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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-18
HARD TWISTING TO GET AN ANSWER.

HARD TWISTING TO GET AN ANSWER.
@ did you the part of Bessie Turner at that
taIerview'
Mr. Beach-Our objection Sir goes to any evidence in
gard the condition Of Bessie Turner the manner in which
enc affected.
Judge Neison-Yc don't allow that but Mr. Tion being
present aud Bessie Turner being there he may ask what
she saw!
Mr. Eyarts-C Certainly when the point OF inquiry is the
sctual sick rOom the action Of all the parties
as the result the conduct inquired about may be gwen by
swtness who saw it.
Judge Ncilson-We will take all this witness except the
nice juognen; to effects and conditions.
Mr. Evars-wc wA did you in Bessie Turner at that
timer A. Well said sic appeared 10 be Affected
Mr. Mons-We object 10 that
Judge Ncilson-Is that all you say, Madam
Mr.. Beach--We ask that TO be struck out Sir
Judge Ncilson-Wcl, it is struck out.
Mr. lyarts How Miss Bessie Turner show you any
participation this natter did she hear what Mr. Tlton
saying! A. Yes, Sir.
@ She did Now thereupon what did you observe in herr
M Morrs-Wc object
Mr. EyarSwha. did you in her, If my friend thinks
there is difference.
Mr. Morrs-wcl we object that There Is difference
Mr. Evars-Just describe what you saw
Mr. Mois-we object to that Your Honor the object
OF the question.
Judge NesonI think you ask her what Bessie Turner
did so far as noticed in the presence of Mr.. Tton
Mr. Evarts-Yes that IS all am asking.
Judge Nelson Leaving out the scientific part OF It,
O. What did part OF Miss Bessie Turner while
Mr.. Tlion there at that timer
Mr. Bcach-The counsel avoids your HonOr's indication
You said that witness might be asked what Miss Turner
did and have made objection TO that.
Mr. Eyarts-Wcll did she dor A. Well. she fell down
OH the lounge. and seemed 10 be very much
Mr. Bcach-Wait moment.
Judge Nelson-Dont say how she seemed.
Mr. Eyars-Wcll II your Honor excludes 1t from the wit
ness mode stating she has stated according to
,ome casiron rule OF statement why very few witnesses
uoud be enabled to make the truth known
Mr. Beach--Your Honor is 1t OF the slightest importance how
tis matter affected Miss Bessie Turner Are 90 into
aide issue in regard TO her conduct
Judge Neson--I think not
Mr. Beach-And whether she impressble notf
Judge NeilsoD--I think counsel don't desire It.
Mr. Morrls-That is what they do desire.
Mr. Eyarts-We get description OF what occurred
On tbs sick chamber occurred and will judge Of
when ii is described suppose have right to describe it by
q witness who saw It.
Jndoe NelsonI allowed that and you concurrel with me,
4, seems that we are TO judge OF the effect
Mr. Evars-Yes; that Is entirely So
Mr. Besch-But Sir II your Honor allows this counsel to
.,. the character Of Mr. Tons conduct by It's effect upon
r Resse Turner why we naturally got to inquire In
.,d In her condition at the time her condition Of health her
nervous condition
Judge Nesonshe may person that goes into those con-
Gtioas easily . 49,
W. Beseh-Yes and important is It Of very much con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-18

