THE TIMES, NEW HLOOMFIKLT), l'A., AUOUST 11, 1877.
TIMES.
Towiil 'Dcp?uclirvcit.
Jtrlct'Itomn.
lion. David II. Bhcibley has our
thanks for a copy of HinuU'H Hand
liook for 1M77.
The Democratic) County Convention
will be held in tho Court House in this
borough, on Monday, tlio ilTlh Inst.
John Bleo 1ms tlio thanks of our ltys
for a lot of fresh sweet cide' A Mur
phy man would not refuse It.
Mr. drier, Inst week bad thirty-three
rlty boarders enjoying tlio nccominodu
tlons of bis pretty place on the hllli
Very material changes bavo been
mnde'ln tlio running of (rains over
the Beading road. For new schedule
wee pago ii.
Vlllliiiii H. Uiim, had several bushels
of wheat stolen frou bis n-anery last
Wednesday night while ho v,as ill
Bloomflcld, nerving as juror.
For the full and inteiv!):r rei'iirt of
the court proccdlngs which wh j.ulilish
this week, we are indebted to Charles 11.
Huiiley, Kstp
A dally mail route has been establish
ed from Newport to iekesburg via.
Markelville. 't his will be a great ae
eoiniuodalion to citizens of that part of
the county.
Au exchange advertises " tho pretllest
things in corsets, for 75 cents:" The
prettiest thing we ever saw in corsets
was a young woman, but no one would
have thought of buying her for 75 cunts.
?CGeorge Vv. Morton, of fllorretts dap,
this county, while threshing near Mt
ehanlesburg on Saturday a week, bad
Ids arm so badly smashed that it bad to
be amputated near the shoulder.
Mr. J. A. Newcomeii knows bow to
run a good hotel. Htop at the American
House, at Kast Waterford, l'a., and you
will be convinced of the fact. His table
can't be excelled. Careful hostler al
ways in attendance.
The friends of Mr. WilJiard at Marys
vllle say that he d'd not commit suicide
but was undoubtedly killed by falling,
while passing over the train, no the blood
on the wheels show that he was killed
by tho seventh car.
As the Pittsburgh express West was
Sassing through Duncannon on Tues
ay night some malicious scamp threw
a stone in a window of the car containing
members of a brass band on their way
home from Klne'slon to Pittsburnh.
7 Eph. Jones is again prepared to serve
out meat. It is not often that a butcher
has so pretty a vehicle, but as Eph. is
a number one butcher he is entitled to a
" nobby wagon." His many old friends
and customers will be glad to again have
an opportunity to patroulze hiui.
i VThe Councilor of the S. C, of the O.
Ul y. M.,of Pa., has appointed as Dep
uty 'Htate Councilors of Perry county,
the following named persons to serve
for one year : Wm. H. Kacy of the Gist
District ; Geo. W. lteeder of the 02nd
District, and Charles Dickinson of the
G3rd District.
"X'The Excelsior Literary Society will
hold Its iirst picnic in Little Germany
on Saturday, August 25th. 1877. 11. H.
McKeehan, James G. Neilson, Andrew
Klstler, Geo. W. Gehr and several other
popular speakers are expected to address
the Society. No huckstering except for
the benefit of the Society. John Kick,
Secretary.
Last' Tuesday a strange dog, of the
jound species, came to JUr. James T.
Krpplnnil'H lintel on Duncan's Island.
and took refuge under a bench in the bar
room. A young man named Styles
Brookens attempted to chain the strange
canine, when it turned upon him and
bit him in the wrist of the right hand,
inflictine several severe scratches. The
dog then ran out into the street and
fought with several dogs, meanwhile
being shot at by Brookens and missed.
The animal then headed across Clark's
Ferry bridge to the Dauphin county side
or the river, followed Dy urooKena. 'lne
young man chased mm two miles up
the road, the dog meanwhile swimming
across the canal and entering a culvert,
eluded Bis pursuer.
Church Notices.
Preaching in the Lutheran Church
next Sunday at 10i A. M. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday evening.
