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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-04

but we recommend him to mercy" The
Judge asked, somewhat tartly. whether
they found the prisoner guilty or not
guilty, and they answered; q Not guilty,
but we recommend him to mercy.
This naturally raised a laugh in the
courtroom. after which the Judge ex-
planned that their finding was equiva-
lent to an entire acquittai, which was
at length recorded On tria! for lar
cenv, the jury came back complaining
that they could not agree whether the
offense was grand or petty until
instructed whether to value the goods
at wholesale or at retail prices. Said
the Judge: .'Gentlemen. considering
the way the rascal came by the goods.
| don't think the Court can afford to
wholesale them to him." Verdict of
grand larceny Immediately. In some
States the jury decide the punishment
as well as the offense, hence. in muir
der case. an illiterate foreman wrote the
verdict: .'Gilty, deth.'
Why find verdict for such silly
sum as six and one-fourth cents? Some
times such finding may be really valu-
able. Say that people are in the habit
of crossing your meadow. and you fear
that if they persist in doing so Tor a
term of years the foot-path will become
matter of right. If. now, you sue
some one person for trespassing and re-
cover six and one-fourih cents. this will
show. at any time after, that the mead
ow was yours, and the townspeople
crossed it by sufierance only. Often.
however, n nominal verdict means that,
though the defendant was legally in
fault, the jury disapprove the Plaintiffs
suit A curious instance is Just re-
ported from England. One Fourth of
July night an American in London let
of some rockets, and the sticks fell into
the garden of a neighbor. Neighbor S
wife was sitting IN the garden; and
either the rush of the rockets when they
assembled or the crash of the sticks
when they fell, frightened her into
chronic hysteria and neuralgia. Law
suit; in which the jury assessed the
damages at one fsrthing. The plaintiff
complained to the Queens Bench of
this verdict as absurd. But the Judges
said that the meaning was clearly this;
I'VE can not say that in strict law the
plaintiff had no right TO complain, but
the case is so small and contemplate
that we give a verdict for a farthing."
Perhaps the oldest instance is one
narrated of the Superior Court. At
the close of the week cause was called
when. behold. one juror only was re-
naming in attendance of the whole
number summoned. He was told to
take his place in the iury-boX. He
had previously exhausted all efforts and
excuses toavoid serving. and, naturally.
was not at all pleased at being caught
in this way. He claimed the entire
routine. heard the speeches and the
Judges charge. and then gravely said
TO the Court that 1.-THE jury desired TO
retire" Retire he did, and remained
''out'' SO long that the Judge passed
an order for a sealed verdict. Next
morning Court was opened, the sealed
envelope broken and the verdict pro-
duced; itread: The jury cannot agree
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-04
Queer Nerdicts.