- T., All, .o, II tbcrc |. a point In this inquiry II s
A. 20 the effect produced upon Mr' 1'ion 40 not see %
cxrcnt an far AS tbs, effect "a indicative OF the VI
T,,ou M benr a. the counsel n,maes subject LOT o
r,cces Of otbers-I do not that the effect upon MIS-
ton ia Of any but your Honor mas ao"eu
and we have got all the evidence upon that point
Mr. Eyars-wcll won't debate the importance or erect
OF evidence but W quite entitled to show THIS
Mr. Beach-we Sir We will debate 1t SO far as to test the
matter.
Mr.. Evarts-wcll, won't.
Mr. Beachvery WELL Sir That one case where you nave
fncd from debate and will give you my acknowledgment
for It, Mr.. warts. ,..
Mr. Evarts-A the debates will reserve to the time when
they are appropriate effect Of evidence only aese "
get In what the law allows.
Judge Neson-Now this witness can tell You any'ns "e
saw occurring there in the presence OF Mr. I1ton WITHOUT
giving her Judgment inference as to the effect
Mr. Evarts-ow did she sink down on this couch' a. ono
partially fell down.
O Now did You observe whether not she was weeping
A. don't remember that; think she was, though
O. Well, the best Of your recollection
Mr. Blackwell, wait moment The witness says: II
don't remember that, but i think she was"
Mr. Eyarts-Alow me to ask her further
Mr. Blackwell Sir don't know how you can ask her
further upon that subject when she sho don't remember
Judre NesonShe says she don't remember IT, Now, unless
you can revive her recollection
Mr. Evarts-She says she thinks she was Now am gong
IN ask her ITO the witness the best Of
was &c or not weeping A. Well to the best OF my recoec
ton she was.
Nj Fuerton-But she don't remember.
O. Mrs Mitchell during this week did Mrs Triton commune
to suffer from lose OF blood that from renewed loss OF ooOo
or not A. She did.
O. You left the Cd Of A. January.
@. The ID Of January that was Monday A. Yes, Sir;
Monday morning
O. At the time OF this VISIT return OF Mr. Tton to the
house middle Of the day. that you have spoken or and
on this Friday ngh-at each time will ask you separately
what was Mrs Ttons condition in respect to strength or
weakness! A. She was very weak.
Q. At both timcsi A At both times; yes, Sir
O. And recently in respect to either or both times mad
abe suffered loss of bloods A. Well all the week she did
@ All the week. A. Yes, Sir.
MI Eyarts-That is all.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11
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Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11
Congress-.

The Forty Third Congress closed its ses- sion at noon of Thursday last. All the appropriation bills were passed. The Sundry Civil bill reached the President a little before twelve, and its signature by him removed all necessity for an extra session. The bounty bill passed both houses but was promptly vetoed by the president, and the already exhausted pub. l1c treasury is not called upon for the hundred millions that measure would have required. fhe new tax bill passed the Senate by the close vote Of 30 to %. The Arkansas resolutions opposing inter- ference were carried by large majority in spite of the Presidents message. The force bill was not pressed in the Senate. The land grant and subsidy bills, espec- ially Tom Scott's Southern Pacific scheme, have all failed.
 If this congress has accomplished little good it has also done little harm, so that on the whole it may count as a very good Congress as Congresses go.
 The Senate is in executive special ses- sion. Ex-President Johnson received quite an ovation, and expresses a deter imitation to be bound to neither party. The Pinchback case is under considera tion again.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11

IaKlng the SIX years Deglnn1ng Feb. IS, '69, and ending Feb. 14, '75, as coinciding nearly with MT. Baldwin's six years tenure of office, and we have an average of about 15 prisoners with $2,5O4 year from the State for their board. The year '72, show ing an average of less than ten prisoners (occasioned partially by very frequent escapes), is the only one in which it seems possible that the sheriff could have sus- tained any loss. It will be observed, too. that the sheriff has had a much better chance for making money than the jailers who paid, or agreed to pay from $3OO to $45O year in '67, '68 and '69, and to fur nish their own fuel besides!
 One further consideration we feel obliged to bring to the notice of Our readers. The sheriff, in former times, appointed the ja1ler. who made his contract with the coun- ty commissioners for what they thought a sufficient rent. The public had the protection of disinterested appointing officer, and of disinterested contracting agents. Now, how is it? The sheriff is his own jailer, and the county commits sioners are denied the opportunity of mak- ing contracts that would save the county from the assessments that have been such a constant source of expense and annoy ance to the various towns since the pres ant sheriff hoa haen in off1oa
 This question of how our jail should be managed should be made no partisan mat ter. Each county convention should see to 1t that. whoever is nominated, the prac- tice of the past six years should be brought to an immediate end. Our own view is that good deputy jailer should be ap- pointed, at a reasonably salary, and that the county, not any individual, should be allowed the profit which could be easily realized from the board and labor of the prisoners. We certainly intend no injus. tice to Sheriff Baldwin. The figures above given seem to us to prove conclusively that he is clearing large amount of mon. ey, yearly, from the jail. But we will cheerfully give him, or any friend of his, a column of the Enquirer wherein to show our mistake, if we have made one, provid ing always that the article shall be fur nished as early as Monday evening of the week of it's publication, in order to give us fair opportunity for reply.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11


