TIIK TIMES, NEW HLOOMFIKII), l'A A I'M 1. 10, 1881.
THE TIMES.
Jfew Bloom field, April 19,1881.
NOTICK TO AnVKllTISKItH.
No Out nr Hrotyi wlllhttnaorlM liitbls air
.ulaaallKht face and on metal bane.
ITmntrpwMiiil, In ( of rwulsr rates, will
baohanred for advertisement if tin Double Uolninn.
Mr. J. IT. Bit its, Newspaper Advertising As't,,
11 Park How. (Times Hullilln), New York. -thorlr.ed
to contract for advertisements for this
paper at our best rat.
NOTICK TO HUHHt'KIBERH.
I, noli at the Swire on tlie label of vour iaper.
ISneellirnrentell you the Hme In which yam-ail h
.ri ll.llool.pnl J. Wlllilii week. .Iter innney Is
nt, see If lb data la ohanired. No other receipt
la neoesaary.
On last Monday morning the Steam
er, Erastus Corning, having on board
about 100 passengers, was discovered to
be on Are, when about 40 miles out from
New York. The passengers Joined the
crew iu fighting the flames and succeed
ed in putting out the fire in about an
hour, thus preventing a sad loss of life.
On Friday last a snow storm was rag
ing in parts of the New England States.
On Tuesday last New York had a snow
storm and a terrible hail storm passed
over Arkansas. Last week a subscriber
writing from Miami Co., Indiana, says :
" Snow here Is yet a foot deep." Is it
any wonder that we have cold weather
here V
The' Old and well known Advertis
. ing agents S. M Pettenglll & Co., have
relinquished their Philadelphia office
and are succeeded In that city by A. W.
Ayers & Bon who have already establish
ed a national reputation as energetio and
reliable agents. Newspapers doing bus
iness with them have no cause to com
plain of their promptness and advertis
ers ought not to complain of the rates
Ayers & Son succeed in getting for
them.
Stkanoe things happen in this world,
and one of the most singular is the dis
covery that two of the students prepar
ing for the ministry at a school near
Iawrence, were burglars. A farmer
named Wilson was aroused by some one
entering his sleeping room, and flrlng
at the intruders killed one the other es
caping. He subsequently surrendered
and, proved to be the twin brother of
the dead man, both of whom were stu
dents, and were from a good family.
Burglary as a preparation for the minis
try is an novation that will not be pop
ular. Calling in the Bonds.
The financial policy of the Govern
ment is clearly outlined in the circular
issued by the Secretary of the Treasury
last week. Secretary Windom has
been assured, not only by the national
banks, which hold in the neighborhood
of $40,000,000 of the 6s as security for
circulation, but by firms owning large
amounts of the bonds and representa
tives of bondholders, that they will
gladly present their bonds to be re
stamped to bear Si per cent, interest
uutil Congress refunds them. No invi
tation - for proposals to purchase the
$104,000,000 of bonds has been Issued by
the Secretary, and none will be issued
for the present. It will be seen that the
Secretary requires those who desire to
have their bonds restamped to notify
him of the fact before the 10th of May,
and he will be able to tell definitely
whether he must sell bonds to provide
for the payment of any portion of the
6s or not. If the gVeater portion of
them are presented to be re-stamped he
will not need to sell bonds,as the surplus
revenues which can, to a certain extent,
be anticipated, will suffice to redeem in
the neighborhood of $60,000,000 of the
0s. When the 6s are provided for, the
best method of dealing with the matur
ing Ss will be considered.
The New Judicial Apportionment.
The new Judicial apportionment bill
which has been reported to the Senate
with an affirmative recommendation
makes some important changes. The
following are the districts under the
new measure:
First, Philadelphia ; Second, Lancas
ter; Third, Northampton; Fourth, Mc
Kean; Fifth, Allegheny ; Sixth, Erie;
Seventh, Bucks; Eighth, Northumber
laud; Ninth, Cumberland ; Tenth, West
morelaud ; Eleventh, Luzerne ; Twelfth,
Dauphin ; Thirteenth, Bradford ; Four
teenth, Fayette; fifteenth, Chester;
Sixteenth, Bedford, Somerset and Ful
ton ; Seventeenth, Tioga ; Eighteenth,
Forest and Jefferson ; Nineteenth, York;
Twentieth, Union, Snyder and Juniata ;
Twenty.flrst, Schuylkill; Twenty-sec
ond, Wayne and Pike; Twenty-third,
Berks; Twenty-fourth, Blair; Twenty
fifth, Potter, Cameron, Elk and Clinton;
Tweuty-sixth.Wyomlng, Sullivan, Mon.
