Litchfield enquirer., 1881-08-04

in Afghanistan. Last week he defeated the Ameer in great battle. One of the latter's regiments of foot and all his horse deserted to Ayoob, and the victory is thought to be de- cisiye. as The Sun claims that Dorsey and the Star Route thieves will escape because there is SO much plundering in the other departments. We shall believe nothingof the kind. His prosecution may stir up Dorsey to expose oth- CT steals which is just what we want him to do.
 Garibaldi has accepted pension of $6OOO from the King of Italy. It is not supposed that he can live on that or any other income. He is one of those persons who are always In arrears, who know how to starve but not how to live within their means. A few outlaws ride rough shod over Perry County, Ark. Magistrates and sheriffs are paralyzed with fear and the Governor of the State has finally been obliged to proclaim martial law and to send troops to assist the civil authorities.
 The N. Y Herald gives near page and half to the Nihilist Hartmann wherein to glorify the cause of assassination. That is carrying the liberty of the press about as far as it can well stretch. Hartmann is no less murderer because the mau he killed was Czar. ... .-f.
 The experiment of irrigating the great "des. ert" between the Missouri region and the Pacific states by means of artesian wells is to be tried on small scale. A small appropria- tion has been made by Congress for the pur- pose, and a competent scientihc commission are to select the sites for the wells.
 One of the witnesses against John D. Lee in the mountain massacre case has been found killed in Sonora, Mexico. This man has d. ways said II know the Church will kill me sooner or later-it is only question of time" After returning from the trial. his wife left him by order of the Church. He then went South and lived in Arizona In that Territo- " two attempts were made to kill him. ,oh.a @~A- af long since she got engaged and embodied the preclous experiences of the occasion into a work called "One Summer" Apparently the picture was too true, at any rate it sickened the. party of the second part" to such de- | gree that he has broken off the engagement, This opens the way for sequel-"One Wln- 1 ter"-wbich ought to drive the young man to suicide "
 ''Templeton," Boston correspondent of the Courant, speaks as follows of the needs of tine Republican party:
 Nothing can save the republican party but ladical change in it's position on the subject of civil service reform. This seems to me fixed fact The men who have been sneered at as idealists for their attitude towards it must either come to the front, or must have their views adopted by those who are there No state feels this stronger than does Massa- chusetts.
 A shameful villainy was committed by 8 l scoundrel calling himself Marvin, at Rich. l nond, Va, last week. He first advertised | for governess in the Hartford Churchman. An estimable young lady in Richmond re- replied to the advertisement. Marvin then came to that city, represented himself as man of wealth. and married the lady He had excellent letters, obtained $500 on for. ged draft, and took his bride of on wedding tour. AS soon as the draft was found to be a forgery, detectives were sent after him, but l ho had olr Hv ad 1 into Canada.
 European papers speak of the attempt on l Garfed's life as one of those risks which every ruler must run, be he emperor or president. in these evil days. The risk is one that those in power have always run and must always run, and, in excited times, it is some- times very serious one but how can it be avoided9 Is it best to surround our president with soldiers? That even, would be an in- sufficient protection. as Russian experience has shown, against determined assassins. In America there is no party which would resort to assassination. But people like Guiteau are a danger to society so long as they are allowed to be at large. It shows very lax admins tration of justice that such fellow should have been allowed to pursue the career he has done. He ought long ago to have been in jail as a rascal, or in an asylum as an insane man. He is now to be punished for great crime | because he has been allowed to perpetrate shoals of small crimes unpunished. more l careful administration of justice would long since have cut short his career of uselessness and saved the country great shock. | .@-- @tit
 Ex-Dep. Sheriff John H. Slocum died at Winsted on Friday night. He had been i'll but short time and the Courant speaks of him as follows:
 Jack" as he was generally known. has been quite prominent character in town. He served as volunteer in the war of the re- beliion and afterward enlisted in the regular army When his term expired he returned to Winsted where w he set type in the Herald office until he was sppopinted deputy sheriff. He retired from the office of deputy when Sherif Porter took office end appointed w. 1 B. Phillips for this district. Slocum was . very ardent democrat and advocate of the l license law. It is said that process has been discovered by which coal dust can be moulded into small Jumps suitable for stpge use Coal tar and the dust of bituminous csal are ipgredi. ents in the mixture.
 
 l KALAMAZOO, Mich., Feb. 3, 1880. l know Hop Bitters will bear recommends. tion honestly. All who use them confer upon them the highest enc6miums, and give them ] credit for making cures-alf the proprietors claim for them. have kept them since they were first offered to the public. They took high rank from the 6rst, and maintained it, and are more called for than sb athers com