 The THoaAsroS Yilage Improvement Society hold frequent meetings with F good attendance. Reformed Romanist lectnred on Romanism at the Methodist Chapel, last week. -Business is good, es- pecially at the clock factories. The eight hour system still prevails at the Plume & Atwood works. but will not. probably, af- ter this month Select Hop at American Hallvn Friday evening of iast week The new paper is still threatened-The new Savings Bank has several thousand dollars already deposited. s> i !,
 The Swift Bridge at Kent has gone; Gaylord Bridge and the ~tannery, saw mill and blacksmith shop are among the the ice, as also Is Che bridge called Board mans Bridge. Tho bridge here has had tough time, and is not out of the woods now. If my chances were as small as I think the chances for tlie bridge for a day or a week, should not lose any time in making up the details of my departure. The bridge is pitched without and around, not with pitch, but with ice twenty to forty feet in depth, and has taken posses sion of the river entirely, and divided the waters from the waters. No one here ever witnessed such 8 peculiar freak made by ice and water before. The bridge has the appearance of a garden worm stuck in . garden of lard. do not think there is saltpetre enough in this borough to save the bridge, and covered one ought to go.-NeaO WiJo'd correspondence 0t thc St0nd0rd.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11
REAL ESTATE At Auction {!

Will be sold at Public AnctiOn, unless previ- ously disposed of atmy house in Falls Village. Ct., on Wednesday and Thursday, March IT and 18, 1875, commencing at 10 o'clock, a. m, of each day, the following property: My house and lot, with barn, ice house, and other out buildings. The lot has 91 feet front, and con tains about three-fourths of an acre of land. AL SO. twenty acres of land, in high cultivation on 'Beebe Hill" Also, 6! acres of land, on the Johnson road" Also, two wood lots, one with acres, and one with acres, on the 'Barreck." Also half interest in the Scott farm, the Coop CT farm, and the Keep farm. Also will be sold the following personal property: pair match ed mares. 1 bay mare, gray mare, with foal, yearling colt, Hambletonian, 3 native cows, I Alderney COW, full blood, 1 Alderney. yeArling cali, full blood. Aderney bull full blood. shotes, SOW with pig, 25 tons of baIed hay. ? farm wagons, light wagon, s two. seat spring wagons, l meat wagon. l buggy, 1 two-horse sleigh, l one-horse sloig, 2 set double harness, set single harness, .pl0ws. chains, and other farming tools. Also, a lot of household furni- ture, carpets, stoves, &c. Terms made known at time of sale. -sls.1 ABRAM HERMON.
 Falls Village, Feb. 12. 1875. 47Sw
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11

