New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-20

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! 10 furnish him country nilk-that he went up to
| the stables and found plaintiff kept his cows
! there, WREN he discontinued and offered te pay
| plaintiff Slo0 Tor the milk unpaid that had been
furnished
Testimony was produced TO show that plaintiff
repeatedly stated his milk TO be country milk &c
/ snd when complaints were made he sad ne was
/ short end had had TO buy milk from others on the
| occasions complained Of
Testimony was offered to show that the dist
I lery- led milk IS 8eletereous TO heslth &c
i DR.. a. X. GARDsNER Sworn,-Is a physician
( know what is called JohUSons dissiuery stables
/ on the North River, at 10th 81, where plaintiffs
cows were kept; the stables and distiliery DC.
cupy two or more blocks there are IN the stables
about 600 COWS. owned by different individuals
they are kept together In rows without any stalls
head and head each Side OF partitions and Two
rows in an apartment; they are fastened by tho
head have no bed but lay on the hard floor which
is always very wet, the stables excessively not
in Summer and exposed IN Winter-the cows
after being put into the stable never come out SO
long as they continue to give milk or SO sick as
to require removal. They are led almost entirely
on the bot swii the boiled grain, after distilled
mixed with the water 1t Is IN from tae dtstlery,
with an occasional whisp Of hay, but the latter
after a while they cannot chew, by reason that
the teeth OF cows after being kept IN these stables
and fed on the swill, drop out The swiil runs
from the distillery under Tenth az. 70 the sta
bes. where ii is delivered in q large vat,
thence runs into a trcueh st tue head OF the
cows. They usually drink a barrel a day
Of il, The milk is much greater in quantity than
grass or gram and meal fed, bu. the quality of the
milk has sc to so per cent less of nutritious quail
ty than pure milk. | have obtained specimens
ard caused them TO be Analysed. Ii takes much
longer than country milk to mlngte with ether
substances consequently becomes foreign body
on the stomach, and frequently produces particu-
lsrly to children, vomiting and indigestion, have
reason to believe, from my own observation and
what have heard from other physicians, that its
use produces cholera infantum. marasmus, gene
raj wasting away, called consumption aud scroiu-
la. The COWS, beside losing their teeth, from what
believe to be the hot swin are subject 10 dis
ease OF the hoot, that they cannot boar their
own weight and have to lie down Cows killed
when so affected found to have concentra-
ton OF matter extending from the h0ot almost up
through the leg and their heathis Affected
Cows fed on this swil bloat out, and appear often
times, RS well as others but on being killed they
are found TO have inside but little tae-the taow,
for instance, which in healthy cows weighs about
80 pounds weighing but or ponds. Butchers
say they can tell the meet ohndtolded by the
smell wherever il is There is bad odor When
sick the cows are fed, sometimes, with meal |
nm told no water is ever given to them, not being
supposed to require it, drinking barrel OF swill
per day. There is very little substance IN IT.
The testimony will be continued this forenoon
For plf Messrs Guild and Hitchings. For dtdt.
Messrs Burroll and Ellis
CouR1 OF GENERAL SESSIONS, Dec. ls.--Befora
the Recorder and Aid FRANKLIN and Conkun.-
/ The Niles Conspiracy CuSe.-The trial of George
w Niles and Nathaniel w Roberts, on an in
/ dictmont for obtaining $4,000 from Mr Henry TIA
yeus, was continued before the Court W ednesday:
Cornelius Bogert being called TO the stand testiied
that he knew Niles and occupied an office IN the
same building with him at the corner OF John'st'
and Broadway he stated that on one OCCASION IN
the Summer Of 1919 a boy from Niles Office came
TO him, witness being Commissioners, and sworc
to paper paper producedi witness th'nAs 'nls
/ is the same paper. This purported to be signed
bv Ellen Sullivan but Mr.. Bogert in describing the
woman who made oath before him said she was
small of dark complexion, and dellcateiy formed
This is not at all description OF Ellen w llllams
/ or Ellen Sullivan, the last witness on the STAND
she is large woman, of light complexion, anu
stoutly built.
He.rg Hqrens was the next witness sworn.
He testified that he first saw Ellen Williams
about year year and hall ago. that no
knows Geo. w, Niles and saw nm last summer
n year ago, when he received letter from him
requesting witnesa to call at his Office and see
him about something relative 10 Ellen Williams
and John Sullivan; witness went to see Niles ana
told him that he had no claim whatever against
him Niles said he should bring suit; thinks
Niles said his client John Sullivan; witness
asked who John Sullivan was, and thinks Niles
said he was q sporting character. The witness
then went on to state how the suit was proseca
ted by Niles as attorney and counsel Tor iShn Sui
Ivan Being recommended by tale, the man by
whom the papers were served on him. the witness
endowed Roberts TO defend the suit. X }berts
said that Niles could recover nothing from witness,
and he the witness testified that he believed
Roberts had acted faithfully throughout the whole
affair The suit was at length settled by the wit
ness having 50 600 which amount he gave TO Rob
erts for Niles of this amount 81 900 was IN bank
bills and the remaining $1,000 In two notes Of
$500 each at four and six months several ques
ton were put to witness :cspacting his acquaint.
ance with Ellen Williams all of which nterrogato-
RES he refused to answer. After close cross ex-
eninetionthe direct eXamination WAS resumed and
the witness stated that all the money no paid to
| Roberts was TO be by him paid over to Niles in
the matter of the suit Mr. Ravens has been an
unwilling witness before the Magistrate aud in
Court.
COURT OF GENERAL SGssIogs-Dec. l9-Be.
fore the Recorder and Aid. Franklin and Conk-
lin--1he Mles Conspiracy Case.-At the open
ing of Court the case was resumed.
LuclaR Tufts, residing at Albany, being sworn,
testified that be knew Niles and Roberts Niles
bad told him some time since that he had Roberts
arrested on a Stwell warrant. The exam,aa
ton Of this witness here discontinued, and
Nm. p DautS was called to the stand. He testi.
fed that he knew Miles, who had transacted
business for him had seen Roberts ct Niless
Office in June last; Roberts and Niles appeared
to have business together; had also seen
Ellen Williams there; witness stated that Nes
had told him Of a woman who had several
men on the string at one time he saw
Niles have five or six $500 bills Niles said,
don that look uice? and remarked that he
had Just got that for his part in Of his Grim.
con. uts witness told Niles it looked very nice,
but would look better if it had come from
other source Niles smiled and pat the bills in
bis vest pocket on another interview the Wit
ness suggested 10 Niles that his was dangerous
kind of business Niles replied, that to the wit
mesa it might be dangerous, but that lawyers had
more influence and more protection Niles.
at one time expressed desire to get hold
Of David Leayitt whom he said was one