, 1877-08-21

bern reported within The past four days, chief
ot which arc the following, y: y. Hutchinson:
No. III I.lr,ton street, about &Nn worth ~
n" e II" eagit ns ee strset oous % t, r"rtS Of
guuls: q. L.. Alexander. about 300 wutth;
Mrs. Noble, lfro West Randolph street, tl2o
worth; Lochblhlcr's notkn stnre, No. 3Ga West
Randolph street, $40 worth Of goods.
Field Il Letter were recently tho victims Of
swin.ilcr who wat clever enough TO get un Il new
dodge and catch the wary tradcsmen To the
extent Of $1,000 Representing himself a. tho
buyer for Cleveland house, ho selected Quan.
ttty Of goods, and hal them shiprcd on few
lanl. he called upon the flrui whose nane he
hail used, and asked that the roo.Is ltc turned
over to him A. Field Il Letters agent.
as they t'n'l shtpPfe.l Ef them BY scs.Ient to tho
nenttt .lela5. A daf or 40 alter along came tho
li!t, and request that It he paid. Thn Glove
1anL tfrm denied It, and q genuine agent
Was sent from this city. to Investigate. The
with his plumber.
There is At prescnt In Tho County Jnil man
by tho name oi Frank Remington, who was IN.
sllcted year ago last spring for illegal voting
the town election. and who was recently picked
tl,ls city, Ia March, 1s7B, ibis fellow Remington
was the tnau who hung tho Jury. Tho venue
had been given to Coroucr Dlctzsch to
EIECutGt Nut III 8GWt mfeieElQuA Why
inCton managed to 0ct hs mama on It.
subsequently II Was found that lie had been re-
pcatinE ut the town clcrtfnn. and 1,c was n.
tltctcd. but slrpcl OIL Just as Harvey Merrill
has been missing frnm that time until tue pres:
ent. The case Is believed 10 be p1aiu one, and
tis conviction is likely to happen.
Justice summcr1cid yesterday had $50 cases
before Him. nnd uut Of these he he'd tho follow.
ing: Maud Lewis, larceny nt *lo from Thomas
AnnEc Wallace, nlncty days in tho lluusc Of
Correction: acnree Elark. Richard Clancy, j.
Isnianson, +. hnl!tngeE Andrer Jones, Albert
Smith, Jneob Smith,, Jennie Robinson, Hattie
oS,nfIen,, join % Day. &!,!!s@ !seatsr. !aeoi.
Wolf. George Costello, William Fisher. Edward
Rogers. John Brady, r. Costello, James Tiadalc,
John sini,oiland, Sixty. daYs each; Maggie Dc
wards, james sinrry, Thoma. ckson, thtlty
9sys 9iSysaa saeS Ss,e ano 'aS5 s ae s saa
Watz, larceny from Mary Adams Of No: a |
from M J. b. Calhoun, t5oo ditto; 6emsc
sauye, larceny Of carpenter tools, $500 ditto:
Bcniatniu Dyer, larceny, $3.50 ditto; D. Z.
larceny of Billiard balls, faoo ditto; Thomas
Hobbs, $500 ditto. Justice Morrison held John
Finley anl Richard Brown, larceny, 500 to the
kFIHlHHl LQlEt3 tFltlEGk MnElA[lkSs thirty HAJa
Josie Johnson. Maggie Boylcn, Mary boylc1,,
Anu Burns, Joseph kearns. Peter Conncrton,
| $l0O each. ..-..
At4;4 yesterday aftcrnoon john A. Corwin
was fired at five times BY Matt Leonard, n
bridgeport butcher, residing on the south canal
hauk near Fuller street bridge. Fortunately
for the future Of all parties neither bullet In
! tltctctl anY injury, four OF tho five lodging in
Corwin's clothing, but sEngllarly enough
doing no other damage than boring
holes In his cont, vest, and shirt.
The. story Of the quarrel Is i long one, hut
briefly is about as follows: A slauHhterer and
packer named c.. II. TuEman had, while in
business, Curwin for lawyer, and Leonard for
eet e. Nsr NJ 10y Yo9S Whs s lhefe s Iconad
cleaned out all the portable machinery aud flx-
turrs and made some disposition OF them.
| Upon Tugmnn's return Leonard WAS arrest
Cd for burglary, upon which charge he
| is still Under bail. Leonard concoctcd schcHt
| to lrcc himself, q part OF which was 10 get Cor
| win to swear In Col. Shirley's Office that
| Leonard was q partner In tho conccrn. Thla
Corwin did not do. Hence Yesterday afternoon,
| when Tugmap, Corwin, and another man wcn1
down to view tho packtng:housc, and &C
| cldcutally run across Matt Leonard
There was bad blood. Leonard finding
Corwin still refractory called hin
names. "A spat cnsucd, in which Corwts
slapped Leonard, aud then walked oil. Lconart
started for his house, b,t, turning snddenly;
| while he was vet close to him, Just as Tugmat
! warned Corwin. After firing the shots Lc0nars
| .rtrcated to bis housc, nnu was there arEestct
l hu hn nuHrfntr kt n1tlrn