Litchfield enquirer., 1878-01-24

in North Carolina.
 New Hampshire holds it's last spring cleo tion this year. The next will be in Novem- Der whichis rapidly becoming the great elec-' tion month throughout the Union.
 Tobacco manufacturers maintain that 8 re- duction of the tax on that article would in- crease it's price to the farmer, and alsoincrease the revenue derived from that tax, which seems hardly probable.
 Ex-Governor Bullock, of Georgia, has been tried and acquitted. P. T. Barnum ought now to put him on exhibition. An in nocent carpet -bagger would be phenomenon that ought to draw crowds Our Connecticut railroads show considera- ble falling off in receipts mostly in passenger travel Their net earnings are $4 2O6, ,5SS, reduction of $2O5, ,225 from the returns of 1876. Only one road in three pays any div idends. ...
 The Annual meeting of the Connecticut State Agricultural Society will be held at the Agricultural Committee Room, No 19, third story of Cheney's building on Thursday of this week, at 11;30. a. rn., for choice of off. cers. ..~ The pope behaved like christian, and al- lowed a suitable religious ceremonial to be performed at the funeral of King Victor Elm manuel, of Italy. There was the grandest military display ever seen in modern Rome, and the Italian parliament has voted two mill ions for a monument.
 ItSeems that the governor was mistaken in stating in his message that bill had been duly endorsed last year as having passed both houses, when in fact it had not passed the Sen ate. He is now convinced that such was not the case.
 MT. Gallagher of New Haven, has begun his advocacy of the he"workingman's' interest by favoring repeal of the act passed to prevent railroad strikes No doubt it needs change; but in view of the riots of last summer, is no special penal legislation necessary on this sub- ject?
 Bromley, of the Tribune, thinks that ex-Sec. Jewell has temporarily lost popularity by his attempt to save the wreck of the Charter Oak Insurance Company. He says, however, that he takes his punishment pluckily, conceals nothing and is as little cast down by advers- ty as he has been puffed up by prosperity.
 The Bristow meeting at Boston, last week, was quite gathering of Republican Reform ers MT. Bristow's own speech was an excell- ent one, taking strong ground in favor of a sound currency and civil service reform. Messrs Hawley and Jewell, of this state, were present and made short addresses the latter speaking in high terms of the firmness and ef- ticiency of Mir. Bristow as reformer.
 The total town, county and city debts of Connecticut exceed 17 millions. They pay a million annually for interest; another million for schools; for roads, $S32, GOO; paupers, $551, ,OOO; official salaries, $190,0O0. Over four and half millions are raised annually by direct taxation in Connecticut. The grand list of the state has fallen off near seven mil lions.
 Senator Blaine acknowledges that he insist ed on foreign mission for Wm. E. Chandler. He ayers that Chandler has done 'more zeal ous, intelligent and efficient work in organiz. ing the republican party in two or three na. tional campaigns than any man ofmy acquain tance" Judging from thf agd there is some thing in Chandlers zeal, but farther than that we decline to follow Mir. Blaine
 ST. NICHOLAS for February contains: After the Snow Storm;" The Ravens andthe Angels A Trip to the Tea Country Gltus); Treasure Trove; Under the Lilacs (llus ); Soliman, a ship of the Desert; The London Dust-nan; Huckleberry Gllus ); How Sir William PhIps found the Treasure; Rome, Fishing Birds of Florida Nan's Peace Offering; The Tower Mountain.
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 The fight over the dismissed Galpin is still raging in the papers, Prof. Seelye strongly cSpouses his cause, and the New York Tribune is taking the offensive against SchllrZ quite ob viously while the N. Y. Times and the Springfield Republican, sustain the action of the Secretary. We are disinclined to attribut, the linfairness to the investigation which Gal pins friends claim. Prof Seelye was lon! ago taken in by the friends of the Indian ring and never seems to have found them out. Tn Tribune is plainly on the lookout for matte against Sec. SchurZ, now no favorite of tn journal founded by Horace Greeley"
 Mr. Frisbie, of Farmington, has brought tn matter of national currency before the lowe House in our State legislature by offering tn following resolutions which are made the or der of the day for Wednesday of this week:
 Reso,Ded., That we disapprove any legisla ton which shall in any way tend to repudiat any portion of the public debt that we deer the Bland bill (so called) now before congress making the depreciatcd silver dollar lega tender. a measure which, if it becomes law would by putting into circulation a debase currency, rob labor of it's full reward. interfer with the property rights of the people, an would dshonor the nation by workinga partis repudation of it's obligations.
 Res0iced, That we request our representative in both branches of congress to protect the na tion's honor and the interests of the people b opposing the measure.
 ReSOEced That the secretary of state be re auested to forward copy of these resolution to each senator and representative from thi state in congress,
 As far as appeared from last weeks discuss ion of these resolutions. they had only one pro nounced opponent; Gallagher, of New Haver Representative F. T. Barnum offered to pa with Gallagher, ,aad let them go through unar imously, but the latter would not consent.
 There has been a serious temperance W; going on for sometime past in Stamford 1 October last the town voted No license" br tine liquor traffic continued. Thereupon son 0f the temperance men sent down for dete, tiy& from New York. These men came u and. under assumed names hung around tn places where liquor could be procured, an soon worked up cases against them The ron,