Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-05
Superior Court Civil Side Judge
Andrews.


plaintiffs 1915 damages and costs. The bill
of costs will probably be very large, owing
to the length of time there was a keeper in
the CARL Opera House. The attachment
on the property was ended few weeks ago
by the substitution of bond. Besides this
bond there is held for the payment of the
Judgment $500 due the defendant from Ad-
miral Foote post.
Judge Andrews accepted the report Of the
committee in the divorce suit of Cox VS.. Cox.
The report was in favor of the defendant,
Thomas NJ Cox. The plaintiff brought the
suit some time ago, asking for $40, 200 ali
mony and the custody of two minor chill.
dren.
The case of Ellen Bohan VS.. Robert Peck
was heard. This is suit to have reconvey-
ed to the plaintiff certain property which had
been decided te the late Nathan Peck, the
father of the defendant to the present suit
The claim is that the late Mr.. Peck agreed te
deed back the property on the payment of 8
certain amount. The deed could not pe got
hence the suit.
The o:se of State of Connecticut VS.. the
Ousatonic Water company was begun. AL
ling and Webb appeared for the State ano
Wooster, Torrance and eager, of Birming
ham, for the defendants. The suit is vir
tually against the town of Oxford to compel
the building of a road along the Naugatuck
river. Some of the selectmen of the town
were heard in evidence.
City Court Criminal Side Judge
Dem1nS.
February 4.-John J. Callahan, theft,
nolled; Michael Scully, theft, nolled; Daniel
Colwell, violating the liquor law, continued
-, ~, y, GxyT,oj aInhaZ-
element, continued to February s.; Elizabeth
Smith, violating the liquor law, continued to
February z.
Court Notes.
James M Symington, charged with embez-
cling between $500 and $500 of the Cigar
makers union fund, was before Judge DEM
ing yesterday. He was brought to this city
Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Warren from
Hastings, N. Y, on a requisition. AS he
had no counsel Lawyer Downs was appointed
to defend him and after consultation with
his client asked for continuance until the
9th inst. to prepare defense. The request
was granted and the prisoner placed under
$500 bonds, which he could not give.
Nolles were entered by City Attorney Cable
in the City court in the cases of John j. Cal
lahan and Michael Scully, who were arrested
last Friday evening on suspicion of having
stolen a collection of joiner's tools which
they were going to sell to Benjamin Levi, the
idence to convict the young men of theft.
In the Superior court decree of divorce
was granted Ellen Jane Anderson from
Charles T. Anderson, both of this city; mar
ried April 9, 1880; cause, desertion. The pc
titioner was awarded the custody of minor
child. The parties colored.
In the Court of Common Pleas before
Judge Torrance the case of Henry L. More
house, of Meriden, vs. David Ross, of Wal
lingford, was on trial. This is an action to
recover $500, alleged to be a balance due for
the building of house. The defense was
that the house had been badly and improper
ly constructed.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
A Lively Day I'm The House-A1leged
acknowledgement AT The State Prison
An investigation Ordered-That
Mississippi Flag Once More-New
Haven Jail Anairs-Derby Railroad
Bonds-Other Matters.
HARTFORD, Feb. 4.
Especial to the JOURNAL AND CoURIER.l
This has been a lively day in the legisla-
tive halls at the Capitol and good amount
or another. There was good deal of a
breeze started in the House over resolution
by Mr.. Troup, New Haven, calling
for the appointment of special committee
to investigate the affairs of the State prison
at Wethersield. There have been ugly re-
ports regarding this institution and the way
it has been managed for several days, and a
uoo5 roaov tbipcrc +bot bovo haa7 aai1 abcnt
it have not appeared in print, and should
not as the morals of the community would
be shocked thereby. The gentleman from
New Haven claims that these stories have
come to him direct from member of the
House from Wethersfeld, although the lat
ter claims that he knows nothing of his own
personal knowledge. The majority in the
House opposed a reference to a special com
mittee and urged that the State Prison com
mittee was the proper one to investigate if
an investigation is needed. This opinion
prevailed and the resolution took this refer
ence, with instructions to make the investi-
CATION thorough and report as quickly as
possible.
Another resolution appropriating one hum
bred and twenty-five dollars to pay the ex-
pense of repairing the Mississippi flag which
the legislature has turned over to the officers
of the Ninth regiment, c. v, to be taken to
New Orleans created another breeze. The
turned over to the State in good repair and
had been allowed to go to decay, without
proper care being taken to preserve it,
the State should pay the expense of placing
it in order again. The resolution created a
good'deal of spread eagle discussion, which
was finally brought to close by motion to
adjourn. This will give the members an OPP
portunity to sleep over the matter and when
they come together tomorrow they may find
themselves in better and more generous hui
NOR.
The New Haven county members held a
meeting Immediately after the adjournment
If the House for the purpose of hearing the
.eport of the auditors appointed to audit the
accounts of the county commissioners. They
we're also instructed at previous meeting
% inquire regarding the increase of salaries
# attaches at the jail. Senator Robertson
exported that the auditors had found the &C
counts correct. He also reported that they
ound that on November list o.
3. Gates, deputy jailer, and Mr.. Reilly, the
,eeper or superintendent of the workshop;
lad had their salaries increased from $500 a
ear to $500 by the commissioners. Mr..
rroup said that Gates and Reilly knew what
he salaries were when they were appointed
md that directly after the presidential cleo
ion their salaries were raised, and he thought
was done for partisan purposes. He
bought if the work had previously been
lone for $41 per month it could be done for
hat now. He thought the better way would
,e to fix the salaries by statute law and take
he power out of the hands of the commits
toner's.
Mr.. Jackson, of Derby, in reply said he
lad confidence enough in the county com
nissioners to believe that they would do
What was right. He thought the disposition
o censure the commissioners for slightly in
reasing the salaries of their employees was
II wrong. The men were worth every dol
ar they received, and because they were
Democrats it did not alter tho case in the