How may one explain the odd YER
diets that are rendered? Often the
sum found seems inexplicable. Lately
Paterson jury, in an aggravated
breach-of- promise case. found for the
lady" damages. $751;" and inquiry
arose naturally enough. "whence the
S1s Are a jury's scales for weighing
wounded affections so delicate as that?'
One who has become conversant with
the interior methods of the jury-room
will say that the sum may be not a pre-
else valuation in which each juror con-
Cured but an average OF twelve vafi-
Gus estimates. Probably the jury first
voted on the general question. ''for
plaintiff or defendant Finding all
were in favor of some damages for
plaintiff, they reached an amount by
each man writing a sum on slip of
paper, casting all in a hat, adding
them. and dividing the total by twelve.
II is contrary to law for jurors TO agree
beforehand that they will report an av-
erage of their several sums as the YER
diet; but the law cannot prevent their
taking an average to see how
il strikes them. and then, if all approve
il, reporting it, and they often do SO.
II the sums on The twelve slips should
total $1,000 the twelfth, or average,
would be IS. 3S7.
preposterous convictions are some
times reached by this willingness to
compromise opinions rather than be
kept out" longer. a Connecticut
wife was prosecuted for killing her
husband by slow poisoning. and the jury
after long deliberation found her
guilty of murder IN the second degree.
Now. the second degree of murder en-
braces the more hasty. passionate, I'M
deliberate kinds, The first degree COM
prises the deliberate. premeditated
eases, to which class poison cminently
belongs. Ii is not probable that any
one juror really considered that find
ing of murder in the second degree was
correct More likely some We're stub
bornly opposed to sending woman 10
be hanged; and the others, rather than
allow proved prisoner To have the
chance of escape. which would be al
lowed her bv disagreement and new
trial, consented to unite in saying ''sec-
ond degree" and so securing imprison-
ment for life.
Il is fortunate that bad spelling OF
false grammar does not vitiate; for
there are many stories of Numbering
verdicts. thus. IN lawsuit for COW.
the jury returned: I'VE. the jury. find
the cow in the plaintiff. The Judge.
as grayely as might be, told the. Clerk
to help them TO write it. but the Clerk
could devise no better forms than these:
You say that you find the plaintiff in
the eow?" lyon say that you lind the
property of the COW in the plaintiff
etc The Judge, at last. had 10 draft
the verdict himself. In horse case
the jury made return: 1--WE. the Jury,
find the value of the horse to be one
hundred and fifty dollars The Court
said that this would not do at all. What
the law wished 10 know was not so
much what the horse was worth as 10
whom j; belonged. AT the end OF an
English trial for false pretenses, the
jury said: We find he done wrong,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-04

An Austin boy came home from
school very much excited, and told his
father that he believed all human be-
ings were descended from apes. which
made the old man SO mad that he re-
piled angrily: THAT may be the case
with you, but it amt with me; can
tell you that, now dustin ;Siftings.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-04

"A young lady who was enamored
of a member of a church choir in an
adjoining village took friend to hear
him sing. On the way home, after the
services, she ventured 10 ask what he
thought of him. 81 think he would
make splendid auctioneer," was the
answer.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-04

John Momfort married a widow at
Buena Vista, Ga, and on the day after
the wedding undertook TO whip his step
son. The bride seized her husband and
held him fast, while the boy killed him
with knife. 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-05
THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT.
sympathy Win HEIR MOST.

LoSpON, April 4.-Duriug Saturday and
Sunday the executive committee ~ the fund tie d.
fence ~ Herr Mot Dispatched - the various centre. Of
socaIst leaders coprsof te Ireihc printed IN English
aud Gcrrnai containing manifesto protesting against
the suppression u the liberty VI the AT tue usga
ton OF foreign Powers.
Ia Tarillucnt to-day Sir William Hircourt said
the piosc uton n Herr ho, editor u the Froh.H Is
not state but a police prosecution mctrm"nt To
murder hc said. Is scriou clIme whonsoeyrr 10 ls
committed by or against
BKHL1N Apu 4.-Ihc Rcichsag to day with only three
dl- scouting voices. adoptd Herr Windthor-rs motion
requesting Prince Bismarck to cndeIyor o. bring about
an agreement among the Powers according 10 which
they VIII undertake t0 mppsc 9tnatcs upon thor own
tubects aud foreign residents a-sassnatug attempt
ing u asaassiiae heads oi states melting tu such
A-a4-natIon, aud de liver mp the dcmdud OF The GOV
eminent of Ills native country any foreigner gully Of
As-a..lnatuu or attempt 20 as- lssnatc-
Herr W!udthOist said the motion WAS only intended 20
serve for ugcmrnts bet Wccu me vIr u5
Governments with view 10 prevent ihe rghi Of ass lam
being abused FOR fostering asrdssnatiDn. Tie ou
would derive weight from tpe fact that 70 had not u4i
nAiel nigh qu4rer but Win the representative OF
tho people.
H. tue Bow Street Police Court to-day Application
10 admit Herr Most, Editor 81 tho trehc 10 bal vas
strongly opposed. TIE magistrate decided tuat the
C.ise Was tOO SERIOUS Tor bal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-05

