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SEPT. l9-.4ssauit and Battery-James CASSIDY u.s.
Of the quarrel which led to the assault tsrsady
noticed it appeared was attributable to certain express
sons made of by the plaintiff derogatoy to the cha
acter of the defendant appeared that the sh Of
April last, election day plaintiff, who about to vote
in the democratic interest asked how it that Cu
receiving stolen goods and pardoned by Execu
tive when Culhane hearing that Cassidy had thus spo
ken of him. proceeded to Cassidy's store and beat him
so severely ts fracture his leg in two places, and
otherwise MAIN him, in consequence of which he (Cas-
expense and was otherwise injured in his crcumstsn
The jury rendered verdict for plaintiff $500 dam
ages and cents costs


For plaintiff, John Mckeon, Esq for defendant, J.. B.


Before Judge Ulshoefer.


Hogarcamp VS.. Jones-This case, already noticed,
resumed. 1t action against the Sheriff. to re.
damages for false return OF fa against Jacob
W. Tripp and Leonard Miller 1t appears that several
executions against Tripp and against Trip
and Miller were placed in the hands Of the Sheriff, who
levied on the stock and fixtures Of grocery store in 77h
perty OF Trip apply ing the proceeds to the satisfaction
Of the executions against him. The plaintiff seeks
longing to Trip and Miller and apply ing the proceeds
towards the execution against them jointly The plain
tiff contends that Trip and Miller partners, and
defendant throws the of proof in relation thereto
upon plaintiff. Verdict this forenoon


Merchants Bank VS.. Eihu Pedrick.-This was
ton instituted by the above bank against defendant for
alleged fraudulent alteration off check on the above
bank The case has already been fully reported in the
thai he defendant had perfect right to alter the check


Marine Court.


Before Judge Waterman.


S,rr l9.-Michaei Benniss, Toy his merit friend u.s.
Hecetnc Benson-This action OF trespass to re-
damages for assault and battery, alleged to have
been committed by a captain, on one of his men,
Il appeared that the defendant who is captain Of the
ship John g. Coster," on her late voyage from China,
hal some difficulty with the plaintiff Beniss, an Italian
and of his seanen in relation the discharge Of his
duties which, defendant set up not being satsfacto


y performed by Benniss, who also showed much suk,
and gave the captain what is commonly called at sea,
him gentle castigation with the ropes end, or main
gallant bracc- The defence put In was, that plaintiff
subordination which justified the captain in incting


little fatherly punishment with the ropes end The jury
accordingly rendered verdict for defendant


IMPORTANT GEOLOGICAL DIsCovERY.-It is well
known to those who are conversant with the mines
of brown iron ore which abound along the base of e
Green Mountains from Monkton to Bennington the
quantity of ore produced, has consisted sf de-
tached fragments and that no regular solid bed of
found We learn that the State Geologst, a recent
visit to Mitchers ore in Chttenden, in company with
President Hitchcock Of Massachusetts, in examining the
drifts which have been carried in various directions from
the shalt found of these terminating in immense
mass OF solid (which blasted out by the miners An
examination OF the resulted in the discovery Of the
fact that 1t was reposng that variety OF limestone
rock which in places has been found to accompany
the in an inclined plane parallel to the layers OF the
rock while the loose materials clays and ochres
also in parallel beds having resulted from the decay
of the archy layers over the The necessary
that this bed OF several yards
thick is coextensivc with the solid rock and probs
ole that il will never be exhausted The owners willof
course find il advisable abandon the expensive expio
,atons in other directions and concentrate their efforts
in this field We understand that the origin and position
of the manganese also satisfactorily traced out
Brandon (PL) Press.


A SINGULAR CHILD.-In the town of Ulyes near
ithaca, there child five years old whose lett arm
is about quarter shorter than il should There
elbow wrist joint, and but two fingers On its
right side there is arm and yet strange and
countabe may be, at the very place the should
appear may be two very slender fingers. The two
fingers upon the lett also quite slender though
the child has OF them. These fingers do not
shut up like common hand but close together IKE
pinchers tongs In all other respects the child ap
pears perfect other children; healthy and intel
iectually speaking smart.


PRAIRIE HAy.-We notice. says the Offo'ca Free
Trader, that orders have been received al Cnlcago
IRON consdefa lie amount Of prairie hay,
the grass crop being quite snort ~ Onio owing 10 the
severe droup In mat section Ihs, we believe Is the
first OF the article to the lower lakes, aud our
ONO ne,ghDors can have opportunity oi testing
the aual,ty OF the products OF our natural mea ows
rxperieuce m Illinois has ds..t"d In favor oil the wud
grass ior most kinds OF stock particularly ior sneep
success prairie hsy-our prairie hehs-sna our
prairie gals.