THE EVENING GAZETTE} ENTERED AT THE Posr OFFICE 7m Noawanx as a NEWSPAPER. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1896. Shyster Methods at the Bar. The time was when the tcrmj“shyster” applied to a distinct classiin the legal profession, and to the credit of the bar it may be said that it embraced a very small and in every way insignificant proportion of the lawyers. The “shys- ter” of the olden times wasinothing but a ”shyster.” He was a mean, petty’ sneaking member of the legal :profes- sion who had crawled into it by [acci- dent, and who had neither ability nor character sufficient to enable him] to rise above the qualities of the “shys- ter,” but in modern times the methods of the “shyster” have become" painful- ly common among a particular class of lawyers of admitted ability, who would be offended if classed as any other than reputable members of the profession. This class of lawyers are not', “shy- sters,” but in many instances they adopt the methods of the “shyster” to the fullest extent, and make them only the more dangerous and discreditable to the administration of justice because of the character and ability they bring to sustain practices which once were confined to men in every} way as dis- creditable as the practices themselves. This abuse has gradually grown upon the profession and upon the courts, and it has come so insensibly that it was not appreciated until the highest j-Idi- pial tribunals of varioui stttes have heap compelled to admont's‘i'the trial courts that the methods, of the “shy- ster,” when tolerated in the trial of cases, may be accepted as a perversion of justice that calls for the strongest in- terposition of the supreme julicial authority. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has recehtly given a very pointed ad- monition to the bar offlth‘at State by re- versing an importantcaSe on the broad ground that the methods of the “abyss- ter” had been employed by an able and generally respected member of the bar in the trial of the case, by the violent abuse of witnesses and reckless defama- tion before court and jury. The Supreme Court of Illinois has lately given an impressive lesson to the bar of that State on the subject of in- jecting the methods of the “shyster” in the trial of cases. In a suit against a Chicago railway, for injury sustained in being thrown from a car, by an employe of the corporation a verdict of $25,000 was rendered. The ease was appealed and the appellate [court re- versed the judgment, not because of errors in law, nor because the facts did not sustain the verdict, though the tes- imony was conflicting, but because the counsel for the plaintiff had been per- mitted in the trial to accuse the defend- ant of bribing witnesses and referring to the defendant’s witnesses as being paid for their testimony. These accusations were not warranted bythe evidence, and the appellate court held that by such undignified and improper prac- tices by counsel for the plaintiff the jurors would naturally be prejudiced to render an unreasonable verdict. Judge Watterman, who delivered the opinion, " gave this pointed notice to lawyers who adopt the methods of the “shyster”— “Counsel will not indulge in such con- duct if they understand that verdicts thus obtained will not be sustained.” The fact that the appellate courts in Pennsylvania, Illinois and other states have been compelled to take notice of the adoption of the methods of the “shys‘er” by lawyers claiming to be reputable In their profession, teaches the painful It ssm that the trial courts have gradually and doubtless insensi- bly permitted the methods of the “shy- ster” to invade even the more reputa- ble portion of the bar, and this abuse [has grown S) gradutlly that even the trial courts have not appreciated, the enormity of the cfi'mse against dc- cency, law and justice until the appel- late courts have reversed the judg- ments of the lower courts chiefly or wholly on the ground that the methods of the “shyster” in the trial of cases have made the sanctuary of justice a place where justice was not judicially administered. Evidently the legal profession under the chastening meth- ods of the higher courts of the land Ewill be recalled to the dignity and decency which should ever obtain in the trial of cases in courts, and again remand the methods of the “ahyster” back to the pitiable “shyster” himself. '\ -Advertise in the GAZETTE. _- 'A NOVEL smut. The Twin City Wheelmen’s Pretty Lantern Parade. After several postnonements on ac- count of the weather the Twin City Wheelmen’slantern parade took place last night and itwas a glittering success from