tour and Columbia; Twenty-seventh,
Washington and Greene; Twenty-eighth
Venango; Twenty-nlnth, Lycoming;
Thirtieth, Crawford; Thirty-first, Le
high ; Thlrty-seoond, Delaware; Thirty
third, Armstrong ; Thlrty-fourtn, Sus
quehanna; Thirty-fifth, Mercer; Thirty
sixth, Beaver; Thirty-seventh, Mont
gomery; Thirty-ninth, Franklin; For
tieth, Indiana; Forty-first, Huntingdon
and Perry ; Forty-seoond, Adams ; Forty
third, Monroe and Carbon; Forty-fourth,
Lackawanna; Forty-flfth, Butler; For-ty-slxth.Clearfield;
Forty-seventh, Cam
bria; Forty-eighth, Lawrence ; Forty
ninth, Lebanon; Fiftieth, Mifflin and
Center; Flfty-first, Clarion.
Death Insurance.
Peter Trimmer, of York county aged
about 70 years, Is heavily insured In va
rlous companies, among others the
York County Mutual Aid having poli
cies of $0,000 on his life, and the Pruden
tial of Harrisburg $5,000. Other com
panies are said to be Interested to a large
amount. Trimmer is said to be some
what addicted to drink, and during Fri
day night a bottle containing whiskey
and some other ingredients was wrap
ped in paper, directed to him, and placed
in a box in his barn. Trimmer is in the
habit of feeding the stock early in the
morning, and it is supposed that some
one interested in his death placed the
bottle where It would be first reached by
him.
On Saturday morning, however, Mrs.
Kraft, a daughter of Mr. Trimmer, first
entered the barn and found the bottle.
She discovered a sediment in the bottle,
and suspecting it contained poison, car
ried it to Dr. J. B. Kain, of Manchester,
who tasted it and found it very bitter
and also detected a sediment. He was
suspicious of its contents, and it is said
pronounced it to be poison. After tak
ing a portion of the contents from the
bottle he returned the rest to Mrs. Kraft,
with instructions to put it carefully
away from everything else, and If " any
thing happened the contents would have
to be analyzed." If the Insurance busi
ness continues to boom it will soon be
" death insurance."
Wakened Out of a Long Sleep.
Several months ago Mr. II. F.Osborne
of Newark, N. J., bought a pair of
prairie dogs in Colorado, and took them
to his home at Newark. Last December
he decided to give them their customary
winter sleep under the ground. He had
a deep hole excavated in his garden, and
placing the dogs therein In a box, with
a piece of carpet for bedding, he shovel
ed in the earth till the box was burled
several feet. On Tuesday the box was
dug up, and the dogs were found close
together in a sound sleep. They were
taken in the house, and quickly regain
ed consciousness. On Thursday they
played together, and seemed to be well
and strong.
The loss of Life In Chlo.
Ciiio, April 13. The latest returns
state that 8,000 persons were killed and
10,000 injured by the recent earthquakes
The locality which suffered the most is
Nevita, where 1,200 were .killed. The
violent shock which occurred on Mon
day caused by the surface of the ground
to subside a metre. Great numbers of
the inhabitants are emigrating.
A Bad Egg.
A young woman living near Greene,
Minn., while making a cake the other
aay Droue an egg wmcn contained a
snake seven inches long and about the
size of a pipe-stem.
C3"A witty Chinaman on being asked
what bis countrymen would do if they
were ever driven out of this country,
said he guessed they would go to Ireland
as that was the only country where the
Irish didn't rule.
0A peach grower near Lewes, Del.',
sold the entire crop of his orchard of
1100 trees last week for ten dollars, show
ing that he believes there will be no fruit.
Should there be an average yield he'll
wish he hadn't done so.
