Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15

thought that road favored Connecticut people; he evidently did not know with what extreme impartiality it gouges every body. 4.
 It seems that Mir. Starkweather was the chief instigator of the redistribution of seats among Members of the House of Representatives. It is one of the pecu- harities of our present Spring election fol- ly that not only are we left for a month without representatives, but when they are elected they are obliged to take ''back seats.''
 We notice the following item in the State papers:
 A New York tract distributor, who wis., ited the Sunday schools of Thomaston, last Sunday, and was then and there ob- served to have breaking out on his face, has since proved to be victim of small pox. The affair has caused considerable excitement in Thomaston.
 Gentlemen whose business it is to spread the gospel, should be careful not to spread anything else.
 TM question of purchasing the Trinity College grounds at Hartford, for Capi- tol site has been discussed between a con- mittee of citizens on one side, and the col lege trustees on the other. An offer of $500, 900 is made for the property but the trustees do not seem to think that they would better their position by accepting that amount, buying new site and re- building the necessary dormitories, chapel, &c., on it. The value of the property (aside from the buildings) is estimated at about $37O,00O While it would be large ly to the public advantage to secure their grounds, we doubt whether the college trustees would not lose by the transaction at any price likely to be offered them.
 ''Trix, Litchfeld correspondent of the American, is after "Hoosier,'' our Morris contributor, rather viciously. Whereupon "Americus Vespucius'' comes to the rescue in another communication in the Ameri- can. The great navigator bases his argu- ment in favor of the ''cross cut" route to our depot on the alleged facts that it would save Morris people half mile travel and the unnecessary ascent of an elevation of 125 feet It is curious coincidence that while c. Columbus seems to be the real discov- erer of the new route from Morris to Litchfield, A. Vespueius follows up the discovery, evidently intending to claim the merit of it hereafter.
 An Hartford ease, last week, illustrates the style of "protection" some Connecti- cut wives enjoy. A saloon keeper named Dux went home drunk, quarreled with his wife, and "shot her with pistol, the ball entering her left breast. She was nursing her infant child at the time, and the shot just escaped the child's head. Dux at once left the house, but subsequently re- turned and appeared to be very repentant, and his wife was induced to make no con- plaint against him. Luckily the police heard of the case and the fellow is under arrest. It is considered rather meritori- ous in an injured wife to "make no com plaint" in cases like the foregoing. The Superior Court at Bridgeport has been engaged six weeks in the trial of the Weed will case, finished last week by verdict ''breaking" the will. Mir. Nath- aniel Weed died at Darien, recently, leav- ing an estate of over $500, 900. His pro- vision for his widow was much smaller than had been expected, and she contest ed his will. Proof was offered to show that he had had paralytic shock, that his mind was much enfeebled, and
 that the will was written by his son. The case was unusually interesting as well as unusually long. ..r .a Property exempt from taxation reaches a pretty high figure in these days. In the first place there are the government bonds, which will probably soon be withdrawn and others of so low rate of interest sub 'stituted as to more than counterbalance the exemption. Then there are certain State bonds, and an increasing amount of property held for charitable, educational and religious purposes. In Massachusetts it is estimated that property of the latter description amounts to from to 10 per cent of the whole property of the State. It's exemption from taxation is being con- siderably discussed We should not guess that so large proportion of the property -R If %faot but the numerous exemptions are throw ing heavy burden on property not exempt. m !ae6 is tt Mr. Ferry, of this State, took very strong ground in the Senate, last week, against the Civil Rights amendment of the Amnesty bill. His Thursdays speech is reported as follows; aanyr.9 rFT So far as 1t was designed to guard against denial of the rights by inns and and common carriers, it was unnecessary, because under existing laws in all the States such denial of rights to any citizen is Q wrong for which the person injured can recover in civil suit This bill, how | ever, would make it a criminal offense, l and instead of abolishing discriminations
 on account of color. would really set up
 one. because if 9 colored man should be
 aenied accommodation by inn-keepers or
 common carriers, he could have the offend
 CTS tr1ed m a Federal Court, and fined
 and imprisoned, while, if the same wrong l were done to white man, even with mal-
 ice. ne would have no redress except by a
 civii suit m Q State Court. The bin pro-
 posea, also, to regulate public schools.
 anu ne warned the Senate that the people
 would not submit to Federal interference