Preaching in the M. 12. Church next
Sunday at 10i A. M. Sunday School at
9 A. M. Prayer meeting every Thursday
evening.
Preaching in the Reformed Church
next Sunday at 24 o'clock P. M.
Presbyterian Church Preaching next
Sabbath at 10i A. M. Prayer meeting
on Wednesday at a if. m.
Scared Farmers. AtBasklnsvllle,Perry
county side of the Clark's Ferry or Ju
niata bridge, a report was circulated last
eveniug that a panther is prowling about
tho neighborhood of Powell's church,
in the valley. On Sunday a long and
slender backed animal, of a mouse color
was observed by a Mr Snyder, who pro.
nounced ita panther. The cries of the
beast were heard by a number of farmers,
and some four or five parties have been
hunting for it since Sunday. It is pre.
sumed the beast strayed away from its
liAunts on Mahontongo mountain above
the ferry. Patriot of 0th inst.
V-Small Business On Monday last, this
town was visited by the Coustablo of
Marysvlllo who brought with him nine
of the employees of the N. C. It. W.
who had been arrested at tho Instigation
of 'Squire W. W. Farnsworth for break
ing the Sabbath. People will be glad to
hear that the 'Squire has become so con.
THE
Mentions, but it strikes us that his
piety has broken out In the wrong place.
Everyone knows that railroad men are
sometimes compelled to work on Hun
day, and lo arrest them and make them
lose tho next day Is very small business.
A writ of certiorari was taken out in
each enso and the men returned to
their duties. Perhaps after a while the
people of Marysvlllo will properly ap
preciate Mr. Farimworth, If they do not
by this time.
XAltncked liy Dons. On last Sunday
eveiilngasj.il. ttiiiimeniian, foreman
of this oll'ico, was on bis way homo from
the northern part of Juniata township,
where he had gone on Saturday after
noon to pay a visit to his uncle, andasbu
was walking leisurely along, about three
miles from town, he passed a farm house
when two largo dogs made their appear
ance in the road In front of him. Ho
turned to ono side thinking that he
would walk around them, when one
jumped up and caught hold of a pocket
handkerchief which ho had tied around
his neck. He btruck the dog ft power
ful blow on tho side of the head with his
1st, stunning the dog so that ho fell to
the ground. Ho took a revolver from Ida
pocket and immediately the dog made
another attack when he fired, tho ball
taking effect hi tho dog's nose, and
frightening the other so that ho ran to
the house. After standing and bleeding
a short time the wounded dog renewed
the attack when another shot was ilreil,
and tho dog fell lifeless to tho ground,
tlio ball having passed through his head.
Tho owner of tho dogs stood inside tho
fence and calmly watched all that was
going on until the affair was over, when
ho caught hold of thedog to drag him to
the house, and said ; " Well, d it, I
told the old woman this morning some
body would kill that dog if wo didn't
pen him up." Kciv.
Court Proceedings. Court convened at
tho ringing of tho bell on Monday the
Gth inst.,atono o'clock, with Hon.B. F.
Junkin and his associates on the Bench.
Tho reports of the Constables wero re
ceived, and the Urand Jury called and
sworn, and after receiving elaborate in
structions irom tlio court wero started
to work. The usual miscellaneous
business was taken up, and a largo num.
ber of petitions were presented. Appll.
cations made and prayers were heard
and answered.
A petition for tho Incorporation of the
Borough of Blain was submitted to the
Grand Jury in addition to an unusually
large number of bills of Indictment.
