Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-16

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 LITCHFsELD. CONN. Thursday, June 16, 1881
 Mir. Blaine is building fine house at Wash ington.
 In England one person out of every % is pauper.
 A class of sixty-seven was graduated fror the Naval Academy, last week.
 The work of the Tenth Census over. run estimates and will cost four millions
 Three cases of small pox have broken out i Thompsonville.
 London has population of 8. S14. .514 peo ple, or about three times as many as Ney York.
 There is said to be more building and greater demand for cottages in Newport, thi season, than for many years past.
 Blaine says his relations with Conkling ar the pleasantest imaginable. He has not spoke with him for ten years.
 Six hundred houses were burnt in Quebec Wednesday night The loss will amount t. about ss.Ooo, 900.
 The Cornell University crew have been ad mitted to compete for the Stewards Cup at tn Henley regatta.
 Gambetta's organ, the French Republic, ad mits the defeat of the bill providing for cleo tion of deputies by general ticket.
 Paris correspondents claim that the Panam Canal can be built in four years, at twent. millions less cost than was estimated.
 Only one tenth of the immigrants take {, agriculture. The rest stay in the great citie or go into factories or mines There are seven regiments of cavalry, clever batteries of artillery and twenty battalions o infantry in Ireland-in all about 30. 900 men
 The President advises the Republicans o Virginia to adopt platform of their own but to unite on the Readjuster Candi dates.
 It is again announced that the authorities have found who forged the Mercy letter, ant that they will soon be arrested. Seeing ii believing.
 the Norwich Bulletin. He has all he want to attend to fer the present apparently in thu divorce suit with his wife.
 The Colonel of the Second Regt., N. C.. has prepared charges against the Lieut.. Col. accusing him of creating discord and intrigu ing to supplant his superior officer.
 Jay Gould is afraid people are rushing into reckless railroad speculation. Certainly nc one has done more than Gould to discourage that kind of investment.
 The Anneke Jens claims on Trinity Churct property in New York has finally met witt an adverse decision in the Court of Appeals an old ghost we'll lald
 North Carolina is the first of the Southern States to propose a prohibitory law. It is tt be voted on by the people at the August cleo tion.
 Miss Gladstone, daughter of the great min ister has recently married dean. It is sait that Prince Leopold has been devoted to her, he and is greatly grieved at her marriage
 Wagner is at work at a new opera, 'Parsi fal," which is to be produced m Bayreth thi summer It is said to be much simpler il style than his other recent works. in deplorable condition. The Americal negroes are either dead or barbarized; the eli mate is dreadful, and progress impossible
 It is said that the wife of Prof. Ko, of liar yard, has begun to squeeze her little girl ba by's feet, and that its cries are great annoy ance to neighbors. A prosecutionis talked of Some of the Star Route plunderers are turn ing against their fellows. John A. Walsh, Washington contractor, has sued one of Bra dy's brokers named Brown.
 Twelve missionaries (including members O their families) were killed by savages of New Guinea. last March. The Rev. Mir. Berwick is the only survivor of the party.
 Lyons seems so be as full of the communis tic spirit as ever. There was a meeting O 2000 there. recently, addressed by citizel Louise Mitchell.
 James s. Coleman has finally been nominat cd and confirmed Street Commissioner of Ney York city. It is non political appointment and promises well.
 The South is raising much more cotton thai before the war. In the 15 years since the wa it has raised ten million bales more than wa raised in the 15 years just before the war.
 A New Jersey lawyer has been sent to tn, psni:entiary for stuffing ballot box, las fall. He was Democratic judge of elections and was caught shaking Democratic ballots out of his sleeve into the box.
 Nicoliui, Adelina Patti's deputy husband. is said to propose bringing her to his countr, next season. To the Americans who propose, engaging her he named $40, 900 as the low est price for Patti and himself.
 MT. Evarts has nc hope of any good result from the Paris Silver Conference What w want next is to unload our millions of bug gard dollars, even if we melt them into bull lion and sell it at handsome loss.
 N Democrat was elected to Congress iron the Charleston (S. O. District to fll the va cancy occassioned by the death of the forme