Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-02-18

Piles, while great quantities of blueberries
and other small fruits are put up at the vari-
Gus establishments throughout the State dur
ing the summer season.
The Japanese evidently need some good
Give" Yankees to teach them what railroads
are worth. Japan has but one railroad and
that is only 90 miles long. 1t supports one
train each way daily and carries an average
of 200 passengers at moderate prices. Re-
ceipts accordingly are so small that the road
is not likely ever to pay the expenses of run
ming it. Nor is it managed in way that
promises to increase its popularity. Trains
frequently start one, two and three hours be-
hind time, and occupy two or three hours IN
making the % miles. Moreover. passengers
are not provided with cars of comfortable
construction. Some of them are of primitive
design and rough in appearance.
Consul Shaw, stationed at Manchester,
England, sends to the State department some
information concerning the cotton imported
from this country to England which does not
reflect much credit upon the exporters.
Sand, it is stated, is packed in the cotton,
shovelled or blown in, to such an extent that
thousands of tons of it are bought and paid
for as cotton in the course of year. Water
is also thrown into the bales to increase the
weight and not satisfied with that, the
greedy planter in some cases cunningly hides
stones and Jumps of iron in the cotton. As a
natural consequence, Egyptian and Indian
cottons, although not SO easy or pleasant to
spin,' are gaining favor in the market be-
cause they are honestly packed, while the
adulterated American is steadily losing value.
Consul Shaw proposes that growers and
5packers should be required to stamp their
names and addresses on each bale
What can be done with circumstantial evil
dence is painfully illustrated in the case of a
four years ago to term of fourteen years.
penal servitude for stealing jewels. One
evening fire broke out in the house where
she was staying, and during the confusion
the jewel box disappeared. When spoken to
the next morning about the fire and loss, the
servant came angry and left the house, but
was subsequently arrested. and then began a
series of prosecutions. She was accused of
the theft of articles found in her room, one
charge after another being abandoned, and
finally the jury acquitted her on the last of
the accusations of this lower grade. The in
terest in the robbery of the jewelry was then
revived by their discovery in a railroad sta
ton, six weeks after the theft. The young
woman was rearraigned, tried and convicted
for the offence, the jury, however, commend
ing her to mercy, and the sentence was pro-
nounced. But on the trial it was shown that
the servant took two children to church on
the evening of the fire, and when she left the
house the young lady of the family was in
the room where the fire occurred Nor
could she have returned to set the fire,
which probably was accidental The servant
was searched when she left the house the
next day, and could not then have carried
the box to the place of concealment, nor was
there any evidence to indicate that she did
supposed any such sentence would be infict-
ed they would not have convicted her, and
seven of them petitioned for her release
The Judge informed the jury that the charge
of arson need not be considered The pris-
oner's mother died of broken heart few
weeks after the verdict. 'tgross miscar-
riage of JUSTICE the affair is called in the Pc
tition for the young woman's pardon now in
circulation.