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Litchfield enquirer., 1880-06-24
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Hugh Miller Thompson, whom most reader will wellremember as the rector some year ago of an Episcopal church in this city, live now in New Orleans He has recently beeu holding controversy in a newspaper with thu pastor of Unitarian church, and in one of hi letters made the assertion that one-half of tho congregation of the Rev. Phillips Brooks s4f know" he said, ''from the best evidence that the cultured Unltarians of New England is largely drifting into the Episcopa, Church. - -Tribune.
, 1880-03-21

The suns upper limb rises Monday at 5h. 5Skn,
g. m. Souths at 6m- 462s p. m. Sets at 6h ISL NJ
p m.
The SUMS upper limb rises Friday at 5:51x a.
m SOuths at 5nl- g. -as. p Sets at Oh. 2O4n D. m
SIdereal time Thursday noon, Oh. l4n1 HTS,
The moon will be at the full next Friday, tho
9th, at ii. 33m. a. H., being the first full moon
after the vernal equinox which occurred last
Friday. Hence next Sunday will be Easter.-ac.
cordtng to tho rule Of the - Christian" part OF
the world.
Mercury is near the SIN this week. His tu-
ferior conjunction will otcur next Sunday.
Venus is a morning, star, rising before the sun.
Thursday she will rise at 4:57 a. H. and south at
10:.:2 4. N.
Mars is an evening star, but less Interesting
object than few weeks ago, as his distance
from us is widening. Thursday he will south
at 5:04 p. m., and set ut 0:45 the next morning.
He is II little to the northeast Of Aldebaran, and
the end OF this week will be nearly between Beta
and Zcta, the Two horn stars Of the Bull
Jupiter now rises q few minutes before the
Sun. having been in conjunction last Monday
Next Thursday he will south ut II 81 a. NJ
Saturn is an evening star, but IS near the sun.
southing Thursday at 0:52 p. m., and setting at
T:l0 p. m His conjunction will occur April !.
Uranus will south Thursday at I0:l6 D. NJ.
when he will be II degrees east, and Z degree
north from Rho Leonis. He is, however. ton
near the moon this week to be Of interest to
naked-eye observers; the two bodies vii, he
nearly together Wednesday, morning.
Neptune Is only I'll hours away FROM the sun-
to the eastward
The occultation Of Mars By the moon last
, 1880-03-21

TIE combat deepens in England. The
Liberal leaders are unspar1ng III their de-
nunciations Of the Tory Government and all
its works and pomps- Speaking at Birming
ham last night, Mr. Bright denounced the
present Parliament as the worst of modern
Parliaments, and the present administration
as the worst ever brought up for Judgment.
Mr.. Gladstone is equally bitter, and exceed
ingly prolific, his speeches occupying more
space in the English dailies than those Of
all the other candidates taken together. The
Tories are conducting quiet campaign,
and hope to succeed through profuse ex-
penditure of money, but the Liberals are con-
fldent and defiant, and are carrying the war
into the enemy's: camp. The contest is one
Of strategy against principle, and it looks
now as ii strategy would fail One Of the
features Of the campaign is the growing
tendency to indulge in personalities, and it
would seem as if the future American
Dickens might have large material for
volume Of caustic English Notes.
, 1880-03-21

moral sense or possession Of 4 conscience.
II this emigration continues it can only
be at the expense Of tho Anglo-Saxon
race. The Chinese will not suffer,
but our own people will, and,
as the opportunities open for their coming,
they will pour over here in still greater num-
bers, for the capacity OF China as breeding
ground Is illinitable. They increase by nat
ural laws faster than they eau leave, and
every Thousand of them who come here must
supplant an equal number OF our white peo-
pie, and degrade their: labor, it they TO not
starye them out. The tide Of emigration
from other and more desirable countries is
large enough to supply the wants of this
country. Is it not time, therefore, to dis
criminate against any further accessions
from the most undesirable people OH earth
, 1880-03-21