$TA back pension was recently grant
ed to a Bedford county man by the name
of James Cleaver, amounting to $1,075
and $0,75 per month in the future.
A school district in Schuylkill county
is governed by a board of six directors
only two of whom can write their
names.
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Miscellaneous Mews Items.
WAILsa Hattie Duell, who had been
fasting for forty-seven days, died at Iowa
City, Iowa, on Sunday night a week.
tSHTbe stallion Kentucky Wilkes, has
been sold to a gentleman in eastern Mass.
for 8,000.
KSfSuow storms were reported Tuesday
from Milferd, la this State ; Montgomery,
N.Y., and along tbe Hudson, where sever
al inches of snow had fallen.
IWa. large leal has been seen in the
Shrewsbury river, New Jersey, and efforts
are being made to effect its capture. It
is supposed to have drifted into tbe river
on floating ice.
sjA Memphis dispatcb says a severe
tornado passed over the country one mile
north of Hernando Tuesday. Dr. Lander
dale and wife were eevorely injured, and
several negroes are reported to have boeu
killed.
tVA revenue ofiloer, named Kengravcs,
while on his way home In Maoon county,
Tennessee, stopped nt a farm house on
Friday to spend the night. Later on he
was called out by five men, taken to the
woods and shot to death.
IWFour Inches of snow fell in northern
Virginia on Friday night, tlie Gth Inst.,
making the third snowfall this month.
The apple, the piinolpal fruit crop of that
section, Is not injured. All farm work is
dolayed by the protraoted wluter.
HJNavlgntlon on the Delaware end
Hudson Canal has again been suspended.
A .heavy landslide occurred at Hawk's
Nest, four miles west of Port Jervli, oc
curred on Hundiiy, and several large rocks,
one weighing mauy tons fell into the
canal.
H7"A. special to the Timet Star from
Little Hock, Ark., says ; "A party of
masked men yesterday rode Into Toledo,
a country town, sixty miles south of hero.
One-half surrounded tbe court house,
while the others entered the treasury,
blew open tbe safe, end stole from $3,000
to $10,000. Tbcy all esonpod."
PiiiLADKi.riiiA, April 12. Tho directors
of tbo Texas Pacific railway held a meet
ing to-day lasting over two hours. The
resignation of Colonel Thomas A. Scott,
president of the road was read and accept
ed, and Jay Uould was appointed to nuo
coed him.
tf A. letter has been received at the
Treasury department from an enterprisiug
German citizen of New York City offering
tbe government $10,000 for the privilege
of running a small lunch-counter and
beer-saloon In the lobby of the Post Olliuo
of that city. In a pestscript he added
that if his proposition was entertained he
would make it "all right with tbe proper
parties."
tJTA society has been formed in Mil
waukee under the auspices of tlio Young
men's Christian Association to reform
discharged penitentiary convicts. Iu fur
therance ot the object or the (society a
circular has been sent to various prison
ofllcials desiring that discharged convicts
be sent to Milwaukee to be used for exper
imental purposes. Tbe police authorities
are opposed to tbe movement and predict
its failure.
CVTuesday morning as shiftiug engine
No. 5 was pulling a train of cars up tbe
P. It. It. at Steelton S.tmuel Finley who
was standing on the engine fell off and
rolled under tbe cars. Befoio the train
could be checked tbe wheels of one car
had passed over his body causing iustant
death. Tbe coroner was summoned, a
jury impanelled and a verdict rendered in
accordanoe with the facts. Finley was
employed at tbo Pennsylvania steel works
as a rigger.
g$A few days ago tbe family of Na
than Thompson of Sbelbyville, Iud., were
all taken sick about tbe same time and In
the same manner. Tbey suspected they
were poisoned by tbe milk. An analysis
developed tbe presence of a small quantity
of arsenic, and an investigation resulted in
a grandson of Mr. Thompson's, aged in
confessing to have put something in tbe
milk to make his grandpa sick, in revenge
for a chastisement tbe old gentleman had
administered to him a few days previous,
WNear Bingham, Minn., early on
Friday morning, while workmen were
engaged in clearing tbe snow from tbe
railroad track and working in cuts towards
each other, an engine was ordered out to
make a dash at tbe first block, which was
done with such force that the engine went
clear through, unexpectedly, and brought
up at the second cut, killing one of the
laborers instantly, mortally wounded an
other, and seriously injuring three other
men.
