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WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 21, 1880.
Called Inte Court.
Judge Patterson has taken a heretofore
unheard-of step in summoning the edi
tors of the Ixtelligenx'Ei. te answer,
in their capacity as members of the bar,
for their editorial utterances. The im
putation made by the Ixtelligenx-ek
upon the court, which Judge Patterson
undertakes te resent in this extraordi
nary manner, was that their partisan
feeling prevented the judges from notic
ing an imposition put upon it and a dis
grace attached te it by the attorneys in
the Snyder case. Te suggest that a
judge is affected by his party spirit in the
discharge of his duties is certainly
charging him with wrong; and
te say that he is restrained
by such partisanship from moving
an inquiry into a confessed and notorious
abuse of the processes of his court by at
torneys of his own party is likewise te
charge him with wrong. The editors of
the Ixtelligexcek, however, have net
been able te see, in the contentment with
which the court has regarded the confes
sion of District Attorney Eshleman and
his assistant in the Snyder case, Mr.
Brown, that political considerations se
cured the discharge of Snyder, any way
te avoid the conclusion that political
considerations secured likewise this
calmness of the court under its treat
ment. It is net that the court, or anyway
Judge Patterson's part of it, cannot be
excited or at leastjareused te put en the
appearance of it by abuse. The judge
is ready enough te break a lance with the
editors of the Intelligencer in what
he assumes te be an attack upon his
court, although he is net named as the
delinquent judge, and although we knew,
from Ills own assurance te us in this
eflice, that lie disclaims all responsibility
for the failure of the court te call te ac
count the prosecuting attorneys in the
Snyder case and throws the whole
of it upon his brother, Judge Living
ston, who tried the case and
upon whom, it seemed te Judge
Patterson, it devolved te initi
ate any movement te unveil the wrong
that had been done by the common
wealth's counsel. We concurred with
Judge Patterson that Judge Livingston
was mainly responsible for the failure te
inquire into the conduct of these attor
neys; and, in view of the facts, we have
some reason for astonishment that
Judge Patterson should new undertake
te assume te himself strictures made by
us upon the " court" for its non nen non
acteon. "We have freely commented here
tofore upon this asserted delinquency,
and se have our contemporaries ; and
Judge Patterson has been silent while he
thought that the weight of the blew was
falling upon Judge Livingston.
But we rejoice that he has at last
awakened te the fact that it is his duty
te protect the fair repute of the court of
which he happens te be a memlier. "We
entirely sympathize with his feeling that
it should net be unjustly assailed, and
we shall be very glad if he can show that
the Intelligence!, has thus sissailed
it, and we will be quite content te leave
the bar if he can demonstrate the fact te
his fellow-citizens, who are his judges
and ours. But he will net demonstrate
it simply by .seeking te use the power
which he thinks he has of removing us
from the bar for a contempt of court,
lie must show that our suspicion that
the court has permitted its hands te be
tied by political considerations is wholly
unfounded.
Of course we deny that the court has
any power ever us as editors liecause of
our capacity as attorneys, and we have
reason te think that Judge Livingston is
of this opinion. He has in fact excused
the court's failure te haul Eshleman and
Brown ever the coals by the declaration
that it was net the duty of the court te
initiate any action against them, but
that it would be ready te lay its hand
upon them if anyone should bring them
before it by a prosecution. If the judge
is thus reluctant te take notice of the
conduct of attorneys immediately before
his bar, of course he will net think of
darting his spear against them when, as
editors, they are talking te the public.
Judge Patterson is making this little
tilt alone and for a purpose which time
will reveal. He cannot expect te take any
thing from us by his motion against us,
but there ma- nevertheless be a balm in
it for him and a hurt for somebody. In
deed we are satisfied that somebody is
going te be hurt before the battle Is ever.
And the brief list of killed and wounded
will be interesting te the victims and
their political relatives.
A David Come te Judgment.
Lawyers who heard the colloquy be
tween Judge Patterson and the editors
of the Intelt-tgencek, in court this
morning, and even laymen who read
what we have tried te make a strictly
accurate account of it, cannot fail te be
struck with the remarkable pertinacity
of the judge in attempting te get them
te give an answer te his prepared ques
tion : " Then you adept these senti
ments V" Though the interrogated
did net fall into the trap, it was set and
reset.
As these unfamiliar with the law govern
ing the case may net understand the sig
nificance of the question, we quote the
law. In se doing we beg net te be
understood as intending thereby te pre
judge or influence a pending question,
but te inform the public, -whose right te
judge their servants is at issue,of the full
scope of that liberty. The constitution
of 1S73, in its bill of rights, which Judge
Patterson helped te frame, says :
Sect. 7. The printing press shall be free
te every person who may undertake te ex
amine the proceedings of the Legislature,
or any branch of government, and no law
shall ever be made te restrain the right
thereof. The free communication of
thoughts and opinions is one of the inval
uable rights of man, and every citizen may
freely speak, write, and print en any sub
ject, being responsible for the abuse of that
"liberty. Ne conviction shall be had in any
prosecution for the publication of papers
relating te the official conduct of officers
or men in public capacity, or te any ether
matter proper for public investigation or
information, where the fact that such pub
lication was net maliciously or negligently
made shall be established te the satisfaction
of the jury ; and in all indictments for libel
.the jury shall have the tight te determine
the law and thelacts under tne direction or
the court, as in ether cases.
