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1ndge Hubbard, IN this city, another lawsuit the
garaieufars Of which are as follows: ReinharJt
-31enarieks, on the 18th of September. brought
salt against " Brick z pomeroy to recover nav
8ot tw0 roosters shot by the fiefen dapf Win =
sre~Qg the chickens belonging to the plaintiff
g the value of fifty cents each This morning
ge sslis came oli, esS-mayor Hon. james l. Lyndes
fendant appearing in his own defense
ihe court room was crowded, for the idea of
aYlng an EDITOR inr stealing or shooting chickens
Rsss q 5eEe1iy. Inc plaintiff brought in his bill
sEore 70 its correctness, testified thar he owned
she eaiekens, that they were raised by a hen be.
s9ngIng q nun, that he saw the defendant shoot
slen, that he had repeatedly asked Tie defendant
so settle for them; and, failing to get pay OF salts
sacnoi1 ne was compelled to bring suit, and asked
Tor Judgment Of 81 and costs
aId proved BY four reliable Witnesses the follow
~ April, 1866, the defendant owned FAST run
LIS asleR mare, tSltty, which ANNA was kept in
s sSaoie Mred by him, and cared for by one Of his
employees, Through d little hole in the barn or
stable the plaintiffs hens would fly in and eat oats
atehded Tor the mare Kitty. and, on the approach
sof any one would fly out. In an old barrel in the
stable, one of the hens, black one made her
nest, laid thirteen eggs therein and proceeded TO
xaise family, When the hen got ready to set,
Sas aeienaait instructed the hoy who took care of
ms g mare TO SO down town, purchase thirteen eggs
ot Y. w Roblnson & Co., grocers, and put them
n the nest rst removing the other eggs. The boy
shta SO, as was proved. He then personally drove
s4
y urea 70 make her leave, and she would not but
proceeded 10 incubate his eggs, duly bought and
Esa1d iofs WIthert his consent leave or license,
aler epeated efforts his part and by his agents
~ nave her Yacate his premises And, further,
Hhen tue hen had hatched his eggs, slleran away
With his chickens, eleven in number, two eggs not
Qroducing chickens. 70 her services he brought
an pdset the use of stable and board in the shape
of oats. He charged her with two eggs she
SPOILED, and demanded Judgment for the balance
oI the hocki nine ID number, at fifty cents each
And besides, he proved that the chickens did not
belong 20 the hen, as she was black while the
chickens were red or speekled Hendricks has
sued all his neighbors for some little trifiing mat
Ger, half dozen times each during the past two
years; After paflent hearing, the judge decided
Ihat there was no canse for action, and that the
defendant was entitled to the other nine chickens
and the plaintiff must pay the cost of the suit,
amounting to SIT S74.
GEN. BANKs.-Gen, Banks secs trouble, The
Laaicals IA his district, not liking bis position on
the congressional amendment, which lie pro
fesses to consider final condition precedent to
tne admission of the South to representation and
esnseia1ly wishing to have their revenge on the
President for turning Gooch ont Of the naval
once BY sending him back 70 Congress in return,
were very glad to avail themselves Of so conye
nient pretext, whether il was based on truth or
not, as that the general was drunk in the streets
of Portland, ana has in fact been habitually drunk
of late, or since the termination of the war
They made the matter d leading point in the cues
ton IN renominating him, and although, at the
Hast he lOomed mp in full show of figures he
&Ehtiy GaHle nearer DGlDg thrown +OYerD Oard than
ale would care to say much about himself.
Plenty of men declare they believe he was
eFhnk ON the occasion referred to, and more than
one person declares he saw him in that condition
sllas has own eyes. The general impression is
ahat such thick volume Of smoke indicates fire
somewhere undeFib. do not believe the political
4ne ot Banks in this latitude is destined to be
long lie has had his day, and some excellent
aGhRnees, too. We rather looked to see him lead
m fn giving The direction to the conservative CON
Isu1lonal current in the Republican party but it
seems that be had neither the vgor nor the cour
age His strength, WhateYeri it Is, lies concealed
now beneath his department. The excessive
1Teshnesso of ms expression and gait will not fail
sp ssslke any one but something more than that
ls wanted with acularly inclined sayings thrown
an, ~ these times. Banks follows the Sumner
party. Hn!e Vt hsart despising 1t. They care not
ag for him. and win tolerate him no longer than
~ c0nFenIent.- Boston Corr. Chicago Times
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The Paris correspondent of a London newspa-
per seiates that Eugenie is very fond of novel
Reading, and especially fav0rs such tales as CON.
eaia records OF exciting adventure, courage and
patience. On the evening before she left Paris
1cr siarritz, the empress was absorbed in Ed
mund Ahoutas celebrated novel tTFellte ct fludf.
ntte and wholly pre-occupied with the fate Of
S.splall bl5terln, the most amusing parsonage of
eais hehons When Of sudden the emperor re-
quesIed her majesty's presence. Very reluctant
Lyi and not without expressing some regret, did
ere empress lay aside the interesting volume to
obey her lord and master. The next morning her
majesty LEFT St. Cloud for Biarritz not having
neHa able 70 come to the defioue7lleilt OF Captain
Bltterlins adventures However, as she reached
3iasfiEz, q telegraph dispatch was handed to her.
IT came direct from the emperor, and only CON
tanned these words: la Gdpitaine BHtertis est
mort ~ III NJ
Fo1.--A correspondent of the New York Her.
saids who accompanied Assistant Secretary of the
4 Navy Fox on his Russian excursion, says that he
has been very unsuccessful in his speeches. In
she earlier days Of the visit he wisely confined
himselfto very brief remarks but afterRard grew
ambitions, and made addresses very windy in
aheir native English and still more SO after they
Aad been transmitted by an Interpreter. At a