start to finish. . The parade started from the club rooms on Washington street, South Norwalk and proceeded to North Main, to West avenue, to Mott avenue around Union Park, to Wall, to Main, to East avenue, to Riverside avenue, to East Washington, to South Main,to Concord, to Monroe, to Spring, to West Washing- ton, to the club rooms. Captain W. A. Wheeler of the Twin City Wheelmen, led the procession, fol- lowed by a. delegation of thirty-five from the Bridgeport Wheel club; twen- ty-five .from the Rambler club of the same city; twenty from the Stamford Wheel club, the latter bearing a trans- parency that “illuminated” for “Gil” Finch. ' Then came the Twin City men, led by Lieut. Everit Tolles and 2d Lieut. Samuel Hoyt, the bicycle of both being strikingly decorated with lanterns] and flags. A number of places along the line of march were beautifully decorated and illuminated noticeably Mrs. Charles T. Raymond’s resident, Frank H. Baxter’s store, Fred Colmanfs store, D. E. Dis- brow’s residence, the Norwaik Hotel, the George W. Cram's residence, the Bennett homestead and others. After the parade a fine collation was served to the visiting wheelman at Ar- ion Hall, congratulated on the success of this, their first lantern parade. walks were crowded with men women and children along the whole line of march, and this was especially true on Wall and Main streets this city. 0. Kirk-Fillow. ' Miss Jane Hamilton Kirk of West- port, and Frederick Fillow of West Norwalk were married in the Congre- gational church at Westport last even- ing, by Rev. Mr. Backus. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Kirk at whose residence a‘ delightful reception was held after the ceremony. 90 Fears for a Stamford Party. Much apprehension is felt for the safety of thelsloop Sagetta, Capt. W. C. Cook, which left Stamford two weeks ago on a cruise on the Sound. On board were Mr. and Mrs, Clement Sea- man and their niece, Miss Lockwood, with a crew of four men. For ten days nothing has been heard of the party. —Alpha races, to-morrow, 25c. The Hauragauri society initiated one candidate last night. ' P. H. Dwyer has what is 'without doubt the finest exhibition of canine and feline collars ever shown , in Nor- walk. Among the latest additions t) the Oleander museum is a Simidz'ae that is as frolicksome as it is homely. Prof. Fred Hall will give a free ex- hibition of pool at. the Monte Cristo ’billiard parlors this afternoon. William Blazer was 1:1 receipt yester- day afternoon of his reappointment as harbor-master for this] port for three years. »_ Buckingham Post, G. A. R. willmeet to-night, at which time important busi- ness will be brought before the meet- ing. ‘ H. P. Rusk of the circulation depart- ment of the New York World was in town to-day working in the interst of that paper. _.——————000 FARMING. THE best rice-producing state is Lou- isana, having 84,377 acres producing 75,645,433 pounds. THE farms .- r' Missouri produced in the census your an estimated product of $109,751,024. THE first buckwheat state is New York, with 280.ch0 acres and 4,675,735 bushels of product. THE first state as an out producer is Illinois, with 3,870,702 acres and 137,- 624,828 bushels. THE buckwheat of Missouri in the census year amounted to 2,802 acres and 28,440 bushels. THE value of the farm products of N evangland has steadily declined for a number of years. MISSOURI produced, according to the last census year, 308,807 bushels of rye from 24,283 acres. . ‘ THERE were 93,425 acres of broom corn sown in 1889, and 33,557,429 pounds of product raised. .——— PEBBLES. “MAMMA, ain’t Deacon Dalton a funny man?” “Why, Jimmy, What did he do?” “In church today he took his hat around and showed it to every- 'body.”—Chicago Record. “DON’T you find it rather lonely here,” asked Cholly, ‘with nobody to talk to?” “Yes,” she replied, with a vacant look into space; “and it’s get- ting worse every min ute.”——Washington Star. man, “that Goggins must be quite a. power in city politics. Iwas passing his place yesterday and noticed in big letters the word ‘Pull’ on his door.”— Boston Transcript. - - The Twin City Wheelmen are to be The side- _ “I THINK,” said the unsophisticated" h. . ETHEVEvEN«ne;eAZEsle THE E E N! No : CHECKER-BOARD BUSINESS DIRECTORY. NORWALK Fire Insurance Co. In Successful Oper- ation smce 1860. No Outstanding Claire‘s. IE’MBUSSING DONE AT THIS OFFICE. BRING GAZETTE Ans. GOOD RESULTS W. H. BYING‘TON INSURANCE than 3. taieiie Building. 8 West A Avenue. 6. Ward selleck, BEST GOODS. rras and corrsss I. 18 WALL ST? I Can Save You Money ' IN LANDSCAPE GARDEN ING, TREES, SHRIIBS, ETC. ‘ Edgar Buttery, ' 58 Belden Ave. 25 years foreman of Hoyts‘ Nurseries. Frank T. Hyatt PARLOR H. S. LEOBOLD. 