Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-29
Legal PIeasantries.

ing verdict: we, the jury, impaneled
sworn and charged to inquire into the
lnsanguinty of Hezekiah Jones, do oc-
cur in the Affirmative"
She Will Be In Evldence.-The cit
izers of Big Bay, Ark, recently erect
ed the following epitaph over the
grave of COW which had been killed
by railroad train "To the memory
of Suke, who raised thirteen children.
We will meet her at Circuit Court
When she gets there the late lament
ed will doubtless be surprised to find
what valuable she had been.
A Long-felt want---A Georgia JUS
tice of the peace, laboring under the
mistaken idea that a marriage cele-
brated by a magistrate could be dis
solved by the same officer, was ac-
customed to rectify the martial difii-
culties of the neighborhood by loosing
the shackles which he had forged. AL
though the philanthropy of the worthy
though misguided jurist brought him
in time unde rthe ban Of the law, yet
his methods are deserving of earnest
attention as suggesting a means for re-
lleving the higher courts from the ev-
er-increasing pressure of divorce busi-
ness.
He Aims To Please.-The Detroit
Free Press quotes the following Dako-
ia matrimonial advertisement:
Lovers Take Notlce--On and after
this date l will present an elegant
chrome, a parlor lamp, or glass
water-set to all bridal couples married
by me. All marrying done in the most
artistic way either in private or pub
lie Runaway couples married at any
hour of the day or night, and pursuers
thrown off the scent. Reduced rates
to those l have married before. A red
lantern hangs in front of my door on
Prairie street at night. No dog kept.
Night bell directly under the lantern.
Moses Dodd, ]. p"
Examined the Husband Prlvily.-A
correspondent sends us the following
certificate which recently came under
his notice: II also certify that Mary
wife of the within mentioned Edgar
Pitts and James w. Robertson hus-
band of the within mentioned Annie
Robertson was examined separate and
apart from their said wife and hus-
band by me and saith they signed and
executed the within deed without fear
or compulslon from their said husband
or wife for the purposes herein men
toned. (Sgd) j. B. Allen, ]. P.,, This
gives the reared a line on the charac-
ter of Annie Robertson and excltes his
compassion for James w.
A Sporting Proposition.--In one OF
the remote counties of the Panhandle
of Texas two lawyers were trying a
case before Justice of the Peace. 1t
was sixty miles as the crow flies to the
nearest law book, and the attorneys
differed, of course, as to the law upon
the main issue in the case. They were
trying the case without the interven-
ton of jury, and "his honor" who
conducted gambling house in con-
necton with his hotel, saloon, livery
stable, stud-horse, and jackass, was in
doubts as to what his decision ought to
be. Finally Miller, the plaintiffs
counsel Offered to bet Hoover, defend
ants attorney $40 that he was right
Hoover did not happen to have thai
much of the circulating medium con
cealed about his person, and was nat
urally at a loss how to parry this fore
ible argument. The court waited few
moments on Hoover, and finally said:
well, Mr.. Hoover, the court has wait.
ed long enough. Miller's proposition
seems to be fair one and since you
don't put up, will decide this case in
favor of the plaintiff"