The law of June 16, 1863, which Judge
Patterson is presumed te knew and
ought reasonably lie expected te adminis
ter says : "Xe publication out of court
respecting the conduct of the jiuVjas, offi
cers of the court, jurors, witnesses, par
ties or any of them, in or concerning any
cause depending in such court, shall lie
construed into a contempt of the said
court se as te render the author, printer,
publisher, or either of them, liable te at
tachment and summary punishment of
them.' And the law giving courts
power te punish for contempt expressly
limits them te judgment upon the official
conduct of officers of the court and te
misbehavior in its presence.
The illustrious Chief Justice Gibsen
has said that " the conduct of a judge,
like that of any functionary, is a legiti
mate subject of scrutiny and, where
the public geed is the aim, such scrutiny
is as open te an attorney of his court as
any ether citizen " ; and ' an attorney
is net professionally answerable for a
scrutiny into the official conduct of the
judge which would net expose him te"
legal animadversion."
The supreme court of Kansas has said:
"Ne judge and no court, high or low, is
beyond the reach of public and individ
ual criticism. After a case is disposal of
a court or judge has no power te compel
the public or any individual thereof, at
torney or otherwise, te consider his rul
ings correct, hisintegrity free from stain,
or te punish for contempt or nay mere
criticism or unimaO version theifen, no
matter hew uccrc or unjust."
Judge Patterson must be presumed te
knew the law, because he is a judge,
and, if this presumption is net tee vio
lent, he knew that lie could net reach
Messrs. Steinman and Hensel for their
unofficial conduct beyond the court's
presence. Hence his disingenuous at
tempt te make them commit the alleged
contempt in his presence, summoned there
as lawyers. If lie could make them say
in open court that as lawyers they
" adopted these sentiments, " expressed
outside of court as editors, they would
be caught in the trap. The bait, how
ever, was net inviting. The concern
wasawkwardlv set.
When lawyer Warf el's paper said that
Judge Patterson took ' the politician's
view" of the case, he tried moral suasion
en it. One newspaper fight at a time is
all that he wants en his hands ; and per.
haps, if less impetuous counsel had been
advising him last night, and furnishing
him with annsful of law, he might have
avoided this one.
Lawyers Brown and Eshleman
claimed the -'exclusive" privilege of pre
claiming among their fellow members of
the bar this morning that "it was right."
There was once a fox who lest his tail in
a trap and henceforth devoted the re
mainder of his days te trying te make
wiser foxes believe that te be without a
tail was the fashion.
PERSONAL.
General Ben Butlel. handsome Sena Sena
eor Beeth and Senater Sharen, the
Creisus are all three said te be looking
for wives.
Ci:ti:waye, who, dethroned, is happier
than the Czar enthroned, has begun te
study English. He is trying te learn te
icad and write.
Miss Blanche Davenport says that had
she knew n what young women who go te
Italy te study have te go through she
would never have gene. While she was
in Milan there were in that city two hun
dred and twenty-five young girls whom
people at home had flattered into the
belief that they could sing, and who were
paying high prices for being kept in that
delusion by teachers who knew full well
they could never teach them anything.
Sonic were rich enough te aflbrd it ; ethers
would give up and go home broken
hearted. Of the two hundred and twenty
five Americans in Milan at that time Miss
Davenport knows of only six who ever
accomplished anything.
An intimate friend of Wendell Phil
lips for twenty-five years has just been
telling what he knows of the renowned
Bosteuian as a man and an orator. Phil
lips, though probably worth $200,000,
lives very plainly in an old-fashened
meagrely furnished house, and has lived
there for thirty years, notwithstanding the
enreachments of ordinary bearding houses
and retail shops. He is a great lever of
art ; but he has no pictures or bronzes or
marbles, because he prefers te give the
money they would cost te the peer and
struggling. Ne really needy, deserving
man or woman ever appears te him in
vain ; he is constantly doing geed, but he
is se secretive and silent concerning his
benevolence that nobody hears of it unless
by accident.
Charles Dickens once wrote te Sir
Jehn Bennett a letter which runs thus :
"My dear sir Since my hall clock was
sent te your establishment te be cleaned it
has gene (as, indeed, it always has) per
rcctly well, but has struek the hours with
great reluctance : and, after enduring in
ternal agonies of a most distressing nature
it has new ceased striking altogether.
Though a happy release for the clock, this
is net convenient te the household. If you
can senu aewn any cennaentiai person
with whom the clock can confer, I think it
may have something en its works that it
would be glad te make a clean breast of.
Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens." Sir
Jehn Bennett replied, giving geed hope of
the clock's perfect restoration.
The Stewart cathedral at Garden City is
rapidly Hearing completion. The crypt
built as a last resting place for the remains
of Mr. A. T. Stewart is about finished,
having cost something like $90,000. The
Herald says : "It is generally understood
in Garden City that the body of the dead
merchant prince will be deposited in the
crypt in April, when the dedication of the
grand edifice by Bishop Littlejelin is ex
pected te take place. Werk en the me
morial school is also progressing rapidly,
about five million bricks having been put
in place since the laying of the corner
stone last spring. The foundation of Bish
op Littlcjehn's residence, south of the
cathedral, has been cejnplcted, and the
ether work is te be rapidly pushed forward
as it is intended te have the building
ready for occupancy by June."
' WNOE TOPIC8. -Fbiends
of Mr. Conkling declare that
under no circumstances will he allow his
name te be proposed as a candidate ; he is
strongly in favor of General Grant.