active and influential oagan'zers OF the Land League
George Marshall recently charged with the robbery OF
arms. was arrested last night Tralee, Ireland un
der the provisions Of the Coercion act
Mr. Dillon, In his speech at Cou0h yesterday. audine
to the ARRAY at Cogher County Mayo, Saturday last
soid that four Innocent had been murdered by tbe
minions Of English law. and he expressed the hope
that their blood and the Of their chldren might
rest on the heads ~ Mr Gladstone and Mr.. Forster.
Lord spenc-rChurchdl (ConservatVe) gave notice IN
Parliament today mat he Will tomorrow ask question
N regard 10 the circulation OF The Nee York Irish World
IN Ireland.
Tie Alan Line steamer Austrian, Captain Barrett.
IrOm glasgow, shipped 1913 young and women OF tho
IL: ming class AZ Galway Bay IA cmigrants for tho
United States Preparations for emigration are being
made Throughout the country. steamer Will call at
the same port fortughtly for passengers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-05
PRECAUTIONS Arsr. PETERSBURG.

LONDON, April "A dispatch from st. Peters
burg to The Times says: TIE first measure established
by tAo new Elective Council OF twenty-five has been 10
invest the city with chair OF Cossack patrols with
posts Of officers aud police all the roads that no
ingrs or ecress OF persons allowed until subjected TO
strict investigation by the commanders OF the posts
Not even special passports yet permitted. second
measure ia being elaborated, BY which every tray
eller arriving at railway station will, after examina
ton by the police be handed over to a cabman, who
must deliver MIN at the destination declared 10 the
Ion.
A third measure proposed and vigorously ap-
dauded at general meeting Of the 22o Deputies com
'osng the temporary Council bur yet the Council
~ Twenty-Five mas refused to sanction the measure,
winch ~hs thar certain members Of The Council should
IKE turns IN watching the streets through which the
nperOr might pass. thus ncurrng grave responsibility
81 uld anything uutOwad Ii would be untrue to
say that the Councils measures unauin Ousiy ap-
pre- ed IN ST. Prletsblrg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-05
PRICE FOUR CENTS.

eaton from the form in which it was reported from
ms committee on Cities. His arguments are upon
one key-that 1t would be dangerous for tho Repnb-
nran parry TO give the patronage of the Street,
Cleanlng Department 10 a Democratic Mayor. Ho
acknowledges that in view of the hostile attitude OF
PROFESSOR Chandler the position OF head of the Street.
Cleaning Department NAV not be imposed
upon him. IL is generally believed tonight that
the person uron whom the authority OF street-cean-
ing viii be imposed instead of the Mayor has not
Tie Bureau OF Elections of the Police Depart
1nent. went about the Assembly tonight lobbying
Tor the selection of President French Of the De-
partTent OF Police. the head OF the department.
j. Is mpOsSb Die to tell the fate of the bill tomorrow
large number of Republican members, however.
are now IN favor OF comforting the power Of street.
change their attitude.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-05
CRIMES And cSC1LHls-BI TELEGRAPH.
Fatal FALL FROM A TREsTLE,

