
and properties indispensable for it as a per-
manent home of opera. Even the stanch
shareholders relinquish their boxes for
that night only, or hold them by purchas-
ing them at the box office like ordinary
mortals. Roze. Gerster and Hauk will all
appear, and there will be given an act each
of .'Traviata, "Dinorah" and "The Hugue-
nots" Everybody will certainly get the
worth of his money in good music on that
occasion, and the money will go where it
will do most good for the future satisfaction
of the patrons of the Academy.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

most cases. If all doors and windows in
school building were opened wide Tor
an hour after the classes were dismissed
Tor the day, and the same operation
was performed during each intermission
and during the MONDAY hour, there would
be at least fifty per cent of improvement at
once. Hot air is not necessary or even
desirable to persons just coming from out
OF doors. A temperature of fifty degrees is
grateful in such cases, and if it can be
raised to seventy degrees within half an
hour it will meet the requirements Of every
child who is we'll enough to go to school.
The Thermometer, which hangs in many
schoolrooms, also calls for ''due consider
alton" AS soon as the mercury reaches
and slightly opened windows should be used
rs preventives Of stupefying degree OF
heat Then let the trustees see to it that
the hot air furnaces do not take air from
the neighborhood of the closets or other
foul influences. Let them see whether such
open let them replace such broken chains
and cords as are supposed to regulate the
vents to these fiues. All these things can
be done without assistance from the Board
Of Education, for each board of trustees
has small fund at it's own disposal for re-
pairs Then if they can afford patent ven
tilators that will still further purify the air
let them make use Of them, but no educ
consideration" will have been given until
the rooms are thoroughly and frequently
aired by the easy, sensible, utterly costless
method Of opening doors and windows
when the rooms are empty.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

TIE WEATHER.-1he feature Of the weather
change during yesterday was the movement of
the high and increasing pressure into the south
ern and central districts, with, however, a re-
duction Of area. The low barometer that
reached the northeast coast on the 18th lin
gers over Nova Scotia and Newfoundland vet
that is TO say, the movement Of its western mar
gin into the ocean is slow, probably due to an
clongation Of the area itself within the zone Of
low prcssures northward of the Gulf Stream.
The barometer is now falling slowly iu the
Northwest and Southwest, but in the latter re-
giom the rainfall extending into the Lower Mis-
eissipp Valley from Texas indicates that
decided change is at hand in that
district. For some days the barometer has
been low beyond the Rocky Mountains and
therefore, we may look for disturbances on the
eastern side. The light SHOWS reported for the
past week over the lake region, the central
valley, Middle Atlantic and New England dis
tricts continue the lower lakes and in the
Ohio Valley. with uniformly low temperatures
The temperature IL rising in the Northwest and
Southwest with the southerly winds of the adj
vancng disturbances. our special cable weather
seports from England state that the conditions
that prevailed last evening on the coasts were
as follows:-lIolyhead, moderate gale from the
north norwest, barometer 20.2sJ inches; St.
GATHERINGS Point. fresh wind from the north
west, fine weather, barometer 20.35 inches,
thermometers 40 degrees; Plymouth, moderate
wind from the west noi'wcst, showcry weather,
barometer 2g.3s inches Scily, q fresh gale
from the northwest; Liverpool, wind north
nor'wcst; Falmouth, wind north nor'west and
moderate. The weather in New York and its
vicinity to-day will be cold and fair. Toinor-
row 1t will be cool and fair, with slowly rising
temperature.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20
The Italian Ministry.

For Signor Carroll to be unceremoniously
tumbled out of the Italian Ministry with
out parliamentary struggle on any lead
ing point of public policy, and to make way
for a man of the same opinions with him
self on nearly all points, would seem to
imply that the popularity which followed
that gentleman's good fortune in catching
the blow of an assassin aimed at the
King does not count for much in the feel.
ings or views of Italian Deputies. Any fact
which commends an already popular man
with peculiar favor to the multitude of in
telligent and order-loving people would
have operated in most constitutional coun.
tries to strengthen his hold upon Office
In the absence of great conflict Of political
principles in which he should be found on
the wrong side. But Signor Carroll has gone
out OF office perhaps less through the press
ure of vote cast against him than because
he has made point Of honor Of adhesion to
associates in the Ministry whom the Cham
Der will not tolerate on any terms. That
Ministry Of the Left should be supplanted
by Ministry Of the Left would naturally
ularity was the most significant inetiis cases
There has been some difference iiffhe Par.
Lament on the course of the government
with regard to the Barsanti clubs, whose
meetings have been stopped ahdg whose
members have been proceeded against in
many places as foes to order and friends
and encouragers of assassination. Through
the attempt on the life of the King the
Ministry was even forced into an attitude
of quasi reaction, for it seemed impossible
that, in the face of such IN event, it should
60 on with the project Of electoral reforms
which would certainly give increased power
in the State to those very elements that ex-
hibited their notion of how they would use
their political rights by the attempt,'0f
Passanante. But we have not Heard that
the government has formally renounesd its
intended electoral law, and the vote which
elected the Ministry was probably not
taken on point Of that nature.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20
..Due COnailernfion.,, :,

