The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-05
GENERALTTTFS.
OOatIr snnrt.

Costly SnOrt.
Donne supreme Judicial Court, in session at
wSVteI S week before last, was occupied three davs
win the trial of the case of Kicker vs. FreomS,
5e en action brought by the plaintiff against tho
ueIendant for injuries sustained eleven vaorS
asgoI When the parties were schoolboys of about
we've years OF age. The evidence showed tbot
uurlng the recess of the school which thew a.
tended, the boys were "sl1ylarkng' on the
s5.alTs, In the course of which Freeman tbrew
NJ Mhieker SO Violently that he fell upon some hooks
III tne WALL one of which entered his neck and
old MIN so much injury that he never recovorod
from the effects of it. The damages wern IaiJ
at $4,000, and the action has been deferred til
M nnls late day when the parties became of are
Inc Jury rendered verdict for the plaintiff and
gave him damages to the amount OF s325O No
malice was imputed to the defendant. but tbe
act for which he is made to pay so smartlv ,yae
the result OF the rough play in which school
Patriot Wv H.
Restored TO Sight.
strange story has got abroad in Edinburph
recently in regard to an aged female pauner In
lne St. Cuthberts Poorhouse. The woman has
been an inmate of the poorhouse for n rood
many years. and in addition to her other misfor-
tunes she had been afflicted with blindness. Not
long ago she was attacked with a violent pain,
@ @such as the medical officers could not under
stand, lar less relieve. 1t lasted the whole of the
night and part of the following day, and was
described as of such nature that it threatened
10 "tear her eyes out" At last it reached
n
state of semi-prostration; but to ner delight as
soon as the pain had passed off, she found that
her eyesight had been restored! One can i'm
agine the astonishment of one of the officers
when, shaking him heartily by the hand she
said:-"l have often shaken hands with Won
before; have often heard your voice and spoke
to you, but never have seen your face till this
moningl"
The Spanish Mission.
The withdrawal of Sickles and the apnoint
ment of Mr.. Parke Goodwin whose name has
already been mentioned in connection with the
place, and who is of the order of mind of
Adams, fdotey, and the early statesmen of the
country, would be an act suited to the occasion.
MIR. Goodwin net only comprehends the philoso-
ply of history, but he has that broad and sensi-
tive nature which responds to the thought of the
people The experience and studies of Mr. God
win, his accomplishments as q linguist his init
mate acquaintance with public affairs, and espe-
cially with the politics and men Of our own
country, peculiarly fit him for the present
e eemergency IN spain. For some years he has
been Withdrawn from the active editorial man
agement OF the Post and has passed the time in
europe, gathering materials for the continue
tlon OF his great history of France all the while
mlngllng with the best informed and most active
men of the Old World. Our interests and orr
honor would be cared for with wisdom and
dignity were they intrusted to the care of Mr.
Gsdwln, and certainly there is reason to fear
that they are not now safe.-Cincinnati Com
nercidI.
Travellers on Long Island Sound.
The means of safety for travellers on our
Sound boats are becoming very unsound. About
six weeks ago we called attention to the case of
passenger who was drugged, robbed, and
thrown overheard from one of them without
apparently exciting the least notice of any of the
officers of the boat. Luckily the victim of this
outrage was an expert swimmer, and so saved
his life, after remaining in the water nearly two
hours. Last Wednesday night a man named
Cox and but recently arrived in this country,
TOOK passage on board the steamer Bristol from |
this city, and late in the evening was shot bv |
some stranger without the slightest provocation.
These occurrences, taken in conjunction, give |
rise to question of taste, namely, whether it is
preferable to be shot or be drowned People |
who prefer the water lines of communication
would do well to settle this question in their own
minds before purchasing tickets.-N. Y Post.