The daily gazette., 1879-12-17
FIFTH EDITION.
OUR COUNTY COURTS.
THE PROCEEDINGS THIS MORN
ING.


THE BUSINESS DONE IN cougr-rnF
NiLsnN-srAATs CASE STILL BEING
TRIED.
Special correspondence 10 the GAZETTE
NEW CASTLE, Dec. i7.--When court
opened this morning Judgment was en-
tered for plaintiff IN the case of the
Delaware Loan Association vs.. Isaac v.
Cornell, amount TO be named by co,,n-
sci Maris for plaiuiill, aud Spruance
for defendant.
Mr.. Spruance, defendants counsel. In
the case of Henry Mendenhaii vs.. EN-.
leu Hewes, ho was sued with Charles
+. Gilmore, asked for continuance, on
the ground Of the absense Of Eli Garrett,
h material witness, aud was opposed by
Geo. Gray, ESQ, counsel for plan,iG.
The request Was granted and the costs
for this term we've imposed on the de-
iendaut.
T.. q. Bradford, Esq, counsel for the
Pond and Bradford Manufacturing Co.,
aud the Pond and Bradford Boiler Co.,
made application 10 have a rule quash-
ed ord' ring the sale by the Sheriff OF
certain property of hls client In Whining
ton, which had been seized under for
| eigu attachment by Pancoast and Maui,
represented by Mr.. Bird.
The ground stated by Mr.. Bradford
was that both the parties in the suit were
| foreign corporations. The application of
Mr. Bradford was granted
| Case of John A. WI son as. John +.
| Stats resumed.
John +. Crosby was called aud said
| lie examined the engine in Middleton n
after II had been returned, and came to
the conclusion that 1t was q four-horse
er,and ifproperly manipn ated by ex-
| pert engineers might be made to gcner-
ATE six-horse power.
| Charles A. Brand testified that the
engine was small six-borsc power en-
| eine he corroborated the evidence
given by DIR. Crosby, and said that the
engine might be made 10 do the work OF
an lighthouse power engine for Il "
minutes. t
After calling John a. Wilson TO iden-
tify check for $3.50 given by the ds-
tendaDt To the plaiutifl for repairs to the
engine, the defense closed
by way of of offering rebUtting test,-
nony Mr.. Lore called Edwin Smith who
testified that had had IL years experienc,
with steam thresbers ON the day Mr.
t'Atht0 III o. iii''i tilF fikillt Ht " a. BIfS
ont and tho machine ran very well Mr.
siaats said he was satisfied with IL.
They could moi feed the wheat IA fas
as IL would thresh II, and the grain wa,
being threshed at the rate OF bushe
aud half minute; IL was new Clut,
ru0ins; at the MIddletown fair, som,
time aftcrward Mr. Staats told me tina
those Clnte engines would take the
place of all larger ones" should juig,
ha. II was iull an eight horse powe
engine.
Robert Derrickson testified that th,
engine threshed on his farm, and coul,
not say that the origiue was unsattsfa'
tory. Under cross examination he saiC
hal several stoppagcs TO get up steam
took place.
Henry cocpcr.-The engine ihreshe'
1850 bushels of wheat for me IN two iay
and half, aud used not quite "A ton .
coal
Other witnesses were examined to tn
same effect.
Joseph Hyde testified that he eXaIu
ined the engine after IL was returned
anj found thai the lower set of hucs wa
stopped up and also the smoke stack
The CRATE bars were melted; the boilc
showed a general ind cation Of neg lec'
AMI appeared as though used for
ihreshiEg Season II had The fue and fur
mace surface of an S-borse power engine