Dn. William H-Gisecg, the well
known chemist, announced te the Elmira
academy of sciences the discovery of a pro
cess for producing artificial dyes from
gum champher.
COL. ROBEKT iNGEItSOLL Oil tllC Rev.
Je. Cook : " Mr. Jeseph Cook charges
that I am in favor of obscene literature.
When he made the charge he wrote liar
en his reputation. The Rev. Jeseph Cook,
I understand, was a year in an insane
asylum, and his friends were a little tee
slew in putting him in and a little tee
quick in taking him out."
THE WOLF AND T1IE MOUSE.
A wolf into the wilderness one day
Rere off a stolen sheep anil en the prey
Fed te the full. Then, finding he could n et
Devour it te the bone upon the spot,
Resolved till supper time the rest te keep.
Reside it luid hiin down and went te sleep.
Meanwhile the smell allured a neighboring
motive
Te creep with caution from hi-, tin v house ;
A particle of meat se slvly stele.
Then swiftly sped him back into his hole,
Yet, spite of all his care, the wolf awoke.
And into cries and lamentations breke:
- Hallee, there ! Murder! Robbery! Will none
Fetch the police? I'm ruined anil undone;
Confound tbee miscreant mice! Oh, shame
and grief,
That any tour-legged thing should be u thief!"
The terrible depression which has pre
vailed in England in commercial matters
during the past year could net be mere im
pressively shown than it is by a short note
printed in the Londen Times. It appears
that the number of bills of sale registered
in the Queen's Bench for the twelve
months ended the 31st of December ex
ceeded 50,000. This is mere than four
times the number registered in 1873,
nearly four times the number of 187G,
mere than three times the number of 1877,
and very much mere than double that of
1878.
The Washington Pout, in its interviews
with congressmen en the Seymour ques
tion, struck the Pennsylvania delegation.
Almest all the members interviewed agree
that Seymour would undoubtedly be a
strong man, and he seems te have less ac
tual opposition than anybody else named.
The Pennsylvania members don't appear
te interview very well. Senater Wallace,
Speaker Randall and Representative Cly
mcr would express no opinions. Mr.
Bachman thought Seymour the man te
nominate if he would accept. Mr. Kletz
had no doubt he could be elected, as he
has many many friends in Pennsylvania,
although Tildcu and Hancock also had
many supporters. Mr. Coffroth was "in
clined te chime in with the Seymour
boom. " Mr. Beltzhoover was sure that
Seymour is the most available man, if he
will accept. Mr. Wise admired Governer
Seymour, but he thought it best te go
outside of New Yerk for a candidate, and
he favors Speaker Randall, although he
had net lest his affection for Tilden.
STATE ITEMS.
At Pert Kennedy the boilers of the
Montgomery furnace cxpledad last even
ing. Ne one was injured. The less will
probably be heavy, as the furnace willhave
te be put out of blast.
Early en Saturday morning the store of
Messrs. Balliett & Swartz, andL. Ballictt
hardware, in Frysinger's block, Milten,
was broken into and the safe unlocked,
an $300 in cash and $400 in notes were
carried off. An entrance was effected by
cutting a hole two feet by fifteen inches
with a brace and bit (stolen from a wagon
maker's shop) in the rear of the building.
During yesterday the grand jury of
Dauphin county, returned the following
true bills : Cem'th v. Alex. Lcnscuiug,
Christian Leng, Wm. H. Kcmble, Wm. H.
Rumbcrger, Jesse R. Crawford, D. C.
Clark, E. J. McCunc, Emil J. PctrefF and
E. K. Shoemaker corrupt solicitation ;
en oath of Representatives Sherwood, Kirk
and Hackctt.
Geerge Gough, a scholar in the Mahaney
Plane grammar school, was playing with a
dualin cap during school hours the ether
day, when the cap exploded with great
force. A panic among the children fol
lowed, the larger trampling ever the
smaller ones in the rush for the deer.
Gough's hand was mangled badly, three
of the fingers being tern off.
In the summer of 1830, Jesiah W. Jenes,
aged twenty-four years, left his home en
the Schuylkill read, in North Cevcutry,
Chester county, for the west. As no tid
ings came from him during the thirty
years of his absence his brothers and sis
ters gave him up as lest. On Monday of
this week one of the brothers, David W.
.lencs, el JNerth Coventry, received a let
ter from Jesiah, who is new in Eureka,
Nevada.
The Montgomery county Republicans
elected six delegates te represent the ceuuty
in the state nominating convention which
will meet in Harrisburg early in February.
Resolutions were adopted instructing the
delegates te favor a representivc te the
national convention who is pledged te sup sup
pertthc nomination of James G. Blaine for
the presidency. The delegates were also
instructed te vote for J. A. M. Passmore
for auditor general.
At the Warwick iron furnace, in Potts
town, yesterday morning, four men, Neah
Rourke, William Williams, Oscar Scho Sche
ficld and Davis Keclcy, were standing en a
scaffold erected about ten feet above the
surface of the ground, and were engaged
in squirting water into the furnace, when
about forty tens of stock fell down from
the top te the bottom of the furnace. A
dense volume of steam, smoke, het air and
gases rushed at once from the opening, en
veloping the four men in the vapor, the
heat of which was intense. Keeley jumped
at once te the ground, but Rourke, Williams
and Scheficld remained some time en the
scaffold and were painfully but net fatally
scalded.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
The cabinet has concluded te recognize
the present king of the Samoan islands.
