Litchfield enquirer., 1880-02-26

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 A majority of Grant delegates have been chosen to the New York State Convention, and there is little doubt that full Grant del egation will be sent on to the National Con- vention at Chicago.
 Nothing has been heard of the Rev. w. H. H. Murray since his letter retiring from pub lie life. His wife is practicing medicine in New York hospital His creditors expect very small dividend on their claims, and his real estate is expected to go to it's mortgages The law giving women the right to vote for school officers, which passed the New York legislature, last week, IS found to be In con- fiict with clause of the constitution restrict ing the suffrage to males. An amendment will now be offered to repeal this restriction.
 The Grant men raise fearful outcry abou; civil service reform when they catch revenue officer working for Sherman; but if post master engineers the Grant boom they accept it, without offence, as the true course of na- ture.
 The Norfolk spring and axle company are so crowded that they are compelled to run a full force twenty-four hours day, and are constantly adding new machinery to their factory. The Norfolk and New Brunswick hosiery company and the Etna silk company are crowded to their utmost capacity.
 Another attempt was made, last week, to assassinate the Emperor of Russia The din ing room of his winter palace was blown up by dynamite and only the fact of his being late to dinner saved his life and that of his family. Eight soldiers were killed by the ex plosion. A man has been arrested in France on charge of having engineered the recent rail. road explosion for the destruction of the En-. peror's train.
 The Bucholz case, now again on trial al Bridgeport, is as full of surprises as ever. The feature of last weeks testimony is that of g fellow prisoner of Bucholz to his admission oi guilt. This last witness is forger, an olC and hardened criminal, whose record is such on his own admission as would make his test mony of little weight with the jury.
 As necessary result of Gen. Brady's ex fravagance there has been 8 cutting down ot mails on ''star routes" to prevent the expend iture of more money than the postofice ap propriation admits. The Generals ways ir the matter of increased allowance for extrs mails are considered not little crooked. and later teraevelepments are said not to improve earlier appearances. '',--
 The Consolidated Railroad at first issued passes to members of the legislature for hal price. Then they determined to pass then free. Thereupon Mir. H. L. Goodwin applied for an injunction to restrain the company iron using that method of influencing leglslativ, opinion. The hearing was set down for Mon day next, before Judge Beardsley.
 Prof. Golfers lecture on Sorghum at tn Capitol, last week. seems to have this one i'm portant special value. He claims that ther is no difficulty in the specialization of tn syrup into sugar. provided the plant is allowe to thoroughly ripen before cutting. He insist that it's culture is profitable, and there woul seem to be little doubt of this, if the difficult hitherto experienced in converting the syru into sugar can be overcome
 One of the first proceedings of Gov. Cornell of New York, has been the nomination o John F. Sihyth for Insurance Superintendent This action is denounced by the Times and b other papers who advocated Cornelrs election The Senate is said to be bitterly hostile, an and his confirmation is stated to be more tha doubtful. In fact recent canvass of tha body is said to show seven majority agains confirmation. The question has been finall postponed by agreement till week after next One result of the performance has been the re airement of the chief editor of tbe Albany Eve Journal, who had favored Smyth's nomination That paper now opposes the nomination wig orousiy.
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