Port Jervis, N. Y., April 1 1. Martin
Shannon, of Lackawaxan, Pa., has receiv
ed a letter from - Springstead in which
Springstead confesses to have drowned a
boy named Samuel As tier at Lackawaxan
on June 12. 1877. The drowning was
supposed at the time to have been acci
dental, but Springstead states that be up
set the boat and kept tbe boy's bead under
water until be was drowned, and that be
did it because he kated the hoy's father,
The self-confessed murderer is at present
confined in the Passaio county, N. J., jail
to await tbe action of the grand jury on
tbe charge of planning to murder and rob
a citizen of Passaio. He had been in tbe
employ of tbe Passaio postmaster.
Every body likes to find a good assort
ment of goods to select from. In Boots
and Shoes we can suit you In this re
spect. M. Dukes & Co.
Newport.
If you want Hats' and Caps, Trunks
and Valises, Shirts, Ties, etc., go to
M. Di kes & Co., Newport.
It Is a Fact. We have recently open
ed some very pretty novelties in the
drees goods line. We have also received
a large addition to our stock of Prints,
Ginghams, 4o., of the new styles. Come
and see them. f, Mohtimkii.
7?f ported )v J. c. WatlU. Kit.
((HUT NtOCEEDlNM.
At tho April Term, 1 mi, tlin folinwlna bin
newt, inter alia, was transuded s
There belli no surety of tint pence or tie-
ii'I'IImh rnvna l.fi trv tlnirtlirll 11..I - 1
.......... . iT, -ok vi.ii imi, ,vnn uruilll
on Mommy afternoon.
civil, Mmt.
Tlio list contained twenty-one ciiiri. f..r
trial.
Kline vs. M In ck a(. Keliineit lamin. Titi.i
of the rliilit to certain eloverseed. Verdict
for Minlck, tn.'M. llnrnott for Mlnlck,
SjioiiHlcr for deft.
mxicr a Co. vs. uno. W. Itlder. Tbe do.
fendnut was sued In amnimpiit for a delit
which plnlntlir claims was owing by Rider to
tlio III 111. Tlio defendant proved tlint bn
paid the debt to ,?. O. Ciimhlcr, n member of
the fli in of Hlxler St. Co., after the dissolution
of tbo firm. Tim Jury found for the defend-
nut. NMiiert lor plllT, hponsler and McAllls
ter for defendant.
ICnmnlngcr vs. Farmers' Mutual Fire In
surance Co. This wns a suit to recover on a
policy of Insurance on a house on Kvn two..
which wns destroyed by fire. Verdict, ff(IO.no
ior piitiiiiiiL. npoiiKicr ror p; ir, eiiert lor
deft.
Ueo. Finisher A Co. vs. David He.nshnw,
ct al. Klcctincnt for n tilccn of luml. Ver-
diet for tlio plalntltT, hIk cents dntnnKcs nml
nix cents cost, cpoiisler for pl'tr, and Tot
ter for deft.
(10) Mary J. Hclscy's use, and (11) .1. II
O. ami J. W. Klnter's use vs. the II. II
Mutual Aid .Society. These two enses were
heard together before tlio same Jury. Tlio
tiliiintilT sued on two willc.les of insurance for
a,0(lo mid :i,ooo respectively, on the life of
ino line uiinsunn ncisicy, or Alllleislown,
j'erry county, i no liiMirauce company lo
feuded nimlnst tlie nollcles hv hIkiwIiiit pvI
deuce of false statements In the nniilleatlou
by Ilelsey, viz: stilting that ho was a nmn of
temperate habits ami had always been so,
umi was nee iriini pulmonary disease. wncrc
ns In fact ho wns then nillietcd.ns tluicoiupa
ny nllcue, with Intemrierato habits, mid con
sumption not only of liquor but of tlio
Iiiiiks. Tlie trial was leiictliy and hotlv con
tested. Tlio Jury doubtless believed that no
falso answers were made, for their verdict
wits for plaintiff in both cases forninountduo
wiin interest. (Sponslcr nnd liarnett for
Illinium ami nciDert loi cleft.
