The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-11
~ Il :" YORK.
"TWelve Temptations" in Court
--Fenian Meehan's condition
Critieal--Sea Navigation--A
pardoned Revenue Swim
der RECEIVERS a debt.
WASHINGTON.
The Georgia BiIl--Public Buildings
in Albany--COngress and Cuba.
BOLD ROBBERY IN PENNSYLVANIA.

SPklkGFIEbpy hhTCn " ho Sohhcu'
ton met at 10 o clock.
| The President announced the following
| as a special committee under the resolution
of Mr. Medill to redistrict the grand judi
ciaI divisions of the State, viz Medill
Church, Dement,, Pierce, Ross, Hay. Wall
and Buxton.
| Mr.. Pierce presented section for sdop
ton which provided that no county, city
township or school district shall ever be
come a subscriber to the capital stock of any
! ivate corporation, or loan its credi, in sG
| . any such corporation. This section shal
be submitted to the legal voters by separate
ballots for the section and against the sec
ton, and if a ma Jority of such votes shall
so determine it shall become q part of the
constitution, and if not then tue said sec
ton shall become null and void. The sec
! ton was made the special order for Thurs
. day next.
Mr.. Perley presented demonstration
against a constitutional provision insisting
on the introd uction of the Bible in the pub.
lie schools.
Mr.. Hsinas of Lake, offered a resolution
. inquiring into the expeGiency OF
limiting by constitutional provision the
/ mum Der of acres Of land to be held by any
one person, so as to prevent large estates be
ing hold for speculation. Referred to the
Committee on Agriculture.
At 1890, with Mr.. Cummings in the chair
the Convention went into Committee of the
" hole on the Judiciary report.
Section 24 providing for Board OF Coun-
t. Commissioners, was adopted.
Mr.. Parker offered substitute to section
25, providing that in counties under town
p l. L.
vide for Board of Supervisors, who shall
have the same powers as Commissioners. The
substitute was voted down, and the section
adopted.
Section %, providing for Courts of Com
mon Pleas, was taken up in connection with
section &c.
Ar. Ross moved to strike out section %.
he thought We had enough courts already,
and the people would think that the Con
veution contained many candidates for
jndgeships.
Mr.. SchoGeld said the system of Common
Pleas Courts had worked well in other
States. This court met q great want by
supplying better judicial talent than was
found il county Judges. The system was
very much liked wherever adopted.
The motion to strike out was carried.
ccSsiob -uS Pio'ioiHk ioi fAO
bate courts, was taken up. MIR. dement,
moved to strike out. He believed one coun-
ty court would be sufficient to do all the
business required.
MIR. Ben amin hoped the motion would
not prevail, for he knew that the extended
jurisdiction and probate business would be
100 much for any county court. The pro-
bate court was, In his opinion, necessity.
Nv E'ldrtdua ID thof in his h.
entire time of the County Judge was occu-
pied in county business In counties of
80, 900 inhrbltants a Probate Judge would
have abundant business TO engage his time.
Mr.. Medill SAID we need better class OF
men for Probate Judges, and in electing a
man simply for that position the people will
select one of acknowledged ability.
The motion to strike out was lost.
The amendment providing for the election
of Probate Judge by q majority OF votes In
any county, WAS lost.
Mr. Hayes offered to amend by providing
for the appointment by the Governor oil
Probate Judges. Lost
Several other amendments met the same
fate, and the section was adopted, together
with the 9th and 18th, and the Convention
adjourned.
NEw 1oKK, March l0.-Mary Eisdsle, Of
Brooklyn, has attached the property of John
c. Foster, the reputed author OF the play
of Twelve Temptstions,n now on at Fisk 8
Opera House, TO secure the payment OF q
claim she has against him for board and
money lent Judge DAILY, of the Court OF
Common Pleas, yesterday denied motion
to vacate the attachment.
The condition of P. J. Meehan, edit or of
the Irish American, who was shot on the
night of February 2e, by DIR. Keenan,, is be
coming more critical every day. No Oh Q Is
permitted to see him, and none are ALLOW ed
to mention the circumstance of the shootiD
IN his presence. He is perfectly conscious,
but suffers pain when moving hi, head, and
it has not been thought safe to attempt to
remove the ball from his neck
The logs of the ships which arrived at
this port yesterday show that, during the
last two months, navigation has been at
tended with unusual perils. The heavy
gales at this season have been without pre-
oedent, and, it is feared, many disasters
must have occurred that have not yet been
reported.
John Devlin, we'll known from his con-
nection with the whisky cases, and having
served term in the State Prison, but was
pardoned by ex-Presiden. johnson, yester
day go. verdict of sS,43O.74 against
George D. Crary, Ethan d. Watson ana
Henry Pike, to whom he sold twenty-eight
barrels of alcohol in Septe nber, 1867, ou.
which, up to the present til ne, they had not
paid.
PITTSBURGH, March ll.--At about l2:3O
Yesterday afternoon three men In buggy
drove up to the Farmers and Mechanics
Bank of Birmingham. Two of the men
entered the bank, one of " hom knocked
down the cashier, who was th only empioye
of the bank present, while the other went
behina the counter and seize d all the money
on the desk, amounting to 100000, placed
the money in basket and ran of. A crowd
collected and pursued, cat, hing two Of ths
men and securing the monty.
WASHINGTON, March TO-. The Republic
Senatorial caucus adjourn ID at IL o'clock
without reaching any eoncl usion concerning
the Georgia bill. Senator Drake endeavor
ed to secure vote on his proposition Il
strike out Mr.. Binghan's amendment, bu
the majority we're adverse to such action
preferring to leave the INST ter open for eaci
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