Litchfield enquirer., 1879-06-26
July Monthlies, Sc.

contemporary LitefaCure; JOnn CaluiSate
 The Destruction of Szegedin; The Death ot Major Wigram Battye; Bank Failures ant their Remedies; The Duke of Argylrs Mo tion Index
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 The Congressional muddle continues. The chances now seem to favor passage of the | judicial bill without allowance for expenses of | deputy marshalS in election casas but without any specific prohibition. Indeed the Democ- racy have found Pres. Hayes an uncommonly l tough customer. No doubt he has his Rcpub- | lican prejudices, but hls purpose is so plainly | fair, that a collision with him hurts the De- | mocracy with the people; whereas a collision with Republican porcupine like Conklng or q Republican trumpeter of discord, like Blaine, | would arouse rather the opposite feeling. The Vanderbilt interest now comes to the | front in the matter of elevated railroads. It proposes in substance. llne down Fourth | Avenue to the City Hall by route more di- rect than that now taken. Of course immense injury to individual property results; d fran chise worth millions is given away to private corporation by the representatives of the peo- pie; and another monopoly is erected in a | community where monopoly seemed sufficient ly triumphant already.
 Cox, the murderer of Mrs. Hull, has been taken on to New York, and two persons have been arrested with more of the stolen property. The interference of outsiders and the capture and confession of Cox have spoit one of the pretticst cases of circumstantial evidence against Dr. Hull. husband of the deceased, that was ever prepared by the intelligent police of New York.
 A French medical journal in paraprsgh | headed Cinderella Tn America" says the belies of Philadelphia, wishing at all hazards. to have the smallest feet in America have n.Ah.-..@ 1 -, ---.--.----4 | amputated. This operation, performed with out pain under the influence of choroform, has the effect of giving the feet wonderful de- | gree of slenderness.
 Tammany and Republicanism have agreed on reapportionment of the ctiy legislative dis tricts which seems satisfactory to the high con- tracing powers; though highly disagreeabte to the World The politics of New York city are curious in the extreme. The old party names attract certain support, which is dis proved of by those in control for their personal ends.
 | At the meeting of the Judges in Hartford on Tuesday the following allotment of terms for the coming year was made for Litchfeld county 1st Tuesday of Sept, Culver; 1st Tuesday of November, Granger; 4th Tues day of January, Hovey 1st Tuesday in April, Carpenter.
 A Utah federal court has been striking an- other blow at Mormonism On charge of maladministration by the executors of the late Brigam Young, receivers have been appointed who propose to reclaim some two and a half millions of property which it is claimed that the executors improperly turned over to the church.
 Rev. Olympia Brown, formerly of the Bridgeport Universalist church, is now pastor of church of that denomination at Racine Wis The parish was at a very low ebb when she took it, but is now prospering.
 War is getting to be luxury beyond the reach of most civilized peoples Russia spent 675 millions in her recent war with Turkey, and came out of it apparently almost as much exhausted as her thoroughly beaten rival
 The frmness of Bayard and Herman is a hopeful sign. Hitherto hard money Democrats has been chiefly noted for a wonderful readi- ness to sacrifice principle to expediency.
 Goshen. No. 394
 EXCHANGE OF MINISTER'S s-Rev. MT. Hallock of West Goshen exchanged with Mir. Hazen last Sunday.