Litchfield enquirer., 1879-07-24
August Monthlies, &e.

| Whistler in Painting and Etching (illus.) 1 Summer Entomology, and Field and Pores
 Insects (23 illus ); Confidence, 1 and II, by
 Henry James, Jr.; A Peep into Antwerp ant 1 Holland Gllus. ); "Haworths'' (continued), by
 Francis Hodson Burnett; Faith Jacob Hurds Child by J. c. Holland; Our Archery Club
 Out of the World, by Charles Dudley Warner
 Cook of the Confederate Army Gllus ): Johr Greenleaf Whittier Gllus.) ); hadow-Evidence
 Lincoln's Imagination 1; Lalage; Influence
 Over the Narrowest Narrow Guage Gllus.'
 The Man with Hobby Nelly; Wild Clem
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 Even the New York Times. the Straitest of the Strait, comedies the fairness of the civil service management of the New York Custom House, and the complete success of the plan so far as it has been tried. The process is that of competitive examination for admission to the service, in the first place; and, afterwards, for promotion. The examinations are conduct ed by the officials themselves, and proficiency decides the result. Says the Times
 It is simple justice to say that the reform has been applied there in good faith, and with degree of pertinacity patient attempt to make 1t successful, and an enlightened appre- ciation of it's nature and its scope, which have been an agreeable disappointment to the doubt CTS. Its entire fitness, if properly applied, to secure the results sought is not a matter of doubt. It has been amply proved by the four months's experience already had. These results are, briefly, the exclusion of political influence from the great mass of appointments and the application of an impartial test, which, with the aid of proper probation, enables the government to select the best of those who seek employment at it's hands.
 The East seems to be getting it's fair propor- ,ion of hurricanes, this season. On Wednes- day of last week, New England was visited with storm that became hurricane in many localities. Trees were blown down, Northamp- ton, Mass, losing some of her finest elms i; nfa1 1nI nI serious damage was done to growing crops Above Springfield large chestnut tree was blown over upon passing railroad train, smashing nearly all the windows out of the last car and soaring the passengers terribly. At Pittsfield, Mass, several houses were un- roofed or wrenched from their foundations, two people were killed, and damage to the amount of $20, 900 was done to property. Con- siderable damage was done at Boston, and many lives were lost on the coast by the wrecking of pleasure yachts, and other small craft. At Nantucket Beach, a large hotel and the buildings adjoining were completely wrecked and damage was done to the amount of $50, 900. The whole number of lives lost from this storm is said to have been twenty four.
 Minnesota is now engaged ina bitter fight with her railroads, growing out of the fact that the capitalists who own them, and who live in Chicago, run their roads in the local in 'erest of that city. They charge the dealer as much for carrying grain 26 miles to St. Paul, as 300 miles to Chicago, and are trying hard to shut lake transportation against Minnesota wheat growers. There is a prospect of more granger" legislation ahead.
 The Pennsylvania Democracy had their State Convention, last week. They favor the dollar of the daddies," glory in the economy of Democratic Congresses and denounce the corruption of Pennsylvania Republcanism. Their best point is made against the corruption of the last legislature (Republicau in both branches) which came within few votes of passing the bill providing for State assumption of the whole Pittsburg riot debt of four million dollars!
 The discovery of the guilty parties to the Lynn trunk mystery is another of the recent