George Shiras Jr., New Justice Of U. S. Supreme Court

(eorjíe Kliiras. Jr., vrtoo has been nuomSoated by the pi-esk'ut for the vacemt juiiijeshvp la the United States súpreme eemrt, was boru in IMttsfmi-fï, Pa.. Im ISHl'. wh Irá rather who: is Htill nlivt aiul 86 years ole, was a brewer. After paseifíig tlurouigh the tscliools oí h:.s clty, he vntMH'il Yale college anti gradnated írom that jnstitution in 1858. In iv'M claöe wrrc inaaiy men, who have beoome eminent, among tlwan are Justi'cs Ivi-cwor and BrowB and CliauiK-ey Dopew. Aft(r leaying Yakhe rea.d iv 'm the office of Judge Heptraim amd vas adniitted to the bar in 1855. Since tihen lie lias tfccd iin. Picteburg and bas durhig the last twemty yeai-s been in the front rank of Ms proiVssi.on. For yearS In'B meóme lias be 'n est'mntt d at $65,000 a yoar .Mr. S'hiras lias ni'ver held iny wlitit-al office and alMvough re)eatelL,v uirged to accept the nomina:toa' tor a judge-shïp, has always reu,sed tlii stane. In 1SS0 itn the Pennylvanlla lesislature, whi-n a deadlock -xisti'd on 'the clH-t:i'm on a U. S. Konatar, Mi Sliiras, !m a necret cauin, was clvost'ii by a majority of J votes, as a eompromiSe candidate. Tlie oiext morulng hoiwevef, another caucus was rdered by the party managers anid .Tohüi Mitrhe'l was I nated amd eleeted. Mr. S'hiras' nominatiioji has been received with pleas■uipe ly loth part'ile.s. He fe a good lawyer, no politician Und esteemed by all men,. Iaist Simday forenoon, as tlue peo)le were going to dhmrch, two wheelfflen came down E. Ann st., on the sidewalk, eompelling the people to either leave the walk ot be run into. One etraple did not bear them, and tlue head wlieflman ran into the lady tearing her drese quite badly, besiidcs slvouking and injuring lier. Ttuere was no pxcuse for running upon the walk. Tliere are times wlien tlue BtreetB are muddy and the sidewalks iree from people tlvat a wheelman is excusable tor taking to the wialk, but in this inetane it was entirely inexcusable. The young man gatliered himself up as quick as possihle, too'k his whe-el into the road, and never even as miuch; as stöpped to me what dinage he liad done. Had h been a little more of a gentlemlan Ms transgression -wonld have been more easily overlooked.