Litchfield enquirer., 1881-11-03

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 LlTCHFIELD, CONN.
 Thursday, Nov. 3, 1881
 Gen. Fitzpatrick. our Minister to Chili, i' dangerously i'll.
 The steamship Great Eastern was sold al auction recently for $150, 900.
 The coronation of the Car is to take place in April next.
 The Boers have taken second sober thought and ratified the treaty offered them by Great Britain.
 The St. Gothard Tunnel is expected to be open for traffic by Jan. Ist The company is already engaging train and station officers.
 The railroads are finally coming to what theologians term consensus" of opinion in favor of a big raise in passenger rates. IT. The census of New Mexico is completed at last and shows population of 119. .565. Most of this population is native Mexican.
 Three fellows tried to rob train on it's way from Chicago to Pittsburg, last weed. They failed and had to jump of and run.
 Alaskan gold mining is not altogether myth. Ten thousand dollars in gold dust came down to San Francisco by last steamer. The First Connecticut were reviewed by Gen. Sherman while at Washington and are said to have been highly commended by him. At the opening of the French Chamber of Deputies, last week, Gambetta was elected president by vote of 8l7 to 29. ..e ,Y Q The Garfield fund of $ss1, ,7ss is invested in four per cents It cost just $50, 900 pre-. mium to get $S11,0Oo government four per cents. .57 There has been great annoyance in New York from the curtailment of the supply of water. The streets are full of dust and the supply for engines is threatened. ' 'a''" .c. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has sold his interest in the Christian Union and retires from journalism. Lyman Abbott takes full charge of the paper, hereafter. .,....,, '-' .'
 
 The parallel railroad is starting up again under Vanderbilt auspices as is supposed. There has been little life in the scheme, here- tofore. @'l 'i3' '..''3 s''." "s Danielsonville has been having savage temperance war. All the village bars are closed, and two cows of the prosecuting agent have been poisoned. '' Y The New York Central Park has cost about A millions. Surrounding property has been immensely benefited and the park itself would sell for 200 millions today. ..... -+. Vast forests of fine timber have been dis covered up the Spanish River in Ontario, it is said. Twenty -four billion feet is the estimate put on it, and easily got to market.
 Henry Ostrander, the young man who killed his brother who was home at Utica, N. Y.,. on holiday visit, has been found guilty of murder in the first degree.
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 A lady, Mrs. Frederick 0. Earle, of Elmira. N. Y., is now deputy collector of internal revenue. She had e ten years training for the place be serving as assistant deputy. -F After i've years Imprisonment in Penn. sylvania penitentiarys for burglary, a Bahi, moriau named Mally has been found to be entirely innocent. He came out on pardon.
 The European demand for American wheat is estimated at 250 million bushels. The ef- feet of short corn crop is seen in the increas- ing price and in the rise in pork. <. The promotion of Chief Clerk Seaton from the chief clerkship to the superintendency of the census bureau upon the retirement of Gen. Walker is good bit of civil service reform.
 Mr. Leigh Robinson has been appointed to assist in Guiteau's defence. The prisoner has beeD allowed to summon twelve witnesses at government expense, and the trial has been adjourned week, till Nov. IA. ars 2. The London Times is not much pleased with Blaine's pronnnciamento on the Darien Canal question. The Monroe doctrine has never been satisfactory to Great Britain. and the more accurately it is stated the less she likes 1t. --
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 The Chilians are said to be prepared for the occupation of the territory they claim to an. mex from Peru as . war indemnity. They have already occupied the important town and department of Puira. 9gsd '.H Gos.N o
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 A serious disaster occurred in the Missts. eiDDi river on Friday A afaar,hoat ,..t ,nh