Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-11
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 LITCHFlELR, CONN.

0bc Eitfbhclo Gnqutrer,
 lITCHFlELn, CONN.
 Thursday, Sept. Il, 1879
 EnSIIsh farmers are emigrating to this coun trv in considerable numbers
 B0<zDess seems to be prospering in New Yogk The jobbers and wholesalers report 2 vsry brisk trade
 Ce4ewzyc seems really in reduced circum stances. with only two or three followers, and kzrnsed by the British cavalry.
 The Tribune reports Mr. Jewell as recom- u,eaxfTnz Gen FairchiId, now Consul General nj Paris. for the vacant Russian Mission.
 Nr. Jay Gould has signalized his return from Europe by giving S500O for the relief of Memphis yellow fever sufferers, and the prom te cf more
 The number of pOst-Offices in the country kzs doubled since 1852. Transmission of nazIHS i< also much more frequent than before Tkzz time
 The question is coming up in the courts whSshe< stosea [. S bonds are collectible by booa-68e purchasers who bought them after thxy had been called in by the government
 The body of Nicholas Helm, of Pera, ILL, wzx found in the factory pond at North R-S3EepOrt, O1 the Ist inst There were no EazEkz Of viOle0ce and the presumption is that wxz 2 s4scsde
 FAl Riyy< s further disturbed by the fail HrS of JeGersoa Borden, one of the founders oE Rx uzzuf@cuging industries. He is involv- s1 to SzcA zn extent that the dividend on his estate wTH be vezy small
 AB1Eh<< turn in the unhappy Sprague hEezIz<< shows the wife fleeing with her chil- drya fro@ the pursuit of her husband, who SRxzas d<serui0ed to recover the latter. No d1gh& divurce court will decide the matter
 nzrs w1s fatal accident in Morris, last wrek Alison Emmons, while assisting in rz5zfng the frame of house, was struck on he=dhy a tinh<r and instantly killed He leaves q wife and child and but little for their szpqsxt
 The s1oewA&t noted vote of to has be- czgne the feature of Philadelphia vestry As originally constituted that body was anti-ritual- issi-S tO 7-and the courts are called on to des54e v@rso0s questions regarding the legality Of the e1scxioa, and the regularity" of the r5sHzIi<sic wurship
 Kb6dIe, the plucky New York Spiritualist, has pBeafy of friends among the teachers, it seems, who to the number of 2OO0 have pe- titboaxd for his retention Little as we think of SpjraGaIism we dislike to see any man de- privgd of his bEead and butter for an honest expreszio1 of his religious convictions.
 The cspAcsy to raise wheat is one that wears cut of HOss land easily, and is not easily re- stored It is only half century since New Yosk was the great wheat growing State of the Cnion- NOx It's capacity is greatly below that of the neW states of the West. It has b~en recently stated that a like decline in pro- dursive power is occurring in Southern Rus sia- aggravated Hs it is by oppressive taxation. The I2Gest story of the party who apologize for the murder of DixOn-that the murdered man WAS seeking the life of the murderer-is coaRrsdicsei by Mrs Dixon. She ayers that, the day before his assassination, Dixon had sent word to Barksdale to assure him of the falsity of the charge that he had threatened his life The trial of the Chisem murderers has began, and we shall soon know what sort of justice may e expected from Mississippi iuries-
 One of the great problems of navigation has been the famous Northwest Passage Hither- tO the feat has been but once accomplished. h now seems that Northeastern passage, coasting the northern boundary of Europe and Asia. is a much less difficult affair. Professor NoESienSkiOld has recently arrived at Japan by that FUute- Indeed, by taking favorable time of voyage. it would seem to be one that is quite practicable, though probably of little uSe fcE commerce.
 The examination into the cause of the death Of Patrick Meagher, of WoOdbury, disclosed no srOund Of arrest against any one. There has been suspicion that the murder arose from iealoUsly. Meagher having been intimate with girl Of about his own age ,o whom others were also paying attention. A post mortem disclosed both cider and whiskey in the stom- ach of the decease, though Woodbury is a nO-liceuse town. His death was caused bv hlows with some blunt instrument on the back of the head
 bill is pending in the French Assembly for sale of the crown jewels, valued at from three to four million dollars. Of the epropriety of selling these gewgaws of royalty there can be little doubt France ought to have no further use for them. The only question is one of business. In these hard times they might not sell for their real value. It is not very many hundred years since princes were in the habit of ''spouting" their personal prop erty of this description. Napoleon appears to have been the last French sovereign to do this
 The Springfield Republican in an editorial on village improvement" speaks of fences a. follows:
 The best thing for village where there really exists in it's full sense a community where the neighbors all know each other anG respect each others rights, is to do away with fences altogether; as any one will say who has seen the experiment tried, as in Williams town. or our neighboring Longmeadow, or in S.e B., sI~: k1,, park-like aspect is very attractive. Besides that, the economy of It is an important consid- eration. The possible damage from stray ani. mals of any sort is not much beside the ex-