Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 9, 1873, Page 5

PHE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNL: MONDAY, JUNE 0, 1873, 6 SHANAHAN, WEST & MANNING. Somothing New in Bankruptey for In- nocent Attorneys to Learn. - - How Mr, Manning, an Attorney, Managed to Muddle the Affairs of Shanahan & West, and Hig Own, He ACumpromlses Thelr Afisirs, Gels Them Into Bankruptey, and Himselt Along. Judge Blodgott Tells Somo Interesting -Fnots as to Commercial Paper and - Preferential Payments, The trinl of Bhanahpsn, Wost & AManning, for bankruptay, is ono of the most important to the goneral public, a8 rogards the issuos ralsed, that han taken placo in Chicago sinco tho firo. Bhannhan' & Wost, trnding aboye thelr means, but still doing & fairly largo businoss, suspond- od tho paymont of thelr commoraial papor, and wore adjudgod bankrapt, under circumatances which are familiar to most renders. Boforo tho Court had Invostigated a titho of tho matters charged, o compromise wns offootod, by which proceedings were to have been abandoned. Mr. Manning, n young attornoy of this oity, who has practised since the firo, and was for- morly In the dry goods businecss, an intimato friond of Woat, was tho gontloman who arrangod this compromise. As componeation for doing #0, ho was to recolve & porfon of tho monoys enved by the managomeont,—for oxamplo, in con~ sideration of Lis making himsolf aud his prop- erty rosponsiblao to the croditors for the payment of soventy conts on the dollar of the firm's in- dobtodness, and obtaining leave for tho Iattor to recommoncoe business, he wasto tako chargo of tho dnily rcceipts, ond out of them pay tho compromiso notos, and from whatover romained keop his propor- tion of tho 80 conts saved—tho difforenco be- tween tho 70 cents paid and tho dollar due, In occordance with this arrangomont, he did give notes to sovoral of tho creditors on the basis of %0 conts on tho dollar ; Shanahan & West rocom- monced busincss; and Manning took the pro- ceads ovory night, crediting them to his own ac- count. Ho pnid only 10 per contof tho firat installment of 20 por cont duc upon the notos, howover, thus allowing tho nrrsugomont mado to fail, sud tho nccounts showed that ho approprinted 82,000 in cash and 8800 In goods fo his own use. Thoso rocoedings wero thon brought by Tenney, Flowor & Aborcrombio, instructea by croditors who held ono of said notos, for the bankruptcy of snid firm, inoluding Manning a8 a partuor. Therofore, ono of the points at issuo twas, whothor the attorncy who_scttled the first bank- ruptey had, by recoiving tho moneys of the firm, aud porsonally guarautceing tho payment of tho debts, rondered tho firm linble to bankruptoy for proforantial payments, nnd_himeelf linblo 8a & partner to procecdings in_bankruptcy brought ngflna\: tho firm and himsolf on thoe snspension of notes—* commorcinl pngnr,"—h whicliho wag o party in common with tho othors. Although tho Tonnoys—oxpericnced and sharp in the ways of blmkmptc{—-fmm tho first I::f;md that the la on tho polut waa woll settled, yot tho atten- tion_they showed to overy dotail of the fight, tho woll-known ability of 3fr. Black, tho counsol &Jpqaad to their counsel (Mr. Bontloy, ono of 0 ablest bunkmfwy counsel of tho West) and tho multiplicity of points which ha contrived to raise, demonstrated the importance of this logal struggle, respecting which the trampot-tonod Times has had g0 little to say. ‘The abovoe statoment of thic case is a fair pre- sontation of the facts clicited by tho avidenco on ‘which the counsol relled, and we do not, there- fore, need to recall the spoeches of counsel, but roceed at onco to tho charge of the Court to tho ml:fls ‘Honor, after noticing the evidence ad- duced, and recounting the history of tho entire proceedings in baukruptey, procoeded to caneid- or tho ncts charged in tho prosent procoedin, first, the suspension of commorcial paper ; scc ond, the paymont of moueys to Manning with {intent to givo a preference, and also with intent 1o hindor and delay tho croditors. In order to establish thie susponsion of com- morcial paper, it must bo chown that respond- onts were morchants, ate., aud that paper. given by them a8 merchanta had not boen” paid for a goriod of 14 days aftor falling duo, It bad not con denied that the firm were morchants, but counsel for respondents insisted as & matter of law that tho paper in question was not com- mercial paper, in that there was collatersl we- ourity givon therofor, whilst admitting that it waa given in due courso of business by, respond- onts a8 morchants. It was proved that the notes woro not paid at maturity, nor fourteen days thoronfter. ; The suspension of paymeont on commorolal pa- per by o merchant is an act of bankruptoy. ‘o Court did not think that the fact that a creditor holds scourity upon papor given by a morchant destroyy its character as commorclal paper. Tho creditor slill has the right to the personal ro- aponsibility of the dobtor. He may prove his claim in bankruptey ; may surrender his security, and roly solely on hi dividend ; or_oxhaust his security and tako his dividond on tho balance of tho dobt. The Court, theroforo, charged tho aury that tho paper was commercial paper, given n due courso of businoss of the frm, nobwith- etanding it was secured. It was claimed by the respondents that thoy should not bo adjudged bankrupt for tho non- paymont of thoir paper at maturity or 14 days thereaftor, becauso, thoy claim and insist, thoy hiad an underatanding at the time the papor waa g\i‘vun that it might not bo_paid at maturity, and that furthor timo should bo given if tho pro- coeds of galos did not onable them to moet tho Jability. It was a well sottled principlo that whon parties attompt to-reduco n contract to writing, the writton contract furnishes the solo evideuco of tho agreement, and that o contract cannot rest partly in writing and pn,rnf in parolo. Tho notes nnd composition deed, which aro the only ovidenco of tho agrooment between respondents and their oreditors, contain no_provision for such au_oxtonslon of time, and tho jury must divest themselves of all 1dea of such ngreomont. It was also contonded that after tho notes wore made, and at or about the timo they ma- tured, respondonts mado o valid agrecment for ou oxtonsion of timo, The Inw gives a commer- oial debtor, who Las failed to moot his paper, fourtoon dys {n which to pay or rotire it, and if within that timo ho doos either, or succcods in extonding it, no actof bankruptey s consum- mated. But it is not enough that he should re- tire part of tho papor, leaving o balance unpaid ; ho will not thus umém tho consequonco of his suspension, a8 rogards such bnlanco, Tho jury would docido on tho ovidencs before them as roatter of fact, whether the creditors had con- eonted to such extension of time, 12 & oreditor, on & proposition from his debtor, by his conduot loads him to bolievo that the filmposlllan will bo accopted, so ng to throw m off his guard, tho Court was not prepared to say that suc eroditor_could take ad vantago of tho failure to pay within fourteon days, or until & reasonablo timo hiad oxpired after ncgotia- tions closed. The evidenco went to show that o proposition for extansion hed been made, and it ‘waa for the jury to flnd whother b hind been ac- cepted or not. Tho respondents reliod on the fact that the; hiad mallod a Jotter, with note indorsed, whic) tho creditor wes, by their desive, to acknowl- od oh{‘ roturning tho old note, on whicly one- n half d boon paid. tho moto had boon rocoived and rotained, and & draft drawn nnd paid, §t would have been an accoptauce, Tho prosumption {8 that mattor sent hi’ duo courso of mail reachos its destinntion ; but it does not_follow, because note nnd propoxal come to hand, that the pro- poeal was accopted. Tho jury would form their own conclusions ns to whethior the proposal was accopted ornot. Astotho payments to Manning, a croditor, with intent to prefor, and alwo with intont to Lindor and dolay creditors, the Court did not consumo much timo in dicussing the many points raieod ag to Manuing's hoing in law a momber of the firm. Inlaw tho flrm consisted of Shang- tan, Weat, and Manning. 