Wednesday evening occurred g seconds Later
than the time calculated from the lunar tables,
after applying all known corrections for posi-
ton Of the observer On the earth's surface.
The moon WIS that much ''slow," as she was Is
seconds slow ut the time Ut the solar eclipse,
July q, 1878. The Indicated correction needed
in the equations OF lunar motion In the orbit, is
an increased value Of the function depending on
the revolution Of the nodes, The longitude OF
tho north node is now about 80 degrees;
which means that for nearly nine years past her
average declinntOn has been greater than tho
mean. The result is that the earths equatorial
protuberance has operated less powerfully than
the average, and has not pulled the moon round
quite SO rapidly as the average motion. This
difference Of position OF the moon with respect
to the earth's equator has been allowed
for in the construction OF the lunAr ta-
blcs; but it appears that the effect has
been slightly underestdmated, the continuous
slowing up during nine and quarter years and
the acceleratiou during the succeeding nine and
a quarter years being estimated at q very small
fraction less than the truth. It should be re-
memhered that the twenty-five seconds above
referred to is the accumulation Of results of re-
tardation during great number OF revolutions,
the quantity for any one lunation being so small
rs to be scarcely detected by the most delicate
measurements possible with the improved i'll
struments of to-day.
Those who believe that the condition Of the
atmosphere at the date Of the equinox Is an i'll
dicadon Of the weather for the ensuing season
may be interested in knowing that at g minutes
past II o'clock last Friday night the wind was
blowing Slightly from the southwest, with an
upper current from the south, clouded sky, and
mild temperature for the season.
, 1880-03-21

In our last issue we discussed the purposes
and aims OF Nihiism, as gathered from its
newspapers, pamphlets, and public pronun-
ciamentos, showing that the destruction Of
the Government is its principal purpose and
that assassination is recognized By it as a
legitimate agency for the accomplishment Of
that result. The news contained in our
foreign dispatches, that the Government is
waverlng in its support of Gen. Mellkof, the
new Dictator, and is inclined to adopt more
pacific policy, as well as more liberal pro
gram, in dealing With the grievances OF the
people, lends new interest to the considera-
ton Of Nihilism, because II this news be
true the Government has taken step that
, 1880-03-21

ficulty. There is q limit to the regular ap-
propriations. The 81 a,357 200 cannot be ex~
ceeded for ordinary expenditures. or the
whole tax-leyy will be void. The Council
has loaded down the ordinance with log
rolling appropriations for viaducts and new
bridges, for increase Of the Police and Fire
Departments, for extra sewer construction,
and various other appropriations, consider
ably in excess Of the legal limit The Alder
men have twice gone over the list Of items,
one after the other, but have been unwilling
TO reduce the total within the limit allowed
By law. The friends OF special jobs and
grabs refuse to yield dollar, and now, at
the last moment, there is combination to
strike out the 100000 for the canal pumps
and publication OF the Chicago River, risk
ing the creation Of pestilence in the city,
and leading to legal proceedings by the cities
and towns along the Illinois River to compel
the City Of Chicago to carry its sewage into
the luke Such proceedings would operate
to the injury Of the city to the extent OF mill
ions Of dollars, besides poisoning the entire
water-supply of the inhabitants.
There are appropriations for bridges now
in. the ordinance which nine-tenths Of the
Council know ought not to be there, ind
have been only inserted to aid certain undo
serving, Unpopular, aud unfit Aldermen to be
reelected, and which every member expects
the Mayor to veto. But these appropria-
tions, nevertheless, swell the total to sum
beyond the legal lin11t, md tic total appro-
priations cannot be reduced and made legal
BY the Mayors veto.
The City Council should suspend this
child's play. They should act like sensible
linen. They should strike out all the appro-
priations for objects which can be postponed
q year longer; and the public will hold those
who refuse or reject the appropriation for
the pumps and publication Of the river to
strict responsibility for their sacrifice Of the
puhfic interest
, 1880-03-21