Ex-Governer Wcstcett, of Flerida, is
dead. He has resided in Montreal since
the breaking out of the Rebellion.
Geerge Relfe. William Lucas and J. A.
McDonald were suffocated in the Bonanza
shaft by the lumes of a blast.
The Chinaman Weng Frek, who was te
have been hanged in Portland, Oregon, for
the murder of one his countrymen, com
mitted suicide in his cell by strangulation.
Near Tucson, Arizona, Majer Merrill
had a fight with Victeria's band yesterday,
and among the killed is J. Hansel 1 French
second licutenaut of the Ninth calvary.
The chamber of Spanish deputies has
approved all the articles of the bill for the
abolition of slavary, which will be voted
en definitely te morrow.
Up te date there have been fifty-two
Oises of small-pox in the District of Col
umbia, nine of which have proved fatal.
Three deaths from the same disease have
been reported in Philadelphia.
At a meeting of the executive commits e
of the trunk lines, it was regarded inexpe
dient and inadvisable te make any changes
in the present rates from Chicaje and
points affected by Chicago.
SLAIN BTHEB81STEK. -
Shocking Tragedy 'la tfre Streets of Bosten.
The city of Bosten, which within a brief
jeried has added a number of sickening
tragedies te the criminal annals, reports
another murder most brutal in character,
which occurred at- an early hour Monday
evening en Bowker street. The assailant
was Margaret Andersen, aged 23, and the
victim her sister Lizzie, aged 21, both
women notorious nymphs dupare, both pre-
uuuvuuu u HJiyvitiaUtU telill fcVfclt W-
erately addicted te drink, from which lat
ter vice they had recently pledged them
selves te abstain. Within the past week
the girls have met several times and have
quarreled, the elder sister en such occa
sions threatening she would take the
ether's life. The younger sister was evi
dently in dread, but had little suspicion
that Margaret would put the threat into
execution. Early en Monday forenoon,
the unfortunate victim, it seems, broke
her pledge te abstain from drink, and im
bibed immoderately during the foreneou
at various places en Sudbury and Port
land streets. She spent the greater part
of the afternoon in her room, but seen
after went out en the street. Margaret
during the day also drank mere or less
freely, and early in the evening made the
remark te an associate that she would
have her sister's heart's bleed en sight. In
a saloon where she called shortly after G
o'clock, she reiterated her threat te take
her sister's life, but these who heard it
simply laughed. Her threat and intentions
were seen after realized. At about 7:30
p. m. Margaret suddenly appeared en the
corner of Sudbury and Bowker streets,
with her eyes gleaming, and in excited
tones, asked Jesephine Fay, another
cyprian, if she (Fay) had seen Lizzie.
The Fay girl pointed down Bowker street,
toward the gateway entering Mrs. Evans's
house, in front of which the unsuspecting
victim steed conversing with a young man
named Michael Tolan. Margaret said :
"Istlftit hcrTellew she Is talking te?"
and, at the same time, she hurried toward
them. She rushed upon her sister, and,
without a word of warning, drew a knife
and drove it clear te the hilt in the heart
of her victim, who fell upon the sidewalk.
The young fellow then succeeded in wrest
ing the knife from the infuriated woman,
who ran down the street. Tolan was badly
cut en the head, face and hands, and the
victim was earned into the house of Mrs.
Evans, where she expired shortly after
ward.
After withdrawing the blade with which
her sister's life-bleed had been shed, the
by this time thoroughly frenzied woman
steed speechless for a second, as though
hardly realizing the enormity of the crime
she had committed ; then, with a wild cry
and dishevelled hair, she turned and fled
precipitately from the spot, and, in less
time then it takes te write about it, was
lest sight of in the crowd, which by this
time, was attracted te the spot. A dozen or
mere of the habitues of "Dec" Yeung's
saloon, a low resort at Ne. 41 Sudbury
street, were standing in front of the bar,
discussing the murder, between drinks,
when the outer deer was flung wide open.
and, with one leap, the murderess landed
in the middle of the saloon. All eyes were
instantly rivited upon her, as, with flash
ing eyes, her hair streaming in all direc
tions, she steed in the middle of the saloon
vainly trying te staunch the bleed which
was flowing from a severe wound in her
left wrist and the fingers of her left hand.
"What's the matter, Marge ?" said the
bar-tender, Gee. Harrison, as the woman
steed vacantly staring at the inmates
of the saloon. " Oh," replied she, the
question seeming te bring her teher senses,
" I have just stabbed my sister. " With
this reply she walked te the sink, which is
located in the rear of the saloon aud at
tempted te step the bleeding by letting the
water run en the hand and wrist. Hardly
had the words left her mouth when
Officers Burrell and Jehnsen, entered the
room, arrested the woman and took her off
te jail.
Dissatisfaction in Regard te the Census Nom
inations. The dissatisfaction with a large number
of the supervisors of the ceusus for many
of the states is very general amongst sena
tors and representatives. It appears that,
after inviting and obtaining the recommen
dations of senators in the selection of proper
persons as supervisors, Mr. Hayes subse
quently with the advice of of the superin
tendent, and, in some instances, the secre
tary of the interior, cancelled these and
substituted ether persons. In New Yerk,
both Senater Kernan's and Conkling's
friends were thrown out in this manner.