'Tho fact that Man- ning was & guarantor fixod his lability on tho papor, and identified him with® all procoedings m baukruptoy in councction with that papor. Tho Court had alrondy settled thin orinciple, In a caso in which Mr, Tenney, now resont, Yiad beou engagod, and it was unneces- 1Ty to roport tho lauguago of tho rulivg. Tue proot tonded to show that tho now firm of Shan- shan, West & Manning bocamo indobted to Manning for hissorvices in obtaining the com- Bmmhu of Novombor, 1873, and that ho las oon og:ld a largo amount on acoount of suol ju- dobtodnoss, ‘I'o sustain the chargo of Fruf- orontinl parmonts, the jury must he sntisflod that it has boon proved, that Mauning woag o, croditor, that 'n paymont i allegod has boon mado to him, thnt the flum wea {usolvont at tho timo of such payment, and that, {u mnking suoh payment, it was their intontion to Aglvo him a preforonce. When tho natural ond logat conséquonces of an act aro to givon E:eterenun tho law will prosumo a proforonce to ivo boon intondod. ; As to Insolvonoy, tho law roquires a merchant tolknow the stato of his paouniary affairs, and tho question for tho jl\r{ to detormine was, whother the firm did so {n thisinstance. Incon- clusfon, the Qourt requested the to siato tho specifio clinrges on which thoy found, and tho Jury retired, with pormission to seal their vordict and rolurn it into court this morning, ——— THE HOPE OF ERIN. A Meoting of Xrishmon Procinims It to Be 'Totnl Abstinonce--An Effort Mado 10 Organize n Common-Sonso Toms= porance Socicty--Erishmon Cnnnot Aid the Germans in Tholr Lagor-Boer war. i A mooting of Irlsh citizons favoring the causo of tomperance in tho clty was held yostorday af- ternoon at Wahl's Hall, corner, of Adama and Halatod stroots, tho object boing tho formation of n now temperance socloty, known as * Erin's Hopo.” Tho mooting was called to ordor by tho Progident, Mr. Frank Kolly, Mr. Patrick McGroo- vy acting as Booretary. * Mr. Joln Bullivan explained tho objoct of tho mooting in & foww words, Ho said the inton- tion waoto form a tomporance organization, which should possess none of tho routino of othor socictios, without the pagonntry of regalia, parades, and tho like; ono which would com- mend itoolf to tho workingmen by its simplaity, tho only pledgo required boing nbstinonco from Intoxicating liguor of aH kinds, including Ingor- boor, and a gonoral actlvity {n the promo- tion of tomperance among Irishmen, The ageocintion was llkewiso to combino the advantages of mutual lifc-insurance. Tho on- francofeo was 81, Upon thodoath of & mombor plevyof €1 por capitn was to bo mado, and handed oyor to tho logal helrs of tho decased. Mr. E. Ronayno said thoro was no quostion so Intonsoly iuteresting to tho Irish race as that of temporance. Whon ho looked round tho city and Baw tho thousands of hard-working Irishmon who, by honest industry, haa scoumulated a littlo money, and wororonflnxileholr young childron In the fonr of tho Lord, ho was satisfied that that thoy could mob sympathizo with nny movemont which gave tho rum-sollor personal liborty to doal out doath and destruotion on the Babbpth day, Any blow aimod at the sanotity of tho Babbath was & blow at tho roligion of tho Irish, The Ivish would nover bo found frator- }lizlng with the Geormans in such an unholy war- axo. Mr. J. D. 0'Connor pasailed boer from o sani- tary standpoint, and claimed that thorowas more nourishment in a loaf of brond than in o hoga- heed of the best Bavarian beer. Tho liquor~ donlors had gone mad in tho extravagance of thelr domands, and now wanted to scatter disesso and death on the Sabbath doy.. The re- maindor of his remarks woro similar to those of tho precading speakor. Mr. L. D. Britton bado his Irish fellow-citi- zono godspecd in their ondeavor to reclaim fallon humanity, Tho hearts and souls of mon bad beon aroused by tho claime of tho Gormans, who would uot obly desecrato tho Babbath, but turn it into a day of dnbnuoburi. Remarks of asimilar, it might be sald very similer, naturo woro made by J, W. Murphy, Heunry W. Clatk, apd P. H. McLogan, after g‘h(ch soveral porsons camo forward and signed o call. ‘The meoting adjourncd until Bunday noxt, at the samo time and placo. HYDE PARK, The Miscellancous DBusiness Tran acted at tho Last Meeting of the Vile lage Trustces. A regular moeting of tho Hyde Park Trustces wasa held on Friday afternoon, and tho following bills wara ordered to he paid: Goo. M. Boguo, 81,062.50; Wilks & Colline, £3,26; Chas, E. Pope, 8125 ; Richard 8. Thompson, $1,700 ; police roll, 2085 ; Oharnley Bros. & Co., $84.85; Charles Creighton, $100; John McOnffroy, ©1,365.~ 89; Androw Wright, $125; II. B. Bogue, ©880,- 40; Hyde Park Gas Co., $105.67; N. Durthick, $20.88% Bontty & Darkor, $4,760.42; pay rolls onsundryimprovements, $703.05; total, $11,878.- 01. A number of bills wore proeonted and ro- forred. > ‘Tho following plat of a subdivision wes ap- proyed : Rosubdivision of tho weat 70_fect (in- cluding alloy) of Lots 1, 2, and 3 of Crooker & TRoss’ Bubdivision of Lot 1, in Block 1, of Salton- stall & Russoll's Subdivision of vorth i¢ of northonst 3¢ of southenst 3f of Boo. 8, Town- ship 88, North Rango 14 E. Tho remonstranco of the Rev. Robert W. Pat- torson against tho construction of a sidewalk on Forty-third streot was prosonted and roferred. The “petition of 0. B, Nolson and thirty-five others, to hnve the price of liquor licenses fixed at not loys than 8500, was presonted and re-gf forred. It was Bubsur&unnfly rosolved that no liquor liconse bo grantod on and nfter the 1st of July noxt, oxcopt tho applicant comply with all oxisting rogulations, and pay into the Village Tronsury S50 Capt. Georgo W. Binford's police xeport for May showed that forty-six errcsts_had boon made. Tho amount of Gnes ausessed was 8695, and the amount gollected, 8400, Tho fines of Willlam Roche and Patrick Has- sott, $100 cach, for l:m'rlj(lnfi into the Union Avonue Pound, were remitted, Tho Hyde Park Gus Company and Bontty & Barker wero pormitted to arrango for tho pas- sago of o mauin through the f"my-fimt stroot sower at Madison avenue, without prejudico to tho villago of Hydo Park. ‘The Troasuror was oxcused from his oxpected roport, on his statomant that hia books aro yot in tho hands of tho Auditing Committeo, The Buporintondont was suthorized to sprinkle Hydo Tark avenuo, Oak and Forty-soventh streots whon ho deoms it nocossary, provided tho rosidonts pay ono-half the axponso to repair jthe crossinge in Cleavervillo, and to repair the crossings to tho mauboles in the Oak strect sewer. ‘The Bosrd then adjourneduntil noxt Saturday. —_— “BUSTED.” The Sunday Times announced’ yosterday that the sories of scandalous articles known as “ Walls Among the Churohes ™ would be closed with the ono printed in that issuo, but nogleoted to furnish its rendors with any ronsonable excuse for terminating them boforo tho tea-table