, 1875-02-14

| the shovel had succeeded in securing the nriza
! and making, himself scarce. He viii probably
| reVel IN extra drinks for = week to come.
THE POWERS OF COURTS.
!. A. u. Pence, Esq. 10 his 1ecturo yesterdaybe-
| fore the College OF Law on " Hints Rcspechnr
the Powers and Limitations Of Courts, remark
ed that tho more general resort Of students to
| coliecea Of law, indicates that the period when
mare orato.y Would win success at the Bar has
| passed, and tho best lawyer, it is becoming
known. Ia he who best knows the law. III no
sphere Of practice, whether in passing titles or
t trying causes. do we need exact know.edse
upon the pousis % '''se 9; courts, 60 so' beyond ss
| which If they set their action ie
void or voidahle. On these questions many
titles stand OF fail After reviewing the tenacisY
With which tho English Judges. from Sir Edward
Coke downward, had vsndlcated against tho
Lo.ds and Commons the independence of the
Judicla1y as ono OF the bnlwatks of popular free-
dom, be annlyzed carefully tho sources from
Which courts obtain jurisdiction, whether by
common law or by statute. Sfate or Federal, and
eral or limited ALSO the steps bV which
its Jurisdiction ia obtained, whether by
service or publication, and the mode BY which
these steps arc proven, whether bY return or by
affidavit; also, the casea IN which it may be 10
CURED into, whether in The casa itself, or col
iaterallT, aud its effect il wanting to nnnu1 the
proceeding or violate the title or to render the
Judge himself liable. The lecture WAS enriched
BY frequent historical and humorous, as we'll as
legal, procadeass, borrowing its illustrations
from "a ious periods OF English and American
jurisprudence. It was ous Of the most
Instructive OF the cou:aa OF lectures nov
being delivered BY members Of the Chicago Bar.
The next niN be by Obadiah Jackson Oh Taxa
tion.
THg CAB cARnosAn1.
number OF gantleknen who believe ia Wo1n-
ans rights, including tue right to stand upin the
street-cars. have banded themselves into q noci-
ely who're members are sworn at midnight on
3. black cat filed with tho freshly shed
blood OF : ohld, never to g,yo up
their aeats to 4 woman who doesp't
thank then.~ At the headquarters OF the
League ore descriptions OF the doomed women.
The catalogue reads like the city directory. or
the soclety-coapmn in The Sunday papers. The
President OF ths Society had never been known
colofeo lauEdrsss on + very ho. dav last August.
No ole is admitted to membership rho cannot
tide on the end seat to the left Of the rear door
ct teatre-houIH, or. when the lady teachers are
coming out OF the Scaumon School, keep his |
scat without usiug newspaper as q shield, Or
pretending to study tho acenery in the talt-but-
tons Of the mat who is leaning against the vim
ent there is = VAIN competition for tho !!
Presidency. Last week AIr. Fletcher, the
pfeseus Incumbent, Sas thought to hage had |
= sure thing wAaa ho kert his seat !;
from May street to Dearborn, being the only |
male Of the ti1ty thlce persons on the car en- |
courae1ng the Indies to ''Come in, lots o room :"
but Nr. Hawkins is running him close, IS be |
folmed the Same fest ADD told the Lady who Was /
standing Lss:de him and carrying baby that !
she must find it rather hard to tota that cllild |
as1out. |