TIE Emperor Of Austria told the British
Ambassador to his Court that in conse-
quence of Mr.. Gladstonc's disapproval of
Austria's foreign policy he hoped that the
Tories might win in the approaching elec-
tons. This having reached the ears of Ar.
Gladstone, he retorted with even more than
his usual warmth, and denounced Anstria's
foreign policy in no halting terms, and the
country itself as the unainching enemy of
freedom in every country Of Europe, as Il ma
tion which in all its history could not point
to one single place where it had done good.
Were Mr.. Gladstone Premier at the present
time there would be some lively diplomatic
correspondence between England andAustria.
, 1880-03-21

TIE Democracy are making immense
efforts to improve the personnel OF the Doard Of
Aldermen this spring. They are putting forth
candidates Of whom they may well be proud US
regards their literary and intellectual endow-
ments, f1naucial responsibility, tnhe1lble intee-
rtty, aud high respecta5ility- For example,
they have placed Tom StouI in nomina uon for
the Fifteenth aud Pat Tierney for the Seventh
Vnrd. Par Mobile fratrumI The manifest in
tention If the Democracy Of those two wards Is
to be represented By gentlemen having visible
means OF support. and they have succeeded to
perfection. And then in the other Democratic
wards there are such statesmen in training for the
nomination rs Demo5thenes Hildreth, OF whisky
memory, Pat Carroll. and ex-Commfssioucr
Bradley, who were always antl-rtng lover the
left in. the County Board; and the intellectual
Pat Rafferty,, and the eloquent. Frank Lawler,
the statesmen McNally, Joe Duftey, and Johnny
Hannigaa OF the Tenth, and Sanders OF the
Second. 1t will be seen that the Democratic
contributions to the next Council must afford
lively qualification TO all who especially desire
honesty and economy in city legislation, as these
proposed candidates, il elected, will feel deep
interest in ascertaintng how much taxation, tax
eating, and blacknau the citizens will stand.
under the rule Of addition, division, and silence,
Those Democratic wards are about doing them
selves proud in the choice Of representatives
, 1880-03-21
THE CITY HUDfTET.

The appropriations for the support Of the
City Government will this year be changed
in their arrangement, and be classified under
the laws Of 1879. Thus, last year the appro-
priations by the City Government were made
in the lump, and there was no limitation, save
in the discretion Of the Council, upon tho
aggregate Of the appropriations. The law of
the last Legislature, however, limited the an
nua1 tax-Ievy for municipal purposes to 2 per
cent on the taxable valuation Of the property
in the city This law limits the tax-icyy, and
OF course, the appropriations, to s., ,357, 900,
But it has been decided by the Supreme
Court that the support of schools is indie
pendent of the ordinary municipal purposes,
and, therefore, appropriations and tax-leyy
for that object may be made in addition to the
regular appropriations. Appropriations and
tax-fevies for the payment of interest {S675,-
0o0) and for judgments (S73, ,oo0) are also indie
pendent, and appropriations and tax-leyies
may, therefore, be made as large in thA aggre-
gate as heretofore.
The Board OF Education has been most ex-
trayagaut in its demands. It has asked fora
tax-leyy Of S1,o5G,000 in addition to the
0,0M school revenue it otherwise receives.
making total Of s., 2256 900 for schools for
single year! The Finance Committee mo
posed to reduce this little by taking off
SEQ, 600, leaving the School Board still over
s, ,ooo,oo0 to spend; but the Council has re-
jected this small reduction and voted the
whole 900 for school purposes. This
includes $4,000 for new sites and $4,000
for new buildings, and some 100000 addi-
tional for furniture, etc. This is wild. reck-
less extravaganza and unwarranted BY the
needs of the city and By its means OF pay-
ment It is justified on the pretext that there
are nooo children clamoring to get into the
public schools for whom there is no room;
but the fact is concealed that 15,oo OF this
number are attending Catholic schools. and
that neither their priests nor parents would
allow them to attend the public schools. and !
that considerable part Of the remainder are
attending private schools.
But the Council has met With another diff
, 1880-03-21

