The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-23
PETERS PUNGENT
PENCIL PUSHING
A BATCH OF VERY INTEREST
ING COMMENTS.
A BOSAT OF COURT INFLUENCE
Reported Bold Defiance of the
Law That Arouses Great In
terest in an Assault and
Battery Suit.

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III 80 lA my ear are true there
W,N| XSN will be some interest
| 4 EI~yEJ ing developments in
| i Nn%kS h ~ court when one of the
ANH q criminal cases comes
I'm y up for trial at the next
I'M RI term of court. Ac-
W. cording 10 the story
told me two of our townsmen engaged in a
| fight few weeks ago over an old sore that
arose from the Gibson Donshoe fight al
| Mt. Carmel One of the participants in
the supplemental fight was badly beaten
and warrant for the arrest of the other
was issued. When the constable went TO
make the arrest the party wanted grabbed
the writ, tore it up in pieces, and then
! snapped the trigger of a revolver which he
presented before the constable's face. For
tunstely the weapon was not loaded and it
was also fortunate (for the man wanted)
that the officer was unsrmed. The arrest
was eventually made and the constable
says that under no circumstances will he
consent to a settlement OF the case. But
the interesting feature of the case is the
stand taken by the party prosecuted. 1t is
claimed that he has declared his case will
never be brought to trial because the judges
are under obligations to him and they will
see that the case remains in the shade.
This case will be watched with interest
The people will wait to see if the case will
come TO trial and if it does not they will be
anxious to know if such a result will arise
from any obligation the Judges may be un-
der to the party who makes the boast.
do not hesitate to say that the boast is a
vacant one. That it is without any support
for do not think there is a judge on the
county bench who has placed himself in
the power of any man who dare make such
a public boast of his power to clog the
wheels of justice. However il this conf
dence in the judiciary is misplaced l would
like to know-and the people should know
| it.
If this boss.ing man owns the court we
will need new set of judges. If he does
not and bis boast is an idle one, then the
ner when his case comes that he will never
again cast such slander upon the bench.
Meanwhile the people will await devel-
opments.
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The cracker factory of town has not been
sold after ALL One of the interested parties
informs me that Mr.. Harry Preston, the
proprietor, has made an arrangement
with the Sheriff by which the creditors are
secured and Mr.. Preston will proceed 10
make fales Of the stock on hand and close
out the business.
~
mine boss made damaging admission
in the company store business the other
day. He declared boldly that it was use
less to try to get the p. s. r. Company to
investigate the matter and when asked if
the stores complained of were conducted
on company store system. he blurted out,
"Well, yes-that is indirectly you know"
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The Council of the Sunday School Union
Of England, acting in conjunction with the
American Sunday School Union, is organ.
izing Worlds Sunday school convention,
to be held at st Louis, in September, 1893,
and with a view to facilitating the attend
snce Of English visitors is arranging for
excursion parties OF Sunday school workers
and their friends, to leave England about
the 10Th of August, 1898, proceeding from
Liverpool, by way of New York and
Niagara, to Chicago, where ample time
will be afforded for visiting the Worlds
Fair, and thence to st. Louis, returning by
way of Pittsburg, Washington, Philadel-
phis and New York to Liverpool.
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The Columbia Hose Company has its
hands full of business now.a. days In ad
dition to making preparations for the
great fair it will hold during the Christmas
holidays it is busy arranging plans to run a
special train from town TO the Worlds
Fair at Chicago next year. The company
proposes to have the train arranged 30 that
all who patronize it will not only have am
pie travelling and sleeping accommoda-
tions during the journey to and from the
fair bat will also be served with meals on
the train from the time they leave town
until they return. 1t is thought that ar
rangements will be made to have the train
leave here on Monday and return here on
the following Monday.
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The undertskers of town should keep
their eyes open for a novel swindler by
which a Mauch Chunk undertaken has
been yiotimized. A stranger having the
appearance of one suffering great
bereavement called upon the Mauch
Chunk man and with tears in his eyes and
faltering words stated that heart disease had
carried off his wife and the body was in a
neigh boring match awaiting hnriAl. Tho