slander of overy church in the city had been retailed in o groatly exaggorated form, The public mind, howover, can roedily supply tho deficionoy. The fonrlossnoss of tho Rev. Dr. Bullivan in oxpolling from his church tho man who blackmalled and calumninted tho most rospectable membors of uis congrogation, and the goneral sontiment of approval which grectod his prompt aud onorgatio treatmont of tho offender, convinced tho man- agors of tho Times that blackguardiem is not quite so popular overywhoro as it is in thoir own office. They have discovered that tho bettor classos o Chlcn¥o people are firmly grounded in n roligious faith of one kind or an- other, nnd will not tolorato anything that tonds to bring Christianity into disrepute, and moke it the sub&ncl of jibes nand jeors of wicked men. Alarmod for its circulntion list and advertising patronngo, both of which have beon decrensing rapidly of late, tho Z¥mes has boon compolled to ivo (s falsitylng pedostiian a reut. Butthoun- fortunate young man should not bo blamed for what he could not possibly help, ‘Tho Rev. Ar, Bullivan doos not blamo him, becauss e knows that bo was onl(\(' tho holploss modium through whom the blackguardiem of others was oircu- Iated, and all tho other poople who havo suffored from bis dirty work should treat him in tho eamo kindly ~ spirit, Ho know he waas doing wrong, and faln would load a life of avorago rospootability, but pov- erty atared him in the face, and the malovolonce wont on. His fato hns boon & snd ono, and should be a solemn warning to all young ]our- nalista, Binco ho commenced to ‘walk among the churchos and aneak into people’s back-yards in order to overhoar the tittlo-tattle of thia do- mestio olrcle, he has wasted away to s mere shadow, Already the hoctlo flush of consump- tlon roddona Lis sunkon cheoks, and his atton- uated form is torn and wronched by a haoking cough. His oldost friends Love dosorted him, ana’thoso who wore onco happy In his acquaint- ance now shun bim as tho true Irishman does tho informer. The uubappy young man do- sorves the sincoro sympathy of overy Christian person, and will undoubtadly be rewarded with gued aud kind deeds for the ovil Lo Las done, loavo for Madison, Wia., this morning, to hold a torm of conrt, The ITon. 0, O, Driggs, of Pittsburgh, is at tho Bhorman. Gon, Fitz-Hugh Warron, of Iows, {a attho Gardner. Capt, A, T, Kingman, of Now York, is atthe Qrand Iacifio, 11, G, Litchficld and E, M. Baker, U. 8. A,, are at tho Orand Pacifle. . T. IInghes, Eoq., & prominent Iswyor of Bloomlngton, is in tho city. Prof, O. 0. Marsh and tho mombora of the Yalo Calloqn sclontific expedition, aro at tho Bliorman, They loave for the Woet to-morrow. Among the atrlvals nb tho Bherman yesterday woro tho following: H. nrrington and family, Central City; A, G. Dono, Boston; Thomas Pringlo, Montronl; 8. O. Ellla and family, Dixon; Sincon_ HSmith, U. 8, A.; Rlohw COhuto and wifo, Minnesota. Among tho srrivals at tho Gardnor, yestorday, woro tho following: Charles A. Mann, Utica; Thomns_Y.. Higging, Now York; Houry B, Pottos, 8t. Louis ; J. Hawloy and wifo, Detrolt ; ¥. 1, Tho ord, Cincinnat ; Lano Lockwood, Ban- dusky ; J. F. Wood, Columbus. Among tho arrivalsat the Grand Paolfle yoster~ day, woro tho following 1 E. O, Bmith, England ; ‘Ward Ameos, Oswego; Georgo L. Tiackor, Bt. Paul ; Josoph W. Rovore, Boaton ; O. M. Now York ; J. Onunon, 8, Louls ; I, L. Pow- ors, Now. Y’ork; William Kelloy, Texas; H. B, Tarkor, Bt, Louls ; J. T. Ransen, Towa; Willinn Konnody, Cincinnat! j 8. E. Cohon, Philadelphis. gl bl TIE CITY IN BRIEF, As Suporintendont Washburn seoms to bo bonnd to pnt down Sunday baso ball, it would bo o doleato nttoution on his part to entrust tho 3ob to tho “fly cops” of hia force. Tho alarm of firo from Box 270 was oconalonod {autordn by tho burning of some huy ncar a arn in tho roar of No, 44 Onrpontor stroct, Tho barn, which was accupiod by Wright, Warron & Co., was damaged $10. Tho storo of M. Btowoll, at No. 45 South Olnrk stroot, was brokon into at a lato hour Inst Batunday night. Only £46 worth of plandor ro- warded tho thiovos for tholr loss of slogp. Botwoen tho hours of 8 and 9 o'clock last Bnturday night, some highwayman surprised Willinm Watts, nt tho cornor of Jofferson and Hubbard stroots, and, aftor knocking him down, robbod him of His pocket-book, containing 918, ond & watch and chain valuod at 895. A still alarm was givon tho Litile Giant En- ?hlu at half-past 11 o'clock yostordsy morning, or n fire iu o two-atory buile “E{-o“o' 526 Bouth Canal stroot, occupied by Ahron Bros. na n grocory storo. Damage on building, 820; no in- suranco, Tho firo was occasloned gy the upsot- ting of & koroscne lamp, At 4 o'clock yestorday morning tho rosldenco of Luther Burly, No. 259 West Lako stroot, was entored by thioves. An ontrance was obtainod by forcing open » bnck door. The houso was thoroughly ransncked, and 8150 worth of prop- orty carrlod off. The robbory was not duscovered until the perpotrators had doparted. Oincinnatl Enquirer oditorial: * The Jubileo ot Chicago, dosigned to advertise ono or two xailronds and two or threo hotols, sooms to have boon n euccogs 60 far as crowd and noiso were concorned. Judging from tho Chicago papers tha proportion of thioves to sight-soors was un- duly groat. Tho affair had about as much to do with music 85 an Indian corn-danco,” The body of an unknown_ man was found in tho Chicago River, noar the Lalko streot bridge, .at b o'clock yestorday morning, by Issac Eaton - of tho tug-boat Miller. Oficer Condon took the 1body out of tho wator and sont it to the Morgue. It wag that of uman of light comyluxjon, light Yhair and moustucho, drossed In black coat and .voat, dark ribbod pants, and white slirt, nud ap- Wnruntly B0 yoars old, No marks of violouce ‘woro found upon his person. He scomod to bo o Gorman, A A moeting of reprosontatives of tho varions +military organizations in tho city was hold yos- tordny afterncon at Wahl's Hall, corner of Adsms and Halsted stroots, to tako action rolstive to tho orcction of o monument to Col. Rullignu. Dologatos woro presont from the Mulligan {Zounyos, and the ‘L'wonty-third and Nintioth Illi- nois Rogiments, An informal discussion was in- ydulgod in, aud the subjoct of a grand pienio .moated. Final arrangemonts will made on *Wedunesday, nt the City Collector's offico, A Dbold tnoft was committvd at tho Darnon |Houso, yesterdsy morniug, by which Mr, W. 8. "Whalton tas robbed of 3300 worth of jowelry, land $60 in curroncy. Ho was awakened abouf *7 o’clock by lis room-mato avimmng, As the lat~ ter paesod out of tha apartmont, ho remarked to Waiton that ho had better lock the door aftor | him, or ho might find his valusblos missing, ‘Walton said * all right,” but ho turnod over and went to sloop, lonving the door unlocked. About 11 o'clock, he awoko aund found tho door afar. Feoring that somo evil had bofallen him, Lo aroso bastily, and found that his gold watch and chain, hig cuff-buttons, s diamond Din, nud s wallot, containius S60'and o pass fe- sued by the Ilinois Central Hailroad from Cairo On the back of tho THE COURTS. - The Contest in Indiana as to tho Lia= bility of tho * Ropublic® Stockholdors. Opinions Published--Bankruptcy, Criminal and General Notes. When His Honor, Judgo Drummond, overralod tho domurrors in tho Indiann sults brought by Tonnoy, Flowor & Aborcrombio ngainst the Ropublic Insuranco Company, in bankruptoy, Tur Trinoxe duly chronicled the foot, Noxt dny, the TYmes, ovor jonlous and watchful of those columus, camo out with tho samo faot, amplificd, multiplied, and altogothor moro lovoly. 