Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-10
NOVELTIES N law.


KoVEIjFs N law.
Some Hsssaaees Whereta 0OSets' -
Li0sanss Play - CaPtoas RapsA
e.. II, BRECKENRIDaE, q son Of the
late GenpTal John C., breckenridge, OF
war IN me. was the sueeessfIl Democr1t-
ic candidste for Large
I'm Arkansas ut the election recently
held. DtnlBg his lively struggle for ths
denominations and his c0mparatively miltf
canvas, Mr.. BteckenridSe had the sup
port of the Pine Bluff ComneFcisl, whicl'
Il owned by MS3or Charlss3. Newman.
m popular 1ACbnfederate. At Pine
B6fflast weVk Major Newman WIS the
nldRti6 and ME Rreckenndp the d:
nars cases ever tsied Msse 1tn0CE
Jeffe1son counte orAnywherofn ArkAn.
sas." The edS6r brought sote Againse
Young Breckenridge to recover $50 br
services In publishing notices snd edito-
rails lAudatory of'litfn prior 70 has nom
nation The defendant aaserssd thas
to psy for such matter would be dishou-
orable and degrading Of public morals.
Both testified In tlfeirown behalf, New
man claiming that thcFc was an under
standing between lrifRself and tho de-
PENDANT whereby tlreisttsr was TO nay .
reasonable rum In theevcDt Of his nom
ination, and Breckenridge asserting
that he WA not to pay.fsT matter other
than the announcement 81 his candlds-
cy and o. few local notices. A large
number of editorial notices, paragraphs
and extracts; which haCfAppeared In the
/, Commercial and which wrongly ndvo-
Gated the nonination Of Breckenridge,
were read before the. court. General
White appeared for Mr. Bseckenridgs
and Colonel Ikil for the I'tsiatitf. The
Jury was unable 90 agree, a0d the case
wss dropped.
Is Justice KcAna's court, ID Williams
burg, n. V, OF Friday; Mrs. Anna
Sprouenberg chsrged her husband with
assault and bait ny by kissing her. The
c,.e was made more interesting from
the fact that the husband Indignantly
denied the charge. "I have been
se,a,ated from my husband oiFAnd on"
was the burden Of the story'of Mrs.
Sprouenberg. "For the last two weeks
Ihave been living away from him, ON
Grsnd street. Thsother day he came
to my house and found mo there. !
toldhim TO go away, ~ 1 didnt want
anymore to do with him. lknew hiin,
Judge. I've tried him too ofISn. lie
begm TO Ice afectioaate forcibly. put
his arms around my neck and kissed
me.v
"What have you got 70 say, SrSouen-
bergr' asked the Court.
81 have not lived with my wife for
Al t.a - sss3a Inaa
won'p I'VE with mes ] deny that j
kissed her on this occasion. ! might
have. been a little affectiOnatc, but
didrit hurt her."
- can't do anything for you, Mrs.
Sprcunberg," remarked the Jdstice.
81 can find no ground In your uncof-
robcrated testimony to tlpd your
hussapd guilty .-------.-voa,rr um
and In few seconds oommoti0iS was
heard, nj the door. An instant later
Sprousnberg rushed hack into the room
I'm great excitement, With blood ticasltng
dOwn,his shin.
"Si,e has Just str,nk pss In the mouth.
judge he said, addrnssing the Court.
The man put hrs hand ON the well
WORE. Bible and swnSe out warrant fDf
his wSfss arrest. ne comedy WAGON
tinSed for a few dn1s.
JsNsL. CRUsx, the constable ~
Cunamipg, Ga, went 70 farm housn
one day last wee k.to levy on two thon-
sand poands offs ~ cotton belonging "a
Jonathan Potts. Mr. Crtise tfled MI
tho doors about he premises, bus Wa
unable 10 get nj either Mr.. Potts or tbs
| cottaa. II seen lsa that the owner, The
owners family md the owners dog
all were away. The constable knew
| however, that Ne cotton was In Ger
| taia building. He resonnoitrsd for {
moment and torn climbed 10 the roof,
| from which pDah he Was able to looh
| do0n the chimney. Undaunted nj tbs
sooty sight hSsntcred the chir,pcy and
like Santa Clsss, slid down fret fore
most. He fund the cotton, levied OF
u, opened the door aom the inside aDs
relied the cotton out. Thea the cncr
getIc constable hstsDed the door
climbed W the chimney and drove
,triumphSatly into Cumming.
II THE women Of Rotklspd, Maine
liwho hASe entered upon cr'issd'
against Ne, liquor deiIe,, have thu
J cours g6pof their deeds. Not long sine
one VI 1sem, while. tho court was walt
ing for action eSalnSt q. saloop-kcepef
ASKED permissisn 10 oder prayer. which
80 m6@ed the Judge shAt the dsfcndan
wss flned SO and doomed ~ serve on
o six months sentence AT hard labor.