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Show THE DLlX'UElt CASK. A Kill to Enable Mrn. Tilton to TeNlily ontiuiicd llliiehof a Juror lieevher lo Addresw the J ury. New York, 5. A bill has been introduced in-troduced in tho legislature which its author, Assemblyman Petty, thinks will remove all bars against husband and wife testifying where either party is under indictment, examination or trial. Petty siys after a patientread-ing patientread-ing of all tho statements and testimony testi-mony thus far given in tho Tilton-Beecher Tilton-Beecher case, he is satisfied the whole truth cannot bo known until Mrs. Tilton is allowed to testify. Hence his action. Chicago, 5. New York specials are filled with speculations as to thee lied ot the continued illuets of Jeffrey, juror in tho Boccber case, and who, , it is feared, will not be able to resume 1 his placo at present, if at all. It is stated that both sides decline to proceed pro-ceed with eleven jurors, but the reason rea-son for the statement does not clearly appear. One correspondent gives a rumor that if tiie tri al goes on , Beecher will at the close address the jury in his own behalf. |