'To givo tho appronticos of that shoot another chance, wo now prosont, in n fow words, tho fow points of tho said ruling, condensod frum a column or 8o of teohnicalition : Tho proof made by the bankrupt was as to the dofondants hinving bocomo subncribors to tho atock, tho banksuptey of tho Compnny, tho losses by tho Chicago fire, and procoediugs in court sinco, The main point of tho dofenso was an objaction na to tho lognlity of the procodings of the Bonrd of Diroctors as to tho increasa of stock aftor tho amondment of the chartor. Tho find- ing of tho Court on this point was that. the Diroctors had ropoatodly rocognized and of- frmedtho inorosso of stock ; that tho subscribors uad ncquiesced in it, and aftorwards takon partin tho moetinga of tho comsnny, vaunfi for Direot ors, and roceiving dividonds; and that thoy woro thoroforo estoppod from now objecting to enid incresas of cn]l)lml ostock, which "hnd boon logalizod, and to which no valld objootion could at this Into poriod bo rairod ; that tho domurrers must thoroforo bo overruled ; and tho stock- holdors bo_held lisblo to pny tho nsscssments alraady mado. Now lot Tanney & Co, lookout tor an frruption of T'imes snvages, wanting to know, you know. OPINIONS PURLISUED. Tho following opinions aro published in tho curront numbor of tho Legal Nuws : Tho opinion of tho Bupremo Court of tho United Btaten, by Davis, J., coustructing soveral provisions of tho treatios with the Bhawnoo ?m)llm!, defining thelr righta n a cortain rescrvation, and staing when such laud was aubjoct to tho location of floats, and. when liabloto pro-emption, ‘Tho opinfon of tho United Btates Bupreme Qourt, de- livored by Miller, J,,in & caso -where the plaintiif claimoed_commissions’on renowed prorslums, snd, lo sustain his claim, offerad to show tho usago botweon insuranco companica and their agonts, Tho court beld that local and limited usages and custom could not bo introduced into an oxpresa contract which Ja reducod to writing, and expressod in writing neither technical nor ambiguous, Tho opinlon of the Bupremo Judicial Court of Maine, by Walton, 3., holding that the maxim fn law, that thero aro no fractions of o day, does not apply {0 raceedings in bankruptoy whero tho oxact timo whon iho ovont occurred fa mado cortaln by record. Wo be- lovo this s tho firat caso under the present bankrupt law involving tho question whether the fractions of & day shoull bo noliced in compuing timo, ~ Thia opinion will undoubtedly be often ‘clted, ‘Tho opinion of tho Bupremo Court of this Stato, by Lawronco, O, J,, holding that a rallrosd company i under obiigation to leavo overy lighiway that it crosses 1n 8 safo condition for the use of tho public, IN DANKRUPTOY. In tho matter of Gillott, Cunningham & Co., Mr. Jonkins, on Saturday, sont out noticoes for a third genoral mooting of croditors, to tnke placo boforo tho Rogister on the 25th inst., at 2 p, m. A number of final hoarings and moetings wore ordored, and alarge number of unimportant orders made. In the mattor of Ira Y. Munn, tho Nortons formally petitioned for dischargoe, and an order for hearing was onterod for tho 19th July next. On atipulation filed, in the matter of the Tiverside Improvemont Company, an ordor dis- misaing all proceodings, aud dissolving all in- Jjunctions, waa mado. 'NOTIFICATION. The rondor of this column, who may look for any of tho following mattors in this issuo, will find thom printed In SuNDAY's TrinUNE : Klokso . v. Wright (decision by JudgoTrao on an inform- ation against the dofondant of usurping tho of- fico of Tolico Commiesioner); Childs & Co. (n bill for injunction connooted with tho Riverside Improvemont Company and othor companics) 3 swindling a_rich_foroignor (bill of complainl filed in the United Statos Cirouit Court) ; roport of tho dividond meoting of oreditors of "tho Equitable Insurance Compun{, in bankruptey, oud the Lombard anm&)n!gu Buit, I'hoy wero published yostordsy In ordor that tho half dozon journalistic juveniles omployed bf' tho Times to got np a law report may have o chanco to crib them for to-day's isauo of that mud-slinger. ¥ 6 ORDMINAL COUNT ITEMBS. -« The Grand Jury rotwned four indictments yostorday. Gua Millor wag_brought into court charged with burglary, Mo plended guilty, and was 3 ; to Chicago, Were missing. sentenced to nino monthy iu tho Totise of Cor- | o \vas engraved, * brosonted to W. Scott Walton by his brothor, W. J. Walton.” Of courso, after mnkln‘f this_digcovory, bo_closed tho door. It should be added that Mr, Walton doos not suspect his room-mato of tha theft. A atrong effort is boing made to_arrango an- othor match betwoon Ubussy and Beusungor ab the Fronch game. Tom Foley is willing to back tho former, sud givo odds of 300 points_in 800 ; but there seoms to be s misunderstanding about the gato rocoipts which eannot bo got over very ensily. Ubassy clnims, and with considerablo Jjustico, too, that ho cannot afford to give such ©0dds unless two-thirds of the raceipts aro guar- antood to him in any ovont, His name draws moro than two-thirds of the spectators, and ho bolioves that he oughi to derive somo bonofit from it. ‘Tho Bossunger party are willing to play, but they want an oqual eharo of tho proceads of tickot-solling, or will arrange tho game 80 that the winnor may take all the money, bassy will accopt the lattor proposition, but will fl]ny only 760 to 600. Now. thero is no head of all this wrangling, Mr. Rn[»p, Bossungor's backer, mado money out of the other ganmes, and 28 lio cannot vory well loso nnylmnF tho pro- posod mateh, hoought to tako a little rlsk and concedo somothing to tho forolgnor. If the gemio is amicably arrangod, the billiard businoss will bo considerably bonefited, and tho_genoral public will think bettor of tho professional playors than ever before. A large number of poople arc anxious to sco Ubassy in a longor Iams on Sntufday. Tho argumont will probably | gomo than Lo hius yot playod, and it doponda g~ closo to-day. . iroly on Rapp whethor thoy sball be satistied or The conl-mining cnse of Tucker v, W lker | not. camo up bofore Judgo Treo on Saturday on a motion by dofondant for a now tial, on tho grounds that tho damages awarded by tho fu wero oxcosgivo, Tho motion wes overraled, whon defendants prayed an appeal, In Judgo Booth's room, on Bnturday, Gon. Btiles mndo o motion for o now trial in tho case of Wright v. City of Chicago, in which plaintiff rocovored damages, a short timo eince, for loss, of a horso and wagon, through the alleged nog- ”Vgaum of tho city in the non-lighting of tho. Wolls stroot bridge, The Court took the matter: under advisemont. 1 TIu tho Superior Court, Bliza, Ann Tomplo be~ | ing a auit against Nathaniel 8, Higgine, A. L. Jook, Edward G. Hasingor, Edward Tague, and Mouos D. Tomplo, for thio establishmont and con- firmation of her titlo to'the 8, W. 3(of N. W, %¢, of Boo. 16, T, 88, N. B. 14, L, of § P. M., and* numbered 39 on the plat of tho Bohool Trusteos | of snid township. Ono Ohlson was arraigned, and pleaded not guilty to n chargo of piokiug pockets. N OTES, Up to the ond of April, in tho Criminal Court, " tho Bheriff rocoivod 85 forfeitod recognizances for oxecution, of which the following very uu- satisfactory returns appear: Bnmfled,fl; no part satisfled, 21; no gmpurty found, 1; sot aside, 1; balance, no entry. Tho Assignee of Poyton Ohandler & Co., baukrupts, on Saturday reported to tho Registor for May, showing $26,205.06 recoipts, 216.60 ox- uditure, and 826,240.46 balance in hand; and ho Assignoo of Frauk R. Chandlor, $16,118.69 roceipts, ©344.60 oxponditure, and ¥14,769.00 in; band. i Lombard v. Charles B, Farwoll and Othors is: tho titlo of a sult foundin our record to-day, De- tails wore publishod yeaterday. Tho prining of ; such things exclusively in 'Tur TRIDUNE js tho sort of law-romancing that causos the toiling and onvious word-daubors of tho Z'imes to soash their unoffending pencils, and swear,, and stamp, and call namos, & 'Tho casa of Bloan v. Cossott, which has boon, on trial befora Judge Wood during the past wook, was concluded on Baturday, when the Jury, by arrangomont, wero ordoved to deliver a Bealed vordict. On Baturday a docree of partition was entorad in tho .cose of the Lehmann catate. 