Litchfield enquirer., 1881-01-13

The emigration or the past year-5SU.UUl at Castle Garden alone-is the largest since 1850
 After all its heavy sales, the Northern Pa ciic railroad still has 42 million acres left o1 its eporftn0u' land grant il)IE{f
 The Oneida Community has resolved it. self into 2 cooperative misunderstanding. com, pany with $500 GOO, stock.
 - ~c:.s-8. --------- ------------------- ---------- ..1 a.ti i4-3 The legislative caucus for nomination of U s. Senator met on Tuesday evening. Gen Joseph R. Hawley was nominated: .s.as On Friday the almshouse of S,rafford County, New Hampshire. burnt down, and fourteen of it's inmates were burnt to death
 Fair is nominated to the Nevada Senator. ship which cost him so much money, though there is a good deal of intrigue to prevent the consummation of the bargain. a.as B Wells, Fargo & Co.,, report the gold pro- duction of 1880 at thirty three and 6 half millions silver, forty millions. Nevada shows falling off of near seven millions. s.s; Mir. c. s. Read, an English Commissioner who is inspecting American farming declares that if the English farmer will live as poorly as the Western pioneer, and save his earnings, he can make as much money. ... ..-a., The best informed Congressmen believe that the remainder of this session will be taken up with the refunding blll, the electoral count and the usual aspirations and that gen. eral legislation will not be entered upon.
 Mir. Eckley B. Coxe, Pennsylvania Dem ocrat chosen to the Senate, refused to take the ''iren clad" oath prescribed for office hol- ders in that state. He could not conscientious ly swear that he had not used money at the election in ways forbidden by law. ,.e 4 A resolution has been referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs for investiga- ton of the statement recently published claim ing that the Canadian Fishery statistics on which this country was made to pay five and half millions, were fraudulent
 The Democrats have finally secured the or
 
 publicans have majority on joint ballot, how- exer, and will undoubtedly choose Gen. Ben. Harrison, U. s. Senator. -
 Mir. Conger is to be the next U. S. Senator from Michigan; and Mr. Hale, from Name, which leaves Frye of that state the most prob, able candidate for the Speakership of the next House. y
 The House of Commons has under consider ation a bill to prevent bribery at elections which proposes the severest penalties disfran chising the voter, and disqualifying the candi date from ever holding office. An Ohio court decided, sometime since. that shareholders of the stocks of national banks were partners rather than stockholders of the ordinary kind, but the decision has been reversed by the U. B.. Supreme Court
 Mir. Robert iE c. Stearns. of Berkeley, Cal, is said to possess the finest collection of shells in the world. E1,. 37ttu x.7 leola
 There was 6 time, during the slate uhpleas antness, when the city of Charleston had a very fine collection of shells. s,s.,, -tys,,. The contest for the U, s. Senatorship in New York is sharp and doubtful. The Conk, ling men are divided and the anti Gonkling wing seems to hold well together Such a man as MT, Evarts or Mf. Curtis, is however. out of the question, and all of the candidates are more or less. .s'machinp" men.
 F' A company has been formed to connect the New York and-New England railroad when completed with'the coal region, thus giving us a chance for cheaper coal Much of the line is located, will soon be put under con tract. and is expected to be completed in the fall of this year. -sw..5 ,. ~..r The recent survey of the Sahara Desert with view to railroad, develops several in teresting factG Numerous beds of cut flint. were found showing that in prehistoric time, the desert was inhabited The negroes they met were much superior to the Arabs. The railroad project is viewed hopefully. *o.'. There. was revival of the Kellogg contes in the U. 8. Senate last week. The row arose out of the proposition to take the testi nony of one Moore who says he.wa bribet by Kellogg to vote for him. Mir. Kellogs denounced the fellow as a thief and black mailer and declared that he was recently turn ed out of the New Orleans Custom House fol theft. No action was taken.
 Mr. John F. Miller is to succeed Senate Booth in the U. s. Senate. from California Miller is at the head of the Alaska Seal Go. one of the great monopolies which have mad monopolies SO odious in that state. It wa his oarl which did it. Camerons man Ol iver has good chance tos take the prize of Pennsylvania Senatorship away from Grow the peoples favorite. "
 The charters of many of the railroads con solidated into the New York Central expir soon. and the State may take possession up on paying for the Improvements made. I IS not likely that this will be done:- but, O granting renewals, the legislature ought to SC that some of the water the elder vanderbil poured into these stocks is squeezed out, pe.
 It appears that the match manufacturers ar the chief opponents of the removal of tn match tax. If that were taken of. say thev the country would flooded with foreign match es at much cheaper rates than we can mak them. Very well, let the tax be removed Fair duty imposed on the foreign article, an the American manufacturer cannot the compete witt, the foreign, let him give up tl business gy4 e4s -H | ei|a' ars l snl
 At the municipal elections of Sunday tl French Republicans showed themselves con plete masters of the situation They Ina, carried all the large cities, .neitherthe reaction ary nor the revolutionary party showing muc strength. This victory is important asseve ty-hve Senators are to on ont dur;,c,ti,a, -