Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1880-09-02

The Powers hav declined to reopen nego-
ations with the 8 |tan % the Greek ques.


tiations with the . tan % the Greek ques-
The Albanlans e~preparing to resist the
,cession of Epirus and Thessaly
The Roumanian politicians are perplexed
by the Alliance question.
Russia. General Skobeleffs advance guard
is at the future base of operations in Asia.
Egypt. cotton CROP will be much less
than last year.
4.tghanistan Eight British officers were
killed and five were wounded in the sortie
from Candahar.
Ayoob has abandoned the investment Of
Candahar. and posted his forces on the Argan-
dab River; General Roberts was within TWEEN
ty miles OF Candahar on Sunday last.
4WeSt Indies. -Jamaica has been partly de-
vastated by hurricane
CGnada.-The passengers Of the steamer
Cybele, which went ashore at Anticosti, have
arrived in Montreal.
South america. Minister Deiciman has
declared to the President of Colombia that the
conduct of the United States toward that Re-
public has been misunderstood.
DOMESTIC.
The President has decided not to issue any
proclamation about the Chinese until the Chi
nese Commission makes a report.
1t has been discovered that General Han
cock approved of speech by DR.. G. P. Gull
yer, in January last, favoring the unlimited
coinage of silver.
General Albert j. Myer died at Buffalo, last
week. ...e. .. s.lt- = ...'
The Prohibition candidate for Governor in
Maine declines to run.
Mr.. Vanderbilt's Maud S. will be with
drawn from the turf r.
Tho Nau Vorb Po~uhl;oop Ctoto Nop,p,it
tee, last week, decided to hold no Convention
and nominated Judge. Charles J. Folger as
Chief-Judge of the Court Of Appeals.
Ex-Governor English, of Connecticut, re-
ceived delegation of his friends at the Wind
sor Hotel, N. Y, last week. .yj.
A great storm prevailed throughout the
North last week, and there was some damage
by lightning and rain. #
Horace Maynard, ex-Minister to Turkey,
was sworn in as Postmaster General, Wednes-
The American Association began its annual
session in Boston, on Wednesday. p.
The New York, Lackananna and Western
Railroad Company was organized, last week
and six men were drowned. -.,. i ','
President Hayes departed from Washington
Sunday night, on his journey to, the Pacific
Coast
A dispatch from the West states that reports
show the corn crop to be large average one.
General Weaver is said to be opposed to the
Greenbackers' fusion with the Democrats in
Maine. ~ -a-'e.' .-@'i ~.
The new railroad to Rockaway was opened,
Thursday. . ....
A company has been formed to build a
railroad from Binghamton to Buffalo
E. FL. Cove, chairman of the Maine Green
back State Committee, has become Republi-
can. .... .... ........
The funeral of the late General Myer took
place at Buffalo, Friday.
Clifford, the artist, is dead.
Congressman Bedford has been renominated,
in Colorado.
The price of coal has been advanced for
September.
Professor A. Graham Bell described his new
invention, the photophone, before the Ameri-
can Association in Boston, Friday. ..7.
Democratic State Committee decided to hold
convention, September 90.
The Irish-American Republicans have issued
an address and call for a convention. ...,,..
The United States Local Inspectors Of
Steam Vessels have reported on the Seawan
haka disaster. They claim that the boiler
were in good condition and that the fire wa
occasioned by a back draft forcing the flame
from the CRATE bars.
Elijah Alliger has been arraigned at thu
Tombs and pleaded not guilty
St. Julien has not been sold as reported
ST., 900 is asked for the horse
Great preparations are being made in Cali
fornia for the reception of President HAYES
and party. ..t 81 I'D. 5.. ...r. f; ,.....
The Colorado Republican State Convention
adopted.a platform favoring the free coinage
of silver. ..,..s....s...,.. . /
Ex-President Grant said in a speech a
Galena on Friday night that he should cast
Republican vote for President. ~ ..f.. hi.
A case of supposed yellow fever in Wooste
st, New York, ia believed to be malarialfevar
nAe ssear.e-- Mariue City has been burned
off Altoona, Mich. some lives were lost.
1t is supposed that there are five cases Of
yellow fever on board the tow-boat Raven
which recently left New Orleans.
George G. Harvard, lawyer, was stabbet
and instantly killed Sunday in street affray
in Brooklyn. z..zH w ' .,''
Secretary Sherman delivered his first speect
in the Ohio campaign at Cincinnati, Monday
| night. ..,5 -...4.
The wheat crop of the Northwest, it wa
reported, Monday, had been gathered in goot
| condition. II, 90. Y.t...- '.-.G.'.
A report in favor of greater cultivation Of
timber was adopted, Monday, by the Ameri
| can -Association. mo. w., "f. " --
The sum of $2o,OOO,OoO in gold coin ha
been set aside by the Treasury Department
| for payment of foreign bullion as it arrives.
The population of Wyoming Territory i
81 300. ...=,. -. .. .->
"Come, bub, tune up your fiddle and Civ
| us God save your grandmother, says an ir
reverent youngster of the Prince of Wales
| family to his brother. ,ot .. .t... =
WHAT Is BEHIND IT2-No amount of mon
ey can stand in the stead of good name. L
is blunder everywhere and every time tt
suppose the loss Of character can be paid for
DR.. David Kennedy, Of Rondout, N. Y, pro