4-7 Main Street. a ENTERPRISE Bottling Works, 7 Wall Street. FIIE MES AID lAllEll EXPRESSLY FOR FAM- ILY USE. Mail orders receive prompt attention. Joli Printing EVERY BESGBIP'HIII ‘ , EXECUTED AT THE ' :aAzsrrEornor A TWO MILE crux. F. C. Hoyt of Bridgeport finished first in 5.29 4—5, just inside the limit; F. F. Goodman, New York, second; F. G. Smith, Brooklyn, third; E. Hill, Jr., Norwalk, fourth ; B. M. Alexander, Hartford, fifth. ONE MILE ALPHA-CUP RACE. This race was for the Burritt cham- pionship cup. There were but two starters, W. A. Gunther and E. Hill, Jr. Hill won in 2.43. _ _ During the afternoon Frede. Hoyt rode an exhibition mile, he was paced by Hill, Gregory and Merrill. His time was 2.23. 6. Piano Contest. “he‘EVENING GAZETTE piano contest ends on Thursday, July 2, and begin- ning tc-day the date is eliminated from the ballot and they will be received up" to nine o’clock on the evening of July 2. On Monday next the names of the contestants will be taken out and will not again be published until after the contest is decided, thus allowing ten days for secret balloting, 0 ——Alpha races, to-morrow, 25c. Messrs William Banker and George Finch went fishing yesterday and caught fourteen pickerel that weighed twenty pounds, and they were not fishing many hours either. ’ ‘—_——— . At the meeting of the Health officers of Fairfield and New Haven counties at the Atlantic hotel, Bridgeport, to- day, Dr. W. J. Tracey of this city will read a paper on, ”Is it the duty of town Health officers to investigate the origin of contagious diseases?” —Alpha races to-morrow, 25c. g A temperance drink made from the choicest roots and herbs ; has a delicious flavor, pleasing the most fastidious palate; quenches the great- , est thirst. , The extract is .I sold everyWhere, ‘ and is i easily and cheaply prepared “E Q at home. wreak I. ILLIAMS a CARLETON co. Mfrs. V: . .. ’HflttordigonnL/. ‘ ' ' Elbert, a six year old son of David Chittim died last night from an attack of diphtheria, at his home on Center avenue. I" OR SAL E. FOR .SALE—A broncho pony. suitable for children. Price $20. Apply at NEWMAN db PINNEY’S, 12 North Main street, South Nor- walk. jlfitt OR-_SALE——Benedict. Norwalk, newsdeal- er. Is selllug an excellent Fountain Pen and Holder for 250. Call and see it. Jl2tf FQR SALE—Absent sixty feet of_ wrought Iron Area Grating. Apply at this office. WAIVTED. ANTED—One or two young men board-l ers; new house, new furniture._ use 0t bath; near trolley cars. Address B, thisp7fiiscée. .l ‘V ANTED—A reliable lady or gentleman to distribute samples apd make a house- to-house canvass for . our V egetable Torlet Soaps and RureFlavorIn r Extracts $40 to $75 amonth easrly made. Ad ress, Caor'rs dc REED, Chicago. III, 315 1w lSI‘RIOT of Norwalk. ss. Probate Court, June 15th. A. 0,1896. _ Estate of EMMA J. CHURCH, late of Norwalk, In said District. deceased. _ ‘_ The Court of_ Probate for the District of Norwalk. hath limited and allowed Six months from the date hereofufor the Creditors of said Estate to ethbIt their cla1ms Ionsettlement. Those who neglect to_ present their accounts, properly attested, Within said tune, Will be debarred a recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate are requested to make 1mmed1ate payment to DELLA M. SANFORD. , Executrix. w. H. HAYWARD & co. Pension Atlantis and Solicitors, , 709 East capitol Street, WASHINGTON, D. C. ——-———, All classes of claims prosecuted before the Interior Department. Rejected pension claims a specialty. Correspondence solicited. I NOTICE. —‘ ANNUAL MEETING. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of ' the Norwalk Fire Insurance Company will be held at the office of the Company, in Norwalk, Conn., at 10 o’cloCk, A- M.. on the first day of J uly. 1896, for the election of Directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before said meeting”. F. E. SHAW, Secretary. GEO. B. COWLEs. Resident Sec’y. I“ Importan I: -:- Notice 2 A Great Sale of ( I W, ALL PAPERS- ’ $3,000 Worth of Wall Paper will be Sotd AT COST During the next Thirty Days. Newmano’; Pinney, I2 North Main Street, South Norwalk; v. .—_‘ m as. _. Is what the . Redskin uses when he is looking for fight, but for mak- _- ing the home look . bright and cheer- ful the American Knight of the Brush uses none but Longman Martinez’ Paint, which is unexcelled. ' iActual cost less than $1.25 per gal, For sale by the ' South Noryyalk Hardware 00., s . . 24' ”sourl-I- MAIN STREET, SOUTH. .NORWALK,‘ calm "
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