Litchfield enquirer., 1878-01-03

Thursday, Jan. 3, 1878. Osman Pasha, late hero of Plevna, is like to be tried for killing his Russian prisoners-
 Norwich has turned out rare monster. He ahot cat and then threw it, only wounded, Less thana dozen people went to hear Oakley HAnt pecture ip Troy, recently and mo one attended his Syracuse lecture '
 xha NoEthampton bank robbers have failed to get a new trial, and must go to the peniten- nafy Tor alFH' twenty years.
 ". Eg Chandler, of Florida election notorie- >ty.iscut Eitha letter charging the President with having made bargain with Southern Democrats to secure his position.
 The Philadelphia Permanent Exhibition is leading very poor life indeed. Like" "perma- nnaneht punishment" and some other perpetu- ities. t has those who deny it's probable perma- 'nencyoI r{t l.. .... 2. o.'N The next quarterly meeting of the Litchfeld
 
 the Clarke House, Winsted, on. Tuesday, Jan. Sth, at-11-0clock, a. m. A paper will be pre-. .septed by Dr. Wm Woodruff Subject for discussion, Centennial Progress in Medicine.
 Employees at the National Mint find that the coinage of the old silver dollar was suspended by Jefferson and Madison and that silver was practically demonetized for thirty years. In other words the double standard proved i'm practicable on trial and was soon given up. One of the suits against the New York Canal ring has been tried by referees, and judgment given against Messrs. J. J. Belden, Henry D. Dennison, A. E. Belden, and Thos. Yale, for &3S7, ,00O, This is a test suit and will be followed up by others
 Congress does not reassemble till next week when the House Ways and Means Committee are expected to report new tariff. There will be report from the Committee on rules proposing simplifcation and improvement of the present rules of the House.
 The Credit Mobilier case; involving the ques- ton whether that infamous ring is to be held liable for the amount out of which it swindled the government, is to be again argued before the U. s. Supreme Court. Before Harlan's ap- pointment, the Court was evenly divided.
 The Democrats are now taking their turn at the returning board flaming mill. They threw out six precincts at recent election in South Carolina just as handily as if they had been to school to Wm. E. Chandler, late of Florida and now of New Hampshire.
 The World says that the Ohio legislature will choose either Gen. Morgan or Geo. H. Pendleton to the U. s. Senate, and that Pen dleton's chances are the better of the two The legislature is Democratic, and chooses Sena- tor for the long term commencing Mar. 4, '79. Stanley Matthews was elected last year to the short term occasioned by the resignation of Secretary Sherman.
 Charles E. Johnson shot his wife at her fathers residence in Brooklyn. on Wednesday of last week. inflicting a severe but not fatal wound. He married her about year since, but his bad temper made her miserable and she returned to her father. He followed her there, and tried to take her life He is said to be ayoung man of good habits, but of anabomi- nable temper; having been spoiled from youth up.
 Richard H. Cain, colored, now representing thesSecond South Carolina Dist. in Congressre- ecently delivered lecture in Baltimorein in winch he pronouncedthe President'spolicy godsend, and predicted that it would bring peace and prosperity to the South. For Cain to go and say this just when W. E. Chandler was weep ing anew and very loud over the dead Repnb- licanism of South Carolina, reminds us of the original Cain.
 Under the management of Superintendent Pillsbury the Albany penitentary shows about $50, ,O0O net earnings for the year ending last October. Four of Pillsbury's subordinates were former officers of our State Prison, most of them having been long in the service. The financial contrast between New York Prison reports, and those Of our own penitentiary, IS worthy of the attention of the Connecticutleg- islator. Indeed, there is quite prevalent i'm pression that there is something lacking both in hes'discpline and management of the institution at Wethirsfield.
 Great Britain is waking up rapidly to the fact that unless the war stops soon, or unless she interferes effectively, the Russian troops are likely to drive the Turks out of Europe, as we'll as out of Armenia on the east of thei Asiatic dominions, before the end of winter Germany and Austria make no sign of inter ference, and France announces policy oi strict neutrality, so that the burden of inter ference, if there is to be any, must rest ol Great Britain alone. The Tory ministry, es pecially Lord Beaconsfeld, is quite inclined tt war, and popular feeling seems to be rising rapidly to the fighting pitch Russia, on thu other hand resents the English offers of medi ation, and Servia is pushing forward with un expected vigor on the Turkish flank. Tn present prospect is, on the whole, .decidedl. warlike.
 Arecent letter from W. H. Goodale, grad uate of Yale, and Superintendent of schools for Baton Rouge Parish, La, contains strong evidence in favor of the policy of conciliation This was one of the bull-dozed parishes of '76 yet Mir. Goodale declares that there is no white league" there now, but, on the contrary, the best of feeling between the two races. The school board appointed by the Nichols govern ment consists of six white Democrats and three colored Republicans who work together har moniously. The whole system of schools ha. been reorganized, 4S schools about equally di vided between the two colors have been loca ted, and in most cases buildings erected ane teachers provided. The whites have contribu ted liberally from their own pockets for build iHgs and teachers. Is that noimprovement o Yarmouth and Kellogg and school system that educated nobody?
 The New York correspondent of the Spring