Litchfield enquirer., 1880-08-12

Che fitfbhel0 enquirer,
lITCHFiELn, CONN.
Thursday, Aug. IL, 1880
The wheatrepcr:s continue excellent.
Mr.. Glads.one's health is very much i'm
proved
The Vermont Democratic outrage turns on
. baxs There was not even a shred Of tFutl
to base Il upon.
Prof. afommsen lad the sixth volume OF hi
history of Rome burnt with his library. ltw
Just ready for the press
The Buffalo Presbytery have suspended
Rev E P. Adams for denying the doctrine o
eternal punishment
Trzmps multiply on us again. They pre-
tend to mend umbrellas. grind hand-organs
or Otherwise impose on the public.
Dwight Marcy, Speakerof the House of Rep
resrutslives, is proposed by the Republicans o.
ToIland cDuuty as q successor to Gen. Hawley
in the national House of Representatives
Es-ly rising is said to be the fashion now
with Partisan ladies. We hope the American
bellies who are 50 ready to copy Paris for thu
worse, will E0s forget to initiate her in this in
stance for the better.
To complicate things still further. there is al
anti Masonic candidate for the presidency
Gen John W. Phelps. of BrattlebCro. VT, i
the man, and he firmly announces that all th'
political corruption in the country is due II
Masonry.
The latest census reports put the total pop
uIasiou of the country at little ever forty
nine millions. New York has the largest pop
uIaiIOn of any state; Pennsylvania ranks mex
and the third place is contested by Ohio an(
Illinois -..-...
Republican bull-dozers have been breaking
up q temperance convention at Augusta. Me
A similar performance by Democrats at Au
gussa, Ga, would have been very loudly cen
sured 10 Republican journals,
The overwhelming success of moderate re
puhIicanism in the French local elections o
the Isl inst,, ia very reassuring symptom
The rural voter in France has no notions ia
voEing another social upset. That of 1873
gave him his little farm, and he is salts
fed.
Southern census reports, so far as publish
ed, do not bear out the notion that the mex
appointment of the members of Congress will
largely reduce the political strength of tina
twenty five per cent, fully equal to that of tn
North as q whole.
A Hartford inventor has nearly finished
road carriage, 10 be propelled by compressed
air. The compact machinery is under tn
rear axle, q reservoir holds enough air for
run of many miles, and the steering IS simpl.
done.-Ex.
How completely such an invention woult
revOIutiOnize the livery businessi
The Springfield Republican suggests tina
Gen. Grant makes a great blunder In accept
ing the presidency of any mining company
The chances of failure greatly exceed tn
chances of success, and the failure of any
such enterprise ia almost sure to be followed
by injury to, If not loss Of, reputation.
Congressman Tyler, director in the bro
ken First National Bank of Brattleboro, VT
has been having rather anxious session will
the stockholders of that very unhealthy fl
nancial concern. His defence is the poor oil
defence of abused confidence, followed by ig
norance and inattention
Great Britain supports general for eacl
222 of her other soldiers Mighty few Of th
regiment of generals, however, is worth any
thing for active operations In au army which
has seen little serious fighting for twenty
five years, the men who are fit to lead larg
commands are very hard to find
The attempt to reconcile the Democratic
readjusters and debt-payers of Virginia ha
failed, and now the war is to be fought to tn
knife. Northern Republicans would NATURAL,
sympathize with those who favor an homes
payment of the State debt, but Virginia Re
publicans combine with the readjusters, a
alliance that seems more petite than holy.
There was great serenade to Garfield q
New York on Friday evening. Addresse
were made by Messrs. Garfield and Arthur
Gen. Logan, and others. y Among those pres
ent from Connecticut were Marshall Jewel
Frederick Miles, Sabin M. Sayles, N. T. Spel
ry, Albert 8. Bodies and Joseph Selden.
Boston proposes to have grand celebratio
at the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary
the founding of the city. One of their plan
is to invite both candidates for the presidency
and have them ride 10 the same barouche i
the procession.
There has been serious fall from the pat
OF rectitude on the part of distinguishe
Methodist preacher-the Rev. Philip Kroh
ID. d., pastor Of church il West Troy. II
is involved In financial scandal conuecte
with the loss Of certain bonds and obtainin
money from friend on misrepresentation.
The Spanish right of search of vessels
based on an old treaty of 1895 which provide
that either nation shall be allowed that priv
lego in case of war ar insnrrection rb