This petition was reserved by the Grand
Jury until all the bills before them were
passed upon when it was taken up and
returned with their approval. Appli
cation was made for the appointment of
viewers to assess damages that would be
sustained by the Newport Bridge Com
panyupon tue same being declared a
free bridge in accordance With the Act
of Assembly, and Henry KInesmith.
ur. u. js. m i in Ken, I Jr. wm. Jiays,sam
uel Spotts, Kobert Neilson and John H,
Itebber were appointed ; 15 days' notice
of the time of view to be given to the
public and the County Commissioners
The trial list and the list of jurors were
called over, and Uourt adjourned until o
o'clock on Tuesday morningT'ho first
case taken up on Tuesday morning was
Francis English vs. John Borrell, Ad
ministrator, &c., of George Markel, late
of Saville twp., deceased. This was an
action brought for the recovery of com-
fiensation for service rendered by tho
'laintifl'to the decedent and his wife
during their lifetime, and expenses in
curred for their funerals. The Plaintiff
was a son-in-law of decedent, and his
claim was resisted by the heirs of George
Markel, dee'd. It was a case of heirs
quarreling over their patrimony, and
another illustration of the cow being
pulled by the horns and jerked by the
tail while the milk was running into
other people's buckets. The whole of
Tuesday was occupied in the trial of
this case. On the following morning
the twelve men, "good and true," to
whom the case was committed, reported
that it was their unanimous opinion
tnat tne riaintiu was entitled to a ver
dict of 450.78" a
At the conclusion of the trial his
Honor Judge Junkin announced that
the very large amount of criminal
business to be disposed of would make it
impossible to try more than one or two
cases on the civil list, and accordingly
iwu cusea were selected ana too remain
der continued and tho witnesses dis
charged.
XI . .1 Jl . 1.
veuuesuay mornincr tne pool was
opened, the District Attorney troubled
tue waters, nnu tne commonwealth
waded in lor the healing of her injuries.
The first culprit who came in was Wm
H. Harmon. The garments of this man
smelled of the Penitentiary. A few
years ago lie was convicted in this coun
ty on a charge ot torgery, and his neigh.
bors, with dry eyes, witnessed his de
parture for the East, where he became
for a time the guest of the Common
wealth, boon after his release his foot
steps were on his native heath, and in
order to satisfy the people of the countv
that he had returned with uninjured
health, he whipped his sister, came into
court tnrougn the County Jail on
cnargeoi assault and nattery and was
acquitted. His peculiar genius next was
exhibited in the stealing of a horse from
iur. coiomon iiercnner at Liverpool.
He left a note upon the premises inform
ing Mr. Kerchner that a neighbor hm!
borrowed his horse, of which the readers
of the TisiEfl were informed in a recent
issue. Howevor. the 6tronnr arm of the
law was thrown around William, he
was conveyed nacK to ins old Home in
t he Coiintv .Inll rind nnina friii
pleaded " Guilty," and was sentenced to
tne eastern renitentiary for a term
three years.
The next , case was that of L. Green
and John Clafl'ord, two colored gentle
men Mho bad ollended tho peace and
dlifnitv of the Common wealth by steal
ing threo chickens from Mr. Gantt at
Mlllorstown. They confessed thclrgullt
and were sentenced to pay the costs of
prosecution.
This was followed by the rase of tho
Com., vs. Charles Gardner, alias Charles
Long, and William Moore alius William
Long, Indictment, lAiirglnry. Sometime
since, these two men cnmoluto tho houso
if Samuel J. Loy, In tills county, near
Loysvllle, wero entertained by him dur-
ig the night, ami lea his premises tne
ext lnnrniii!'. That same evening tho
house of Mr. Loy was entered and a sli
ver watch was stolen, Suspicion attach.
d (o these parties, they were pursued to
Jarllslo, arrested, and the wnleh recov
red. Tho parlies were confined in tho
Cumberland County Jail unlil last Mon
day morning when Sherlir Williamson
brought them over for trial. Moore
plead guilty, went upon the witness
HUind and swore that he alone was the
man who committed the crime, and that
uardner had no connection with it
whatever. Having no counsel, Messrs.
Melntire and Markel were appointed
by theCourt toeonduct bis defense. Ver-
iet of not guilty.
The easo of the Commonwealth vs.
Charles Howser, alius Clarence Dunn
was an indictment Tor horse stealing.
