, 1874-07-03

Ing OF tho questions Of conflict Assumes serlous
aspect: Il was vory, ovtdont TINT tho Court
was a :, doeply impressed By the .st.tementt md
would not DO surprlhiDg wero tho case To result
Il, tho Court snHtn1ing tho point mRlo regard
Ing tho conflict OF tho two 1awH. It IL believed
that this would lot all parties concerned onsly
and gracefully out Of tight r1oco: DouhtsnsA
tis Court fa not anxious to obtain tho reputation
Of being tho 1irBt to rass ,ipo>i IN laHna that Inns
already entirely changed tho I,oltsicn! sentiment
II tho West, md bids fair to aEItato tho natior'
Tomorrow will doctlo tito question. q
JUDGE MoFFAT. or 1T. CRoIx COUNTY, Holds TIE
Law TO nE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
spee'al Dispeteh ta RE Chteaqo Tribune. :.
!, HUDSON, Wis, July 2.-1t.wfll be remembered
snhat, on Tuesday last, couductor on tho West
higher rate Of faro than was allowed w tho
Potter net, aad WAS discharged by Justice
Tlayer, Of Hammond, who hsld that tile Potter
at wsa op0sfS hSy Sy tho general ann Inv sppyg to
passed. aud approved subsoauenss to tue Pot
tor bill. A pnrty named Tuition. Residing
IL Fulton then oauHod the arrcat Of the agout at
nnsmmon ,, nd brought lin h5m before 2 Justice !,
ono granted by tho Hammond Jnstico, was thoro
nado, argued, and 1otlietl. Tho caso then vent
beforo Il Jury, who dlsakrcod, stahding four for
ncgnitAl and two for conviction.
then took tho prisonor before Judge Noifat
Occupied two full dnys, but mas tonight
terminated by A. decision from His
Honor, whoroby 1t waa hela That TINT tho potlor
1t prescribed fixed and arbitrary rasos, without
auy reference al to whether they wore roason-
abo rates OF nos, thorohy impairing the vatuo
Of voatol property without providing auy COM
condltionaliy discharged from custody. This
rosut practically atops further prosocntlons and
arrests, for violations Of tho Potter bin In B..
st. Orofx County. ,''-''.''.-'-. :
THE WEST WISCONSIN RAILROAD ..'
''':', 'liuDgoN; Wis.,, Juue 50, 1874.
7otht Edi!ar u I1t cAieaao TFtSan<: @ /,
9th, Ia crroneoug: 49,. ~. ..,.,,
Railroad ofciaa havs not generally been accused Of
!aw aud Wo must confess TO having becn surprised oJ
tho announcement raconiy nade IN these columns
punish the Town Of Hammond by ordering trains to
pass It without aoppng. Tho faesa are yory derent
regular ssops It H.nmnad. ascopt curing the tina tins
when tho satlonagent IT. that point under arrest
1t Hudson somo ,liics distant, wlcro .ls was taken
Tho facts nro, that the express train waa ordered
by tho gonoral olioors Of tho Company not to
stop at Hammond. It was given out all along
tho road that tt waa puhishmeut upon the poo
would only pay legal faro. to 'tIs Conductors.
However, from aud utter tho day tile Conductor
was arrostol and brought to Hudson, the OK
preaa-train haa stopped regularly at that placa.
Tho Agent at Hammond ID, still undor arrost,
and 1t Is probable that the trial wil not ba oon-
cluded before Thuraday Or Friday. -
A neotlng Of the farmors about Hammond Ia
to bo hold on Thuraday, which will take action
on tho ettompt OF this railway to coeroe tho
peoplo. Thta Company has . newspaper In itu
lntoroBt at New Richmond, which last weok pub
liAled tho followtuRs
From the 81. trotr Republican, Jans 20.
Ons Of our businessmen who prides himself
on his sharpness, cume up on Saturday evening,
and would only pay tho fare allowed BY low.
Wo hopo tho fow glasoos Of poor whisky bought
with tho fow cents aavod on lila passage will be
appreciated. 1Ye are authorized 10 state that tht
Company sofn run have but t,f-!oeekly # our oiti-
aens tastss on enforcing the Railroad lao.