, 1863-01-08
Tic Civil Suit-Afndavi& Of Rev. MIR,
J: T4ager, Etc.

upon the street, in the hotels,
md especially In private circles. No occur
renee for years has created such an intense
interest and itching desire to know all tho
factsin the case. The preliminary ezamina-
tion before the justice is but the opening Of
tho cute which Will let in q food Of testimony:
bearing upon the casc in Eoclal and tneot
cal point Of view, OF themost exestane 'ta4"e
Rev. Mr.. Hager has de:e'n ds:.. ~, ~, ~ ptoe
or+. n. bt..,,1sne prrtics with all the rlgor Of
81 ,ar w sna accordlngly has brought an action
- - ,+rcepass against Lawrence and Perrigo
The II foIlowing is tho at1ldavit upon which It is
asked that the parties be arrested and held to
bail: ~. ;,
State Of Illinois, Cook county, s-Eljiah ".
Hager, Of Chicago, etc, being duly sworn; de-
pogeth and saith, that on Monday, the 9Th day
Of January, 1863, between the hours Of 6 and
p. m., Smith Lawrence and David Il. Perrigo
entered the room occupied by this deponent, |
and after their entrance locked the outer |
door, and the said Pcrrigo stood between said |
outer door aud deponent and prevented said
deponent from leaving the room; that said
paper writing which was In its tenor, etc
that said Lawrence had in his hand stick, |
cane or other instrument Of that character |
which he then and there raised in threaten |
ing manner over the head of deponent-
th1t said Lawrence. laid the said paper be-. t
fore deponent and In loud, excited and
threatening manner, accompanied by the |
:brsndiehiDE over deponcnt's head Of said |
weapon, declared that deponent should then |
and there sign said paper; that he would give
and that # he did not sign he should not leave
said room alive, and that they would beat him
within m inch Of his life; that said Lawrence
during said time repeatedly thrust one hand
into The breast Of his coat, as 1t he had con-
eealed there pistol Or other deadly weapon,
and deponent vatily believed he had such
weapon concealed and was prepared to use the
same upon dcpoucnt; that deponent being de-
fenscless, was forced to and did sign said pa
per. Dcponcut further saJs TINT the contents
Of said paper were and are false, and that be
then and there stated repeatedly that he
signed the same knowing that 1t was false, etc.
Deponent further says that said assault was
made without any cause having been given
either to said LAURENCE or Perrigo, then or ut
any time before thcn-that dcponcnt was and
never seen the said Perrigo more than three
or four times, and that deponent did not know
either Of them when they entered his said
room. ".4
TIE affidavit further sets forth that the said
Perrigo is IN irresponsible person, and that
whereupon it is asked that they be required to
give bail to secure the payment Of any tudg5-
ment that may be obtained against them.
Upon this affidavit warrant was issued for
the arrest Of the parties, The damages are
laid at 5000. :. .
Lawrence, we understand, las given him
self up, but Perrigo is not yet arrested
The Sheriff left for Joliet yesterday for that
purpose, and will undoubtedly bring his pris-
oncr here to-day. In the meantime. we IN
dcrstand suit will be entered for conspiracy
which will sift the whole matter to the bot
tom and determine the merits of the matter.
Parties high in the theological world will un~
doubtedly disclose some Of thc inner work
! ings Of church machinery, while from others
we shall get glfmpses into tho home life. of
Joliet. Each will be unique and interesting,
and furnish abundant faod for the gosstps. =
DENTAL JOURNAL FOR TIE PEopLE.-We
are pleased 10 learn us one Of the many indi-
dications Of progress in Chicago, that in q few
days the first number Of new quarterly
| journal will be issued In our city with the
| above title. It object will be to diffnse cor
rect information among the people on al
subjects connected with the teeth, and 1t will
be conducted by those whose reputation is
such as to guarantee Its success and make it
paper Of much interest aud value. 4 journal
Of this kind is something new, and if properly
conducted may be Of great benefit to the
! commnnity: FINISHED, Is We understand this
will be, at the very low price Of tlfty cents
per annum, there is no reason why it should
not find its way into every house.
GREAT SIAraHTHR.-One Of the greatest
feats on record in the way Of slaughtering
hogs was performed on Tuesday last, in the
packing house Of r. II. & O. 8. Hough, al
Bridgeport. In the space Of only ten hour
and forty minutcs, 2,023 hogs we're killed ant
dressed, with only one tub and forty-six mel
and boyc. Andy Corrignn, the foreman of tht
house, deserves great credit for the accom-
plisllmcnt Of the feat.
TnE GREATEST DISCOVERY or THE AGE iu thii
directiou-Hunsoa's USn1vA11kp Toorn PAsTE-
Sold by Doctors Fnller, Baker & Hitchcock, ant
Druggists and Dentists generally.
BESEF1r.-Thc famous MELVILLE FAMILY takt
4 benefit at the Winter Garden tonight, .shscl
occasion James Melville will siuS All IRISH SoyG
!. and hts wife accomplish grand MEnEET DANCE
DIN COSTELLO makes his frat appearance thcr'
tonight, and will arnnsc the audience with Lii
tomscnlitlee, md perform desperate leaps owe
horses elephants. etc. Several artists have volut.
teered for the OCCASION Go to the Winter Gardcs
to night ard give thu Melville Family bumper.
BCBkErrss CoCoAENE.-No mai Is more ekcpti
cal Of new curc.a1ls than I. Occasionally, howcy
| er, am agrecably disappointed. a few month
ago Was partially bald. and appnehensive Ishoult
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with nc, strongly recommended Burnett's Coco
ainc for the growth Of the hair remarking, 81
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it about nine weeks, and can now boast OF a luxu
rant crop Of hair, having cut 1t several tucs.-
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i. renoyator Of the human hair, but were disposeds
|, first 10 consider many Of the statements exagge
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