At May Sessions 1.S75, Clarence It. Dunn
was Indicted for stealing a horse from
the Messrs. Kline, at Liverpool and up
on being brought info Court plead guil
ty. He was sentenced for two years to
tlio Eastern Penitentiary. Seven days
after his release, a horse was stolen from
the stable of Wm. Klstler, a tenant on
tho farm of Samuel Spotts near Lanilis
burg, and a saddle ami bridle were miss
ing from the stable of David Long in
the suine neighborhood. Pursuit was
made and information gained that a
horse, saddle and bridle, closely answer
ing the description of those above men
tioned had been In Carlisle the next
morning after they wero missed and that
lliey had paused down tlio turnpiKe
from there through New Cumberland,
and on through Wrightsville. Dunn
was suspected, and after considerable
search was arrested In Harrlsburg where
be dropped the musical cognomen that
was associated with crime, and assumed
the more sonorous name of Howser. lie
was identified as the same party that had
made use of both names. Under a ro
centAetof Assembly he was permitted
to go upon tlio witness stand and testily
in his own behalf. 'Ho told a very inge
nious story In which he admitted that
he had traveled over tho route above de
scribed with a horse and equipments an
swering tne same description nut tnat no
was entrusted with the delivery of them
by a certain Mr. Johnson living near
Dillsburg to certain parties living in Mil
lersville, Lancaster Co. His reason for
not being ready with tills complete de
fense was that having been confined in
the Dauphin county Jail, for safo keep
ing he could not communicate with
counsel or witnesses and hence was not
prepared. His Honor remarked in charg
ing the jury that if they found him guil
ty he would not be sentenced until Mr.
Johnson was brought Into Court and
either corroborated or denied the story.
The jury found him guilty.
John E. Wilson was arraigned on
Wednesday evening on a charge of lar
ceny. This Defendant was a young
man of fine appearance, who wore good
clothes and took ids seat in the Court
room with the airs and ease of a distin
guished visitor. Having no counsel
Messrs. Mclntlreand Seibert were select
ed for him. It was alleged that during the
summer he called one morning at tho
house of John Sailor, Coustablo of the
Borough of Newport, and asked for
something to eat. Mrs. Sailor kindly
invited him to sit down and eat his
breakfast. While eating he heard the
family talk of getting ready to attend a
funeral. Taking advantage of the in
formation thus gained he waited his op
portunity and while the family were ab
sent, broke into the rear of the houso
and, passing from the basement to the
attic secured a revolver, a sum of money
and other articles. Late in tho day ho
was followed and captured at rerrysvilie,
While his captors were conveying him
to Mexico where the warrant lor his ar
rest had been issued he jumped into the ca
nal and dexterously flung into the water
stolen property in his possession. These
articles were afterwards fished out and
produced on the trial. He readily created
the Impression that he was a professional
thief, and the evidence was so clear
auainst him that very little deliberation
enabled the Jury to return a verdict of
guilty.
This was followed by the case of tho
Commonwealth vs. William Parker,
alias William Taylor. This was the
party suspected of having committed a
murderous assault on Charles Baub and
his wife some time since. Being an
old man, deaf, dumb and friendless, he
was unable to make much of a defense.
A letter written in a good band in the
possession of his counsel denied his
guilt, and spoke, in the kindest manner
of the Baub family. The evidence
against him was clear enough to Justify
the Jury in returning a verdict of guilty
without leaving the box.
The case of the commonwealth vs
Emanuel K. Bitting, John Sheatter and
Samuel JS. Albriirht, Jndictment, J-.ar-
ceny and receiving stolen goods, came
up next. This being Thursday and the
day appointed for the hearing of surety
of the l'eace cases, the trial was sus
pended until they were disposed of. The
first came up froni the bosom of
Fishing Creek Valley and was a com
plaint made by Joel i-inarp vs. rcimuel
C. Urier and Simon BrubaKer. Jt was
only a fight on the highway, but it was
history repeating itself. This was not
the first time that the hill-sides of drier's
Point reverberated with the altercations
of these belliirerents and as it required
both parties to make the fight, theCourt
directed that each party pay his costs
and enter into his own recognizance in
the sum or 50, to keep the Peace.