1t is gratifying to learn from the pro-
ccedings Of the Board of Education that
one local board Of school trustees, having
had their attention called to the foul air of
some Of their classrooms, 'have given the
subject due consideration. If the other
local boards would go and do likewise
there would be sudden depression in the
honorable but dismally suggestive business
Of making cofins in children's sizes. Per-
haps more Of the trustees would give ''due
consideration" to the subject of ventilation
if they knew how easy it would be in
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

CoSGREss.-The House for a few minutes yes
terday was turned into first class bear gar
den by a remark of Mr.. Cabell. of Virginia
which had something of the ring of the old
slavery days in it, But the angry Congressional
passion cooled, and the Indian Appro-
priation bill was considered and passed. 10
the Senate the Postal Deficiency bill was agreed
to. and Mr. Burnside explained tho army reor-
ganzaton measure.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

ANNAPOLIS few nights ago, was saved from
possibly very great conhagraton by the cadets
of the Naval Academy. For their bravery and
skill on the occasion they have very properly
been thanked in an order by Secretary Thornp-
son, and in addition the rules have heen relaxed
to the extent of allowing smoking in the
Academy
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

fracas over the model Of head in shop
window did not cause any actual interfer-
ence with the shopkeeper, this is because
he addressed himself to the Board of
Health, which, in the experience of some
years, has discovered the limitation Of its
functions if he had addressed himself to
Mr. Anthony Comstock that superservice-
able person would. perhaps, have shut up
the shop
The New York herald., 1878-12-20
Il r IPLE SH E e T .
NEW YORK. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1878.

The probabilities are that the sreauer in Netc
York and its ricinity tooay uW be cold and fair.
Io-nso,ro,c ,ciU be cool amt fair, trih sio,cly
rising temperature.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

OUR STATE GOVERNMENT cost thirteen and
three quarter millions for the year We ought
to have a better article for the money.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

The BUSINESS OUTLOOK in New Jersey, it
will be seen from our reports on another page, is
brighter than it has been in many years. Good
accounts come from the manufacturing cities
and towns, and in an agricultural point Of view
the situation is full of encouragement
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

In The LIFE SAVING STATION investigation it
was testified yesterday that keeper was away
from his post while seamen were drowning and
that no attention was paid TO the regulations Of
the service.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

NExT YEARS PROGRAMME of the National
Association OF Trotting Horse Breeders is else
where printed The meeting, which will prob
ably be at Hartford, promises to be the turf
event of the year.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

WALL STREET YEsTERDAy.-The stock mar
ket was fairly active and steady. Gold sold at
100 1-32 a 100 3-64 Government and State
bonds were lower and railroads strong. Money
on call was active at 4 per cent.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

MIR. Edison will have to look to his laurels.
Two Philadelphia professors assert their electric
light will throw his in the shade. What will be-
come of the gas companies
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

THE NATIONAL PARTY of New England-that
as General Butler-is going to hold conference
in q few days.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

WHEN lT CAME to naming the Blaine com.
mittee the Vice President found that nearly
one-half the Senate was i'll. Chilblaines prob
ahly
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

THE APPROACHING CONTESTS of the New York
Athletic Club promise to be the best exhibitions
OF the kind in many years.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20

THE BURNING of father and his five children
in this State and Of two children in Pennsylva-
mia forms melancholy chapter of accident and
suffering
The New York herald., 1878-12-20
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

BowERY THEATRE-QUEEN's EVIDENCE.
wALLACK'S THEATRE-My SON
UNION SQUARE rHEATRE-fE BASKERs Daughter.
BOOTHS MISUNDERSTANDING
ACADEMY OF MUSIC-CARsEN.
STANDARD THEArRE-ALSosr LIFE.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-RIp VAN wIsKLE
NIBLos GARDES-ARoUNp woRLD EIGHTY DAYS
NEW YORK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
GLOBE TlEATRE-OSLY 4 FaRaER,s DAUGHTER
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-CoRioLaNus
PARK THEATRE-OuR BACHELORS.
GERMANIA THEATRE-DR. KLAUS.
LYCEUM THEATRE-DouBLE MARRIAGE
BROADWAY THEATRE-USclE DAs'L-
TONY PASTORs-yARIETY.
SAN FRANCISCO MINsrRELs
THEATRE CoM1QUE-LoRGARE-
ABERLE'S AMERICAN Observation-Disclosures
WINDSOR THEATRE-vAnIErY
EGYPTIAN HALL-yARiErY.
TIvOLI THEATRE-vARETY