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VOL. 6.—NO. 16.
AN OLD SUIT AGAINST
TRINITY CHURCH RENEWED.
One of Anneke Jana* Heirs After Old
Trinity’s Wealth,—Her Claim Covers
Untold Millions, But She is Will
ing to Make a Very Liberal
Reduction.
New Yokk, Jan. 12.—The World pub
lishes the following account of a suit which
has been instituted in the United States
Circuit Court by Emma H. Wallace, of
Ohio, against the Rev. Morgan L. Dix and
the Corporation of Trinity Church for the
recovery of a large sum of money which
she claims is due her as a descendant and
heir-at-Jjw of Anneke Jans: The co
respondents with Mr. Dix are S Van Rens
selaer Cruger, Comptroller of Trinity
Church; Gouverneur M. Ogden, Clerk;
John J. Cisco and Gouverneur M. Ogden,
Wardens; Nicholas F. Palmer, John J. As
tor, Stephen P. Nash, Allan Campbell,
Cornelius V. B. Ostrander, Henri M. Braem,
Henry Drisler, Charles M. Contoit, John H.
Saswel), Ricin rd T. Auchmutz, Thomas
Eggleston, Walter H. Lewis, Thomas L.
Ogden, Bowie Dash, William Jay, Nathaniel
P. Bailey, Edmund D. Randolph and Her
man H. Cammann, Vestrymen, and the
Corporation of Trinity Church.
The complaint covers about 50 pages of
closely printed folio cap and goes into the
minutest details concerning the identity of
the complainat, the property involved and
her claim to a portion of it. She begins
bv saying that she is the daughter and sole
surviving heir of Cornelius D. Thorpe, who
was the great-grandson of Cornelius Brow
er, who was the son of Nicholas Brower
The latter owned in fee simple one-fifth the
entire estate of Anneke Jans, who was the
descendant and heir-at-law of Anneke
Jans Bogardus. As such descendant Mrs.
Wallace claims one-thirteenth part of the
large sum ot money which, she asserts, the
Trinity Corporation had received on nume
rous leases and sales of real estate. She
shows that her ancestors, Dominie Everar
dus Bogardus and Anneke Jans Bogardus,
his wife, were deeded on March 27,
1667, by Richard Nicholas, Captain Gen
eral and Governor in-Chief of the Province
of New York, all the landsand realestate
now held by the Trinity estate. The trans
fer, she claims, was made under authority
of the King of England and the Duke of
York, in compliance with articles of capitu
lation Signed August 27, 1864, between the
Dutch and English. This property, to
gether with other parcels, she claims was
transferred to the Trinity Corporation, as
trustees, in 1705 by Lovelace, under Queen
Anne. The property to which she lays
ciaim is included in what was then King’s
Farm and King’s Garden, fronting on Broad
way and running westward to the Hudson
river, wh'ch, she declares, has had a yearly
value since 1875 of £5OO sterling.
The oratrix claims that the corporation
is now possessed of $5,000,000 worth of lands
and public stocks, as the proceeds of the
sales of real estate rightfully belonging to
her, and is receiving therefrom more than
$ 00,000 a year. She lays claim to one
fifth or one-sixth of the whole money re
ceived by the corporation as trustees for her
ancestors.
In conclusion she prays the court for a
writ of injunction enjoining the corporation,
its officers and agents from receiving any
existing and unexpired leases of real estate
described in her complaint until further
order of the court, and for subpoenas to be
directed to all of the defendants.
The Court granted the last clause of her
prayer, and sub[ mnas were accordingly
served upon the corporation by United
.States Deputy Marshal Bernhard. Messrs
W. H. H. Minturn and Floyd H. Wilson
are counsel for Mrs. Wallace, and Stephen
P. N-sh represents the Trinity Corpora
tion.
An attache of the offices of Trinity
Church, on Church street, said last night:
‘•We do not anticipate much trouble from
this case. She has no title in the property
claimed. She has been for some time,
through third parties, trying to compromise
tier claim against the corporation, but we
would not give her a cent.”
‘‘How much was she willing to comprom
ise for?” asked the reperter.
“Oh, she only wanted $4,000,000. She
has not the least claim, and will get noth
ing. It will undoubtedly be a fat plum for
the lawyers.”