No. 2 was a charge ngainst Mary Rine
hart on the oath of Elizabeth Bollinner.
Both parties live in the lower part of
Fishing Creek Valley, which has of late
years become so proline of petty crimin
al business, and tne interest mauiieatea
by different parties upon both sides,
called forth a reprimaud from the Bench
for certain Individuals who lmvo been
instrumental In thus blurrlmr the
reputation of this neighborhood. It
proved to be simply a battle of the olim
zons, In which the weapons were words,
the ammunition was slang, and tho re
sult, tlio county pay tho costs of prose
cution. No. 3 was a chargo ngainst Roland
Smith, Francis H. Gibson and Curtis K.
Showaltcr, of Landlshurg Borough. As
this was a local conflict,! n the midst of tho
great National excitement It was humor
ously characterized an the strike of Tho
People's Freight Railway. Tho moral
Influence of tlio rcspeWahlo citizens
quelled (ho disturbance without acall for
troops. It originated In the nun of too
much fire-water by some of tho young
pale face braves, who struck a frail and
raised tho war-whoop. Before any toma
hawks Were flourished or scalps raised
the war was ended, and the home of
fhelr fathers was iiietasthedecp woods.
Tho Court derided, after a full Investiga
tion of tl io outbreak, that Gibson enter
into recognizance In tho fium of 50 with
one surety to keep tho peace, and pay
fhocots of prosecution. That Roland
Smith enter In to his own recognizance
In the same sum, for tlio same purpose,
and the complaint bo dismissed, as to
Showaltcr. All pirtlcs took a whiff
at the ealument, gathered up their blan
kets and started towards the setting sun1.
Curtis E. Showaltcr who bad been in
dieted for assault and battery, growing
out of tho above mentioned proceedings,
jilead guilty, and was sentenced to pay
a fine of .i.0() and pay the costs of pros
ecution. No. 4 was a caso from Carroll twp., In
which Mrs. Joseph Brownewell com
plained that Nelson Mendlnghall hud
called her names, shot at her dog and
did other diabolical things to vex and
harass her. Tho Defendant proved that
she hissed ber dog upon him, called him
names that were not suggestive of puri
ty, virtue, high birth or good eitrzen
ship. The Court' afLer investigation di
rected that each party pay their own
costs nnd that tho Prosecutrix pay tho
costs of prosecution.
No. 5 was the case of tho Common
wealth vs. Margaret Lanl, upon com
plaint of Isaac Craw ford, and came from
the lower end of the well-known Fish
ing Creek Valley. Tho allegation was
that the gentle Margaret had suddenly
started upon a rum page, and after Die
breeze had blown into a tempest, the
paid Isaac heard angry mutterings break
forth to the effect that sho would kill
his chickens, his poor, unsuspecting
feathered personal property whenever in
their search for victuals they should at
tempt to gobble a worm or swallow a
gravel stone upon her premises, and
further that she might possibly be In
duced to destroy everything lie had.
Margaret bathed In tears, earnestly de
nied the truth of the allegations and bit
terly complained of the altrrator, but
the Court deemed her in fault and di
rected her to pay the costs of prosecution
and stand committed until the sentence
was complied with. This closed the
surety of the peace eases. William
Lindsay who had been indicted for
fornication and bastardy was discharg
ed because the Prosecutrix was not pres
ent, and this was the third Court at
which the case was pending.
And tho caso of the Commonwealth
vs. Bitting", et. al., was again resumed.
The Defendants were charged in the bill
of Indictment with Larceny and receiv
ing stolen goods. On the night of the
13th of June last some twenty odd
pieces of meat were taken from the barn
of Mr. Jacob Buck in Buflalo township.
Examination the following morning
showed the footprints of a horse leading
from the barn down tho road to Bitting's
stable. A search warrant was procured,
tlio stable of Bitting was entered and
one of his mares was found to liave a
decidedly strong odor of smoked meat
clinging to her neck and shoulders, and
further that the shoe of tho mare corres
ponded exactly with the track they had
followed from Buck's barn. The houses
of Bitting and Sheaffer were searched
but noneof the missing meat was found.