CANNON, a discinle Of Denis KeaEney,
and one of his most blatant lieutenants,
yesterday received the same sentence as his
chief, and followed the example Of that
doughty parsonage by taking an appeal to
the higher Courts.
, 1880-03-21

to back up their convictions when the occa-
sion demands it. The United States needs
no patronage from the nations of Continental
Europe, and is not disposed to guide its ac-
tion according to the advice Of the London
Times
, 1880-03-21

The first County Convention of this State
to select delegates to the Springfield Con-
vention met at Geneva, Kane County, yester-
day. and the victory was with the Blaine
men,-seven Of the thirteen delegates favor
ing the nomination Of that gentleman.
Eugene Garfield was Endorsed for Attorney
, 1880-03-21

TIE City Council tackled the Appropria-
ton bill again last evening, and cut off the
item for extra police, reduced the appropria~
ton for street-iamps, and made few changes
of minor importance. but still the total is
81, 600 in excess Of the per cent limit. The
Mayor intimated after the adjournment that
the eagle-bird would apply its whetted beak
to some Of the items.
, 1880-03-21

AFTEn cropping around for considerable
time Lord-Mayor Gray, Of Dublin, has at
length found an Irish constituency to adopt
him as Parliamentary candidate. He will
lead forlorn hope against Mr.. Kavanagh,
the champion of the Irish landlords in what
O'Connel1 once called the cul-de-sac OF Ire
land, the County OF Carlow.
, 1880-03-21

EX-SENATOR CuR1sr1ANcY's friends state
that there is not particle of truth in the
charges made BY lis young wife against his
honor and sobriety, and claim that she makes
them for the purpose Of letting herself down
easy, as the evidence of her unfaithfnlness is
Of such a character that no Court can refuse
to grant an unconditional divorce.
, 1880-03-21

OSCAR LockuEAp, Flint {dich.) bank
bookkecpez, was yesterday convicted Of em-
bezxling S4,7Oo of the bank funds and cover
ing up.the transactions By fraudulent entries.
The least sentence which Lockhead, who
was Colonel Of the State Militia, can re-
cei1e is five years in the State Prison.
, 1880-03-21

JoHN c. GK1BLEK, whose case has occu-
pied the attention of Judge aIoran's court
for some days, was yesterday sentenced to
two months imprisonment in the County
Jail for contempt Of court in bribing a juror.
Judge Moran also promised to present the
case to the Grand Jury for their considera-
ton. This incident may have somewhat
wholesome effect on the class of persons who
hang round the courts and are neither law
yeIS nOI businessmen
, 1880-03-21

PROF. SAwyER's new electric lamp for
household illumination is said to give pure
steady light, and is very easily regulated
The cost Of Illuminating by means Of this
lamp is estimated at one-feufth the expense
of Sas. 1t is to be sincerely hoped that Prof.
Sawyer's discovery may prove of more gen
uine value than previously reported ones Of
the same kind.
, 1880-03-21

THE Democrats Of the Sixteenth Ward
have broken faith With the Republicans Of
the same ward by placing a candidate Of
their own in The field. The result Of this
action Oh the part Of the Bourbons will be
the election of the Socialist candidate, unless
the respectable Democrats ignore the behests
Of the party bosses and vote for the indie
pendent candidate.
, 1880-03-21

THERE is apparently no rest for Senator
Ben Hill. Miss Raymond called at his resi-
dence yesterday and created quite a scene.
She said that it was her intention to Ieafe
her child, Tommy Hill, with his father, whom
she insisted was none other than the Georgia
, 1880-03-21

PROBABLY as preliminary step towards
the expulsion of the religious orders, the
French Commissioners Of Police have been
instructed to furnish detailed report in re-
rrn.-ircAS
, 1880-03-21

A PARTY consisting of about 80 OF the
solid men of the South arrived in Chicago
yesterday and spent the day in looking oye1
the city and visiting our principal business
houses. They were filed with admiration at
the beauty Of our city and the enterprise of
our merchants. They could not help con-
trasting this city with the ex-hogopolis,
much to the tietriment Of the latter
, 1880-03-21