'Tho scavongering caso was up beforo Judgo Will- e NEWS PARAGRAPHS, Tho Boston Post propriotors pay_n littlo logs than 80,000 for their now site on Milk streot. —The Rallway Postal Sorvice will soon bo placod on tho Missouri, Kengas & Texas Rail- road, from Bodalin to Donison. —fTho now Btato Oapltol of Tows, at Do Molnes, will roquiro 14,000,600 brick.—all for insido work, extorior being ontirely of atono, —ho Milwaukeo Iron Gompany will mako, during the your, at its worlts in thos city, 47,000 tons of ruifrond iron. Last yonr it mauufactired 85,000 tous, cquivalont to £3,000,000. ZTho parontsof & Cincibnuti young lady, whoso intontions wore suspooted, romovod all Tior wardrobo from her room, aud left hor only & robo do nuit; but 1n the dull waste and middlo of the night, hor Romao nrrivad, oarried Lor off ust as sho wos, and an obliging clergymon did 0 bueinoss for thom. ey —OQur townsman, N, P, Rines, drove over a NEW SuiTS, snowdrift in the town of lerluuflold, twosand a Tz Oxnrrep STaTes Omourr Counm—Olof | half miles this sido of tho old Stickuoy tavorn Jolanason V. Bephion Blophienson ; bill for reliet, eto. | on the turnpike, yostorday, which was 77 foo i Crugors CounT—1.433to b—Appeal, ‘ATl fone an 17 Took wido, A what 18 romackablo Otarlen 1, Forrast v. A, Kovauer ana, Johin Nehol-i| 100K and 17 foot wido, and what la remariable, measor; sssumpait, $200. 7,838 to 7,241—Appeal, ,| 81} 8PPIO troo was in ossom oloso 7,240—1leon T\, Wright v, Emory E. Ohflds, 7,243 t0' | 8ido of tho snow bank,—Concord (X, I.) Moni- tor, June 3. —Mlary A. Ford, daughter of Daniel Ford, of Phonix, R. I, was found dead in hor room on Bundny ovening, with hor mouth partly filled with enuff and & swab lying in hor throat. It la Inforred that sho was rubbing her teoth with tho snuff whon she foll into a glupor, and the swab gotting into her throat cholod her to doath. —Ho rapid ig the dostruotion of lobstors that it is prodioted that tho prosont genoration of Lumans fs tho laat that is to enjoy tho luxury of this valuablo sholl-flsh. Despito tho statomonts -that the supply is inexhaustiblo, any one who «Jooke futo a fleh-market finds demonstration +thnt the rovorso fs the faot; ‘that tho m{ildly -diminishing aizo of those osught points to their spoody oxtinction, unloss tho meroiless slaugh- tor i arrostod, William Etclolls, n flend and blackemith, at Dunklufleld, England, having latoly flrst raur- dorod hia wifo and nearly murdered ore of his childron, saved furthor trouble by killing him- wolf, o s ropresonted ag having beon a man of o moat Bavago dlsrnultlon. who took dolight iu torturing his ohildren and malireating his wife, Ono of his favorito amusomonts was to drop hot tallow on the bare skina of bis childron, dancing for joy at thelr orien of agony, Not a loving fathoy cortainly wau William Etchells, but we mention him principally becauso it s furthor statod that ho committed n murder fn this country bofora going to Lugland and was “waused" horo, 7,250—Appeal. 7,251—Julius D, Roberts v, Nathaniol g, Grow snd Henjamin E, Onliup; potition for g;g&l‘ml‘éc‘i lion on tho Dishop Court 3.4, !tng Burenton Count.—{9,620—8uppressed for sor- vico, &3,630—Sarah v, Williun Edwards: ivorce, 43,631—Alphous J. v, ‘Enlly D, Hays ; divorco, on | ground of desertlon and adulfery, 43,039—Divores, on ground of descrtion, 43,08—Vrank Lumbard ' v. Churles B, Farwell, Denfel Shophard, Jonathian Y. Beammon, Jamoa P, Roat, 8, A, Irwin, John W, Bunu, Georgo W, Parkor, Johu Hiilwell, and D, A, Pope : as~ sumpelt, $10,000, '43,644—0, 1%, Bockwith ot al, v, Moscs aud Levl M. Awos; sssumpelt, $160, — Bawo v, Margurot L, Struuss ; same, Hamo v. Jullus Qrows: matio, $300, 43,097—Ellz Aun Toinylo v, Nathon 8, Uygits ol ais il to doclaro and confirm_fitlo, 43,688—TTiomas Bovorn v, John A. Huntor and Willlam I, Pago ; assunpeit, $1,000, 43,089 3,640—Appeals, 40,611—0, 10, Awain'ct o1 v, Horn and Pwomily 3 canfosifon of Judgmont, $110, 49,643— Michaol Byrnd ot nl. v Oliirlen’ Toboy; ssaurapals, 1,600, 42,643—Bupprossed for servico, . — L fotel and sito, | PERSONAL. Orlando I, Moore, United Btates Army, is at tho Gardner. Tx-Gov. Claflin, of Massachusoctts, Is at tho berman, Tho ITon. Honry M, Wild, of Boston, is at the Bherman, Judgo David Davie, of the Unitod Btates Su- vromo Court.-ia at the Graud Pucifo. Ho will THE FARM AND GARDEN. Wizl the Enst or the Wost Get tho Li= ‘on’s Sharo Cnso of Ohen, porintion 7-Some Othor Things fce sidos Railrond Freights that Elavoe Led to the FProsent Comndition of Things—A Morxe Diversificd Indux- try — Carnway Seod — Rutior nnd Ohecesc—'Cransnctions of the Stato Ilorticulturnl Hocioty—The roper Timo to Out May——Corn=Culturc— Look nftor the OornaOriby. From Our Agrioultural Correspondent, Juxg 1, 1879, “Tho question of choap transportation s one In ‘which tho East, an woll 88 tho Wost, lag a deop {utorest, Tho East was tho first to demnud choapor transportation for tho ngricultural staplos grown ot tho Wost, It claimed that tho lowering of froight would to that oxtont lowor tho pricos of thoso commodition. Tho Westorn farmors now make tho samo}demands, holding that the rosult would Lo so much added to tho home-price of corn, boof, pork, and other Iargo staplos. ‘Theso aro tho viows at eitlor ond of the line, and the question comes up, WHION 19 RIGHT ? oro 1s what tho New England Farmer hus to #ay on the eubject ¢ ] FARMING AT TRE, EABT AND WEAT. ‘We publish {n anothor column n lotter from Iowa, in which tho writor nppoals to the Eastern world to come to thonld of Westorn farmors in thoir offorts to socuro cheap tranaporiation. = ‘We aro not suro that tho interest of the wholo of thio ¥ Eastern world ” llos in tho dircetion indleated by our correapondent, Westorn produco s atready offorad in our markots at pricos with which Now England farmors find themaclved umablo to compote, and mony of us aro ot n loss to dotormine ' what crops can bo_ misod with o profit on our old formm, “Will a roducion of frolghts on sgriculiural produco bonofit tho Eastorn farmer? "Tho consumory of tho East, howovar, commenced tho agitation of tho subjoct of cheaper fielghta befory tho producers of tho Wost muved in tho uatler, but o upposo, tials prirpone i to scouro lovar prices hore rather than to advance pricos at thio West,—to ro- duco tho cost of Nving for tho bonofit of anufac- turors ot tho East, inatead of augmenting tho jncomo of tho Western farmier, LIy o reduction’of froights may beuefit both par- tios, but which will Rooure tho lion's sharo will of coufso depond upon clrenmatancos,—prominent among ‘which are tho relations of supply and demnnd, It would bo woll to convider tho question in all ita variod nspoots. 