Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-07-12
WARREN, July 5, 1858.

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WARREN, July $, 1858.
EpIroR DAILY LEADER;-Couldy you desire hot
ter weather than we have had for the last three
weeks 1t has been hot enough here for com
fort, convenience or profit and the weather
wise people say that the thermometer has rang
ed from 90 to IO3. It has been truly heated
term. and there IS but little prospect of redue-
ton in temperature at present. 1t is an e1-
eellent corn growing season, and the corn crop
bids fair to be good.
Our Court of Common Pleas adjourned on
The % inst, about 10 O'Clock in the evening
A large amount Of business was disposed Of
Judge Potter is somewhat irritable and quick
tempered, and the heat and his illness did not
much improve these qualities, and several IN
stances scenes occurred which could not fail TO
detraet from the dignity of the Bench. Were
it not for these qualities Judge Potter would
make an excellent Judge. He has a strong,
comprehensive mind, secs and grasPs point
ouiek. and in most matters does well. He needs
| a little more independence of mind and expert
enee in his situation, TO give him that conf
denee in his positions as to makeshis decisions
/ satisfactory to the Bar and suitOrs. When he
sb all have controlled his temper so as to enable
him ia sit patiently and calmly and hear what
can he said for or against each question as i
arises he will then look back upon the earlier
scenes of his Judicial experience with astOnish-
ment nor will he then think that the arguments
of counsel are intended as an impeachment CT
his eapacity, knowledge, or Learning, but to pre-
sent the case of q client as it seems to him who
makes it. as well as to aid the Judge to come
10 correct determination.
| Several divorces were granted at this term
There were two cases for extreme cruelty
/ brought By the wife, and the charge in both
eases was sustained. In both cases the mar
riage was a second one, and the parties had
crown children by a ormer marriage In one
! case. Atwood VS. Atwood, much interest was
aroused and clouds Of witnesses were in atten-
dance and examined. Two days were eonsum-
ed in the hearing, and finally a divorce was
/ granted, with allmony. In the other cIses di-
yorces were granted on the ground of wilnl
absence for three years. The Tidd boys were
tried and convicted for grand larceny, in alb
! ~traeting goods from the store of F. H. Abel,
Of Mecca The Court sentenced them to three
vear,' each in the Penitentiary, and the Sheriff,
Nr A 3. Lyman, has safely deposited them
,r;,b tha Warden o; that institution.
David G, Itis, of Southihgton, fell from a
harm last Fri.'ay in state OF intoxication, and
,vas 80 ssriguslI injured that he died in two or
,b-ss davs He ell only IS feet but struck
with the abdomen u pon 4 sleeper and was un-
consious after the fall. He leaves large fam
ily te mourn him He wSs man OF very IN
temperate habits The family have talked some
Of a prosecution against the person who sold
him liquor, for damages
A serious accident occurred at Burgh Hill on
the east side of our county, last week, by which
two bows lost their lives. 1t seems that F. Yer
ron & Co. had powder stored in the garret Of
tleir storehouse, and two or three boys were at
MAY there, when one ran down and said the 9TH
srs were about to light mat,has TO see the pow
der burn, and before anything could be done an
explosion oeeuned which was plainly felt for
qrt,at distance. One Of the boys sen Of Mr.
Veruon-was blown down TO the second floor and
after yanls ran down the stairs and was met by
his pa,rents, who immediately took measures
70 extin. .znish the Games upon his clothing The
other boy was more seriously injured, and was
found in tire garre. among the smoke and rub
bish, where two younl- men at great risk from
fire and further expiOst ~, Immediately ran
This boy was much Injur, d that he died IN
two hours. Mr. Vernon's boy fingered day
or two and also died. A clerk and l. 70 OF three
customers were in the sales-room, but 'tey re-
ceiyed no injury except what resulted from the
jar The building was very much injured abou1
thirty feet of the roof was wholly blown away. |
The fire was extinguished by those who came |
TO the ground. The building was owned by
Seth Hayes, Esq. This is very serious afaiT,
and will admonish all who deal in powder TO be !
careful respecting It's storage
The Bristol Temperance Girls have had to |
suffer for their cause. A suit has been COM
menced in our Court for damages against five Of |
the principal parties concerned in the saekina |
of the grocery of d. C. Miller some time in June
The damages claimed are $500 They were |
also arrested for not, and the examination was
held Monday and Tuesday before Esquire Ayres |
Of Bristol, assisted by Esquires Lee and VOL !
colt OF Pennington. This trial was made the |
occasion of Temperance Pic Me and CeIsbra- |
zion, got up by the ladies of Bristol, and great
time they had of it. A large eoncourse of peo-
pie assembled, many Of them coming frnm the )
adjoining townships, and great deal Of interest
was felt in the issue of the examination and the
excitement continued unabated to the end. Five
girls were under arrest; but there we're four
teen engaged in the transaction, and they all
attended Court in a body, dressing alike, march
ing and sitting together with a flag at their
head. Messrs. Hutchins & Cox and G.. NJ
Tuttle volunteered to defend them, judge
Birchard being the prosecuting e,unsel The
counsel for the prisoners claimed, and esfa5-
lished by proof, that the grocery was a nuisance
under the law, and that they had rignt to abate
the nuisance, as at common law The Justices
believed the concern nuisance under the law,
and held that being such any persons had q
right to abate it-and they, therefore, discharged
the prisoners.
This is a righteous decision based upon the
Wbalesomest rules of law, and will do a vast deal
of good. The affair has stirred up a feeling on
behalf Of temperance in the north part OF the
county which will not flag until the monster,
King Alcohol, is driven out of that section.
The conclusion was not arrived at until mid
night of the second day, but the meeting house
At The center where the court was held was still
full of anxious spectators, who, when the result
was announced, gave vent 10 their feelings BY
long continued cheering. There was scarce an
present who was not gratifed at the
result
The ladies of Bristol deserve great credit for
their grand Temperance Banquet on the ooca-
sion, as well tor the deep and abiding interest
they all feel in the success Of the Temperance
Reform.
On Tuesday Of this week there was a Moving
and Flowing Match on tho farm Of II. B. Per-
kins, Of Howland, which attracted q large crowd
Of farmers and others. The affair was conduct
ed under the auspices Of the TumbulI AgTicul-
tural Society. The Flowing Match went of in
the forenoon and the Moving was done in the
afternoon. Three teams and plows were enter.
ed for premiums. The Gill Plow, plow man
ufactured by Boardman and Reed, of Newton
Falls and plog manufactured by Isaac Fel-i
lows, of Youngstown. The grOoEd was fallOw,