The evening Republican., 1902-05-05


inaugurated in tiEtt State. Tie Is 4 !
Republican but not Of the Machln"
order.
In Kent county the rich ar well
as the poor ara taught to respect
the law. Jacot II. Wilson, .|ohn
Bennett, John f. Mills and Wilbur
E. Mill, four prominent citizens O!
Milford, We're indicted, tried and
convicted Of aSsauIting Bpthuel W.
Hall. a farmer. who had shot one of
their dogs. Thesemn hadun mum
erOus occasions followed the fox
and hound across Halls farm. fle
had forbidden them to hunt on his
premises and in the end shot aud
killed one of their dogs. The four
men then caught HUI and two OF
them beat him into ins"nslblhfN.
Now Hall has had his turn IL the
affairs as the four men have been
Ipntenrpu to serve SIX month" IN the
Dover Jail one Of the Mlll~ cried
like a child on hearing the sentence
passed bv the court. On Saturday
evening Il mass meeting WAS h"ih III
Milford and strp, will be taken to
have the Board Of purdons t. remit
the sentence The contention Is
made that tine men have HlrrUdy
suffered sufficient for the heating
they administered Farmer Hail.
We think the punishment haS al
ready fit the crime 4, they Will be
more careful in the future how they
break the laws. The men have at
ways been law abiding citizens ana
the kind which a community looks
up to and RESPECTS. They will for
the balance Of their lives remember
their experience in tn" trioI which
terminated ON Friday last and the
sentence of IN" court They did
not commit mtrrlrr
THE Wpl,ba"h controversy etlil
appears to be" warm subject among
the newspapers. The Every Even
ing and the .IolHuH do not think Il,
do the editors OF the Morning News
and Sunday Star and tine cas-" Is
being thrashpl out 10y them,
The editor Of the Star has sent Il
check for $500 to Howell :. England
treasurer If the Citizens tummlttrt
to bring tn" matter into the courts,
the proviso being that the Every
Evening contributed like sum. Buti
papers contend they are right aS
to the legality of the WeisbH,l
light contract From present indl
cations the matter will be- decidc'
III the courts The WpIsbach Com
pany claim that they havea con
tract to furnish the city with a thou
sand lights. In fact it seems they
have ten year and a five year con
tract. If the city can do better, Va
have nothing to complain about
especially if the city goVernmen
will not beput t" cXpensc III defend
ing a suit
FROM the number of eases whicl
both Magistrates Hollis and Br,dle,
have disposed Of in a year magi-
trates business must be on the i'll
crease. Both Of this gentlemen
have disposed of over BOO cases il
one year, which has kept then
busy and put dollars in their pocket
hs well as i'll that Of the four con
stables employed by them. Jnstea'
of litigation being on the derreas
1t appears to be coming fashionable
which means more fees for the dis
pensors Of the law.
SUNDAY was an ideal day an
hundreds took advantage of tn
pleasant weather and crowded tn
trolley cars running to the SPRING.
New Castle. Chester and Stanton
All Of these lines were eUvcr-crUwdr
and travelling made very uncon
Portable by the jam of humanity.
JUDGE S. W. PENNYPACkER ha
been So tiled upon by The Quay fo
lowers in Pennsylvania as the RI
publican nominee for Governor,
be decided by the Republican co1
vention when it meets There ca
be nothing said against the judy
by the papers. John p. Elkin
also a ranlIatc.