The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-06-28

ShhV 'Vtin comWeuceU on the ivth
instant judge wdIrKLrS presiding.
The frst part Of the week was con.
sumcd in the calling C the docket, !
aud the assignment of cssvs for hear.
ing. Several cases of minor impct-
taucc were disposed Of, the con6rma'
ton Of sales, etc. The case Of TOMB
& RoDorustS UMsrEAp, IN which i,
win be remembered, on former tiial |
the verdict Of the jury was for the !
defendant, came on for hearing on |
the Goth The case was an unusual
ly cxciIng ono and occupied nearly |
the chtire week About forty wit
ncsscs were examined. The action
was brought by tho plaintiffs to re-
cover damages for the alleged sale, 10
them, by tho defendant, Of quantity
Of unwashcd wool. On Sunday at
terndon the jury returned with yer
diet Of s26G for the plaintiffs. PIT
ILARs 4 SENEy for plaintiffs LEE Il
G rBsoN for defendant.
In the case of LYMAN WnlTE, Ad-
miuistrator dc bonuis non, of the cs
tate of JOEL w. WILSON, deceased, IS
IL. w. Mon, the decision was for the
plaintiff. Lnr for plaintiff, GIpsoN
& PrSSiNaToN for defendant,
Notwithstanding the heavy pressure
Of the atmosphere, an unusual amount
of yivacity aud ability has been dis
played by Counsel generally.
PupLIc SCHOOLS xAMINATIoNs
COMMENCEMENT EXEpcIsEs--TnE
GRADUATES EFFIcrgNcy OF TEACH.
Ems AND pupILs.--The discrimination
of the Public Schools of this city,
which we announced in our issue OF
the nth instant, drew out quite q
large attendance of ladies and gentle
men, who are friends to the cause Of
general education. The examinations,
according to the programme, com
mcnccd on Monday, june 18th, and
continued until the Wednesday fol.
lowing, inclusive, during which time
the following was the order of pro-
cecdure: Iu the lst Ward, on Mon
lday afternoon, the Primary and SEQ
ondary Schools were examined on
Tuesday the intermediate and Gram
mar Schools; on Tuesday and Wed
lncsday afternoon the Senior German
aud High Schools. In the ID Ward
on Monday afternoon, the Primary
Schools on Tuesday 'he Secondary
and intermediate Schools These ex-
aminations were conducted by the
teachers of each school, We believe,
and then the classes were handed over
to the tcuder mcrcies of the much
dreaded Examining Committee, mem
bcrs Of which are at liberty to ask
any question or questions thought
proper. Questions in Astronomy
were proposed and answered prompt.
ily. 1t was affirmed by one of the
graduating class Z" that the sun was
the centre of the solar system. The
following question was then asked by
a member of the Committee "lf tho
sun be the centre of the solar system,
what relations do tho other planets
sustain The answer was promptly
given THAT of interiors to superb
ors." Then followed tho question
4" If their relation be that of inreri
ors to superiors or rice uersa, where
is obtained the ma tier for the forma-
tion of the planets This question
drew out a lengthy explanation, thor,
oughly convincing the listeners that
the whole subject was we'll digostod
and understood and not matter Of
memory. .f.l
The examinations, as a whole, were
entirely crcditabJo to teacher and to
pupil and were such as to commend
the very competent Superintendent,
Mr.. s. j. KIRKwoop, and his corps
Of assistant teachers, to the confidence
and patronage OF the people Of our
city; and we think it is emincntly
proper, that whore there is an unusu
al excellence manifested il should be
made a duty to give credit, and en-
courage such teachers in their efforts
to make our public schools such, that
they will not fall short of any of the
same grade in the State.
The High School is under the cx.
ccllent management Of Miss zERBE,
assisted by Miss GAsroN, The Gram.
mar School is admirably conducted
by Miss l.. w. SHAwHAs.
.ra. tri GRADUATES.
The following ladies and gentle.
men have formally graduated with the
close of the late session and have re-
peived their diplomas
/. Miss ELvIRA BEILHARz.
2, Mr.. CHARLES SULLIVAN.
3, Mr.. FRANK DILDINE.
4. Mr. Louis ULRIcH.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. L
These exercises took place in the
High School room at 2 O'Clock p. n.
Thursday, June 2lst, and consisted