Middletown transcript., 1873-11-22

psehias Il The wiiniagton depot during Giants
visit 70 that city, wets discharged from esslody
Anthony Higgins and Jshn O'Byrn, Esq.
eousssl lof the alleged delaware Bank robbsss''
asked fos csatln1khcs of the case on the ground
that The prlsosers were nenrcsidsnts and that
many important Witnesses were out Of the State
| 1Se All. General replied that such . u,oiioa
- out cf placs = The prisoners wsse not Jet
fks four pssssssss, Fraacis n. Cassss, alias
Fnncis Mcdonnell, Joseph Lawler, Jas. Themas,
alias James J. Watson, alias James Hops and
Edward Murlesr, wsfs arraisnsd on indis'msa.
guilty" The indictment contains two counts,
| ~ for burglary Of Mr.. Samuel Floyd's housc,
| t2) OF the National Bssk of Delaware.
Mr.. O'Byrn movsd for time to prepars afsi-
dAsits 10 sustsin the grounds Of continuance
asked for.
The Attorscy Gssersl asked that the ccuusrl
| for The prisoners Disclose their grounds lsr
which they seek . conuuuance - 10 what they
wish 10 rebut BY these Witnesses. The court
allowed the case 10 70 over I'll the afternoon, and
the prisoners were remandsd TO Sherins cus,o-
dy.
session the "Bank Robbcr' prisoners were
brough. out and placed la the box. Mr.. Higgins
| Of counsel for the defence read and submitted
TO tho court, the afidasiis Of the prisoner TO the
effect that they coui prove an alibi on the day
| OF the attempt 10 rod the Bank.
Frances II. Carter made affidavit that he could
prove he was In Philadelphia on November I
mentioning the name Of the person he was with /;
| and that the public mind was so prcudiced
agains, him as to effect the jurors, and would
! thereby jcopardixe for him m impartial trial un-
| less he could obtain q continuance Of the case
Joseph Lawler also made affidavit that he was
| In New York City on that evening.
| The others made like Aifidaviis 10 absence on
the even ing Of the attempted robbery. The
Coars refused the application and ized Tuesday
next for the trial.
| Odessa lseuas.
4 From Odessa Correspcndent.l
Our citizens scarcely Oar. stir at nigh, lest they
suddenly fRd themselves 'kertonexed'' In n
mud puddle, or into n gutter and, perchsnrc 6ud
their conspanion clingiog 10 fence 10 which he
has scrambled 10 avoid some obstruction in his
| path, and, again, if peradvcniure he has n lady
friend at his side he Is somewhat in u quAbdsry
as to what steps to take for he knows not where
he may bring up. This all arises from the fact
| that there are no lamps 10 show the way for III,
pedestrian. The question 10 asked by many
where are the lamps but the sad response d
''among the missing ones others reply "where
they will ever be remembered" But the mort
sati.f .fseory is, the posts are in the lumber yaid
Taliny TO he hewn into proper shape which
event will create MS much excitement as the pro-
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not long 10 Withheld from us for l, Is great
drawback on good temper but leaving all TO
the future and its actions we will submit 10 hope
The meeting n, the N. 4. Church Ia still con.
tinuiug In interes, and many nre coming to God
for pardoning grace. We hope many will ye,
come and be blessed.
The Buell. family gave one Of their very inter-
es,ing concerts at the N. L. church 10 a small
but very apprcciativc audience II Is rumorcd
that they will return at some future date not fai
distant.
| Msnor Topics.
Las. Sunday was a pet day 4" tho weather
was dcligsiful but on Monday Il was excessively
raw aud iisagrceahlc. II rained pretty much al
day, aud in the evening the hrs, snow Of ,h,
season fell In sufficient quantity 10 whi,cn III,
ground.
Owing 10 the diHicuity in collecting none,
Messrs. Buckle Son and A. Remington hav,
been compelled 10 discharge a portion of thci
hands. Cox 4 Bro. have been running on par
tial time for some weeks,
The Government has ordered the iron-clad
steamer Cdnonieus lying in the Harlan llollingx
worth Cos yard NJ Wilmington for repairs, to b,
put In order immcd lately.
Some of our young men express themselves ai
ready and willing to volunteer for war wit,
Spain whenever the Government wants them
They are spelling for fight.
Major II. got heavy tumble last Sa,urda,
night, bu, he was not much hurt. he careful
Major, you were on dangerous ground ,ha, aighi
You may get more and harder falls.
John Drummond, Esq has completed the re-
pairs upon his mill dam which was so teiribl!
Injured by the "Big Flood" and Is now read,
to attend TO the wants Of the public.
The Rolling Mill at Newport stopped on Friday
of last week and some 10 hands were thrown on
Of employment.
The Tasker mills at New Castle, were closed
few weeks ago, and their employees discharged
Hard times ahead.
Next Thursday will be Thanksgiving day.
Serious Charges.
Samuel N. Harrington, Esq. published state
mcut last week In which he accused u s. Marsh
al Dunn Of packing juriss' before the U. s
This very naturally made the marshal pretty
mad. lie nj once replied, denouncing Mr. iiar
rington's charges IS false and malicious, and nc
cusiag Mr.. II. Of cndsavering 10 injuto bis char
actc-, closing his letter with plain isiima,ior
to Mr.. Harrington that he did not intend to al
low him to escape his legal liability.
Mr.. Harrington replied, rcailirming his forne
charges and further accusing Marshal Dunn o.
s,uiIing ballot boxes and Of bringing forty met
from Philadelphia TO Wilmington 10 be used a
repcaters AT the election in 1870. lie also pro
duees an affidavit from citizen Of wilmiag,oi
| 10 tut Vutct tflnt puuH seut !ucH Into AppOluiH
imink Hundred on election day In 1870 10 seiz
the ballot boxes, an account Of which villaineu
proceeding Was published In these columns at th
iims. In closing his letter Mr.. II. ia,imates iha
: his list OF charges Is not Jet exhausted.
D Had these charges come from Democrats the,
. would have been called ''coppcrhcad lies" b!
the ''moral'' Radicals, and very little heed pai'
to them, but when they are made by some OF tn
4 msrshal's own political household who are pre-
= sumed TO know whereof they speak, they sirik
! deep and hurt badly.
!: The Asnassur Concert.
s. The concert given by the amateur Minstre
Tsoupe,n composed Of young men Of Middlstowi
and Odessa, on Thursday evening" was yer
crediiahlc and successful affair. For once III
Town Hall was 6led to ovsrfewing. Every
body aud bis brother went 10 the concert, I'm
PEELED perhaps by curiosity 10 sHc how on
!. miustrsls would make out. Their en-. .csity wa
: gratldsd, and, judging from the roars oflaughie
which greeted the performers, the eneorss and III
-. ~ a Il a. a.