In Pennsylvania, in the First district,
Gen. Bcath having been named by Senators
Cameren and Wallace, was, after being ac
cepted, thrown out, and Dr. Sherwood,
urged by the Philadelphia delegation, sub
stituted. In the Fifth district, after Mr.
Wallace named Mr. Dunning, en the
recommendation of Messrs. Buckalew,
Kletz and Randall, General Clark, of
Bloomsburg, Columbia county, was se
lected. A similar course was pursued in
the Eighth district. These changes will
net be submitted te by Senators Cameren
and Wallace. The same disregard of the
wishes of the senators was shown in ether
states, in lewa aim icnnessce tne ap
pointees are particularly objectionable.
Judging from comments among senators,
there is no doubt that a large number of
these supervisors will be thrown out, and
it is the purpose of the senators net te con
firm any one who is net satisfactory te
them. Frem the fact that both the Re
publicans and Democrats arc dissatisfied,
the objectionable nominations will be dis
posed of very speedily.
I'latinum for Edisen.
It is said that Mr. Edisen's agents have
discovered platinum in paying quantities
at Thompson's Flat, en Feather river, in
Butte county, California. Heretofore, the
great platinum mines in Russia have been
controlled by two large firms, one in Eng
land and the ether in France. These firms
have been accustomed te regulate the price
of the material te suit themselves and have
always taken care that the demand should
exceed the supply, in order that the price
might be kept up. The amount of plati
num used in Mr. Edisen's first
light cost about fifty cents for
each lamp. In the carbon light
new in use the two fine pieces of wire that
support the horse-shoe have together been
estimated te be worth only seven cents.
When Mr. Edisen begins te manufacture
his lamps in large quantities, it is expected
that the increase demand for platinum will
tend te increase the price. Should this
prove te be the case, Mr. Edisen intends
te mine his own platinum at Thompson's
Flat, instead of submitting te the demands
of the foreign platinum monopolists. Mr.
Edisen is of the opinion that, in discover
ing the metal in paying quantities in this
country, he has virtually discovered the
value of the only remaining unknown
quantity necessary te an absolute solution
of the electric liglit problem.
THE SCHUYLKILL COAL OPERATORS.
Result of the conference Yesterday.
At a conference of the Schuylkill coal
operators it was decided te ask the Phila
delphia and Reading company te suspend
operations temporarily. Te the represen
tatives of the conference, however, the
Philadelphia and Reading officials stated
that the company is new only running
twenty-one out of its fifty-two mines, and
these are being ran only te keep the fur
naces going. The assurance was given
that if the requirements of the trade
should demand a total suspension at the
last of the present month the company
will then agree te shut down altogether.
The subject of arranging prices te com
pete with the low-priced coals from the
Lehigh region was talked of but no action
was taken.
A Mether's Crime.
Mrs. McCleary, a handsome- young
widow, residing' near Round Head," Har
din county, Ohie, was found lying in the
'woedson Monday. -She had been missing
ter several days, and when found was
nearly dead from hunger and exposure.
She was taken te the house of her brother-in-law.
a man named Nagle, where she
partially revived. She refused te give any
account of her actions. The family were
horrified the next morning te find a dead
infant" in the back-yard, which she had
given birth te and carried there during the
night. At the inquest it was proved that
the child was born alive and died from cr cr
pesure. The woman is of excellent family
and will probably die.
Terribln Condition or the Frankfort, Ky.,
l'risen.
The report of the Kentucky prison sani
tary commissioner fays the prison is in a
deplorable condition from numerous
causes, principally bad drainage and sew
erage. There are eight convicts confined
who cannot live longer than a few months.
There are at least fifty ethers, some of
whom arc confined te their beds, who in
all probability cannot live longer than the
latter part of spring. There arc about
two hundred ethers who are in a estate of
debility and weakness practically unfitting
them for duty or work.- The balance of
the convicts de net present a healthy ap
pearance and seem affected by the injur
ious influences which have prostrated the
ethers.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF OUAKTKK SESSION.
January Regular Term.
Tuesday Afternoon. Cem'th vs. Wil
liam S. Brcndcl, violating liquor law. The
prosecution called a number of witnesses.
One testified that he bought beer at Brcn
del's house en Sunday, between August
and November, 1879. The ethers bought
something that tasted like liquor ; they
were net able te say what it was, though
some of them thought there was whisky
in it.
Fer the defense, Brcndcl was called, and
he testified that he never sold anything
except lemonade, mineral water, sarsapa
rilla, small beer and a drink which he
manufactured of snake root, flux root,
sugar and water ; nothing of an intoxicat
ing nature was put iute it.
In the case of Gcerge Hubley, charged
with aiding a strike en the Pennsylvania
railroad in the year 1877, a verdict of net
guilty was taken for want of evidence.
Cem'th vs. Gideon Williams, colored,
felonious assault and battery. Stephen
Burrell, also colored, testified that in No
vember last he was staying at the house of
the defendant, who, ou one day during
that month sent him for some coke ; he
came back in a short time, when defendant
ordered hiin out of the house, and,running
after him, hit him several times en lie
back and head with an axe, knocking him
down and cutting hiin. The defendant
testified that the prosecutor came te his
house drunk en this day ; he ordered him
away when he (Buirell) hit him with his
fist ; the witness then picked up the axe
with the intention of hitting him with the
handle ; he did hit him once with the han
dle when it slipped and the bread side of
the axe hit him once. The jury rendered
a verdict of guilty of common assault and
battery,
ment,
Sentenced te 40 days imprison-Je
Cem'th vs. Emma Williams, larceny.
