Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-28

PoLIoE CoURT.-BEFoRE JUDek LAwRENoE
The following persons were up yesterday morn
ing at the Police Court John Van HamHn, a
blacksmith on the West Side, was found guilty Of
stealing large amount of machinery from one Of
the packiug-houses, and was bound over to the
Court Of Common Pleas, with bail at 5000
VIM. Stewart, charged with the larceny of
watch, case continued, with bail at $780,
Chares L. Count, alias Charles Baker, was The
thief alluded to yesterday morning as having been
traced by officer Sanford to Grafton He stole
several coats from boarding house on Mandrake
street Sanford finally overhauled him In Town
send, from which place he was going, as he said,
to Toledo. He was, however, persuaded by San
ford to come to this city and he will probably
abide with us for a time
Several cases continued.
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A SAD cAsE.-A man and wife whose home Is
in Boston passed through the city yesterday in
truly destitute circums tances.- They have been
in The Far West and are returning home heart,
sick, discouraged, and penniless, The man is a
painter and tells US they have stopped in al
most every town this side Of st. Jusepbs TO oh.
tain work, but the effort has been vain. They
hoped 70 find employmOntsaud prosperity in the
West but thoi only hop, is to get back to their
homo in Boston, The wife has sold her watch
and they have parted with ali their valuables
to pay their fare as far as here. Officer Clark
Warren, by his exerdon5, helped them on to
Buffalo, and an effort whs made to furnish funds
for them to go on from that place, They are in
telligent Yankee people and it is truly a sad case
to see them in such destitute circumstances.
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Mas. PARTNGroS's New ,BooK.-Mr. DIX o.
the publishing house of Brown, Taggart & Chase
of Boston, was in town yesterday. lie is taking
orders fer Mrs. Partington's new book "Knittng
Work." and we learn that orders are flowing 10
upon him like water The book will have an im
mense sale, as it should. There is genial fresh
ness about the old Lady's doings and sayings
which perhaps no other witty writer of this coun.
try has, The book will be published next week,
Ia the August KHickc booker, we find the follow,
log extracts from knitting Work." wher in
tho dame elucidates natural science to her hope.
ful son Ike
Mrs. Partington is turning her attention to
physical science and motAphy ysics, Here are spec
/
aud revoyes on its own aXle>lre round the sun
jest as reg'lar as any machine you ever see, The
| airth is made up Of land and water and rocks, be-
sides vegetation, and trees, and things growing
The mountings upon the service Of the Garth, are
very high-moren half mile, should think;
some Of EN- are called white mountiugs, because
| they amt black The ocean is very deep, and
some folks think it hasn't got no bottom; this is
all CANNON everything has got bottom, my son,
! The reason they cant find it is cause the world
is round, They throw their sinker overheard
and it goes right through one side, ann hangs down
undernealhj Of course they oan't find any boltoml"
And this is a sample of the good old danes logic,
demonstrating the proposition that WHEN IL does
| not ram, ii Rains" when il rains, the atmos-
! pher9 is surcharged with moisture and whenever
! the atmosphere is sureharged with moisture It
rains. No atmosphere has ever been so fully
charged with moisture as was the atmosphere ut
the time Of the deluge. The present atmosphere
| is more fully charged with moisture than no at
mosphere, Hence the present atmosphere Ia more
! fully charged with moisture than was the Ntmos-
! phero at the time of the deluge, Therefore il
rains and mot only rains but poursY