FATAL FALL FROM TREsrLE
RornrNtowN. \. j.. April john logan ot
rsmteI.yi. " J fell mona tr,sur"ork AZ sou'h AmDoy
last NJ ht. Ald was Aiit'L
ACAHPENTER KILLED By A FALL
R.trtuoRF Ami i.-kuneit Moore, a carpehlet'
are tbIfty.two fcl rom scannd h "a}.st ls "'o'n
- IA. A.. .fautls L.lrd Ito tri about thifD icct
ATTEST or DEFAULT fINd PosrMASFELc -
CAIV,~foN lex, AUu. l. iht Ndrs sly u. +:
~, sn,. n.rttnin Franklin. who stole 400 OF postal
inus two years while postmaster AZ Mhton ia anu
,.,t a. f',rts u as arrested dt Liberty to-day
N,rtpEROUs CONDUCT OF ~ INSANE MAN.
CiNrfSSATf, April Nv. Ii. Nischmeyer,
Ii,rry samo kcrpcr trird 80 all ls Wle lnis 100,
Srit, h,tciet, isthuryer Wa locked 10 CELL Mheu
b, mi ma throat. H. taken 10 LpngVieW Asylum
ARRESTED OK ThE cHAkGE or Nu ,.i,i KDEh ,isfe ~
The prorrctur OF the Thames Hotel va. Arrested On On
u re 81 a tSng cause The death OF \ g. Ihunpoh 10
as,nie1 At nc h1e recently and dlel OF hs ".uDns ~
MAS ctmet lh0mpsun ie down STARS "uho
AuKE-T or PAHDONED CONNiCE
GaLvR.roN, lex, Apnl 4.-Ihe Nears nar tns lol,
LOVING irun iaaFvss o1ss t s,fes AZ
T,nsayllr " Va where he hatbeen seS,fno oed hl sag
Iaq vas ve.terlzy arrested by shurn Jonklns chai god
.h.i, ,ne lnurdeg Va amos Love i've loAis 40.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-05
GREFCE 40 BE COERcED.

LONDON, April lit Is stated by The Stand
ard that the European Powers Will thls week cal ON
Greece to accept tue proposed settlement Mr.. Cad
stone said In Parliament to-day that, although important
progress had been made toward settlement OF the
Greek question. H. afraid he Will he unable 70 make
any statement ~ Tho Home before th' Elsier
Cir Charles Ike Under Secretary for Foreign hfa'rs
IA rrpy 10 question. sad TIE Ambas-ldors had agreed
on frontier nc ruI-orrtcsl with the Turks ID
proposal. This remark ~ sir Charles Dixie probably
Tr'eTs t0 Tho slss 10 inrt0 ia tLc lgADJrhOod
Of Prrvrsa.
Ihe Athens correspondent ~ ne PrH H1H Gascne
saws: ucrc h1JIIj b,irEr- lu pHt,i 40 aut-Ndr
Miui-frf C...i o. NAN iu IN' 'r- vr.i
The Ilrk. have drfllrG to sr1i tflcn h1tiaions OF
troops kn.Oyo aud uy hattIl 20 ine Prov nce
OF IACssIly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-05
PROCEEDINGS or THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, April 4.-The Senate resumed
the consideration OF the pending busnessthe resolution
for tue election Of Senate officers
A motion made by Mr.. Pendeton (Dem, Ohio to 20
into executive session having been losty.as 26 nays
extracts from The Vtyinian newspaper edited by Mr.
and Of his col esgue (Nr Mahonel, and from the
"Biddlebereer" b to show that the Republicans were
now found supporting a for Office who had an-
nounced In bill that the adoption Of the Thirteenth
Fourteenth and FIfleeeth Amendments was equal ia
terrible effect TO the war tself He went with some
mnueness into the question Of the debt the State OF
Virginia. conending that any failure pey the interest
On that attributable any desire TO repu
daie but 10 the unfortunate condition OF affairs which
hsd prevailed IN that state Immediately after the
MT Dawes lRep Mass.) inquired whether the Senator
agreed With his eoeague boldiug West Virginia
ought TO pay part OF that debt.
Mr. Jchnson replied that he agreed with his colleague
ana with the supreme Court Of the United states, In
holding that West Virginia should be respons bio for one
third.
MI. Johnston further stated that the charge that
mere was any sInothering ~ the Repubicau vote In
siEiha was absolutely false, aud concluded by cOui-
snung upon aud vindicstiug the adopted ia
1tuN3n py the funder Democrats
~. SALISBURY tDem.. Doll SAID he appealed
sxnx 70 the sense OF duty the patriotic fceag OF
oa1er siie bat to ils party fealty TO ground It's
ySH oi reStlhon against IL, Administration. g
~ msn pseded pity and commiserhtion Il was the
es'e1s " ice United etates, VINO had been treated
~ susn 1arked disrcspcct by his friends. He
~. snusoofyl appealed " the Republicans 10 march
eny aud help % the President of their choice
0SEse cabsn attention to the fact that last
"a s ssna ntn ecea male 70 90 into exeeanye sesson
&'SS - been arisated Nv . us Voia but hY . numhar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-05
MEANS ELECTED MAYOR OF CINCINNATI

