Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-19

Francis Murphy is about undertaking g temperance campaign in Ireland.
 A committee of the trustees of Dartmouth College have been taking evidence in regard to it's management 'saassss'---zs1,~El
 Sir Edward Thornton-so long British Minister at Washington-has been transferred to Russia, much better paying position.
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 Prof. Richard A. Proctor, the English sasa tronomer, has just married a St. Louis lady niece of Jeff. Thompson a
 On Thursday balih was shot in Ireland by concealed assassns, while returning from wake. .... t,-.H- .u-"
 Consideration of the Oaths bill has been postponed in the Commons until after the Land bill is disposed of.
 A forest fire in Ellington recently destroyed 600 acres of chestnut and other wood The loss is estimated from $12 900 to $15, 900.
 There are fifty cases of smallpox in Adams, Berkshire Co.,, Mass. A pest house is being built little out of town.
 Women have been appointed notaries pub- lie in Indiana. In Ohio it has been decided that they cannot constitutionally hold that office.
 The Rev. Joseph Cook is to be absent from the country another season. He is to delive: another course of lectures in Spurgeon's Tab ernacle.
 Dorsey has at once and most judiciously closed the mouth of his Oregon confederate by settling up his claim. He of course gets possession of all the compromising papers The medical faith of the present Adminis- tration seems to be homeopathic; at least Garfield and Blaine are of that persuasion. All outward signs show Conkling an allopatb. At the meeting of the Grand Army of the Potomac on the 8th prox., Gen. Sherman, Sec of War Lincoln Gems. Hancock, Sheri den, Wright and others. are expected to be present.
 The number of persons killed by the Chic earthquake is now estimated at 1000, with great number permanently disabled besides. American citizens in Smyrna make fervent appeal for help.
 A man who shot boy dead in Indianapolis, last fall, for cheering for Jeff. Davis, has been acquitted. Yet we find fault with hot headed Southerners for shooting men dead under vastly more serious rrovocation!
 It is said that daughter of Mrs. Victoria Woodruff is to marry a son of the Duke of Argyle. Such an international connection W ould pass even the imagination of Henry James, Jr.
 Postmaster James has already cut off use less Star routes to the extent of about $4O0, 900 year. When Congress meets no doubt there will be much complaint, but Mir. James can be sure of the support of the people
 It is now said that the underground rall- road from the Grand Central Depot to City Hall in New York, is to be put through within he next six months. It will be great con- Venience. r...
 A correspondent of the New York Times represents Cornell University as declining under its present management. It brings serious charges of favoritism against the trustees who are driving away their best professors.
 The cost of carrying wheat from St. Louis to Liverpool by rail is nearly double the eosl of transporting it by water down the Missis- sppi The Canadian route is constantly i'm. proving also, so that railroad monopoly can. not quite have everything its own way.
 The New Jersey Anti-Monopoly League are showing up some of the evils that have resulted from monopolies in that unfortunate State Fully half of the real estate of Jersey City is owned by corporations most of whom pay no local taxes, being protected by ire pealsble charters.
 Mr. stephen H. Tyng, Jr., has accepted position, it is said. in connection with the for. eign business of the Equitable Life Assurance Co. His health failing. he is willing to drop into the business of insuIing lives in this world, from the more arduous work of insur. ing lives in the next.
 Secretary WinGom, having refunded the six per cents al three and one-half is calling in the Ayes, He announces that he will con tinue two hundred and fifty millions of these bonds at the rate of three and one half per cent intending to pay of the remainder from the surplus revenues. The "Windoms," as the new bonds are called, are selling at pre- mium abroad.
 At Fridays session of the Monetary Confer ence Mir. Horton, representing this country, argued in favor of of bimetallism. The Ger man delegates expressed the view that Ameri- ca. France, Italy and the Netherlands should come to an agreement as to whether, without England and Germany. they should adopt an unlimited coinage ou the basis already advo. cated.
 The Palladium notes that the confirmation of Chief Justice Fancy, and of Justice Clifford, as we'll as that of Stanley Matthews, was voted by one majority. We hope that the known bias of Mir. Matthews in favor of grea, corporations will not result ia any such un- wisdom as the Dred Scot decision, the out. come of Judge Taney's pro-slavery preju- dices
 After vain efforts at compromise and all sorts of propositions and rumors of proposi tions, the Robertson matter finally. came up for a square stand-up fight in the full Senate en Tuesday. All the undisputed nominations en the calendar have been disposed of, and