Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-01-23
MONDAYS Proceedings.
Court re-assembled al Q o,nlonk 4 "

Court re-assem bled at O'Clock, A NJ
8 ). CRASsroN, afr Il keep the store at VIII.
the arsenic was purchased. Mr.. Miller stOps.5
! at INV store after he had been down timbe,is.
lie bought some articles-a scythe and snatbe ~
| some .. hickory" shirting. l am not positive h.
think he got some medicine. He com piained ~
| having head ache. was at the store on the d,,
! the arsenic was purchased | was outsids ~
store when my wife called to me and asked wbs,.
the arsenic was toll her where it was 50 TN,
she could get it. b. d Hall and VIM H. Scbba-,,
were there at the time. Mr.. Hall asked m.i,
was In the habit of giving arsenic to eyery one
told him to those I was acquainted viii
to my customers.
Cross-eramine9.-I was there when Mrs All.
Ter came to the store waited on her and In,
nshed her with the articles she first boupht-tx.
pounds sugar, quart of vinegar, n bottle of css
tor oil and i've cents worth of candy After buv
ing these articles she sat chair in the sora
for half an hour or an hour. Mrs Cranstoa wa.
In the store. reading paper. Mr.. Hall started
out OF the store and L followed to speak to hin
1t was while Mr.. Hall, Mr.. Schnarrs and myseH
were outside the store that my wife called TO ma
and asked where the arsenic was There was NO.
body in the store but Mrs. Miller, her little bOy
and my wife.
Accommodations only few minutes afer
she had purchased the articles from me that
went out with Mr.. Hail.
Mrs. ANNA MARIA PRKrRTr RECALLED All,
the death of Xavier Miller Mrs Miller brourbt
the children to my house. She Kept them with
rest | took them to Mr.. Floods. HI is broths,-
in-law of Mr. Miller The little bow. siooe then
has lived with f. L Voilimont, the girl VITA Nr
Girard. Mrs. Miller has no blood relatives il
the neishborhood that know of 1t WASH [ msi.
than a few weeks from the time they moved IL.
the house. until Mr. Miller died.
CroSs-erGD,tMsd.-Ihe youngest child IL living
with Mr.. Coudret. He is no relative Of Mr
Miliers; neither is Mr. Girard
DR., j. W Potter, re called In the use Of
arsenic and calomel it would require close in
specton, for person not physician. to disti.-
guish them. They are both white l coufd dis.
tinguish them at sight. An unskiiIed per,op
would, perhaps, not be able to distinguish Gsu
at all. Arsenic Is not used extensively ns.
lcine. Fowlers solution is used.
Cross erxn3t1ea a.-Calomel is not prescribed bt
a physician in ounce doses I know Of no oth.-
form in which it is used as a medicine except ia.
fowler's or Donovan s solution. It ia used with
potash to make it soluble and cause il to paa
from the system.
DR. r. v. WILSON, recalled .-arseuic and esl.
omel are somewhat similar in apprenticeship,
are not identical Arsenic is used in solution
and powder. [ gave it in doses of /; Of grain.
not, however, by itself. 1t is generally used il
solution. The la rgest dose of Calomel To- adult
is generally from 10 to IL grains.
JoHN W. BRIEL, recalled live In the neigh
borhood where Mrs Miller resided Never
heard anything against her reputation giis;
peaceable woman
CtOSS-eTTHIEHed dive about three miIes fr.l
defendant.
JOHN B ROUGEAux, re called.-I know the kous
IL which Miller died He bought it from L.
sons. The house had been used by NY sons for
ten years, for from one day to two weeks, IS o.
casion required, when they were engaged work
ing the farm. They used to put their grain in
the house. after threshing, except for a couple q
years During the last couple years they had 10
grain there. During that time. whilst they were
farming, they Kept their provisions and feed hs'
and lived in it. Saw formerly great may rats
there, during the past two years not so many
though there were some. Have seen plenty u
dead rats there recently. Did not see any rsn
the last time | IVES there. year ago laA sah
harvest.