Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1880-09-23

4nu1soay, 0ePt. 40, AoOS'
Seven young women have entered the fresh
man class at Middletown. Ii
This country now raises near eighty million
dollars worth of oysters, every year.
The corn crop has not been looking quite -
as well as previous reports led US to expect.
Major Nelson, an army paymaster, has de-
faulted In about 10000.
Poor Lady Coutts has been made sick by !
the opposition to her matrimonial pro- r
jet.
Six millions acres of public land were taken 8
mp under the Homestead act during the year j
past, a large increase on previous years. g
The birth of princess instead of q prince a
In Spain Is great disappointment to the .
friends of the present royal family.
The New York fusion does not fuse, it is 4
said Both sides claim the position of Mayor ~
Of the city and neither will yield. >,
1t il now stated that most of the foreclosure ST
suits brought by VIM. q. English were in be- p
half OF an estate he represented. Il
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The foreign wheat harvest has turned out
excellently, and there is a fairer prospect than
ever of low prices for wheat. :,
The Antietam monument was unveiled, last B
week, under the direction of the Grand Army. n
1t cost $4,000. E
Later advices from Florida say that in spite
of the recent terrible storm, the orange crop of
that state will be nearly as large as last q,
year. ~
Jennie Flood, q. 8. Grant, Jr's, fancee has es
broken of the match, and now it is stated that tf
the young man has consoled himself with oil
another Californian milonairess. CO
Later news shows that the Arkansas repudi- :.
ating amendment has been defeated, after . .
all Honesty sometimes crops out in unex- | -
pected places. H.
Senator Conkling spoke on Friday night to hi
O tremendous audience In the Academy Of al
Music, New York. His speech, like all the 81
uttesaDces Of that able man, isa very able
production. tc
" Ell
The country can cast over ten million votes "
in November. and will probably fall but little tc
short Of thai number; yet, as the Springfield N
Republican estimates, about 90, 600 votes, in st
few States. viii probably determine the mat h
ter. al
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San Francisco medical journal states that e,
Mayor Kalloch only received slight flesh II
wound from De Young, and that he pretended ~
TO be badly hurt with view to being elected A
Mayor III 50, it was q very successful dodge, II
On hispart T
should the Republicans carry the legisla- 81
lures OF New York, Connecticut, Penusyya. b
ma, California aad Indiana, in November. there n
VIII be tie in the U. s. Senate after March te
4th, 1881. The two last states mentioned are il
oOoOuul; the rest are probably safe enough d
Things look warlike in Alabama. The al.
lied feet ID at Ragusa Six thousand AL. :.
banians are said to be at and about Dulcigno. o.
and the Porte thinks that the first shot is like al
tos all Turkey in blaze. Little Greece Ia
has an army of 80, 600 men, and there prom ~ :"
ises to be very lively time, if hostilities ell
break out W
NorWalk Dutchman, when refused by a ft
widow, recently, tried to hang himself. He G.
was cut down in time and would have been !,
prosecuted for attempt to murder when the ir
widow took pity on him and made everything
right by hasty wedding That plan wont n
work 30 well every time. c,
The latest mining rush is to Cachetopee d
Greek. eighteen miles southwest of Gumnion
City, Col Quartz from the best mines there Ia
assay from $1,000 to $40, 600 per tom A stam- u
pede OF 1000 miners for the new mines was I'll
under full Roadway within forty Eight hours Ia
after the announcement of the discovery. fs
A leading New York Savings Bank has q
given notice that it will hereafter charge but :.
nve per cent. interest on real estate loans.
The Ccurant comments on this fact as fol. :,
lows:
Other banks will swing into line. are in line. |
Indeed, but have not yet advertised their DOLL Il
cy: AND other states will follow New York | tt
before very long. r
Edison has again solved the question of the "
electric light and will explain the whole mat a
yer In The October number of the North Amer / p
scan Review. This plan of publishing his b
discoveries In magazine is better than dealing ID
with the newspapers. The magazine uses the 8
future tense; the newspaper, the present. C
What they used to call in the grammars the g
pdSo-pos future seems to be Edissns hest Il
hold. d
The moderate men of the French Ministry
with the Premier and the President Of tho;,
head, are at issue with the Radicals on the +.
question OF waiting for court decisions in !.
other cases before they proceed to further
dealings with the priests who still stand out
against the orders of the Ministry. It will be c
recollected that when the Jesuits were d;s- b
possessed. actions were brought in repeated t
instances to test the validity of the Miuiste. d
mai orders The Radicals are not inclined to c
wait the slow motions of the courts. The cri:
ss has resulted In the retirement of Premier C
Lie freycinct and the foundation of a more
radical Ministry under Jules Favre.
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Ine New York Times saws that people are =
more tnan ever pleased with FLATS" "a resi-. /
dences- They are very convenient for the
men, and almost a necessity Tor those of ordi- :
nary means Families. especially women.
who have occupied them any time. grow b
greatly attached to them, and are frequently
unwilling TO live out of them. Flats as thew !
are commonly called, save deal of friction | !
In housekeeping; require fewer servants, less !
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