Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-23
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS.
January Adjourned Term.

1hlS IhoIIluS dI lO CioCh Ihc tsu-
journed term of quarter sessions began,
with Judge Livingston on the bench.
The first case attached was that of
COm'th VS.. David Bair, who is charged
with selling liquor OH Sunday and to
minors. The defendant keeps hotel on
the Lancaster and New Holland pike, sew
eral miles west of the latter place. Several
witnesses, who were minors, testified that
they bought and paid for liquor at Mr..
Bair's hotel at different times. Several
also got liquor there on Sunday. Some Of
them paid for it and others got it for moth
ing.
The defense put the accused on the
stand. He testified that he never sold
liquor to any person whom he thought was
under aye ; he always gave his employees
instructions not to sell to minors he never
sold liquor to any one on Sunday, but gave
it away not thinking it was a crime to do
SO. The jury found verdicts of guilty.
Peter Herdic's Case.
This afternoon the seven cases against
Peter Herdic, at the request Of the COM
monwealth's counsel, who stated that it
was not very probable that they would be
able to convict, were mol pressed.
Col. w. B. Mann, of Philadelphia, who
was engaged for the defense, was admitted
to practice in our courts on motion of 5.
Fl. Reynolds, esq.
Divorced.
Elvina Eberly, of Manor township, was
divorced from her husband, Jacob Eberly,
to- day, on the ground ofdesertion.
New York Tobacco Market.
The market in seed leaf tobacco was
quiet in New York last week, the total
sales footing up less than 1000 cases.
Following are the sales of seed leaf to-
bacco reported by J. S. Gans's Son Il Co.,
tobacco brokers, Nos. 81 and &c Wall
street, New York, for the week ending
Feb. 21st. 1880: 400 cases 1873 Pennsyl-
vania. filters, to 10Ac., assorted, II
to 17c.; 200 cases 1878 New England,
seconds, 8 to 11c., wrappers, IA to 25c.
3O6 cases 1878 Ohio, filters, 6 to 81, as
sorted, 8 to II; so cases 1878 Wisconsin,
to 12. Total, 956 cases.
In reviewing the market, edltOrally, the
Tobacco Journal continues it's lugubrious
predictions as to the heavy losses that are
to be suffered by the buyers of Pennsylva-
mia 1879, a {" score of whom are still pros
pecting in Pennsylvania. - The journal
sticks courageously to it's early expressed
opinion that the buyers of our tobacco are
engaged in can insane speculation and
that the outlet for their purchases is very
narrow. Itadds: "Taking into consider
alton the enormous quantity of it and
the fact that there is large
class of manufacturers who will not work
any Pennsylvania, but who will fall back
upon their favorite article, the Connecticut
leaf, the sanguine representations of
those who invested in this Pennsylvania
at high prices will be disproved by stern
facts. The leaf tobacco business of do-day
is not of that of years gone by"
How, therefore, those sanguinc investors
in the 70 Pennsylvania will sell their
packings quickly, is to us a mystery.
Quickly they will have to sell. The 1880
Pennsylvania crop will be a gigantic one.
Judgi ng from the intentions expressed by
growers, every one of them will try to
produce double the quantity produced last
year. If the 1880 crop be failure, then,
of course, the holders of the 10 Pennsyl-
vania will have the trade at their snercy."