4 SERIOUS railroad accident occurred at
Halle, Saxony, yesterday. Two trains col
uded. Result, the killing Of seven passen-
gers and tie smashing Of several railway
carIiageS.
, 1880-03-21

TuEKE was another row in the Italian
Chamber Of Deputies yesterday, during
which tue President left his seat and offered
lis resignation, which was not accepted,
however. If this kind Of business continues
the Democratic caucuses must look to their
, 1880-03-21

THOMAS 8. LEGGEr and Daniel IT. Leeds,
two ex-otiicials Of the City Of Elizabeth, n
j., were found guilty yesterday Of consplr-
ing to cheat that city by buying bonds at low
figures and turning them in the Sinking
3ptp
, 1880-03-21

Chicago TRBUSE Office, north latitude II deg.
52rn. SIS; west longitude, TIN. 1ss. from Wash
ington, and 5h. j0m. aE. from Greenwich.
The subjoincd table shows the time of setting
and rising Of the moons lower limb, and the
official time for lighting the first strect-a lamp in
each circuit In this city, during the coming week,
unless ordered sooner On account Of bad weather.
Also the following times for cxtinSutshing the
{ir.t
, 1880-03-21

METArEls1cI4ASs have theory that t;,,o
seems long or short iu proportion to The nr,". se
and variety of incidents that are crovdsa .us
the individual experience Whether Ma - ~"
or not, the time does seem very limo ..4' 1ao
Mayor Harrison went into office. Yet II !. ~,
short ct year since he Was elected. I'm ~ e,u ~
that the number and variety, Or want ~ :. ~ ~
his speeches have anything to do with tha; T..
pressiUns referred to? @3'
, 1880-03-21

ILLINOIS and Iowa are waiting with breath
less interest to hear who the Democratic States
Of Texas and Kentucky prefer tor Republican
Presidential candidate
, 1880-03-21

The King OF Greece is under the necessity
Of forming new Cabinet In consequence
OF the adverse vote recorded few days ago
the Ministry has resigned
, 1880-03-21

THE Cemetery Board of Greenwood Bnnt.
iyn) have sat down On dead dogs. No mora na,
pups or cats are to be inferred In that Rrayeynn,
The interment Of the Last canine IN that Qr,mud
produced intense disgust and fndiguatton
, 1880-03-21

a LOUISIANA bank President named Ed
ward c. Palmer has been convicted of em-
bezzling the funds of lis bank, and sentenced
t. three years hard labor.
, 1880-03-21

PNEUMONIA has been very prevalent and
fatal this winter, and has carried OF so,ne NJ
the best-known citizens Of Chicago. Too much
care cannot be exercised in this deceptye
weather.
, 1880-03-21
TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES.

TIE CHICAGO TR1RCSE has established branch
osces for The receipt Of subscriptions and advertise
ucurs as follows:
NEW YORK-Room q Tribune Building F. r. Mc-$
FAuDES, ManaEcr.
GLASGOW, scotland-Allan's American News
Agency. IL Renheld-st
LONDON, Enr.-American Exchange. 80 Strand.
HENRY +. GIIlItG. Agent
WASHINGTON, u. C.-I3lp F street
, 1880-03-21

THE Blaine Club hare responses from lead.
ing men in all parts Of the State that seem to
indicate that four-dfths OF cur people are op-
posed to the third term.
, 1880-03-21

The excellent article on 'sTammany Halln
printed in Saturdays TRIBUNE, was erroneousr
credited to the North 4me'tcan Rtrikw. It WI
taken from the International Reptt1.
, 1880-03-21

PERHAPS it would save time If the women
on Clarence Davis route who haven't married
him, at one time or another, would signify the
same in letter to the police
, 1880-03-21

One extravagant Common Council can
spend all that four years OF prudent admins
tr9hon have saved, and not half try.