The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-08-14

reputation OF THIS noignDOfnOOd. III
proved to be simply n bnttle of the anna
IONS, In which the weapons were words,
the ammunition was slang, and the re-
suit, the county pay the costs Of prose-
cutlon.
No. was n charge against Roland
Smith, Francis s. Gibson and Curtis II.
Showalter, of Landsburg Borough. AS
this was local conflict, in the midst of the
great National excitement 1t was humor-
Ously characterized as the strike of The
Peoples Freight Railway. The moral
influence Of the respectable citizens
quelled the disturbance without o call for
troops. It originated i'm the use Of too
much fire-water by some of the young
pale face braves, who struck trail and
raised the war-whoop. Before any toma-
hawks were flOurlshed or scalps raised
the war was ended, and the home of
their fathers was quotas the deep woods
The Court decided, after u full investiga-
ton of the outbreak, that Gibson enter
into reeOgnizance in the sum of $50 with
one surety TO keep the peace, and pay
the costs of prosecution. That Roland
Smith enter i'm to his own recognizance
i'm the same sum, for the same purpose,
and the complaint be dismissed, as to
Showalter All parties took n whiff
Mt the calument, gathered up their blan-
kets and started towards the setting sun.
Curtis IL. Showalter who had been in
dicted for assault and battery, growing
out of the above mentioned proceedings,
plead guilty, and was sentenced to pay
a fine of S1.00 and pay the costs of pros
ecution.
No. was o case from Carroll twp, in
which Mrs. Joseph Brownewell COM
planned that Nelson Mendinghall had
called her names, shot at her dog and
did other dabolcal things to vex and
harass her The Defendant proved that
she hissed her dog upon him, called him
names that were not suggestive of puri-
! ty, virtue, high birth or good citizen
ship. The Court after investigation di-
rected that each party pay their own
costs and that the Prosecutrix pay the
costs of prosecution.
No. was the case of the Common
wealth VS.. Margaret Uantz upon com
plant of Isaac Crawford, and came from
the lower end of the well-known Fish
ing Creek Valley. The allegation was
that the gentle Margaret had suddenly
started upon rampage, and after the
breeze had blown into q tempest, the
said Isaac heard angry mutterings break
forth to the effect that she would kill
his chickens, his poor, unsuspecting
feathered personal property whenever in
their search for victuals they should at
tempt to gobble worm or swallow q
gravel stone upon her premises, and
further that she might possibly be in
duced to destroy everything he had
Margaret bathed in tears, earnestly de
MED the truth of the allegations and Bit
terly complained of the olIegdtor, but
the Court deemed her in fault and di-
rected her to pay the costs of prosecution
and stand committed until the sentence
was complied with. This closed the
surety of the peace cases. William
Lindsay who had been indicted for
fornication and bastardy was discharg-
ed because the Prosccutrix was not pres
ent, and this was the third Court at
which the case was pending.
And the case of the Commonwealth
VS.. Biting, ct. al, was again resumed.
The Defendants were charged in the bill
of Indictment with Larceny and receiv-
ing stolen goods. On the night of the
18th of June last some twenty odd
pieces of meat were taken from the barn
of Mr.. Jacob Buck in Buffalo township.
Examination the following morning
showed the footprints of horse leading
from the barn down the road to Bitting's
stable. A search warrant was procured
the stable of Biting was entered and
one of his mares was found to have 9
decidedly strong odor of smoked meat
clinging to her neck and shoulders, anC
further that the shoe of the mare CORES
ponded exactly with the track they haC
followed from Bucks barn. The house;
of Biting and Sheaffer were searched
but none of the missing meat was found
Sheaffer's declarations to certain parties
afterwards, were to the effect that he
assisted by the two other defendants stol,
the meat and hid it among the paw paw
: bushes on an island in the river, and
subsequent examination of the grounC
seemed to indicate that meat of the kline
that was stolen had been hidden there
! Sheaffer was closely hedged in by hi
! other declarations and surrounding cir
cumstances, but the two other defend
ants sought to prove an dlibi. Bittinl
! proved himself so beastly drunk ON thi
night at his own house that he was un
able to distinguish the difference between
a cured hog and his mothers own son
and Albright claimed to have passed tn
same night on the side of the Hal
! Falls Mountain with three companions
two bottles of whiskey and q deck o
cards. Much evidence was given OF
both sides, the general tendency of Whicl
was to establish the fact that the regiol
of country round about Montgomery
Ferry would be good field of operation
{ for few able bodied missionaries, ant
that no footsteps of any apostles of tn
Murphy movement had ever crushet
the weeds of intemperence in this corne
of the moral vineyard. When the grea
moral question "who stole the ham p
! was submitted to the jury, they gave a
: their deliberate judgment in the premise
? that all three were guilty. Immediatel,
2 after the verdict was rendered motion
: for new trial was made by Defendant
: counsel, which was entertained by the