Adding $1,0O0 for avails of prisoners labor, we have sum total of over forty- three hundred doltars received by Sheriff Baldwin for board and labor of prisoners during the year ending Feb. IA, 1875! County Commissioners, and others, have made careful calculations on the actual cost of raw material for board of prison CTS, and we are confident dollar per week for each prisoner will meet the or dinary expense thereof. We estimate the cost of supplies for board of the keeper and his wife at double that amount. The average number of prisoners during the year has been under twenty-one. This would make the actual total expense to the sheriff of keeping the jail during the past year as follows:
 Salary of keeper and wife, $ coo Board or same, EOS Board of 21 prisoners, S1O92
 $500
 It will be observed that the amount al- lowed for board by the State would call for larger average of prisoners than 21. The difference grows out of allowances for extra delicacies to sick prisoners. Put ting the actual cost of these extras at $100 for the year, We have 2,000 actual outlay for an income of $4 ,316, in the past year! In short, what Sheriff Baldwin has receiv- ed from his prisoners labor will more than pay the board and salary of the keep CT and his wife. and leave him sirty-fou3. dOliars C a0eek for raw material for. board of an average of less than twenty one pris- oners! We must remember, too, that this is business the sheriff is enabled to conduct without any cost for rent. fuel, repairs, clothing, supplies of every sort to prisoners, ,-all which are at the expense of the county.
 It will be observed at once that the profits of such an enterprise as this de- pend largely on the average number of prisoners. The expense of keepers sala- " and board is the same whether that average is ten or twenty. The past year has undoubtedly been q lucky one for the sheriff; and, that we may present the case fully and fairly, we have taken the trouble to collect from the Superior court records the amounts received for board of prisoners at this jail for the past eight years, into the following table:
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11

BUCH4N's CARBoLIc BALM OINTMENT IS 8 very remarkable Fsmily Slave. It cures astonish everybody. Contains no grease, aud washes off without soap. It is trans parent, like currant jelly. For all the purposes of Family Slave it is without an equal. 13 3ly.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11

Stop that cough! No pulmonary com plaint can resist the healing influence of Dr. Morris Syrup of Tar, Wild Cherry and Horehound. As specific for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, ,hoarseness, sore throat and bronchitis, cure for GROUP and preventive of consumption. it has no equal Acts like charm in wHooPING COUGH, clears and strengthens the voice of speakers and sing CTS, contains no opium, and is pleasant to take. If everything else has failed in your case call at the drug store of Buell. X Wheeler and ask about it.. Trial bottle 10 cents. 431v
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11

At CHARLOTTESVILLE the late freshet took oF John Taylor's blacksmith shop and Bennett E. Monroe's wagon shop.-The milk from tie west side of the river is fer ried across in a boat and ayrangamepts are being made to get it across :. in the same way at Boardman's Bridge Station. -Rdy.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11

The Democrats of the Hartford Con gressional District have nominated Mir. George M. Landers of New Britain. Gen. Hawley opensthe campaign with addresses at Unionville, on Thursday evening, and Hartford on Friday evening of this week. If the Republicans throughout the State who prefer Hawley to any and all other nominees could be allowed to give express sion to their wishes through the ballot box, he would have more votes than any ether candidate on either side. We judge that Mir. I.anders has a difficult task be- fore him.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11

The Louisiana committee of the fate House of Representatives meet in New York, on Thursday, as arbitators, to exam inc the election returns of the Louisiana legislature and decide who are to be ad- mitted to their seats.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11

AMERICANS ARE A NATION OF DYsPEP- T1cs.-We live fast, dissipate and fill ear lY graves. We drink all kinds of alcohol ic spirits. and swallow. without mastica- tion, pork, grease, and every kind of ife- destroying, system-clogging, indigestible food Dr. Walkers Vinegar Bitters will remove the evil effects, and the recovered patient, with pure, ,viltalized blood flowing through his veins, will have clearer head and cooler judgment, which added to ex- perience, will cause him to abstain in the future, 484w
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