8o long a8 tho pricos in Liv~ orpool control the pricos of Wostern agrioul- tural staples, go long will tho Wostorn farmer boye the lon's eharo in tho profits of low freights to tho soabonrd. But, if wo deponded on Now Englaud alono for our markot, thero is no doubt that tho scalos would bo turued agninst us, Tho same paper points to OTUER OAUSES, a8 follows : Wo do not doubt thot Weatorn farmors have good causo of complaint againat tho oxactions of railroads ond other mouopolies ; but wo aro not entirely satfsfled that theso aro tho solo, or oven tho chiof, canses of thelr griovances, Tho Wostorn conhitry has been sottled with wonder- ful rapidity durlug tho past few yoars, and wo pre- sumo fhat’ tho development of msuufacturing aud othor industrial interests Lias boon outstripped by that of agriculture, With an unlimited nrea of virgin soll ond with on amount of Inbor-saving muchiuery and Implomonts that has cnabled ono man o do the work that formerly required from two to men, is ovor-production nn joodmissiblo conclusion? What also can bo Inforred from tho prices in Eastorn mnrlota of some kinda of farm I3 ucta; for inatanco,corn at 70 conts, or less, n ushol by tho car-load ; cattio ot S conta a pound, liva welght; ond Indian monl and whioat-alorts at pricca [hich ‘put them in compotition With our manure- ieAps 7 The “ Wostern fover,” also, In our opinion, has been an active causo of tho “great and fast-growing diffl- cultios " of which our Iowa correspondent complains 50 carncstly, Immigration hos hoen stimulated by all tho moans which ~Iand-speculators could dovise, Not only individuals, but Stato boards and agricultural — soctotios, bave mont ciroulars and Bnud-books into oll countries, contalning tho most attractivo statements of ' the advantages of thotr particular localities ; and, in muny cases, theao means liave been backed by sgents of good address and oloquent specch, who baye been scut out to “ compel men to come in.” Probably no Auch amount of outside iufluenco was ever brought to bear on tho sottlement of any other country, 1In the Esatorn portion of tho United States, the new scttloments encroachiod on tha primitive forcsts grad- nally, and with somo regnrd to socinl privileges and markot convenlencea ; in tho West, indivldunts wishing for % Government laud ¥ hinve pushed nhead Into tho wildorness or on to tho praicle, with littlo regard to Intitude or longitudo, With o long road, and lard ono travel, betweon tholr faims and markoty,—between {liemeclves and their neigh~ . At tho Enst, ovary loncorts cabiu was o manii~ factory,—tho clothing and ovon tho fow imploments re- uired on a woodud farm were mostly home-macdo ; ot tho Weat, tho now sottler must rajso and sond to mar- Xot proditeo enough to pay for nearly all thoso things, in addition to tho costly plements now doemed cae sontial on Westorn farms, At tho East, os domestic ‘mnnufacturing declined, factories n{vnmg up in tho iminedinto vicinity of thioso iouscholds, anda letier demand for the products of the field cnabled farmers to pay for tho articles formerly manufactured ot tho Areside ; whilo, at tho Weat, tho farm and tho factory are, as yet, fur upart, and {rasportntlon from-oho to ilie'othor liag become thio most prominent question of tho tmes, _ Thig is avory fair and correct view of tho situation ; to which we may add a general thiov- ing in all high places, until the Stato and local taxos becomo onormous. We may woll begin to look for othor lenks than high freights, 1IGM FARES do littlo dsmago to tho farmor, and itis really o matter of indifforenco to him whother the faro is8or G contan milo, ns o ls littlo necd of travol 8o far as his businoss is concornod ; but such fares ao tond to keep him at homo aro damaging to tho railronds that porsist in making tho ratos” go ligh or to drive off or provent travoling. Thore is a short rond running from Paris to Docatur, that charges 8 conta & mile, and u\'or{bmly ridos, and tho carg aro daily filled, and yet the routo ig through a strictly sgricultural soction, Choanp froights to the son-board aro what tho ‘West noods, in order to compote in tho British market with the product of Northern Europo, In tho days of baud-labor thore was some roa- son tor talking about s homo-domend for the surplus products of rural labor ; but, with ime proved machinery, that has loss woight, and wo must sock broador market. Ono of tho solu- tions of this stato of things is tho introduc- tion of A MORE DIVERSIFIED NUSDANDRY Thors aro many things that wo now purchase that should be produced at homo. Some of these aro limited in domand, xut all of them make an nggrogato of no small importance. I will select, ks & samplo, OANARY-SEED. This seed is grown mnlngy along the coast of the Modlterranoan Sen, nad costs thoro about §1 o bushel, to which is ndded 81 for duty, To this is ndded Inland froights, curm(io, commission, and doslors’ f‘roflt; and tho wife or daughtor, to food hor bird, must pay 15 conta n_pound for it, orattho rato of 8) a bushel. Some yonrs ago I cultivated 80 ncres of this sced for some threo yenrs in succession; but, s the plant dolights in _a moist climato, ho crop averagod only about throo bushels to the nero. In o looation suited to its growth, it would prove & profitable crop,—the west sido of Blichigan, or tho }mnlnsuln of Groon Bay, or Eurhnpfl in somo of the low landy in the Middle tates, or in Orogon. OF BUTTER AND OREESE Wo may fio on adding factory aftor factory, long Lofore the local domand is ‘enpplied. After ono goos south of Bloomington, if ho would travel emong tho poopla of oitlior village or bomo- atonds, ho will seldom find choeso on the table, and not always at points north; and then bow many farmors in_ Illinois, Missouri, Tows, Kaneas, and Nobraskn have o zull nup{;l(y of butter for the wintor montha? Tho truthis, that tho Wostorn farmor has to pur- chasoe too many things of foreign growth, to w‘}gc!]x hoavy frolght chargos and profits aro added. . Tho spinning-wheel, the hand-loom, and the knitting-ncodle will never come back to tho farm, for thoir place has been supplied; but wo nood o brosder flold for tho labor that s now supplying tho markot with s surplus of pro- dnots, nnd thus bringing down the }ulcflu bolow tho cont of production, 'ho lnw of aupplyand domand is Iuvariablo In overy dopartmont of lifo, aud tho surplus or shortage is tho greut ar- biter of valuos, THANSACTIONS OF TIIE ATATE IONTIOULTURAL 8O- CIETY, ““Tho Transgotions for 1872" ia just out of pross and distributod to the mombers. s n woll-bound volume of ovor 800 pngos, largo ootavo, and contains, in addition to tho transso- tiona of the Btate Hocloty, those of the Northorn Illinols Horticultural Boclety, ‘Chis {u tho soven- toonth osununl roport, No ouo sooloty in tho Btato has had such a stoady, usoful inflnenco as this, bl hos boon fu part duo to Btato ald to tho oxtont of ¥3,000 & yoar for tho past sovon yoars ; hut, atrango to sny, the so-oallod farmors aud horlioulturints of tho Logialative Farmors' Olub slaughtorod o bill for tho reorganization of the Bualo%y after it had pussed the Honate, ‘Wo do not think that a majority of the membors of that wondorful Club kuow enongh about farm- ing to mako thom unfit for othor busincss, such 88 pottifoyging, land-agonty, unlhn‘i Bowing~ machinsy or lluhtuhxz-rodfl, ote. It s corla thnt thoy know iittlo of the horticultural history of tho Biato, aud the moylng powor that hins pleced ho sisto . ths iokd of i Industrs, or hoy would not have piirsuod tho courso that siranglod, for n timo, this usoful Inatitution. Unlows they ropont, bottor mon will fill tholr Ph\cun, for thoro aro yot long yonra of usefuluoss n tho future for this Boclety i and in the futuro, ns in tho pnat, it will dircot and ecducato tho publilc mind in tho highor art of oulturg, and tha ndornmont of tho farmer's homo. _Tho book Is woll bound. It I publishod Dby tho;Booloty in part by Btato ald, and may thoroforo Lo considorod o Btate paper without I*tho fntorvontion of pnlfl‘ politics_or party mn- nlrulntlon. It is o bo Liad of O, 1. Galusha, Bec- rolary, Mortls, I1l., and sont freo throngh tho moil for §1, The odition is limited to 1,000 coplos, and thoso who wish tho work should not delny. Tho loading fonturo of the work lg for- ost-treo planting. 