The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-13
For the Democrat.
WEST SONORA, O., |
March 9th, 1879.

E0. OcWOcfdt:-AS any tnlnS ID
the shape of news from this part of
the county appears at long intervals
in your valuable paper, / will ven
ture TO give some of the news cur
rent here; hoping to interest some
Of your numerous readers.
The Rev. Solomon Good, of the
Brethren in Christ" denomination,
closed a series of meetings at Phi
lopsburg a short time ago, during
which there were one hundred and
five conversions; and is now holding
a protracted meeting at Wanger
Lawn, a station on the D. & W. r.
R., about two miles south of West
Baltimore, in which there has been
ten conversions and thirteen are still
seeking, with fair prospects.
The U. B. Society at Lewisburg
are holding a ~protracted meeting at
present, with fair prospects for great
good in the future.
Court has been in session fire.
quently for the past few weeks at
Euphemia, with Sim Hoffman, Esq,
on the bench. The first case of any
Importance was, D. D. Myers, plain
tiff, VS.. Theophilus Brown, defend
ant. This was an action to collect
the taxes on a certain farm.for the
year 1878, and turned out to be a te-
dious and very queer cas On the
first trial of the cause, plaintiff wit
nesses were all sworn, but defend
ants witnesses were not permitted to
testify by the Court. The jury fail
ed to agree on a verdict. The plain
tiff Immediately called another jury
to try the cause again, when neither
party were permitted to testify. De-
PENDANT, however, asked the right
upon all imaginable grounds, but
failed to move the Court. The jury
waited patiently to hear the evidence,
but had to retire without it and
again agreed to disagree, after which
the Court claimed the right to de
eide the case in favor of the plain
tiff, which was objected to by the de-
PENDANT. Objection overruled and
Judgment entered accordingly. Ex-
ceptions were taken throughout the
several hearings by the defendant,
but of no avail, as the Justice would
not sign any kind Of a bill tf excep-
tions.
Friday and Saturday last were
busy days with the Court trying
cases of forcible entry and detention.
The case Of John SiIer, plaintiff, vs..
j. H. Grant, defendant, was set fol
hearing Friday at 10 o'clock a. m.
Defendant moved by affidavit for 6
change Of place of trial, upon the
grounds that the Justice was a ma.
terial witness for him, that the citi.
zens Of Harrison township were liars
; or prejudiced against him, but the
) Justice would not grant such change
and refused to sign defendants bill
of exceptions for overriding the
, same. When defendant asked time
enough to get his witnesses in, hut
:. the Court overruled that also ant
/ proceeded to try the case EX PARTE
Result, a finding for the plaintiff
/ Saturday was wholly occupied il
| trying a case between George Okla:
and VIM. Moots, and resulted in :
finding oy the jury for the plaintiff
In all these cases the characters o
the attorneys were gone into by eacl
other and their pedigrees given Il
S the Court.
The o'clock a. m. passenger traiI
: going west On the Dayton and Rich
} mond branch of the p. c. & st. L. c
R. r. was delayed over two hours
r near Aver Hill Station to-day, OF
+ account of the engine jumping thu
track. JIM COOPER.