FOREIGN. Fr0nce-A new Ministry has been found by M. Buffet. The Duke d'Audif- fret-Pasqu1er has been made Minister of the interior. Two Republicans have been admitted.
 Gernl0ny.-A bill has been introduced into the Prussian Chamber of Deputies to withdraw endowments from the Catholic Clergy
 The German government has asked that the relations between Bavaria and the Vatican be discontinued.
 Spain.-Captain-G General Concha has left Cuba for Spain.
 A body of Carlists under Gen. Miret has been defeated The Carlists are bombarding the town of Oria.
 Iurkey.-Great distress has been pro- duced by the famine in Asia Minor.
 .]apan.-The European troops have been withdrawn from Yokohama in Japan.
 Siam.-The troubles in Siam have come to an end. .
 Both Houses of the South Carolina Leg islature demand the removal of State Treasurer Cardazo.
 There IS strike among the employees in the cotton and wooden mills of Phila- delphia.
 The Hon. James Bufinton, member of Congress from the 1st District of Massa- chusetts, died Sunday.
 The Minnesota legislature has repealed the extreme anti-railroad legislation in force of late and has passed a more mo- derate law.
 A Receiver has been appointed for the New Jersey Midland Railroad.
 The two principal hotels in Alexandria have been closed on account of the pas sage of the Civil Rights bill.
 Eight Conservative Senators took their seats in the Louisiana Legislature.
 A complete revolution in the direction of Pacific Mail has been accomplished under the management of Jay Gould, and that company is now controlled in the in- terest of Pacific railroads. .-t.. .--.
 A FRIGHTFUL CHORUS. strikes so unpleasantly upon the ear of an affec- tionate parent as the wheezing, snufiing, coughing, and hoarse voices of family of children laboring under bad colds. A chorus of this dismal kind is kept up in some households the winter through, sim ply because the father and mother are either ignorant of the means of cure or are guilty of gross neglect. Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, will establish quiet in three days No cough or cold can resist its soothing influence.
 Pike's Tooth-ache Drops cure in ore minute.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11

PLYMOUTH Congregationalists listened to a very fine sermon from the Rev. Mir. Callan of Northfield on the 28th ult. ssMr. Cailan's discourse displayed research and talent that would have done credit to any city pulpit We axe often reminded of the old Puritan type of man by these Congregational ministers of hilltop towns of New England, says the American The Soyereigns of Industry haSe dwell patronized store.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11

DEPORT of the Condition of the First Ma IL tional Bank of LitchfeM. at Litchfeld, in the State of Connecticut, at the close of busi- ness, March 1st, 1875.
 RESOURCES.
 Loans and discounts, S167, 7,14942 Overdrafts, l79.5S U. s. Bonds to secure circulation, 200, ,OOO. .OO Other stocks, bonds and mortgages. 33 575. co Due from approved reserve agts 30 692.O .O2 Due from other National Banks 1,623.8O Due from State Banks and bankers 297 .26 Real estate, furniture, and fixtures, 12,OOO % Current expenses and taxes paid, 1,058.8O Checks and other cash items, 50335 Bills of other National Banks, 1,O67 .OO Fractional currency (including nickels), 64267 Specie (including gold Treasury notes), 176.15 Legaltender notes, 1,090.00 Redemption fund with U. s. Treas
 urer 6 O-0 of circulation). 100000
 Total. s459, ,o55.O5
 LIABILITIES.
 Capital stock paid in, $2OO. 900 % Surplus fund, 25,4735S Other undivided profits. s,35255 National Bank notes outstanding, 170, 0,047.0 .00 Dividends unpaid 36O OO Individual deposits subject to check. 53,498.06 Demand certificates of deposits. 600.0O Due to other National Banks, 369.05 Due to State Banks and bankers 354.8l
 Total, s459, ,O55.O5 State of Connecticut, County of Litchfeld ss: I, Henry R. Colt, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above state- ment Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. H. R. corr, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of March, 1875.
 CHARLES. B. ANDREWS. Justice of the Peace. Correct-Attest;
 i ": TfiatE BGEE: Directors.
 ED. MCNEIL,
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11

Such maladies as are mentioned in the treatise on dropsy, and all diseases of the kidneys, bladder and urinary organs, pub lished by William D. Clark, Providence, R. l., proprietor of Hunts Remedy, sap the mental powers and undermine the constitution. Every parent and guardian should possess this valuable pamphlet. Thousands who have suffered from the complaints it treats of have been restored to health by Hunts Remedy. Pamphlet sent free to all applicants.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-11

nISTRICT of Cornwall, ss. Probate Court, U Jan. 9, 1875.
 Estate of J. Martin Cook, late of Cornwall, in said District deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Corn wall hath limited and allowed six months from date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts. properly at tested, within said time, will be debarred . re- covery. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 49-1 T. s. GOLD, Administrator.