5 TUE MAKING OF HAY i n subjoct that will soon be knocking at the door for ndmission, and must bovo aftontion. Just ag goon as tho heads aro fully out, and bo- fora blooming, is tho boest time to cut, at lenst, if wo have much to cut, no delay boyond that porfod shiould bo pormitted, unlesa the woather Iy zonlly bnd, Htay muda thin onsly in tho sonaons nnd thoroughly eured, is worth nearly double that cut late in tho sonson. ‘The crop {s honvy, and, as corn will be of more valuo than hay, it #6-an object to ot tho bay all scourod fn the bost condition andat tho proper timo, Iiny that is out this early will bo of ns much valuo for winter-feoding ns shook-corn; and this should bo anothor argument in favor of early outting. If wo wait until the grasais in full bloom, the blossoma will make it full of dust,—* hay-fog," as it is callod,—nnd this is liablo to givo horsca abad cuu¥h, it 1t doos not lead to the heavos. 1t in woll known that_prairic-slough hay makos good forago, if cut boforo the full growth is comploted. "X have n fow naros of slough-land, that has ‘boon drained, that produces’ o largo growth of “ bluc-jolnt " evory yoar, sy two tona 1o tho noro, when abont two-thirds' grown; and this by fo always reliched by stock ot all kinds, and is on}mfllnll yaluable for horscs, as thore in no dust in it, Lavo no idoa of changing this wild mondow fo tho cultivated grasees,” In tho onrly sottloment of tho country,tho prafrio- 8 hind & bad roputation, for tho roason that it waa out too Iatoin tho season. Thon it was seldom that tho farmor cut his hay bofore Soptomber, snd ofton in October. ‘Cho bluo grass Is rendy to cut now ; and for two woeka wo have been soiling our teams with it, and find that it snves noarly hinlf of the usual feeding of corn, CORK-PLANTING 1§ PROGRESSING, 28 fast &8 tho weathor will permit, and thecrowd- ing of the toams hinve dovoloped tho fact that thooplzootio loft its troces bohind, and many toams show sigun of w4kening, Some farmors, who havo ndn{ltod 0 plan of harrowing tho corn bofore it pricks -through, are out with tho harrow, and find that it has a good offect in warming up tho cold- ground,as it admits tho warm air and the littlo sunshine that wo have. Many farmors have given up all iopos of planting tho low land, and will leave it out for summer fallow. - _OMIDS OF CORN that havo boon left open, or partially covered, aro hoating. Yesterduy o farmor told me thal ho nd 4,000 bushols in that condition that ho had boen compolled to shovel over, and to throw out tho damagod corn, and put on additional covoring, Ho eaid two woeks moroe of noglect would linve placad it bolow any market-valuo, ond lio dosired mo to warn others who hnve been 08 careloss, RuURAL. EMOTIONAL INSANITY. Joseph X1, Fore Assnults ¥is Wifo with n ¥atchot--Itcsume of Forels BZistory and His Misdecds-=The Mur« der of Munson and the RRemarkable Verdict. I'rom the St. Louis Globe, June 5, A rumor became curront upon the utreets oarly yoslorday afternoon to tho effact that the noto- Tious Josoph H. Ford had killed his wifo with a latchet, and so ka“y did the rumor gain crod- onco that before it was fully circulatod it ro- coived tho addition that ho had chopped her up into littlo bits with hia little hatchet, A Globe roporter was at once dispatched to ascortain tho facta in the case, and, after dili- out inquiry from tho lody horsolf, found that o mattor had boon considorably oxaggorated. Toro roturned to tha city on Monday last from Vicksburg, whore o lins beon for the_ past fiva wooks, and sinco that time hus ropoutedly sought o interview with his wife, which ho sucocoded iu proouring yesterday. MMrs. Alico Foro's statement is as follows: She saya that sinco his return ho has dogged lor stops continunlly. That on Tuosday evening ko camo down with hor mothoer, who_was going to church, as far as tho residonco of Mr. h%. A, Benjamin, on Washington avenuo, noar Eloventh street, nnd she (Mrs, Fore) remained thore whilo hor mother went to_church, Mr. Bonjamin and Lis family boing old.no usintancos of hors, and ko being afraid to remain alono at her fathor's house, No. 1421 Christy avenuo, That after: sho hnd . been thore for a short timo it was digcoverod that her husband, Josoph H. Foro, was lol(crin‘; about ~ outside tho premises ovidontly intout upon some mis- chief. Nr, Bonjamin wont out and held o conversation with Fors, who informed him that he had decided objections to his wifa vigiting his (Bonjamin's) houso. Bonjamin replied that slio was nlways welcomo at his houso a8 long na sho bohaved “herself. That he wasan old friend of liorgolf and family, and that he knew hor bofore Loy marriago with Fore. This did not seom to acify Fore much, but ho finully loft, saying that chnjnmkn lad bottor not nccomplm! 8. I'ore lomo. On the roturn of Mrs, Babcock (bra. Foro's mother), thoy proccodod home, and noth- ing moro was hoard of Fore until yostordny morning, whou ho _made his appoarance at Miss Cunningham’s mllliuerg establisbment, on Fourth streot, where his wife ig learning the trado. Uuon his ontrance, Mrs. Foro says sho naticed ho looked angry. Ho accosted her, and inquired if it was hor dotormination to dosort or leavo him, Bho replied that it was; that he had not sup- ortod hor, and that she would novor consent to ivo with him again. Ho thon said : It that is your dotermination, you will nover loave tho chair you aro sitting upon.” Upon uttering this thrent ho loft tho store, but roturnod in about half an hour, in o vory sullen humor, and, tnk- ing a soat bosido her, repeatod his iuterrogation, aud, upon & ropotition of her intention to loave him, ho cuu,fbb hor by the hand, and put his hand behind Liim, whon sho pulled sway from Lim and started to run, saying that sho was not goiug to romain to bo killed by him. Ho then gat down again, sho taking o “position upon tho othor sido of the table, hoar which ho was sit- ting. Finally Mrs. Foro and Alice Donolly, also an employo of the estublishment, started fromn tho store to go to dinner. They_ went to tho Washington avenue car ntand, on Tifth ond 8t Charles stroots, whore thoy in~ tonded taking a car, but Foro, who in- pinted on accompanying them, objected to his wifo's ontoring tho cor, when Miss Donolly con- cluded to tako tho conveyance, but Mra, Foro begged of her not to do 8o, a8 sho was afraid to romain alono with hor husband. Finally thoy walked together up Washington avenueas far 08 Ponth stroot, whenho told hor that ho was going to loave -tho city, and roquostod her to shake hands with him " end bid bim good-bye, Bl oxtonded hor right hand, which ho ras ol with hia loft, and with the right drew n hatchet nnd struck at hor iead. 