The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-24
State Notes.

could have settled the affair for $3.50,
and that he could have proved him
self innocent if given an opportunity.
Torrance M'Cabe, night watchman
on the Pennsylvania railroad at
Greensburg, has travelled on foot over
his route, since January !, 1855, the
enormous distance of ten thousand,
seven hundred and forty miles. He
has never missed a night since he was
appointed to the position of watch
man.
Among the witnesses who were be-
fore the grand jury of Carbon county
on Tuesday was the notorious Jimmy
Kerrigan, who gave some important
information relative to the murder of
George X. Smith in 1868. True bills
were found against all the accused =
Charles Sharp, James M'Dornell and
Thomas Durkin.
S. s. Haines and Geo. Haines, who,
at the time of their arrest, gave their
names as Prank Long" and Frank
Smith," were tried OH Tuesday morn
ing last, for stealing horse and buggy
from S. H. Irwin, last summer. They
were found guilty, and each sentenced
to five years and six months, at sepa-
rate and solitary confinement in the
Western Penitentiary. Cgearfeld Re-
publican.
Pottsville, Pa, January 20.-The
Mr.. Allen who was bitten on New
Years day by dog at Shenandoah,
died this morning, after passing
through most terrible night. He
lay in spasms from nine o'clock last
night until three O'Clock this morning,
when he relaxed into a stupor and
from that time be fingered until nine
this forenoon and died in this uncon-
scious condition. Hydrophobia was
the cause of his death.
The Pottsville Miners journal of
yesterday says that the suspension of
mining in the Schuylkill region,
which began last week, shows it's eff
feet in the greatly decreased ship
ments over the Reading Railroad,
there being a falling off from the pre-
vious weeks shipment of nearly co.
600 tons. The l9, ,34l tons carried was
principally obtained by clearing out
the breakers, together with $500 tons
for the use of the company, and the
product of few colieries-possibly
half dozen in all-which have con-
tinued to work. Practically, how
ever, the suspension of mining dur
ing this and last week has been total.
Neither the Mahanoy nor the Gordon
planes have been in operation, and
most of the coal locomotives have been
idle. 1t is expected that shipments
will be generally resumed next Mon
day.
Pottsville, Pa, January 20.-Or
Saturday evening several arrests were
made for the murder of Patrick Burns
who was killed at Tuscarora, this
county, on the 10Th of April, 1870
Burns was clerk for the firm of Socar.
rez g. Co., coal operators, and was
killed through spirit of revenge, he
having intimated to his employers
that he was being robbed by an inside
boss named John Kane, who murdered
his brother in 1867 and was convicted
of murder in the second degree, but
was pardoned by Governor Geary
Kane instigated the murder, and
among those who participated in il
are James M'Donnell (now in Mauch
Chunk Jail charged with the murder
of George X. Smith, who was killed in
Carbon county in 1868 y Michae
Bergan, arrested on Saturday evening
Kane, before mentioned, and another
who is yet at large. The arrests
though not generally known to hav,
taken place, will cause general excite
ment throughout the region to-mor
row.
A libel suit of much interest tC
other papers was decided in Common
Pleas Court. No 2. Pittsburgh OH thu
1lth inst. William Booth brought
suit against Frciheits Freund to re
cover $4,000 damages for libel, the lat
ter consisting in the publication o
Booth as arrested for larceny when h,
was only arrested for receiving stoleI
goods. The case was tried befor
Judge kirkpatrick, who affirmed tn
following points of plaintiffs counsel
That the publication was libelous pc
Sc; the words, being libelous per Sc
were therefore malicious, the law pre-
suming malice; that the defense, no
being justified. or, in other words, no
proving that what it did publish wa
true, and the publication being libel
GUS per Sc, the defense of privileg
could not be sustained. The defens
of privilege, however, was excluded
on the ground suggested by the mex
point, namely, that the publication
not being a correct report of judicia
proceedings, was not privileged
This point was affirmed. The ques
ton as to whether reporter has tn
right to publish any and everything
he finds on the docket did not arise il
this case, and the Judge said that h
would not pass upon it. All the ma
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