The defendant was charged with stealing
several pieces of calico, delanc, &c, which
belonged te Susan McCafferty, from the
house of William Brown in Strasburg
township, in October last. Seme of these
goods were recovered in a weeds and some
were brought back by the defendant. The
defense called the defendant who testified
that she stele nothing from Mrs. McCaft'er
ty ; when she was charged w ilh the crime
she took back a let of her -own patches
which Mrs. MeCalierty claimed and kept.
The jury rendered a verdict of net guilty.
The grand jury returned the following
bills:
True Bills Oliver Markley aud Charles
Henry, assault and battery.
Ignored Frank Wittig, assault and bat
tery with Jacob Reed te pay all costs ex
cept $ 1.
Wednesday Morning. Cem'th vs. Geerge
A. Brame, assault and battery, Geerge
Blair testified that en the evening of Oc
tober 2d, while en the home in Intercourse
he was met in the read by the defendant,
who picked up some missile with which he
struck him in the face, breaking his nose
aud crushing his cheek bones ; He lay un
conscious for an hour or mere and when
he recovered he found himself at the pump
in the village ; the witness had taken
four small drinks of whisky ou that day.
Twe witnesses testified that Bramc told
them he had injured Blair. Fer the defense,
Braine testified that en the night of this
affair Blair, who has been angry with him
for some months past, followed him from
the lower hotel, in Intercourse te the
upper one. Arriving there he called wit
ness out and hit hint with a stone after
which he choked him. Witness then
struck at him after which he kicked him
off the perch. The jury rendered a verdict
of guilty. Sentenced te pay $10 fine and
costs.
William S. Brendel, who was convicted
of violating the liquor law, was placed en
trial upon the charge of resisting an officer.
It appears that some time last fall Milten
Zicgler (Constable Ziegler), of Brecknock
township, was deputized by the sheriff te
arrest Brendel. who had been returned for
violating the liquor laws. When he went
te the house, accompanied by two ether
men, he read the warrant te Brendel, who
at once began te resist, by kicking and
striking ; he hit Ziegler en the head with a
glass, cutting his ear. One of the wit
nesses testified that he heard Brendel say
he would sheet the man who came te
arrest him.
The defense was that Zicgler was hit
with the tumbler by a little son of Bren
del, who ran into the bar-room during the
scuffle ; the defendant did net strike the
men with anything. The jury returned a
verdict of guilty ; sentenced te six months
imprisonment.
William S. Brendel, who was convicted
en five indictments for violating the liquor
law, was sentenced te pay a fine of 200
and costs of prosecution in each case.
Charles Henry, colored, plead guilty te
felonious assault and battery en S. G. Se
bastian, colored, of Marietta, and was sen
tenced te 40 days' imprisonment.
In the case of M. II. Kauffman, charged
with false pretense,a nel. pros, was entered
en payment of costs. In another case
against the same defendant, charging him
with larceny as bailee, a verdict of net
guilty was takcu for want of evidence.
Sale of Real Estate.
Henry Shubert, auctioneer, sold at pub
lic sale last evening at the Leepard hotel,
the property belonging te Mrs. Mary
Cooper, situated en East King street, be
tween Plum and Ann streets, Ne. 427, te
A. J. Dtinlap, esq., for $2,200.
MOT UNANIMOUS-FOB ONCE.
Judge Patterson Ceaelarfee te Kale the "In-
telllgencer'a " Editors lote Court.
About 9:10 this morning Tipstave Eris
man came down te- the Intelligencer
office andnetified its editors, A. J. Stein
man and W. U. Hensel, csqs., that they
were wanted in court. Presuming that it
was en matters connected with a pending
case, Mr. Steinman only went ever and in
quired if both were wanted. Judge Pat
terson said they were, and both went ever
about 9:30.
Their coming seems te have been expect
ed by the bench and bar.
When they reported before the seat of
judicial authority, Judge Patterson in
quired if they were the editors of the In
telligence!:. Beth gentlemen answered
affirmatively, whereupon the following en
sued :
Judge Patterson : Then I desire te read
and you te listen te the following from last
evening's issue of that paper :
Michael Snyder is acquitted net be
cause he had net violated the law, but
because he had already been acquitted of
the offence laid in the present in
dictment. That first acquittal was
accomplished, as has been shown, by J.
W. Jehnsen, ex-chairman; J. Hay Brown,
ex-chairman, and District Attorney Eshle
man, chairman of the Republican coun
ty committee, by false representa
tions te the court, made for the corrupt
consideration that the Snydcrs were the
best Republican workers in the Eighth
ward. Logically the last acquittal, like
the first, was secured by a prostitution of
the machinery of justice te serve the exi
gencies of the Republican party. But
as all the parties implicated, as well as the
judges, belong te that party the court
is unanimous for once that it need
take no cognizance of the im
position practiced upon it and the disgrace
attaching te it. Eds. Intelligences
(Turning te Mr. Hensel) : Did you write
that ?
Mr. Hensel : It is net customary, your
honor, for editors jointly responsible for
all that appears in a newspaper te ac
knowledge or reveal any distinction in their
authorship. We are together responsible
for all that appears in the Intelligencer
and accept that responsibility.
Judge Patterson (Turning te Mr.
Steinman) : Did you write that ?
Mr. Steinman : The editors of the In
telligences jointly accept the responsi
bility for what appears in it.