Sheaffer's declarations to certain parties
afterwards, were to the effect that he,
assisted by the two other defendants stole
the meat and hid it among the paw paw
bushes on an island In the river, and a
subsequent examination of the ground
seemed to indicate that meat of the kind
that was stolen had been hidden there.
Sheaffer was closely hedged in by his
other declarations and surrounding cir
cumstances, but the two other defend
ants sought to prove an alibi. Bitting
proved himself so beastly drunk on this
night at his own house that he was un
able to distinguish the difference between
a cured hog and his mother's own son,
and Albright claimed to have passed the
same night on the side of the Half
tails Mountain with three companions,
two bottles of whiskey and a deck of
cards. Much evidence was given on
both sldes,the general tendency of which
was to establish the fact that the region
of country round about Montgemery's
Ferry would be a good Held of operation
for a few able bodied missionaries, and
that no footsteps of any apostles of the
Murphy movement had ever crushed
the weeds of intemperenee in this corner
of the moral vineyard. When the great
moral question "who stole the ham?"
was submitted to the jury, they gave as
their deliberate judgment in the premises
that all three were guilty. Immediately
after tha verdict was rendered a motion
for a new trial was made by Defendant's
counsel, which was entertained by the
Court, and held over until the Argu
ment Court in September.
- The case of the Commonwealth vs.
Leo Lantz, Indictment, Larceny, was
called. This Leo, so suggestive of the
shaggy animal industriously engaged in
disembowling the defenseless man on
the back of John Bear's Almanac, was
charged with appropriating the vital
parts of an unraised church. This
young man who had been incarcerated
In Castle Williamson, grew tired of the
monotonous enjoyment of playing
checkers with his nose through a grated
window, and having broke out of the
Jail skipped over the rugged top of Ma
honoy with the same feelings that ani
mated Tell when he breathed the air of
liberty on the mountain tops of his be
loved Switzerland. As lie came from
near Marysvllle, (in the lower end of
Fishing Creek Valley,) some further
development was expected, ami there
suit showed that a recognizance bad been
entered Into for his delivery from the
Jail about the time of his escape, but that
J ustlrn Farnsworth bad f,een proper to
alter tho amount from 850 to $ 2nd, with
out the knowledge of the recognizor and
consequently tho recognizance was res
pited. Tho Commonwealth vs. Samuel Lnntz
was a chargo of wilfully, maliciously,
with malice aforethought, not having
tho fear of God before his eyes but being
moved and Instigated thereto by tho
Devil, stealing and carrying awny a
portion of tho American, African, Meth
odist Episcopal, Zimi Church, near
Marysvlllo, (which Is In tfie lower end
of Fishing Creek Valley.) Tho officia
ting minister of this church, who is a
colored woman, seems to have encoun
tered as much trouble from tho carnal
minded people In tills neck of woods as
ever came over I'unii Piatt's Methodist
Monumental, Memorial Church with
chimes nltauhed. Samuel, however,
seems to have done nothing with a crim
inal Intention and was found not guilty.
Then the case of the Common wealth
vs. Wellington W. Farnsworth come on
to he heard. Wellington Is a Justice
of tho l'eace, or moro properly speaking
a piece or a Justice In tlio J5orough ol
Marysvlllo (which is In the lower port
of Fishing Creek Valley) and was in
dicted for forgery. He was accused of
lornim; the names ot n. J I. Money nnd
John llhiver to bis official bond. This
Justice although a small man, has
wrestled with a larger amount of crimi
nal business In the past four years, and
presented more hills to the County for
services In tills way than any other
Justice from tho Round Top to the
Susquehanna. The 'Squire has been a
conspicuous object at each successive
term of our Courts bounding around
like a Kangaroo with a stone bruise and
creating wonder in tho minds of specta
tors as to how the Courts would be man
aged if a dispensation of Providence
should call him hence, Tho evidence
seemed to justify tho conclusion that
the scenes which have known him for
four long yeur would soon know him.
