Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-13
THE QUARTER SESSIONS,
ADJOURNED r.Rm woR pEos M BER.
shsub ana Adams get Three months- a u
Esring Womsn's Farewell Letter
Co Hev Children

Fiddy Afternoon. Common wealth vs..
John Boots. The defendant, who 10 n
colored man residing In 'ScrufFtown" on
the Welsh mountaiI, was charged with
receiving stolen goods. The evidence for
the common wealth showed that on the
night Of September Gath last tho store of
l.. @. Robinson, at Rockville, Chester
county, was broken into by thieves, Who
carried away q large lot OF merchandise,
suoh as dry goods. hats, clothing, So.
On November 7th Constable Bowman and
Mr. Robinson, the former having a search
warrant, made q search Of the Welsh
mountain ut the house they found hat,
shirt aud pantaloons which Mr.. Robinson
identified. Green was wearing the pan
falcons at the time. The evidence for the
defense was that tho shirt was owned by
VIM. Lsnsdale, who left II at Boots to be
washed, and the hat was given to Boots
by o man pamed "Skippy," who tho
witnesses did not know we'll. The jury
rendered a verdict Of guilty.
Commonwealth vs. Henry Shaub. The
defendant resides near Reigart's Landing,
In the Seventh ward, and was charged
with selling liquors without license and on
Sunday. The principal witness was Big
| George Smith, u colored man, who swore
that at different times he purchased beer
from Shaub and paid for It with money
and in checks. The latter he purchased
from Shaub, whose name they bore. Upon
cross examination George said he stopped
drinking at the place because the members
Of the church to which he belonged found
1t out. 1t was brought up in ''meetin'
l aud he was "set back for three months
| A number of other witnesses, nearly all Of
whom wore ooous, testified to substanti.
ally the same facts. No testimony was
offered for the defense and the verdict
was guilty on both charges.
Saturday Morning Court met this
morning at 0 O'Clock for the purpose OF
transacting current business, passing SEN
tenoes, SO.
Charles Dennis, 4. b. Iiyus. NJ. d., and
Samuel q. Slaymaker were Appointed q
/ commission in lunacy to inquire into the
sanity of Milton NJ. Rupert, who was
acqui' ted Of sodomy on the ground Of in
sanity.
Amos Wade. of Drumore township, was
appointed guardian of the minor child OF
john Eckman, late Of Providence town.
ship, deceased.
WOULDN'T ''TRAMr THE WORLD GRASS
| WIDOW"
L. Peck, of East Donegal to wnshlp, was
| divorced from his wife, Malinda, on the
ground of adultery. 1t has been previously
noticed in the newspapers that Mrs Peck
ran off with another man, and the following
letter produced before the commissioners
to take testimony in tho case exhibits the
state Of her feelings. 1t was left behind
for her children:
My DEAR CHILDREN Intend to leave
you all. Your grandfather has disturbed
| all the happiness between your father aud
|. / cannot stay, but remember my dear
children that my mind will always be on
| you. l am still your mother. ask aud
pray to God that you may be good to one
another. Take care of your little brother,
for he will be the only one right brother
that you will ever have. could forget all
that your father has done against me In
! the way Of talking and treatment, bat your
! grandfather has been trying for two years
; to get US apart, so do not feel like staying
until he hands me the divorce. I intend
| to take John for man, for l will not
, tramp this world grass widow. would
rather go to my grave now. My dear
children do not intend staying away long
from you. am coming back soon again
| IL God spares my life, to stay with you,
but cannot come to your fathers place.
:. John will be good and kind to you all, for
4 he thinks as much of my children
as l do. Now there will be all
kinds Of talk about me, bat l hope
|, that none Of You children will talk against
me, for l have been good mother to you
all and no one could have eutced me to
leave you II it would not be for your grand.
father. You all know that WAS not even
4 welcome to go in at that place, for none
Q would scarcely speak to me, no better
o than a tramp. This whole winter they
z have been talking about me they made
= me ont bad and everything else. was all
q l could be. am decent woman and also
8 l am leaving poor. came to Lancaster
: county with t22 and am leaving 1t with
4 aft NJ
!. that your father may get this time a rioh
t wife, for that was the greatest trouble
3 vita your grandfather. l was too poor
j. for the family. and the least thing that
would turn up hsd to hear of my poverty
I so hope that he may get rich one this
, time. Time aud again your grandpapa
3 would tell me that did not visit the
D family aud 1t always caused hot feel
3 ings. But now / am leaving you for
8 while. Be good to your grandparents
, and to your aunts, for they have
r what work for. am going far away
0 but not that far that cannot come back.
!. Be good and kind to your father for he
. was always good to you /; have worked
hard for your father and always wish
him we'll, but there are three things that
0 I would advise him not to do II he gets
? another wife. The first Never strike her
. l ana curse her badness II she Is not,
! and last Of all, do not let your
father interfere In your family affairs
for your father Is kind.hearted man but
he know what belongs to woman. But
respect and thank them all for their
goodness that they done in helping me to
raise you children for have nothing
. against none of them. I hope that they
may all live to good old age. Good by,
dear Titles ones.
HOMICIDE SENTENCED.
William Wilson, the colorsd man from
Salisbury township, who was convicted OF
voluntary manslaughter in killing John
= Dixon, also oolored, was sentenced to pay
! q fne Of 900 and undergo an imprison-
! ment in the Eastern psnitentiary for three
years and three months. Charles Thomas
and Lewis Parker, who were charged with
. complioity In the murder and plead guilty
to the same degree of murder, received
similar sentences.
II The cases against Mary Doyle and
Bridget Parven, charged with abandoning
their infants, were mol pressed, az were
, several other cases Of minor Importance.
, sRNTENcED FOR VIOLATING THE LIQUOR
I'll LAW.
Jacob Adams, who was convicted OF sell.
I ing liquor without license and on Sunday,
was sentenced to pay fines amounting to
l Al mn and of mr.