CINCINNATI. April 1.-The contest in the
m. lc pal electol IN cine uuau ha- been lcss between
parties than between Gecency and morality on tne one
side aaA "a contempt for the and corruption Ito
Other. Mayor Jacob had failed to cniofc, The lava
az ans; Sunday de,ccraiiJn a0l inmoralny. Tie city
vas bccoiuue roi.d for open violations ~ suuiay for
shapelcss rdcca The agi Tor gcaef1 laSy
- morals that seemed impossible 10 hni either oi al
rtbuac fog or Official power 10 quel Ihr Ta.sHe made
warn eht az Jacob for his nomination. AMI stated
that 10 woad support Mr. Means m preference
tn J o. 81. uld they be uDinlHatci bY the
Democratic auh R'pubcin parties respectively.
4 Lowing he GasetteS lead were "A great many Re
.uublc,u- whl f,lt tIat the issue Of parry in th4
trc. ion was fir below thar OF municipal honor and
moral lccency. ani who have voted for Means. Ine
,Gort was made by tne Jacob men to array the
ti.rmlus soadiy IN his favor, ns he Is
q; rtn IN but 10 have been unsuccessful La
man, German wards Jacob runs behind ms Ticket Ipe
e-lulu> also iarSry against n IN, aough an
effort Wa mado To rally tho worAugmtn 10 aim Dy tue
a., ..al the Uthsr side leading IGiltabica' cru
,.d- AGAINST the sht, Uf the lab"rfr 10 lhA.'eht
recreation Oh Sunday. ~ attention mas Deen
p,ld to the rest of the tickets brlow e mead ana
is bell We mlX ticket T. e'ectci There Is Al ths
wrt,ng. midnight. nothing definite az 70 mOoutes
F. War, show loss To Jico0 OF nearly 30 over Two
,,er, az. when his plurality was Az ih tue ci'J'
Meiu,'s friends CAIN 1000 ma MY lOt hiln'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-05
LONG ISLAND TOWN MEETINGS

The annual town meetings in Queens
AMI Suffolk Counties will occur to-day. Tho
nomination. we're completed Saturday. II most
Of the towns the contests partisan
Ines although questions OF local interest
often enter INTO tn" canvass In = Folk County an eis
fort Will be made IN ali OF the by the Prohibitions
ss eject members of the Excise Boards Ia the town
ot BroOkhaven the Democratic candidate for supervisor
ha opposition. In the other town, all the present
members OF the Board of Supervisors have been
mated. and from present appearances there will BE- few
n any changes N tie Board In Queens COuny there is
considerable sIfe for al the olces especially the
town Of Jamacl. Supervisor John n. Bunckrrhof res
ceiyed the regular Democratic nomination for the fourth
tune, aud Is opposed by william DYKES Iicr.l George
l. Peek "clt z.ns' nominee" ami william c ueadrck
son. .(Dem.l stump candidate james A. Bets (Deml,
Justice of the Peace has been renOmna'ei and Henry
" RowlsnI. Rrpl, "a a candidate for thi. Office. Row
aud Belts competitors for this Office AT the ASA
tl-cti N, TIE former lng elected 10y ony nNeen ma
Irify. THIS year Henry :. Lot iDrm) ha- taken tho
ncdas "A stump cahlria'c, throwing the chances IN
Of Rowland. For the Office of Oycrsscr OF The
pOor beslde the four regular nouucc- there are four
cNiiiifts lie Janiiici sJuday opseiNau,' =. A.>Jcia
-iln taksg i've paT. ~ tie election for / Ncso
commissioners. ask thar only twenty-five licences
be- granted ia the town for liquor ana beer shop-. In
NfwtOXn tar reelection Of supervisor b,n Nusirant
ls.p assured. hr l. supported by the Reformers.
change Looked for IA the Queens County Board Of
sIper.ors kept IN the town, OF Oyster Bay and Jt
4ica- In the former George = Downing Dem refused
a rcnOmn tuon, and ia tie later supervisor BnnckeIhoh
IA ali there Il lively coutcss fOI tie rce Of
Constable. election Will be- hcd at Long Island CITY
tic supervisor Poor Masters and Constable under tue
cify e arter, Dc Iul Gle ted Ia the iall.
The annna election in the hye county towns Of Kings
I"AhtN VIII nc "'t' "7i'g; - 'N' IS n'SN'r IAN
Town -rA lr' Justice oi the Peace aie 10 b. 20 1soa
Flrtc hr-t ,ime tl. cc'Ons VIII De held under tho
e'eraH.n - rx,stp law" ani the R"publicms cIpees
% arg, fIug III iu the Democratic mdJOulcs which
% Il kl.rl AsI'tO u. lii The tINlls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-05
TIE rRANco.rrNIsIAN QUARREL.
-FOUR FRENCH SOLDIERS KILLFD-InE CAUSES Ol
THg TROUBLE.