'The firgt timo hio missed his aim, but with murder in Lia hoart ho ropoat- od tho blows, threo timos atriling her with tho hatchot, oach timo upon tho Lond.” At the third Dblow sho fell into tho guttor, at the same timo vociforously crying murder, . IFore, evidontly antisfied that he had dispatehed hor, throw the hatohet into the strect aud startéd to run, Some ontloman, attractod by the cries of the woundod f‘ndy rushed aftor Iore, and, gnthorlnin couplo of stones, hurled thom at him, but without seri- ons offoct, At thin juncturo, some men_who woro passing in a wagon jumped out and eap- tured the would-be assassm, and u policoman appoaring on the scond took charge of tho onl- pr}b and depositod his worthloss carcass in a coll of tho Third District Btation, where lia was al- lowed timo to ruminato on his misdeods. Mrs, Foro was plolted up and taken across the stroot to tho residonco of Mr. Bonjamin, near Elovounth straet, whoro medieal aid was sum- moned, The first physician prescribed * n little cold water,"” and pronounced tho wounds not of & dangorons oharacter, Ilo did not give his numoe, but eaid that he had beon o witness in tho TForo-Beach murder case. Dr, P, 8, O'Rolll was then sont for, und, upon arriving, proceed- od to dross the wounds, 1fe gave it aa his opin- ion that tho wounds would mnot rosult fatally, with propor caro, Mra., Foro is o lady of more than ordinary in- tolligonco, of loss than moedium stature, prépos- Boaning in appearance, and soemingly of o wild, quiot dispostiion, 1t will bo romomberod that Josoph I1. Foro ro- coived on unonviablo notorioty through the newspapers at tho time of his murder of Mun- son 11, Banok about two yonrs ngo, and this last et will not militato to his advantage In tho im- {vmvumnnt af tho oharactor ho has borne sinco, Toia snid to Do a misorable, good-for-nothin, monomaniac, and the community would bo wol rid of him. It ho is crazy ho shonld Do ont to the wiylum; but If, as many supposo, thoro i ‘“mothiod in his madnoss,” thon ho is bettor fit- tod fog tho Ponlteutiary, Through tho *omo- tional fneanity " dodgo he oscapod his desorta on tho gallows. Tive yoarn ngo he marrled his wifo, thon a charming young girl, but now failing rapld: ly in _consequenco of the ill-troatmont rooslved at tho hands of tho tormontor who phould be her protector. Prior to hls goin) Bouth, five wocks slngo, hio was bolng nuprorlo by tho Ohurch which ho had jolned oatonsibly in ood faith, though, a8 he is anid nfterwards to finvo deotarod, *toflad out how many d——-d hyxucrltcn thore wora in the Church," $ono timo Mr, Buhllnmhl tho gontloman above roforrod to, bofrl ondod bim in various ways, aud had oven taken him and his wifo ta i own home and kept thom, while Fore, to ro« pay his kindnoss, throntoned {o Lill him. s attompt to murdor his wifo would cartain- 1y havo boon euceasaful, but for the fack that her hnt nnd ohignon broke tho forco of tho blows, ‘Tho hatohot way an old one and quite dull, and to thoeo two circumatances may bo nttributed hor lucky oseape. confined to Lior room for a timo in consoquenco of hor wounds, In thio fall sho rocoived, hor wrist was badly injured. Thoe particulars of tho “murder of Munson Bonok ara ptill fresh in tho public mind, and thoy hayo not yot forgotton tho paltry plen upoir which Foro was acquitted of that cngd-bloodod murdor, To refrosh tho momory of thoso who may havo forgotton tho circumatances, wo give placa to the following rocital of the facts: -On tho night of July 27, 1871, Joseph H, Foro, who had thon heen separatod from his wifo for & fow weeks, sho having sought protection from hor brothor-in-law, Munson Boncl, was passing tho houso whoro Boach resided, on Pine stroot, _ botwoon Sovonth and Eighth streots, when ha espled Bonch sitting upon tho front doorstops, Foro hnd conceived n dendly -autipathy toward Doach, nttributing to 1im - tho " oceasion of tho troublo botwoon himsolf and wifo, and, whon opposito tho front of No, 710, ho doliborately drow & revolver from his pockot and fired u{mu Boach, iuflicting a wound whioh finally roanltod n his death, Ha firod a socond shob which, howevor, did not tako offcct. ‘Ho. then ran into the alloy botweon Boventh and Eighth streets, and, on tho way, firod & third shot at a youth' who was pursminy him, Fore wandored about all that night, an gnln!g.y gavo himself up to the polica in Carons lolof At tho proposnl of o preliminary examinntior in tho Court of Criminal Corroction, ho waived on cxaminntion, was indicted by the Grand Jury, and had hig trinl in the Oriminal Court, com: ‘moncing on tho 8th of April, 1872, and euding in his nequittal on the 14t of tho atmo month, A jury was clionon . from n veniro of olghty nnmos, and ho was by that ju acquitted on the ples of ““emotional ineanity.” The following Eoruons composod tho jur{: Louly Gonzhorn, Zmilo IMahn, John M. Collins, OlivorQuinetto, Patrick Donnlioo, Patriok Conlan, Josgph Born: oty Louis 1. Borupart, Androns Rubl, John oigonhoin, Bamucl Corcoran, and Bernard - Doickman, Thero aro now two casos ponding in the Crim- inal Court ngainst Fore, charging him with as- sault with intont to kill, and now the last straw Dias boon hoaped upon tho camol's back, whick may result in some punishment. *Emotional insanity” will hardly snvo him again. At this timo Foro is only 25 yoars of age, while his wife {s but 21, 3 — SPEOIAL NOTICE PR SO sl i it i Ry TForeignIndorsementof the Stand- ard Tonic of Ameriea. Thoro sooms to bona llmit to tho colobrlty of Mostot- tor's Stomach Bittors, Lsory yoar the domand for it fn- oreasos and tho torritorial area of fts popularity oxpands. It hina long boon tho standard tonlo, and an approvod romody for opldomia disonsn in tho Ropublics of Sotith and Contral Amorios, i Brazil snd tho Wost. Indies, and tho Brittsh Colonlos on this continout, Moro recontly its ‘morits haso beon approciatad at tho antipodos, and it 1 now shippod In largo quantitios to Australla and Tagma. nia. Tho rosson why It is making such oxtraordinary headway in romoto roglons as woll as [n Amorica, ‘ar sary simple and lo in a nutsholl, It 1s & modicins sult Lo all proplos, all cliinates, and all ordinary disordora and dlsabilition, ™ Tt provonta’ aud curos mnlAcions disosssty Toligvas indigostion, bracos tho norves, Improves tho ap. palito, cloars tho brain, rognlates tho Jivor, arrests intor, mittont fovor, strongthens tho physlqus and fnvigoratos tho constitution. The Supreme Court of the United States s rocontly givon a daciston in favor of the Gorham Man ufacturiug Company, enabling thom to protect thoh dosigns from all othor mannfacturers who imitate and copy thom, PARTIUULAR NOTICE 1a requested to tho fact that tho samo artists are ongnged in tho produotion of designs, whothor for tho Sterling Bltvor Dopartmont, or for tho colobratod Gorham Plato, ‘but tho Company nevor roproduco in thoir Klactro-Plata Dopartment the doaigns which thoy dovoto to Sterling Bilvor. Each had lts own spocial trademark, as follows, stamped upon overy articlo: Teadp-mark for Corham Eloctro- Plato., & Qg GORIAM MANUFACTURING CO., - Providoneo, R. I, and No. 1 Bond-st., Now York. Mnnufacturers of Sterling Sliver, Toa, Dessort, ann Din- nar Sorvicos, and Wedding Outfits; also, manufactur. cra of tho colobratad Gorham Elgotro-Plato, Pure Vaccine Virus, From tho Helfor. Dr. J. 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"Can sall five hundrod and ity acros fu ono Lody, frou of {noumibranco, with porfoat. titlo, and enly two cons voyancos batwoon tiia Unitod Btatos and tho prosont owns ory Tiia proporty promiion rapid d grus Inecuato of valuo, “aud will bu sold at’modorata prioo aid on casy torms, with a good discount to buyors who pay all casli. S. 8. HAYES, 66 LaSalle-st, Motropokitan Blook, Mra, Toro will at lenst bo ™ *