Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-16
THE EVENING STAR.
AUGUST
Nevada Jurors
ho" THEY BALANCED THE SCALES OF JUSTICE Il


HOW THEY BALANCED THE SCALES OF JUSTICE IN
THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
From the Carson Appeal.
Last night number Of men were sitting in
| front of the Ormsby House discussing the big
mining suit in Eureka between the Richmond
and Albion. General Kittrell, W. W. Bishop,
Sine Barnes, Johnny Moore and others were in
teresting the crowd with recitals of the suits
tney had seen. Bishop and kittrell insisted that
OF late years the atmosphere Of the courts had
been purer than In the earlier days.
"Ihat IL, said Barnes, ''thinner and weaker:
IN other words, jurors cost less than formerly"
Both the lawyers agreed that coin had po-
tent influence. When the law was all on their
slde and the jury on the other they could only
explain it on coin hypothesis.
AZ this point an old grizzly bearded man who
mad been listening slid up and remarked:
Mining suits amt what they used to be-
There's been no real live litigation to speak of
in Phoebe"
"Were you in town."
"Weli, rather; travelled 100 miles on a mule
TO get to the jury box. l struck the town about
O'CLOCK at night, and. walking into the leading
DarrOOm, inquired if the suit had begun In
size OF half an hour man came up and asked
me what my name was. He wrote il down on
his shirt cuff, and then said: 'Pard, If YOU want
to stay and see the suit, let me see you through
on your expenses and he handed me $500 re-
marking that he thought the r. & E. had the
bulge on the law. 1 said that thought that
myself, and then I sauntered off. In about an
drawn on the jury. l said didn't mind, and
agreed to stand in. About 9 o'clock a
man tapped me on the arm and
handed me five hundred, remarking that
the Hermes had about all the law and facts on
tneir side that was necessary. He thought I
might need little money for expenses. Of
course took the money he seemed so anxious
| to get rid of it, and then slipped into back
room, put on pair of false side whskers. a
thin silk buster / had been carrying under nv
coat, and was a changed man. By 10 O'Clock
was on good horse that paid $500 for and
started off on prospecting trip. 1 couldn't
bear the idea of holding the scales of justice i'm
| case like that was fearful of further cor
ruption, you see. But on the trial was repre-
sented by proxy. On the road met old Bill
Damen, dead broke and discouraged. I put
him on the lay, and he started double quick for
Phoebe. He struck the ledge rich, guess. for
when L next heard of him he was drivin' a
spankn' team and enjoying life"
How SHE HELPED HER MOTHER-sI don't
see how I'd git along without Mary, nohow. ~
Mrs Blucher observed, pausing to wipe the per
splratlon from heraged features and put another
ladle OF soft soap into the steaming suds. while
her daughters voice at the piano could be dis
tinctly recognized, floating out from the adioin-
ING parlOr. II don't see how I'd git along with
out that gal. nOhow. Afays on these DAYS.
when hev the tiringest work. she Just picks out
her incest pieces, like Sweet rest by-and-by.
ana Mothers growing old, and sings em fur me
afore she goes out on the lawn to play croquet
with the other young folks. 'Tain't every gal
as nd be SO thoughtful / kin tell YOU Now,
most OF em I'D jest bang away with Jordan is
hard road to travel or 'Whoop 'em UP, Eliza
Jane, but she amt none o. that sort She's a
pile O comfort to me-a pile O. comfort" And
Mrs Butcher famed herself vigorously with her
soiled apron, preparatory to running the clothes
through the second water.-Toiedo american.
THE RUSSIAN MINISTER AND THE HARTMANN
CASE.-M. Bartholomew, the Russian minister,
who is at Newport, says in most positive terms
that he has had no instructions whatever from
his government in reference to Hartmann the
nlhllist, or the eXtradtiOn Of him. 1t is under
stood to be Mr.. Bartholomew opinion that if
Hartmann is in Canada there is no likelihood of
his government asking for his return. because
ne was not Interfered with in England and the
presumption is that he will not be interfered
with ID her colonies The minister says that the
letter OF MIR. Blaine to Hartmann's counsel was
spontaneous certainly, SO far as his government
was concerned.
CRUSHED TO DEATH.-Capt. Edwin Weynant.
OF stony Point. n. Y, came to Red Bank New
Jersey on Thursday, and purchased schooner
While walking about the place in the evening he
attempted to cross long railroad bridge and
fell between the ties. Two freight trains ran
over him, and Friday morning his mangled
remains were found where they had been
caught.
STRIKE OF IRON WORKERS. About 100
molders employed at the large stove works be-
longing to Orr. Painter & Co., in Reading. Pa.
have struck for an INCREASE of 10 per cent on
their present wages. The mOlders employed at
the stove works of Buckwalter & Co.. and
Schantz Keely, at Royersford, Pa. made the
same demand, and are now out on strike.
MIR. TII.DEN IN THE FIELD.-The Hour, a
weekly paper published in New York, makes
the positive announcement that the Hon. Saml
}. Tilden is in the field as a candidate for the
democratic nomination for President in 1884.
The Hour says that with the shrewdness and
foresight for which he is remarkable, he has
carefully surveyed the field and has reached the
conclusion that the time has come for the re-
dress OF the great wrong which he believes was
done to himself, to his party and to the country
hy the reversal of the popular verdict and the
Inauguration Of a fraudulent President in 1876.
WOUNDED LIKE THE PREsIDENT.-Oliver John
| son was arraigned in the court of criminal cor
| rection On charge Of assault to kill Andrew
Nicker. The evidence of DIR. Nidelet was that
Nicker was shot just where the President was
wounded. Some clothing entered the body and
the bullet lodged in the muscles of the cavity and
was afterwards extracted. The fact that John.
| son could shoot hole through Nicker in the
extenuatiOn and he was held over.-,& Louis
Post Dispatch, 11h.
BoYs BURIED UNDER A SAND BANK.-Two
lads, aged five and nine, sons respectively OF
Martin Fitzpatrick and Jerry Riley, in Coventry,
r. l.. We're missed on Thursday. Search was
made all night, and Friday morning Their
bodies were found in a sand pit, buried by cav
ing bank.
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF Low RATEs-An
unusually large number of passengers from the
west arrived at Boston last week by the
Grand Trunk railway.
PENSION CLAIM AGENT ARRESTED. -
RennselaerC. Howard, one of the most prominent
pension claim agents In New jersey. was arrested
last Friday morning and taken before Justice
Gresham, who committed him to the county
Jail. It is alleged that Howard forged the sigma
ture of discharged soldier named Wersing. re-
| siding at No. 60 Adams street. HOboken. Mr..
Wersing alleges that some time ago he gave to
Howard his discharge papers, which showed
him to be entitled to 81, 429.07, and that How
ard collected that amount and only paid him
81, 900.
ARcHBIsOP GIBBONS, who returned to the city
yesterday. stated that, contrary to the pub
hshed reports, he would not be enabled to
off1ciate at the religious ceremonies during the
Yorktown celebration. The rumOrS which have