FOUR FRENCH SOLDIERS KILLED-InE CAUSES OF
THE TROUBLE.
PARIS, April 4.-In the Chamber Of Deputies
tiaY General Fare Minister uf War; cOulrmcd tho Io
port that has b,cu engagement near tho Iunis
ian border In when The French lost four killed aud sI
wounded. H. announced that tho Government has
ordered that necessary action ho all the
vigor required by the situation.
The ARRIVAL at Beughnzi Of the Italian Mission
taken 10y tho Italian Captain Botuga IN the port OF
Benghaz given rise to report that II is proposed
10 establish an Italian settlement at Tripol.
LoNDoS April A Brush resident OF Tunis writes 10
The Tunes tue following explaining TIA situation there:
There Is between TunIs and Algeria strip ~
territory barely fifteen miles and running tY or
sKty miles inland. covered by dense forests and IN
haltod neic mountain tribes. which neither the Bey
the Governor OF Algeria ba ever been able
completely Buuduc These tribes carry from time
10 tfpo a guerilla warfare sometimes against
the ruui,ans aud sometimes against tho hlgti iaua.
They only pay TiDutc who forced Under ordinary
oumstauccs they C1Dctualy kept IN check under
mutual agreement by the French aud TuniSdn troops;
Bey 10y his powerful neghDOs, rocourse Is invariably
Lad to alleged raids.
In contrast the foregoing the French papers after
stating that the Tunsiau mlrauers Will be followed aud
chastised in their territory declare that the Italian
Consul at Tuuis oented the disorders. and that French
prostlRc was attacked by Arabic newspaper, sup
mort ID by Italian money which Ia published at Cagnari
sud attributed throughout Northern Africa The French
1,.ter. utgo vigorous pOcy aiming at pr, .eetoTate
over Tunls 70 counerao the eject on the Mhometans
of AlgleIH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-05
AN AUTOMATIC Dumping scoW

trial Of the Barney dumping scow was made yes
terday with load of garbage taken on at the foot
OF East Seyenteenth-st. and dumped about three
miles OIL Coney Island. The is built with two
bulls orpontoons, extending her entire length These
are connected at each end by heavy bridges fastened
by strong hinges TO each Of the sections The hold
OF the scow is V-shaped. and can be opened al the
bottom by raising latch. As soon as dumped the
sectlons are drawn together again. IL ~ claimed
that four men damp four OF the scows IN twenty
minutes. The dumping Yesterday occupied less
than minute. The scow II az feet long by % Net
wide. 10 draws feet of water, and carries about
20 tons OF garbage