Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-01
baggage for the loss of which railroad corporation is

baggage for the of which railroad corporation is liable.
 There is in Illinois ordinance prohibiting, under penalty, physician from prescribing Intoxicating liquor to person in good health and the Supreme Court of that State has recently held that the ord nance is valid.
 In Massachusetts the Court of Appeals has decided that married woman owning and carrying en farm for the support of her family her husbands family, is engaged in s'business her separate
 The Kentucky House of Representatives has passed bill making it g misdemeanor, punishable by fine abusive insulting language to another with 1n- tent to cause breach of the peace.
 eide, committed by firing pistol by night through the window of lighted room where persons are sitting, fender intended only to frighten them.
 The supreme Court of Illinois shows that a church organ is fixture, where the structure, architectural design and embellishments Of the church indicate building and that it designed to be permanently annexed but settees and chandeliers are not fixtures
 bre e baar in hors feet constitute unsoundness is question Of factto be de- nitfon of soundness The court cannot take judicial notice of the fact f it be fac that corns are never neral definition Of unsoundness, and leaves it to the trfer of the fact to find whethe the 1nhrm1y Of corns in particular case is within the legal dehni ton of funsoundness-whether that defect materially dininishes the value of the horse and his ability to perform service. Such diminution of valne and ability is unsoundness, although it be temporary and curable.
 The Virginia Court of Appeals holds that single man, who keeps house and has other persons living with him than servants or employees is not the .'hesd of 6 fsmily' Householder" within the meaning of the statutes creating exemptions The relation of ter and servant does not constitute 8 family The family may consist Of wife and children or Of other persons who may stand in state of dependence in the family relation. Or may consist of persons standing in either of these relations to the head of the family whether the father, mother brother or a sts- ter, other relation is the head; but they must be persons who dependent, in some measure, on the head for support, and who have an interest in his holding his property and would be prejudicsd by its seizure and sale under execution or other and who would be benefited by it's exemption.
 Roll of the General Assembly.
 The proposed book of statistics giving complete list of State officers, Assemblymen, etc., of each year since 1776, has been com piled with care in the office of the Secretary of State, and the manuscript is now com pIete. It is designed for a standard book of reference, and will be distributed free to the members of the Legislature, and also sent to all the Town Clerks as well as to many libra ries. The old State records, from which many of these statistics are gathered, have been injured by constant handling, as parties are frequently searching them for just such items as will appear in this book. Besides it will contain an appendix of great value to business men, giving the dates of incorpora- tion of each city, town or borough; also all bu0 IA4EOhuS, 4ubuEAuC0 SOLupAu105s AnO many other corporations. The edition is to con- sist of 800 copies in cloth and 1000 in pam phlet form, costing the State less than 50 cents per copy which is an economical investment. The resolution ordering the above to be print ed passed the House almost unanimously on Thursday last, and awaits the approval of the Senate. It is not designed to supersede the yearly pamphlet of MT. Goodwin, because these statistics are quite different thing. The Directors Meeting, Consolidated
 ROad---A Reduction of Fares.
 At the adjourned meeting of the board of directors ..of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company held in this city Saturday, after further discussion of the proposition to reduce the passenger and freight tariffs 10 per cent, the board decided to make the experiment of reducing the fares 10 per cont, the reduction to take effect on and after April 1st. This reduction will apply to all local fares between any and all stations of the road from New York to Springfield or New London inclusive. No change was made in the through fares to Boston, as the present tariff between New York and Boston, $6, is much lower than the combined local tariffs of the New York and Boston and Albany road. Under the new schedule the fare from this city to New York will be reduced from $2 to $1 .SO the fare to Hartford from $1 to 90 cents, and to Springfield from $1. 75 to 1.59. As this schedule applies between all towns on the line of the road the changes can readily be ascsrtainsd. The prices of communication tickets are not to be affected by this reduction.
 The company make the experiment of re- ducing the fares in hopes it will prove satis- factory to the gentlemen at whose urgent solicitation the change has been made, and that the concession to their request will bring to the road what they have said it would enough more patronage to more than make up for the larger decrease in receipts from passenger traffic which must ensue, though there is much doubt about this. Whether the change will result as has been prophesied, it will require some considerable time to ascertain.
 No action was taken in reference to the re- duction of the freight tariff, either local or through and the rates will remain the same as they are at the present time.