Judge Patterson : Then you adept these
as your sentiments?
Mr. Steinman : Wc have net said se.
Judge Patterson : Then you publish
things that you will net endorse after
wards ?
Mr. Steinman : Sometimes unavoidably
things are published that are net correct,
aud we are always ready te correct them,
or te publish anything desired by way of
proper explanation.
Mr. Hensel : If your honor has any cor
rection te make of the allegations in this
article, it will be published.
Judge Patterson : Then you adept these
sentiments ?
Mr. Steinman : We have net said this.
Mr. I lease 1 : We arc responsible for the
article ; beyond it wc de net pappese te be
committed just new. We arc of the opin
ion that this court has no power te call us
answer here for editorial utterances.
this bar, and this court at least myself
would be untrue te itself, forgetful of its
dignity, if it failed te take cognizance of
this imputation upon it. The especially
objectionable part of it is in these words :
Logically the last acquital, like the
first, was secured by a prostitution of the
machinery of justice te serve the exigencies
of the Republican party. But as all the
parties implicated, as well as the judges, be
long te that party the court is unanimous
for once that it nce.d take no cog
nizance of the imposition practiced upon
it and the disgrace attaching te it.
Therein it is charged that the court has
been actuated in its conduct by political
motives. Gentlemen entertaining such
views arc net fit te practice in this court ;
they cherish a contempt for it that is ni ni
cetupatiblc with their proper relation te
it. Wc shall take a rule te strike you
from the list of attorneys.
Mr. Steinman : The gravamen of the
charge in that article is against the district
attorney and his assistant. De I under
stand the court te defend their conduct ?
Judge Patterson : Yeu will have an op
portunity te be heard.
Mr. Hensel : Then, I understand, your
honor asks for and makes no correction of
the article ?
Judge Patterson
en you te-morrow.
Mr. Steinman :
answer.
Judge Patterson
served upon you.
I shall enter a rule
Wc will be here te
The rule be duly
Mr. Hensel : With all due respect te
the court and its orders we respectfully
pretest against its right te held mcmliers
of the bar accountable for anything pub
lished by them in any ether capacity.
During these proceedings, which were
listened te with interest by the bar and
audience, Judge Livingston was mostly
engaged in reading ; he took no part in
them.
The members of the bar generally
listened with deep interest te the proceed
ings ; J. Hay Brown, esq., rather boister
ously expressing his opinion that the court
was right; District Attorney Eshleman
concurred ; and.pessibly J. W. Jehnsen.
Taken te the Penitentiary.
This morning James Peeling, sheriff of
Yerk co., accompanied by several deputy
sheriffs, passed through Lancaster en their
way te Philadelphia, having in their
charge seven convicts sentenced by the
Yerk county court te imprisonment in the
Eastern penitentiary.
Twe of the convicts, Wellington Sewers
and Samuel Reissingcr, made an unsuc
cessful attempt te break out of the Yerk
jail en Monday night. They had broken a
hole in the wall of their cell and had al
most effected their escape when they were
discovered.
Thunder and Lightning.
Last evening between 7 and 8 o'clock
Lancaster was visited by a heavy storm of
thunder, lightning and rain a most un
usual occurrence at mid-winter in this
latitude. The storm appeared te come
from the northwest, and we learn that it
was very severe at Mount Jey, Elizabcth Elizabcth
lewn and as far west as Harrisburg.
Defrauding the Kevenue.
Last evening Thes. E. Gable was arrest
ed by Deputy Marshal Sprecher en a
charge of defrauding the United States
revenue by packing cigars for a second
time in boxes without renewing the stamp.
Mr. Gable gave bail for a hearing before
United States Commissioner Slaymaker
te-morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
WSPCJUJCAIT PRIMARIES.
CmwM JloaUnatleBB for CityOAcWs.
Thejtepablicansefthc city met at the
respective ward houses last evening and
put in nomination candidates fersclect and
common council, ward officers and dele
gates te a city convention te nominate a
mayor. Prem these general nominations
the candidates will be selected en Friday
evening between 6 and 8 o'clock, and at 9
o'clock the same evening the delegates te
the city convention will meet and nomin
ate a candidate for mayor. Following are
the general nominations :
First "Ward.
Select Council Henry Deerr.
Common Council J. P. Stermfeltz, Dr.
S. T. Davis, Harry A. Diller, A. J. Cogley,
Jacob Rathfeu, Samuel J. Peel.
Assessor A. C. Welchans.
Constable Samuel Swenk.
Judge J. Hay Brown.
Iuspecter Wm. T. Eberman.
Delegates. Dr. Gee. A. Herting, J. B.
Kevinski, Harry A. Dillsr, J. E. Rathfon,
David Bair, Christian Rine.
Second Ward.
Select Council Rebert A. Evans.
Common Council Wm. K. Beard. Wm.
D. Sprechcr, Wm. Hendersen. Wm. A.
nsen, w m. L,. l'eiper, Adam
Frank A. Diffenderfl'er.
Assessor Gee. B. Mewrcy.
J Auxer,
Henry S.
Mienck.
Constable Gee. Cramer.
Judge Gee. R. Senseuig.
Inspector Gee. A. Smith.
Delegates Jehn A. Erben, Wm. Hen Hen
dereon. Peter C. Hensel, Wm. K. Beard,
Jehn P. Weise, Jehn B. Warfel.
Third Ward.
Select Council R. W. Shcuk.