Hubert I'aden vs. Win. K. Clsna. This
wns a mala vm case aualnst Dr. Clsna. a
physician nt lckoNbui'fi, for an aliened defec
tive ami unsltl ll'u setting of tilitmti I s In ok
en arm. The ease was settled. Sponslcr and
biniley for nlt'f. and liarnett for deft
David K. Mlifllcnbnrgrr vs. K. D. Owens.
nils case was lor slander, ami was Willi
drawn nnd dismissed by the plaintiff. Spoil
sier tor pit r ami wnills ror deft
A I! tbo other cases on the trial list, except
mo nuuvc, wore coiiiiutieii.
MIHCKIXANKOUS 1U1SINKHH.
Licenses were prantod to all niinllcaiits ex
eciitlico. F. Kiibinliiiicr, of Moomllcld. (loo.
7V. Cook, of New Ilull'iilo and Jacob Kleiner
of New (iermaiitown.
John lleiuh, under imprisonment for de
sertion of wile nnd child, on conviction nt
January .term, 1831, was discharged from
jail by tho court.
Jos. M. Harmon made application for (lis-
clinrize from I ill, woern lie Is servlim unite
sentence In fornication ami bastardy. Pur
suant to the insolvent Debtors' Act his cave
will be heard on June 7th, next, when, if his
credi tors do not object, he will bo tils'
cnnrceii
The Inquest held on the body of David
Llddick, tlie alleged suicide, was confirmed
ny uie court.
iu tlio Hinder of the application to mako
too iNiiiersiowii undue n tree undue, tlio rot
lowing gentlemen were appointed by tlio
i oiin viewers to report nt tlie August Court,
viz: JikIko (ito. Mlaltenberger, Judge Geo,
mroup, .lacoi) illicit, Isaac Aleck, Sitin'l Shel
icr ami in. unmet-.
CHIMINAL LIST.
Tbe Qrand Jury found the following true
uuia t
Com. vs. Win. T. Williamson, Tramp. 11
BtambaUKh, prosecutor.
Cora. vs. Jetleraon Adams. Malicious mls
chief. John Flelsher and Philip Boeierman,
prosecutors
Com. vs. Emma Duncan and Sarah Robin
son, Assault and Battery. Jas. Robinson, pros
Com. vs. David Kerr, Assault and Battery.
uco. w. BDcaller, pros,
Com. vs. Caroline Sheaffer, Assault and Bat'
tery. David M. Kerr, pros.
Com. vs. John . Campbell, Forgery. J. H
Irwin, pros.
Com. vs. John E. Campbell, Forgery. Wm
II. Mlulch, pros.
Com. vs. Edward Seltzer, False Pretense.
Uriah Bbuman, pros
Com. vs. Benj. F. Robinson, Fornication and
Bastardy, on oath or eusanaab euuman.
The following bills were ignored by the
Graud Juryi
Com. vs. Wm. T. Williamson, (tbe 'tramp)
Carrying a deadly weapon, etc. 11 atam
bantth, pros.
Com. vs. Rebecca Ellen Sanderson, Fornica
tion. Returned by tbe constable,
Com. vs. Jacob Super and Andrew Comp,
Supervisors of Juniata twp. Neglect to keep a
public bridge in repair. Returned by the Con
stable
Com. vs. Caroline Bheaffor, Assault and Bat
tery. David M. Kerr. pros.
Com. vs. Catherine Robinson, Slander. Wm
Robinson, pros.
LIST OF NOLLS FnOSEQUIES.
Com. vs. Dr. Samuel Stltes, chares of slan
der, on tbe oath of Henry Martin, of Millers-
town.
Com. vs. John Rife, charge ot Fornication
and Bastardy, on oath of Laura Gray, of Dun
cannon. Com. vs. Jobn Cornman, charge of Fornica
tion and Bastardy, on oath of Susan E. Brooks,
of Oliver twp.
Com. vs. Wm. T. Dewalt, charge of Rape
and Adultery, on oath of Mrs. Amanda Sbarpe,
of Carroll twp.
Com. vs. George F. Ensmlnger and Aaron
Fleeter, charge of violation of the Liquor Law,
on oath of Bi i J. P. Mclntlre and Amos Robin
son, of New Bloomfield.
