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ject to call" or for the entire week, when the roll was called at the opening of March quarter sessions yesterday. This, and the fact that several juries were deliberating cases to-day, made it impossible to get together more than ten talesmen for the trial of Edward Kaiser, charged with stealing a bicycle. Finally another juror dropped in and he was snapped up. Robert Stucker, counsel for the defense, expressed his willingness to proced with eleven jurors then, but m Assistant District Attorney Frank B. Wickersham asked for permission to select a venire from the audience. Before this was necessary, however, another jury reported with a verdict and the necessary twelfth man was drawn. Sealer Home From Pittsburgh.Harry D. Reel, city sealer of weights and measures. has returned from in Fittsburgh, where he attended a convention of inspectors and sealers of the State. Ex-Sergeant Rodgers a Watchman. S -The Dauphin county court to-day, appointed Thomas Rodgers, ex-sergeant of police, a night watchman. Realty Transfers.-Realty transfers yesterday included eight property transactions in East Hanover township as follows: Adam Swoyer to John Boyer, $54; William Swoyer to t Lydia Boyer, $355; Eliza Nye to John n Boyer, $2; John Kapp to John Boyer, t $20; Mary Kapp to John Kapp, $26; W. Ferst to V. Ferst, Jr., $560; Wiln liam Kline to V. Ferst, Jr., $140; V. t Ferst to John Kapp, $20; Abraham Grant to State, 509 Cowden street, d $2,400; Rufus McCree to State, 109 d Filbert, $1,750. S To Close Maclay Street Bridge.Beginning Monday, March 23, the Mae clay street bridge will be closed to V traffic upon order of W. H. Lynch, commissioner of streets and public improvements, pending some general repairing of the iron superstructure by the Pennsylvania railroad. Inspecting Sealers Coming.-G. A. Raffensberger and F. A. Foreman, county inspectors of weights and measd ures of Adams and Franklin counties, respectively, will visit this city tod morrow to look over and investigate the city sealing department. a Ex-Mayor Kirschler's Bond Reduced.-The bond of ex-Mayor Chas. t F. Kirschler, Pittsburgh, receiver for the Traders and Mechanics bank, was n reduced from $400,000 to $100,000. Reduce Farmers' Produce Co. Red ceivers' Bond.-In an order handed down yesterday President Judge Kunkel reduced the bond of C. A. Kramer, d W. H. Sloat and C. R. Neff, receivers for the Farmers' Produce Company, n from $25,000 to $3,000.