Litchfield enquirer., 1881-01-06


Case, of Simsbury, will be chosen Speaker of
our House Of Representatives. is .sla
!. the Chilians have landed II, 900 men Of
.Pisco, for the attack on Lima, and expect to
have over SO, 600 there soon. Fiye ssa
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The Mayor of Athens telegsaphs to the
Mayor of London that statue of Athene,
masterpiece by Phidias, has been discovered
near Athens. .a y..
4. The Commissioner of Agriculture has Sc
lected and leased for IA years a farm 10 Som
mervile, s. c., for experimenting upon the
raising of tea.
1t seems that Dr. Holland has sold out most
of his interest in Scribner to his partner, Ros-
well Smith. He still retains the editorship,
however.
The Indians who have been 90 long nego.
tiafing with the railroads have finally conclu-
ded to sell the right of way through their
country to two companies
This years numbering in Michigan has been
been the most extensive ever known, reaching
almost to the enormous total of one thousand
million, feet
Montreal Catholics have abandoned the
idea of finishing their mammoth Cathedral.
Its foundations are TO be RACED and smaller
church btiit.
The paper Truth publishes an acknowledge
mept that the Morey letter is a forgery, and
throws the responsibility upon the Democratic
National Committee. 'e ~
1t is now said that $500 Beers are n arms
against the British authorities. The Dutch
are showing much interest in these sons of
Dutchmen in Africa, and evidently consider
them much abused.
There has been vigorous Methodist revi
val in Meriden Thomas Harrison, the "Bov
Preacher" came there early last month, and
there have been daily meetings ever since,
with over 250convertions. :
=. Vermont people are greatly provoked at the
appointments made by their legislature at its
recent session. Legislative appointment is
one Of the poorest forms Of appointment known
to history. "a <af @.5 e9@t
The Texas papers are discussing the pro.
iectef carving two or three. new states out Of
their enormous territory; 1t would bring a
greatly needed reinforcement to the Demo-
Gratis Of the U. s. Senate. =, trt
Among the notable deaths Of the past week
has been, that of the French revolutionist,
Blanqui, who has been against every govern,
nient France has known for many years past
and who has passed most Of his time 10 prison,
10 consequence. -, q IA .....4 e..f nj e...s
Mayor Cooper made extensive. changes in
the Departments of New York City just be-
fore going out of Office. This was with
view OF completing the overthrow Of Che
Tammany faction before Mayor Grace came
into ofiice. issaa .sssg 2e
We are indebted to the Hon. Frederick
Miles for the Congressional Record which lie
has sent US regularly since he has been in
Congress. We don't need quite all the speech
es.reported, but il. is very satisfactory to have
the important ones In full l.'s s91i sid za,'s
Professor Hind has written letter to the
Canada Premier accusing the Canadian MAN.
ayers ofthe fishery arbitration with classifying
the statistics then offered by them, and on
which the award of $5, 100000 against the
United States was based. i g, ss' '--, 81 sstH
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A startling discovery was made in New
Haven Monday, that the residence of Mr..
Elihu sperry, had been robbed of valuables
amounting to about $4,000 A nephew of
the old gentlemen has been arrested on sus.
picion Of being the thief ''~ lie '2' ~
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They are"ptosecutihg seventeen women Of
Star City, Indiana, for smashing the furniture
and spelling the liquors of saloon II Indi,
ana were only wise enough to let her women
vote, they could smash liquor saloons accor
ding to Law, not contrary to law. - ...' VI
In the death of Dr. Chaplin. the country
loses one Of the pulpit celebrities Of which our
voluntary system gives US q larger proportion
than any other country can show. DR.. Cha.
pin was for long, also, d power in politics as
well as in the pulpit. sa,4,t .ss s T. 80 +.s.
The Ansonia Chief Of Police who was killed.
last week, by 8 desperate he was arresting,
mast have been q p'ucky fellow. After be
was tnortally wounded he held fast to the
scoundrei and succeeded in lodging him in
Jail, ~ - s'.i = = e 'a'1 e
The Southern negro increases az fast, appa.
rently, under freedom as i'd slavery. 10 South
Carolina there is gain of fifty per cent in
their numbers since $780, though it is proba.
BILE that part of this very large increase isdue
to the defective counting of that year. q
The Norwegian poet Biernsen had recep.
ton from bis countrymen at Mcyicker's thea,
tire ip Chicago, recently. TO whom he made al
address ia their native tongue. The immi.
grafton from Sweden and Norway to this
country has been very large of late. ~, ix,-
Two men have been arrested in New York,
on cable dispatch. from Florence, Italy, whers
three Americans are under arrest for passing
circular notes forged by the two New Yofl
men,. The forgeries are said to be remarkabl,
good, andthe men the most expert In thei
trade. Do They win all be tried 10 Italy leH na'
ss4i ,aaf flfsl1-alG44za- Al--A--9dJ L hsfBaii
sh is7uew stated that ten per- cent Of th
stock subscribed for the Lesseps Panam,
Cauafib'to 30 70 the founders of the enter
prise. NJ, wonder old Mr., Lesseps was !,
earnest int behalf of bis, scheme. If the stor,
istrne the promoters have starting fe,
Of six millions worth OF the new stock. 'n no
There was the most brilliant wedding eve
known 10 California on the 2sd, ult., when
British Barolet married daughter OF Senate
sharon The bridegroom 10 of an old Eng
iish' family dating back ut least TO the Con
qesss. As the oldest possible California;
counts from 1S49, it 10 probable that the bird,