Com. vs. Wm. W. Wagoner, charge of For
nication and Bastardy. Indictment No. 7,
Aug. Session, 1680, on oath of Katie C. Loy.
CRIMINAL TKI1L LtlT.
Com. vs. Andrew Jackson McGowan, Eliza
beth McGowan ana John A. McGowan, indict
ment found at January Court, 1881. Charge
Burglary. Jonathan Wert, pros. This case
was begun ou Wednesday morning and was
the first case called for trial by the State. The
defeudauU constituted the major portion of the
McGowan family, husband, wife and son
who rtside In Greenwood twp. Tbey were
charged with stealing pork, In the night time,
out or the bouse of oue William Reed, also a
resident or Greenwood twp. The pork was
found in tbeir possession and no eyplanatlou
was given how it got there. Under the cir
cumstances lbs law raised the presumption
that they, or some one of tbem, stole It, and
the Jury round Andrew Jackson McGowan
guilty, and the other defendants not guilty.
Wallls for Com. McAllister for defu.
Com. vs. Hume. This was an Indictment
found at tlio Jan. Term, 1HN1, for the larceny
and receiving of a shovel. It was proven thnt
Mr. Wert, the prosecutor, bad lost a shovel in
the Spring of 1879, and that when the olltcers
searched the house of the McGowan's for the,
stolon pork they found a shovel there which
Mr. Wert Klenlllled as the Identical shovel
which he had lost. Andrew Jackson endeav
ored to explain from tlio witness box that he
bought that shovel In 1877, at Harrisburg, nt
night. In a hardware store, In company with
another man, and brought It boms on a freight
train and that It was his shovel. But when
Andrew Jackson came to bs subjected to cross-
examination his story didn't hang together.
i. ike tlio tabled Mermaid, It was too mticn
woman to be good for Dsn and too much fish
to ho of any use as woman. Indeed It was
altogether a fish story. When asked where
that sloro was situated he couldn't tell.
llu didn't know even ou wbat streot It was,
whether It was near the (1th Ward Market
house or the down town Market houses, and
tho man who wns with him. stranso to sav.
since then had died. The Jury, consequently,
round Andrew Jackson guilty in manner and
lorm as no stood indicted. 1 ne who ana son
wore acquitted. McGowan was sentenced to
18 months In the F.astorn Ponltentiay. Wallls
for Com. and McAllister for dofls.
Com. vs. Wm. T. Williamson. Tramo. This
was tho first tramp trlnrt in this County under
the Act of DO April 187U, dunning and punish
ing tramps, i ue aoieimant was clearly proven
to he a tramp under the meaning of the Act
of Assembly. The defenso Interposed was
Insanity, and It was attempted to Ire supported
by witnesses from the Jail, principally, who
testified to his peculiar habits. One physician
only was called, and ho thought the man was
tm;n but couldn't say that ho didn't know,
right from wrong, that being the test, In law,
to make the defense of Insanity available. The
plea of insanity, therefore, was not sufllclootly
supported and proven and the Jury round the
defendant guilty. He was sentenced to 8 years
In the Eastern Penitentiary. Wallls for Com..
Vi. If. Hponslor for deft.
Com. vs. JeMerson Adams. This man was
prosecuted for malicious mischief, In breaking
a window pane In tho store of Mr. Broneman,
at Newport. Ho plead guilty and was sen
tenced to 10 days imprisonment iu the Jail.
Wallls for Com. and Potter ror deft.
Com. vs. Johu E. Campbell. Forgery. Tho
defendant In this case does not look tho crlm-
Inal which the proof showed him to bo. He is
a young man of good appearance and fair In
telligence, and he ought to have striven for a
better rate than the Penitentiary. The case
against him was a clear one. Ho had pre
sented a note ror 1150, signod by himself,
and purporting to be signed by A. 8. While
kettle, to Mr. Mlnlch, at Newport, for discount,
representing that Mr. Whitekettle had signed
tho note as his surety, and, upon that state
ment, received I V.l'i from Mr. Mlnlch on tho
note. The signature of Whitekettle was a
forgery. Verdict guilty. He was sentenced to -1
year In the Eastern Penitentiary. Wallls for '
Com. W. A. and W. H. Sponsler for deft.