no more as tho great legal luminary
that dispelled the darkness which brood
ed over them, when his Honor from the
Bench announced that a legal interpre
tation of the law would interpose the
statute of limitation as a bar to convic
tion, tho offence having been commit
ted for more than two yenrs before the
prosecution was commenced. The Jury
were instructed that they would have to
return a verdict of not guilty, but if
they were of opinion that any thing
was "rotten in Denmark" they could
impose the costs upon him. A very
short time spent in deliberation enabled
them to return a verdictof not guilty in
accordance with the charge of the Court,
but that Defendant pay tho costs.
Tho next Jury was sworn to try
whether Wm. A. Kingsborough was
guilty of Fornication and Bastardy, as
was alleged by Susan Hassineer. After
hearing the evidence and the charge of
the Court, the Jury were of opinion that
his offence was not rank, and did not
smell unto high Heaven, and that he
was not guilty, but should pay the costs,,
after the manner ' of the Irish Jury's
verdict, "rot gunty, but don't it any
more."
Tho next case was the Com. va. Jacob
Kincrt (from near Marysvllle in the lower end
of Fishing Creek Valley). Jacob was charg
ed wllb malicious mischief in shooting a bog
of Joseph G. Dare. This hog had come on
Jacob's land for the purpose of gratifying a
little mathematical curiosity, and was diligently
engaged in the investigation of a matter in a
$uurt root when Jacob hove in sight. He
drove the hog for a short distanca to a lonely
dell, from which not even the reverberating
echoes of his gun might escape, and there shot
down in his own tracks the porcine intruder.
The Judge instructed the Jury that they should f
examine the matter with regard to malice on'
the part of Defendant; that if he bad killed
the hog on his own land while it was commit'
ting its depredations, it was not malicious mis
chief, bnt If he had driven it for some distance
for the purpose of wantonly and cruelly kil
ling it through malice or ill will then he wa
guilty. They found a verdict of Not Guilty,
but Jacob to pay the costs. As the trial of
cases from Marysvllle and the lower end of
Fishing Creek Valley had become monoto
mous, that region was dropped and Wheat
field township's criminality was next investi
gated. John McDonald charged Samuel
Foulk with false pretense, in Inducing him to
become his surety to a note upon the repre
sentation that a certain party in Fishing Creek
Valley was deeply indebted to him, and ' that
upon a certain day , he would receive a sufficient
amount of bucksheesh from this Howadje to
pay off the loan he had contracted, all of
which Mr. McDonald afterwards discovered
was only a beautiful dream In which Samuel
had revelled. The offence, however, having
been committed more than two years before
the Indictment was made, the statute of lim
lution intervened, and a nolle prosequi was
entered by the Court.
The last case on the calendar was a charge
of larceny against Joe and Zack Fa ire, Sam
uel Baker and Wesley Miller. The Page boys
had traded a mule to James Flynn for a mare
and eolt, and after the mare was taken boms
they were soon led to believe that Flynn had
come the Giraffe over them. Bellovlng they
had been cheated, they came under the cover
of night and took out of Flyna's stable tM
unmusical representative of a desnlJ race
without pride of ancestry , liupe of posteri
ty." This mule created a peat deal of merri
ment in Court. The Irish wit of Jimmy
Flynn who strove to impress the Court and
Jury with a sense of the deep -wrong he
had suffered, enlivening the late hours of Sat
urday night, and when the Court announced
that the crime of larceny had not been proven
against the Defendants, curses not loud bnt
deep, wsre mnttered by tho Prosecutor and his
retainers. This was the last caso and the
prisoners who had not been seutenced were
brought in, when the judgment of the Court
was pronnnnced as follows : John E. Wilson
was sentenced to AO days in the County Jail ;
William Moore alias William Long was sen
tenced to two years in the Penitentiary and
William Parker alias William Taylor, three
years In separato and solitary conrlnement.
Court then adjourned until 9 o'clock on Mon
day morning lor the purpose of finishing up
some miscellaneous business.
FOU
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