The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-01-22

WooDsx Wspplsa -on last Saturday
evening shout forty q the friends u Mr..
and Mrs. a. 4. whitman aurpriaed them
| with visit, to celebrate their wooden
Wedding. There was lots Of jollity, with
| al abundance Of delicious eatables. Some
OF the presents were useful, some orna-
mental aud some good deal mixed. One
| OF the oldest contributions was : three
bladed jaok-knifs Whitfield out Of wood BY
MIR. A. Montgomery
TRIAL AND AooulTTA1 OF Jxssl A WILL
sos.-The trial Of Jesse A Wilson. Of this
city, for shooting Patrick Esan At Drain
ord on the 18th Of last February, oamS of
at an adjourned term Of the District Court,
held At Brainerd last week. The empanel.
Ing Of the jury began ct eleven O'Clock on
Wednesday forenoon, and At three O'Clock
the taking Of tho evidence commenced.
This vas concluded ON Thursday night the
arguments were made the next forenoon ::
Judge MoKelvy charged tho jury immedi-
ately after dinner and tho jury remained
out between three and four hours, stand
ing on the first ballot ten for scqui.tal and
two for conviction (the in lietment was tor
granddaughter in the second degrse), iaally
coming in with . verdict Of mot guilty"
Tho defense claimed that tho shooting was
strictly In self-defense and even then was
partially accidental. The prosecution WAS
conducted BY Attorney Gen eral Wilson and
County Attorney Holland; the defense by
8. NJ. Flint, Esq, Of St. Paul, and Capt.
L. W Collins. Of this city.
At the same term vas tried the case of E.
L. Strauss. jeweler Of Brainerd, against
W. A. Gates of this oity, to recover S1l7.-
oO, the value Of two watches and chains
delived to Gates to be left 1t Grow Wing,
which were lost BY him on the way. Yer
dict for the plaintiff. L. W. Collins, attor.
ney for plaintiff; J. W. Steele, attorney
for defendant.
The Rev. ]. H. Sherman, who formerly
lsbored in this county, writes ~ fol-
lows from Jewett City, New London
| county. Conn, under date of January 10th ::
II cannot but think, in these disagree
able, rainy days, of the pleasant Minuesota
winters. A week ago Monday vas plod.
ding my way through snow atleast . foot
and a-half deep on the level and more in
the drifts the next week Monday was
Flooding through the mud. These are
some Of the beauties Of mild olimste!'
I'm my pastoral work God is prospecting
me. 1t has been my pleasure to receive
seventy members into tho church by con.
version, and to bapt,se over fifty converts
this winter. My charge has more than
doubled its membership, and the oongregs-
items more than doubled their numbers.
To God be all the glory, for He has been
truly wonderful IN working"
-On dark evening, lately, % rever-
end gentleman Of this city was taking his
usual ante'retiring walk, and IS he was
passing along Percy Place Avenue, near
the union School building. q dog rushed
toward him and began barking furiously.
Tho pedestrian wheeled around, and seeing
the dog crouched silently on tho ether side
of the street. advanced cautiously and
ooa1ingly toward him, with ono hand ex-
tended in tho most friendly manner, and
saying, In paoifying tones: "Good dog
gy !" "Nlce doggy!'' "Here doggy p
doggy" remained perfectly quiet, and his
Reverence continued to advance with friend.
" words aad actions until hs reached the
crouched animal and was about to pat hiu
on the head, when he discovered bis "dog-
gy" to be chunk Of granite, veryfrmly fix.
ed in the ground, at the corner Of T. Jones
front fence. At about the same instant he
made this discovery, the real dog, which
had quietly made detour and advanced
on the minister's flank, opened Z vigorous
attack, and it was only by tremendous
leap that that gentleman saved his clerical
ooat-tails from the CANNES jaws. After
that he made . mastery advance home
ward, with his face toward the enemy,
which continued to follow, barking furious
~, regardless Of the "Good doggy /" and
mice doggy |" TINT fell so persu,.sively
from the ministerial lips.
Down at Kasson, in Dodge county, q
few day ago, young man named Orison
Hoag, who is very poor, and who the Re-
publican says supports his mother and
young sisters, and has been the victim of q
series Of misfortunes for years, was driver
by his necessities to stealing load of wood
to keep those dependent on him from freez
ing. Outraged justice Immediately pouuced
upon him, and he was committed for trial al
the District Court. ''Alss for tho rarity OF
Christian charity" in Kasson! The infini-
tesimal soul of tho man who had him sr.
rested scarcely affords matter sufficient TO,
comment; but the people Of Kaseon who
have souls large enough to be found with
out the aid mioroscope-and we presume
there are such-ought to have taken this
poor fellow, the victim of circumstances,
by the hand, and set him on his feet again.
They would have given him moral strength,
as we'll as have done an act of common
humanity.
The same batch Of exchanges that
brought this item brought an account Of
the operations Of a young man named Har
mon, in Minneapolis, who to years OF
systematizsd stealing from his employers
finally added forgery. He stole, not to
provide for himself OF others the necess,
ties of life, but to live ''fast'' and cut swell
He was detected several times and let off :
was finally arrested, but no ono would
prosecute, and he walked off free. The
lesson young men learn from current
events 10, II, for any reason, they be.
! come dishonest, to DO consummate roguee.
Virtuous public sentiment cannot endure
petty peooadlllos, and kicks the poor devil
who is guilty Of them; but it pats gently,
with apol ogetio rsproof, the forger. the
dssaulting cashier and the absconding Of
fcer. 1t dotss not pay TO sin little.
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