, 1874-05-15
LOCAL. MISCELLANY.

@~~f\Ns kFAI~oAA4@F0iNt -
THE HoeANs AND THE MuRpH1Es.
Juatico Doyden yebtorlhY threaded hta way
through labyrinth Of Irish oloquencc to COM
iortable apprehension OF shocking caso OF IT,
sault aud battery. Thoto wete two persons In
5ured physically, nnl all their respective noigh-
bora, Bympathizers, mud dependents taorally
invaded. T1oro nro, III tho classic
regions OF Butterlold and Twonsy~oghth streets,
two families, now as vlolouB1y innlnod toward
Que another aB tho Montaguen and CapuletB, to-
wit: tho Ho9ans md the Mnrpbies. Imagine tho
eocue, as It was described BY tho poetic attorney
gonius Of him who Btood for tllo do:
geese, grazing on tho etnbby gress, lobstor
and oystdr cans, brokon bottles, and old tat.rims
ly-einking Bnn, fearful Of no rnto intrusion into
thoir Eden, .tlloy lunollcd of these dainty NOR
eels, md oeoklod pmau Of praise and
dedicated to tho poverty Of tho propnrty 9"ner n,
he hoo 0G % St S 1a aat sr bops s@ssn o u" @ s
cient goose ownod, by Mrn. Hortn, WHO watched
them with tho pride of maternity mud tho hopes
thoreof Upon this peacefnl sceno. thls other
Eden, CROFT the aorptnt in the ga'se Of woman
HIRE tho rnptdlty Of uttornneo Of tho excited
hand reporter laid ,tosn his pencil in
ttcs11ar. ao rtHunlou operations rs tho
attorney pictured tho, aeopo TINT, fol-
lowed. 4 niaintlvo gandot hobbled painfully
atunet as though his suspendors hid both glveh
way In public place, Mttcring dishoarsening
yells, Dohlnd him WAS William Murphy with 4
stek Quo log 9f th' ,1 mornful btped was REL hopot
uagacIty which marks them as examples
mined that theirs should be broken also.
Mrs. Hogan oamo out ut this moment, and in
- nt,1n rnxffp hfonI3nf3 rA.
proachcl the porfidious Mrs: Murphy. Those
nxpreBsiope we're in Irish, and tho pfeader, now
waxing warm, re1inqnished oil histronio or imi
tative efforts as beyond even hia power.
for tho defense, whose description Of events
following, while wpnting in patlos, was renorlsn-
bly, vivid. Mr. Hogan returned from hfs labors.
80 did Mr.. Murphy. Tho oon5ugnl eaoklinR that
took plaeo. IN tho Hogan family Vas rivaled
Murphy establishment. The hoads Of these
two great fam,leB suddenly encountered ono
another half way bctneen tho two housos,
They had both listened to tho stories Of their
spoaaes; both fot ,wrongod about some-
each determined to bsonk tho others head. The
narratives Ind beon equally long IN both houses,
and equally Celtic; q gandcr--or Its Irish oquiya-
len,--was the only intoigible word il either.
Achilles aud Hector conld not have rivaled tho
conoussion which occurred when Hogan and
Murphy met. Hogan was the upper dog In the
fight, and his foo was yelling,-wish suppressed
courage, Of cour1e,-when the women arrived.
Mrs. Murphy carried pischfork, md, charg-
fnR from the house, thrust tho tines into hlr.
Hogan'a--garnents. It must be understood
TINT in ohasttHing Luis foe Mr. Hogan bent down
and tightened Ills clothes all ovor him. He
looked toward his home as he did this, with true
domestic Instinct, and after Mrs. h1ur-
phys arrival he jumped eight feet
nearor home ntd ono hand was glued
below the small of llin back, in mnnner quito
fntellgiblo to those who saw tho pitehfork trail
through the air like the tnil Of q cnmet of which
Hogan was tho nucleus. In describing this
ovont, which he did with much oare and minute
ness, tho attorney made spring toward tho
JuRtice, and in hls flight sat down, "a it were. on
both his own hands, while his taco Expressed
great anguish.
The gaese which saved immortal Roma from
the Gaula did not reHoue AIr. Hogan from the
satne. Tire Justice looked the case over. Ho
ssw the peaceful gander hopping off on one
Log, hcard tho roar OF Mr.. Hogan'e eloqncnce,
saw The copoueston when tic families met,
almost jumped from his seat when l1a
Thought Of MI. Hogan'e misfortune, and then
Donderod. Human natnrc was human natute.
Mr Murphy had brokon d gooso'a log; Mr. Ho-
gan bad broken the penco. There the partica
Wcre quits. But Mr. Murphy could sit down in
court, and h1r. Hogan couldn't. Argal, conclud-
ed the Justice, Mr. Hogan is lacd $40. And tha
stupid Hogan absolutely Appended from this de-
oision.