Litchfield enquirer., 1881-09-08

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 LITCHFlELD, CONN. Thursday, Sept. 8, 1881
 Alaska asks for territorial government
 Murphy, thetemperance lecturer. is at worl in London.
 Chicago has done ten millions worth of build ing this year. .......-s...=-
 MT. Lapham, one of the new Senators iron New York, is cousin of Susan B. Anthony and favors woman suffrage. - Y{
 The wreck of the steamer Teuton with { loss of 173 out of 200 people on board occurred on the South African coast last week.
 Nebraska is trying the highest sort of li -cense law 5000 in cities of 10000 luhabi tants and over $500 in smaller places.
 The number of wives "Marvin" has mar ried and deserted is fifteen by latest count, witt considerable back country yet to hear from.
 The Postmaster General has made reduc- tion of million and half in postal expenses by Star route and other discontinuances.
 The New York elevated railroads show net earnings which will amount to about two mil lions year.
 About 20, 900 people attended the Hartford races and there was an immense amount of gambling and other disgraceful doings.
 The lady who has been writing up the abuse of steerage passengers on transatlantic steam- CTS IS now making another trip as steerage passenger herself.
 Bismarck is preparing for further changes of the laws bearing on the Catholic clergy, no doubt with shrewd, lookout for their support at the coming elections.
 Primary education in England now costs about twenty-five million dollars annually. Of this amount the government contributes about ten millions.
 The muddle of marriage laws is complicated little worse, if possible, by the decision of New Brunswick court holding a marriage with deceased wife's sister void.
 The New York Republican State Conven. ton is to be held at New York city on the 9th, of October. This is considered stalwart move.
 A syndicate" have organized mammoth improvement company to build summer re- sorts along the coast of Long Island and pro- vide easy means of access.
 The business prospects of the country con- tinue excellent Southern. as well as Western trade is said to be brisk, and New York is re- porting very promising season.
 The reports from the Southwest regarding the cotton crop are not encouraging. Great damage from drouth and worms is the preva- lent complaint
 It appears from comparative lists in English papers that work in American ship-yards costs double what is paid British workmen. Why go farther to account for our failure to com. pete with that country ln ship-bu ilding?
 A plucky sheriff named Post had fight in a car at Mechanicsville, N Y., last week, with burglar whom he finally arrested. A confederate was also captured. The fellows had stolen $2OOO at Whitehall.
 It seems that the chief promoter of the Atlanta Cotton exposition is 8 Maine Yankee by the name ot Kimball He is one df those who believe that it is fer the interest of the South to advertise" her capabilities and he is no doubt right.
 A new code of criminal practice went into effect in New York on the first inst After years of delay it was finally adopted at the last session of the legislature. It provides a reform similar to that effected in civil practice by the civil code.
 The New York city government spends about thirty millions annually. The grand list of the city assesses about billions work of real estate and only one fifth that amount of per. sonai, which seems an absurd disproportion.
 The correspondent of Chicago paper tells cheerful story of Red River farmer who invested $55,0O0 in land tools and improve. ments and with single crop of wheat got back $50, 900 of his capital. This is capital illustration of possibilities but what are the probabilities? The heavy gale of Saturday night, the 26th, ult.. was hurricane on the Southern coast. Over 20 negroes were drowned at Port Royal, s. 0. Several buildings were unroofed al Savannah, and it is reported over 100 lives were lost of the Georgia coast. ,.- P
 Prof. pumpeify, the geologist, has been en- gagged to makea full survey of the region along the Northern Pacific, and the Oregon railway. The work is with view of induc ing settlement.
 Not quite one acre in a thousand Of French soil is now owned by the church. At the time of the 4reat revolution, if we are not mista ken, about third of the land of the country was owned by the hierarchy.
 Gladstone still keeps out of the House ol Lords, where indeed his friends are in a small minority. He has just sent up big brewer however, to sit with the privileged legislator of Great Britain.
 Judge Black is introducing testimony tt prove the loyalty of the Buchanan administra