Com. vs. John E. Campbell. This was an
other case of forgery against the same man.
After bis success In dairaudlng Mr. Mlnlch ho -turned
his attention to the Newport Deposit .
Bank and forged a somowbat similar note,
with tbe name of Whitekettle as surety as .
before, and tried to negotiate It at that bank.
Mr. Irwin, tbe Cashier, suspecting It was a
forgery, laid tho note aside and requested
Campbell to call again, and then, after be left,
made Information for bis arrest. He did not
call again. When the officer fonnd him be
was preparing to take tbe train east, having
purchased two tickets for Harrisburg, and
checked his trunk for the same place. He was
arrested, but escaped from the constable, and a
long search was required to be made before he
was again apprcheoded. On account of a
technical point, which perhaps It may not be
well to explain because It might encourago
forgers In tbulr vocation, the forged noto was
declared by tho Court Insufficient In law to
Justify a verdict of conviction, and tbe only
question submitted to the Jury was who should
pay tbe costs. The Jury brought in their ver
dict ordering the defendant to pay tbe costs.
Wallls for Com. W. A. and W. II. Sponslcr -for
deft.
Com. vs. Emma Duncan and Sarah Robin
son. It was developed in tbis case that women -sometimes
fight as well as men, and, what is
not so well known, they do It with a vim and
vigor that men may hope to emulate but can
never excel. For Instance, here was a woman
going along the public road to get ber sheep -out
of a neighbor's field, when she is set upon
by a couple of alleged females who sally oat, .
as It were, like knlgbts of old, to maul ber on
tbe public highway. And they struck ber, and
slapped her and "picked" her with a gale pin,
until she is Injured so that when she gels
home she vomits blood. Tbe defendants ad
mitted tbe assault bnt alleged that it was jus
tifiable because the prosecutrix bad slandered
them, and tbey whipped ber to make ber take
back the slander. This, however, was not
entirely "according to law," for the law bas
never been that one dare strike another because
of words uttered however slanderous and vile,
but on the contrary the law punishes him .who
strikes in all cases whatsoever except in self
defense. Tbe Jury found tbe defendants guilty.
Wal lis for Com. Barnett for defts.
Com. vs. Caroline SheaOer. In this case the
prosecutor, David McClellan Kerr, complained
that tbe woman had whipped him and be
proved it too. That such a fact should go on
record Is proper and jnst. Tbe popular im
pression is that women are angels and won't
tight. It is a mistake. They ain't and they
will. For the correctness of this position I
appeal to married men generally and to the
prosecutor in this case. That tbe engagement
was severe and disastrous, aod the battle
ground torn up as though plonghed by the
tusks of angry elephants I will not allege.
Perhaps the gentleman's retreat for he did
retreat prevented snch a horrible slate of
things. Bnt that the fracat was interesting
to the spectators while it lasted, and bad its
proper weight upon the mind as well as the
body of the prosecutor the proof in the canse
abundantly attests. Tbe verdict of tbe Jury
was guilty. 'Sponsler and Wallls for Com.
Barnett and W. H. Sponsler for deft.
Com. vs. David Kerr. Assault and Battery.
The stroke was a kick in the stomach of the
prosecutrix, Caroline Sbeaffer, who was tbe
defendant in tbe previous case. The story is
too long to tell rightly, and therefore perhaps
It is best not told at all. Suffice it to say that
tbe Castle or Mrs. Shaefler was besieged by the
defendant and others, aud forcible admission
sought to be gained, the defendant trying to
enter by tbe window where tbe prosecutrix
stood guard with a club. In the nulte tbe club
played about tbe legs of tbe defendant too
warmly for his Immediate comfort and he
relieved the pressure by the simple expedient
of kicking through tbe open window at bis
foe aod strlkiug ber iu tbe side and stomach.
Tben the law began to kick back, and the
witnesses in Court kicked to Illustrate the way
tho kicking was done, and tbe Jury kicked
against allowing that sort of kicking, and a
kicking verdict or guilty for kicking was given
against the kicker. Banuett, W. II. Spoosler
aud Wallls ror Com. W. A. Sponsler ror deft.
This closed the Commonwealth trials, the
defendants having been all convicted without
a single exception.
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