Common Council Charles J. White,
Gee. S. Danner, Wm. G. Rapp, Jehn A.
Arneld, Jehn II. Barnes, Samuel B. Cox,
Chas. W Metzgcr, Joel S. Eaby. Henry
L. Frailey, A. C. Lceuard, Jehn W. Ment
zer. Asscssser Joel L. Haines.
Constable Chas. J. Stermfeltz.
Judge Randelph Supple; J. Kahler,
Snyder, Jeseph II. Huber.
Inspector Leuis Lyens, Samuel II.
Etchells.
Delegates Samuel Powell, E. McMel
lcn, Jacob Gable, M. L. Herr, J. A. Wci
mer, C. Buckiu?, R. A. Fisher, A. Lech
ler, E. S. Kurtz.
Fourth Ward.
Select Council. Gee. M. Franklin.
Common Council. Thus. Hayes. Jehn
Leiblcv, Gee. W. Cormeny, Gee. H. Lea
man, A. S. Yillee, Daniel Sing, Dr. J. W.
Hess.
Alderman. A. K. Spurrier, Geerge W.
Hern.
Constable. Jehn MeDevitt.
Assessor. .Jehn W. Hublev, Jeshua
Potts.
Judge .Jehn S. Metzger.
Inspector J. M. Wilhelm, Henry HIus
selman. Delegates. Jehn S. Metzger, A. K.
Spurrier, Daniel M. Moere, W. H. Hoever,
R. M. Bolenius, Jehn liege, Henry Shertz.
Firth Ward.
Common Council A. C. Barr, S. H..
Zahm, Benjamin Hershey, Walter 31..
Franklin, C. A. Bitner.
Assessor Henry Hartley.
Constable Jacob P. Killingcr, Jehn H
Trissler.
Judge B. F Rewc.
Inspector William Kuhns.
Delegates Jehn Hull, D. N. Martin, G.
A. Marshall, Jeseph Davish, Jehn De
Haven.
Sixth Ward.
Select Council. Philip Lebzelter, Rebert
M. Merrow.
Common Council. D. K. Burkhelder,
Samuel Moere, jr., Jehn Black, jr., T. 1J.
Cochran, Philip Lebzeltcr, Rebert M.
Merrow.
Judge. I. Newton Staufl'er.
Inspector. J. II. Leenard.
Assessor. G. W. Keene.
Constable. Jehn. II. Bewman.
Delegates. Ed. Eberman, C. A. Reeee,
J. B. McCaskcy, W. M. Lechler, Thes. C.
Wiley. Jeseph Samson.
Seventh Ward.
Common Council Wm. H. Bateman,
Samuel Rete, Jehn R. Smith, sr.
Assessor Wm. Wehlsen.
Constable II. M. Erisman.
Judge .Jacob Devcrt, C. L. Spaeth.
Inspector Rebert 3IcJJeunel.
Delegates Wm. Wehlsen,
Wm. J.
Smith, Gee. F. Miller, Wm. II.
Bateman,
J. W. Powell, J. B. Price, C. L.
Spaeth.
Eighth Ward.
Select Council Jehn Hershey,
Common Council Edward Nail, Win.
D. Coxey, Wm. B. Themas.
Judge Lorenze Snyder, jr.
Inspector Jehn P. Winewcr.
Constable Philip Kirchner.
Delegates Jacob Neese, Martin Snyder,
Henry Gunkle.
Ninth Ward.
Common Council Wm. Kalil, Samuel
Keelcr, Harry A. Schroyer, Jes. R. Good Goed Geed
ell. Alderman Adam DcIIet.
Assessor Emanuel Kautz.
Constable Andrew J. Flick.
Judge Ames Gast.
Inspector Paul Gerhart.
Delegates Jacob Bcrtz, Win. Kali!,
Reuben Oster.
The Law of Finding.
The law of finding is this: The finder
has a clear title against all the world but
the owner. The proprietor of a railroad
car or shop has no right te demand the
property which may be found en his
premises. Such proprietor may make
regulations in regard te lest property
which will bind their employees, but they
cannot bind the public. The law of find
ing was declared by the King's Bench one
hundred years age in a case in which the
facts were these : A person found a wallet
containing a sum of money en a shop
fleer. He handed the wallet and contents
te the shopkeeper te be returned te the
owner. After three years, during which
time the owner did net call for the proper
ty, the tinder demanded the wallet and
money from the shopkeeper. The latter
refused te deliver them up en the ground
that they were found en his premises. The
finder then sued the shopkeeper, aud it
was held as above stated, that against all
the world but the owner the title of the.
finder is perfect. And the finder has been
held te stand in the place of the owner, se-
that he was permitted te prevail in action
against a person who found an article
which the plaintiff had originally found
but subsequently lest. The police have
no special rights in regard te articles lest
unless these rights are are conferred by
statute. Receivers of articles found are
trustees for the finder. They have no
power in the absence of a special statute
te keep the article against the finder any
mere than the finder has te retain the
article against the owner.
Fell Inte a Basement.
Yesterday afternoon, near 4 o'clock, as
Geerge Miller, of Maner street, was stand
ing in front of Jeseph Gardner's barber
shop, West King street, near Market, he
made a misstep, and fell backwards down
stairs into the basement, and, striking
against the deer at the feet of the stairs,
crushed out the sash and glass, of which
the upper part of the deer was filled..
Miller was a geed deal bruised, ami
slightly cut across the neck.