Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-28
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Mrs. CUNNnGHAM's SERVANT Sues a LADY
FOR SLANDER--1hs jury JiUe her Il VerGlict Of |
S400.-An interesting case for SANDER was tried
in the Supreme Court on Saturday, before
Judge Gholson. The plaintiff Mary Multi
gan, formerly servant in the employ of DIR.
Burdell and Mrs. Cunningham in New York,
and the defendants were IL. b. RuggIes and wife,
the latter ClreSsmaller on Fourth street. The
damages were laid al So, 000.
The history of the case, as developed on the
trial, was about as follows: Mary came from
New York TO this city with Mrs. Finnegan
and applied at an intelligence office for employ
ment, where she met female who recommend
ed her to go TO confectionery establishment on
Third street, near Race. She went there ac-
cordingly, but after remaining day or two, did
not like the appearance of things about the
house, and left. Subsequently, she found en-
! plOymeut in the dress making establishment of
Mrs. Ruggles, Fourth street, where she re-
uiained between three and four months, when
some difficulty occurred between her and the
lady Of the house. The later, it was in tcsti-
mony, went into the room of the shop girls, aud
complained ofthe ingratitudc ofMary, after she,
| the defendants, had taken her from 4 house OF
prostitution, land doing Gor her what no other
| lady would have done" The actiOnable Ian
guage was far stronger than choose 10 give it
i'll print. Two or three of the girls in the store
appeared as witnesses Tor the plaintiff, and tes-
titled as 20 the particular words used by the de-
! PENDANT.
/ The testimony for the defence was intendend
to explain the language of Mrs. Rugglcs-rhat
| she did not charge the complainant with being
a prostitute herself but that she had recently
been employed in house OF that character,
meaning the confectionery establishment on
Third street a constable was called to prove
| the character of The house. who said il was much
visited by girls OF bad reputation. This closed
the syGs:S on S25H a tbs jury thai the words
alleged 10 have been used by Mrs. Ruggles were
in themselves actionable; that any inputation
on the chastity of a woman was slandcrous; and
the real question IN the case was, whether the SLAM
derous sung in the law implies to be embraced
within the words, was taken away by the man
der IN which they were spoken, or by other
words used In explanation at The time. \ mere
epithet of abuse would not be Islander, but
while this was the law in reference 10 words of
that description, the language here complained
ot did not appear 10 come within the category
but rather Conveyed from the very expression,
the statement Of fact. Taken IN any sense
! they would at least give .he idea that The plain
TIL had been an inmate Of such house rs that
described, and that defendant had reScncd her
Il statement wich might make an impression OIL
| those who heard il, when the explanatory cir
cumStances would be forgotten. If the words
could be misunderstood, the party had right
| TO use them. Although, we claimed, The plain
TIL had sustained no actual pecuniary damage,
! rs she was immediately employed IN respectable
families she at least sustained the damage aris-
| ing from wounded feelings, and from the ncces-
sty of standing out in her defense, by bringing
an action at law.
The jury were ont some two or three hours,
and returned a verdict for the plsintitf of S40U
damaSeS-a warning to the female sex 10 be-
ware of giving too free license TO their tongues.
Cows AND HoGs.-From carefully conducted
experiments by different persons, it has been
ascertained that one bushe of corn will make
little over ten and a half pounds of pork-gross.
Taking the result as basis. the following de-
auctions are made, which all Qua farmers would
dowell to La by for convenient reference
That,
When corn costs 129 cents per buShcll pork
costs l / cents per pound.
When corn costs II cents per bushel pork
costs cents per pound.
When corn costs % cents per bushel pork
costs cents per pound.
When corn costs 35 cents per bushel, pork
costs cents PEI pound
When corn costs so cents per bushel, pork
costs cents per pound
The following statements show what the far
mer realizes in his corn when sold in the form
of pork:
When pork sells for three cents a pound, it
brings p cents per bushe in corn.
When pork sells for 4 cents per pound, it
brings 80 cents per bnshel in corn.
When pork sells for 5 cents per pound, it
brings 40 cents per buShel in corn.
UNDERGROUND RArLEoAD.-Eyen the Under