Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-12-14

SourHERx MARYLAND RaiIRoAD.-
This much litigaied railroad has devel-
oped . new feature as will be seen from
the following Washington correspon-
deaee Of the Baltimore Sxa:
On Wednesday judgment creditor.
bill against John Van Riswiek, s. s.
Smoot and C.. II. 'Winder, Of the Dis
trict Of Columbis. and Elihu N. Darling,
Of Baltimore. The gentlemen are sued
aSdelinquent stockholders in the South
ern Maryland Railroad Company. The
bill sets forth that the Southern Mary
land Railroad Company is insolvent,
and that the plaintiff. who owns judg-
ments to the amount Of several thous-
and dollars against the company, is un-
able to collect the amount due other
wise than by the aid Of the court in
compelling those who oxn-ssock 10 the
said Company to paw up said stock; that
is. to pay the difference between the
face value thereof and the amount that
has actsally been paid the company,
and that rhs plaintiff ksovs of no other
stockholders who can be compelled to
pay up for their stock except those
named, who, be charges. were The lead
ing managers Of the road. He charges
that Van Riswick holds 1900 shares,
Darling 400 shares, Winder 30 shares,
Smoot LOCO shares Of the stock, on
which acme OF these parties have said
more than trn IoIl,,, nm ~~-L L.
leaving ninety-e,ght dollars still due on
each share. The plaintiff prays an account
Of how much the defendants have paid
on the stock and how many shares each
of them owns, and decree that they
shall pay SO much as is required to pay
the plaintiffs judgment against the
company. The case will come on for
trial next spring.
The New York Graphic says that ''the
baby show mania is epide mic" and we
are inclined to fear that this is the truth.
The Graphic goes on to say:
"Since We must have it, let it be reg.
ulated by the best possible conditions.
Let the halls be well aired, and the
mothers we'll ted and paid. Let the
fathers also have show. Let there be
show of fathers as well as mothers.
Let there be prizes also voted to the
best looking fathers. the most symmet-
rical fathers and the best fathers as to
disposition and affection. This would
naturally merge into a husband show.
But husband show or a husband side
show, at a shilling extra admission,
would be good subsidiary adjunct to a
wife and baby show.
THE baby show should also be d.
vided INTO national and special depart
ments. The stock, as to blood and lin
cage, should not be mixed up higgle-tc-
pigglety, as at present. There should
be sections for American babies, New
England babies, New Jersey babies,
Irish babies, Dutch babies, Knicker-
booker babies, Jeunesse Doree babies,
Brooklyn babies, German babies, French
babies, Plymouth Church babies, colored
Northern babies, colosed Southern ba-
bies, semi-colored babies, Russian ba-
bies. Turkish babies, -bouffe ba.
bies, English babies, hot-Scotch babies,
Indian babies. Texas babies, babies of
hardmoncy parentage. babies Of soft
money parcntage, Democratic babies.
Republican babies, and every magma
BILE variety Of babies"
JUICE HUMrHREYs.-"Judse Hum
phreys," says the New York Tribune,
"long ago exhausted all the capabilitv
OF establishment that could well be ac-
cumulatcd within the District of Column
bia, and probably no decision and no
utterance Of his could now surprise any,
body in those parts. But the outside
world, which Is not within the radius
of his court. may look upon bis opinion
in Senator Patterson's case with raised
eyebrows. His decision that Patterson
was in Washington for the purpose of
discharging his duties as Senator, though
the application for his extradItion was
made before the last session opened,
and Patterson was in Washington weeks,
if not months, before, may safely be left
to the lawyers; but even the laymen
have a ri ght TO aniopinion OF Judge Hum.
Phrey's extraordinary deliverance about
the prisoners chance ola fair trial in
South Carolina. Though the application
is made in legal form by the recognized
authorities of that State. the judge talks
about the passions of faction" as il
it had been made by a vigilance COM
mittee, and pompously remands Mr..
Patterson TO the Senate TO be tried there.
The judge will not surrender him bound
into the hands OF those who may not be
dispassionate enough to vindicate the
true right Of the individual Judge
Humphreys ought to be reminded
that it is not the business of Judges to
make political speeches from the bench,
or TO cast scandalous reflections upon
State governments; and that it is the
business of courts to help, not to hinder,
justice"
Cleanliness.