Litchfield enquirer., 1869-06-10
Legislative.

The Legislature accomplished considers ble business, last week, although the ques- tion of the session---whether the Parallel railroad shall be chartered-will not be reached before next week.
 An acthas passed, after much discussion, raising the board of .paupers kept in one town and chargeable, in others, to $3 per week. The practice of selling the old and indigent citizen, at auction. was ventilated pretty thoroughly. 5,. ml4
 A bill incrsasipg the jurisdiction of jus tices from $1oo to $2O0 was rejected.
 There wfl) not.be the promlscuous State Prison delivery this year for which some sessions Qf the Legislature have been an- swerablo: The application of Harvey Tall man, the New Milford negro who is ir for attempt atrape and ought to be in for per- jury, has been rejected. The petition of one Chapin, a fellow who committed q most aggravated rape twenty years since, was favorably reported by the committee and passed the House, but was rejected by
 
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 Bills repeating capital punishment, and abolishipg the poll, tax have been rejected.
 The committees have been busy and will soon report abundance. of business. Mir. Northrop,s Secretary of the Board of Edu. cation, reports in favor of reopening the Normal school, and Professor Thatcher and others are urging the committee on Edu. cation to report 2 bill for that purpose. The evidence inrthe Parallel railroad case has been heard and the arguments will probably consume most of this week. The evidence, of, fraud in taking the vote in New Haven on the Derby road is very strong. The NewsHaven police bill meets much opposition from the Democracy.
 Three excellent amendments to our State Constitntionuhave been proposed one giv- ing the pardoning power to. the Governor and Judges of the Supreme Court another providing for biennial elections of State officers and annual elections of the Legis- lature. to be held in November the other providing for winter sessions of the Legis- lature. sid 0oqa E4a
 The report of the Secretary of the Board of Education came in, last week. It is a document of l2O pages besides an appen- dix of neaidy equal length, giving statistics of our schools arranged in tabular form, and reportsto of School Visitors Mir. North rop estimatesa large increase of scholars from the repeal of the system of rate bills In New Haven alone 800 pupils are SUD- posed tohave been added from that cause. The report of the State Reform School shows ], ,SM boys present. Of these tri- Ae over half are of foreign birth or parent age. Neafiy all were at the time of their commitmenBliars and profane 94s were truants 4a8 had used tobacco 5AS were regular Ut Church and Sabbath School ; 26l never connected with any Sabbath school. The boys have averaged about four hours Q day atschool and the returns from their labor hassbeen over sl2, 900. It is a no. ticable fact that most of the commitments are from citieas.. cities. <; = ssx.. ,g4sa ..ss., s.s.t
 The General Hospital for the Insane on. ly ran s1s5eg ahead of its means, last year. which E $ encouraging,
 THE GsAsD PzAcn JusIInn The Grand Boston Musical Jabilee commences on the 18th inst1a Several choirs have gone on from hersabouts, and Hartford and New Haven are both largely renresant.,d. Tnera