The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-05-28
ExCFPTION TAKFN.

Itnos 4ntN Iudb hltlI bhltb GA
ceed S6, 900, 900 per annum; that their
advertising has averaged over $4,000 a
year for the last four years, and is on a
scale more liberal than 1 was lead to be-
heve, and that contracted system of
doing business has never been practised
in their establishment.
1t is with a considerable degree of
pleasure that 1 correct this error l made,
for the reason that so very few of our
leading wholesale houses of any branch
of business advertise at all, that / am
pleased to note this exception, and l
will here take occasion to observe that 1
believe can, without any difficulty
whatever, name ten firms doing the
largest business in their branch of trade,
of any establishment in Philadelphia,
whose combined expenses for advertis-
ing do not aggregate annually as much
as that of Hood, Bonbright & Co.
QUEER SCENE IN COURT.
The case Of the Commonwealth against
J. w. Gerdemann, the priest charged
with the theft of q large amount of
church funds, has been on trial for sew
eral days. On the sixth day of the trial,
Judge Briggs came into court and said
Gentlemen of the iury:-I am the recip-
lent of communication, and 1 think
ought TO impart it to you, as expect you
to do the same to me should you receive
a similar document 1t is your duty, in
view of the high trust imposed upon
you to let counsel upon either side know
of any thing that is said to you in refer
ence to this case, either by word of
mouth or by letter and it is also your
duty to inform me. The man who would
indite the communication have in nv
hand to a judge would not hesitate to
send a similar one to jury. In reading
the note to you j will make no com
ments-I will treat it simply as piece
Of waste paper, and throw It in the bas
ket at my feet. By disclosing to you
its contents, feel that 1 will be encour-
aging you to do the same by me, should
you reeve any letters. was apprehen-
sive that ere this you had received simi-
lar communications.
His Honor then read the letter, which
is as follows:
MAY, 1875.
To His Honor, Judge Briggs:
Sir:-You are sitting in Judgment in
the case of Gerdemann, the apostate, and
you are yourself Protestant, SO you
cannot be an impartial Judge. But
understand that the writer and twenty
five others are Watching you on the
bench, and if you act in the matter un-
jnstly your life is not safe. The scound-
rel Gerdemann is guilty, and he must
be convictedl So look to YOURSELF The
jury had better look to themselves.
Also your charge to the jury we will
watch. God bless and the Holy Virgin,
protect all good citizens, and damn ali
heretics.
Mr.. Mann said that nobody but a
lunatic would write such letter: he had
himself received several similar letters,
and even the day Of his assassination had
been fixed
Judge Briggs-Perhaps some such a
letter may have been sent to the jury; if
so, l would tell them to disregard such
as L do.
Mr.. Heverin-Letters of that descrip-
ton have come to me as thick as hail.
Judge Briggs-These letters are as
frequent as the pattering of rain drops
on the roof.
Mr.. Mann is counsel for the church
and Mr.. Heverin for the
accused.
PAUL PRY.
He was famous gentleman in his day.
was Paul Pry, but would you believe it
that we have half dozen Paul Prys,
right here, in Philadelphia. One is pry-
ing into the affairs of the Reading Rail
road Company, another into the House
of Correction management, and now the
Mayor of the City charges that some
members of the City Councils wanted
S4O, 600 for passing an ordinance appro-
priating $3.50, 900 for the East Park Res
ervoir, and committee are trying to
smoke out thatimpecunious councilman,
with little prospect of success, however.
With the managers of the House of Cor
rection Paul has made it very hot for
hem, and it looks as if half a dozen of
ihe managers who have been selling the
goods from their own stores,
N the name of their Office boys, would 7
nave to step down and out, if not into
he penitentiary for their naughty tricks.
DETECTIVE BROOKS.
James j. Brooks is revenue detect 4
We, not favorably known among whis-
Iey men. Brooks carries bullet in his o
eft lung, and any number of carbuncles b
pread promiscuOusly over his body, in :
memory Of the illicit distillers' black lack. 1
Veil, Brooks has taken Greely's advice o
nd has gone West, and L have Just .
earned that he has seized over twenty t,
wo million dollars worth of whisky said
o be made in violation of law.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A young man named Mordecai Moore, II
2 years of age, came into the city about f.
week ago, from Montgomery County,
0 get funeral notices of his fathers
cath and time of burial printed; he was
1n over by a passenger railway car and b
lied in two days thereafter. nj
On Tuesday benefit was given at the ST
.cademy of Music, to raise a fund for =,
ne education of the five orphan children -
I the late minstrel performer, Dan Bry-
nt. The fact of Dams widow having
aid priest $500 for a grand requiem IL
lass for Bryant's soul, had discourae- le L
lg effect, ,as many Of our people thought .,
le five orphans stood more in need of