“Has the lady much money with which
to fight the corporation?”
“I doubt if she has. She would tl eu
not want to compromise for so small an
amount.”
CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES.
The Relief to the tVhi.ky Men Calls for
Economy.
Washington, J in. 12. —All the depart
ments have been directed to be as economi
cal as possible during the next two months,
and t<j cut down expenses to the lowest
p >iat possible. The action of Secretary
McCul'O'-h in granting to the whisky men
the relief they desired will deprive ti.e
Treasury* of several millions of dol
lars in the way of revenue from the tax
falling due, at d it will require sharp
management to prevent the public debt
from being increased during the last two
months of President Arthur’s administra
tion. Secretiry Teller, before he left for
the West, left directions that no more req
uisitions should be made upon the Treasury
this month for pensions, there being to the
credit of the pension agents throughout the
country and sub-treasuries and government
depositories about $15,000,000, which is
more than will be required for pensions
his and next month.
Tientsin, Jan. 12. —The Chinese and
Japanese governments have mutually
agreed to submit the dispute between them,
in regard to their rights in the Island of
Corea, to the mediation of representatives
of England, Germany and America.
“ROUGH ON CORNS.”
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warts, bunions.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 18S5.
TELE TREATIES.
Ftellng Against the Ratification—A Flood
of Protests.
Washington, Jan. 12 —The Star notes
the fact that the commercial treaties are
making no headway in the Senate and are
not likely to make any. A leading Demo
cratic Congressman is quoted as follows :
“If they were not commercial,
treaties it would not, perhaps,
make any difference whether they
were ratified or rejected under
one administration or the other. But the
treaties deal with the question of revenue.
Now a good many Democrats, I think a ma
ority, hold that this is a question to be de
cided by legislation, and not by the negotia
tion of treaties. Mr. Cleveland may think
so, though. As to that, I am not prepared
to say, never having discussed the question
with him.
“It is not the present, but the incoming
administration that will have to deal with
the effect of these treaties, if ratified, upon
our commerce and revenue, and for my part
I say: ‘Let’s have the new administration
entirely free to fix its own policy.’ ” This
sentiment among the Democrats has not
made any noise. It is quiet, and those who
advocate the policy of letting the treaties go
over maintain that it is not partisanship
that moves them at all, but a question of
simple fairness to the incoming administrra
lion.
Since the removal of the injunction of
s icrecy from the Spanish treaty a flood of
protests against it has poured upon the
Senate, and these have, perhaps, bad some
effect. The opposition is not confined to
any one section or interert. It finds expres
sion among Senators who represent agri
cultural as well as those who come from
commercial States.
INAUGURATION WEEK.
Engaging Quarters at Washington for the
President-Elect.
Washington, Jan. 12. —Colonel Lamont, I
Governor Cleveland’s private secretary, is
now in this city for the purpose, it is under
stood, of engaging quarters for the Presi
dent-elect during inauguration week, until
he takes formal possession of the White
House. He has been besieged almost be
yond endurance by Senators, Representa- i
tives and others who thus seek to get into >
the good graces of the President-elect, and ;
Colonel Lamont begins to feel like the man
who cried out to be saved from the clutches
of his friends. Only the more important
lights of the party gained an audience with
the ambassador from Albany, and the great
rank and file are forced to waste their
efforts in sending in cards which are never
noticed, except to elicit the information
that thejmuch-sought-for gentleman is “not
at home.” The whole business is but a
foreshadowing of the great uprising of
Democrats that will wend their way to
Washington daring the coming two
months.
FIRED AT THE FLASH.
How a Texas Desperado Met His Drath.
Lovelady, Texas, Jan. 12. —News is
received here from Ellis Prairie of the kill
ing of George Stevens, a noted character of
this section of Texas. A farmer named
Shepperd gave a dance Saturday night
which Stevens invited himself to attend.
Matters not progressing to suit him, Stevens
drew a six shooter and declaring that he
would make things interesting, opened fire
on the dancers, who hurriedly fled. The
room being cleared of all but Stevens,
farmer Shepperd quickly extinguished the
light, and a combat in the dark began.
Stevens became alarmed and fired wildly at
his antagonist, who, from the flash of Ste
vens’ pistol could tell his exact location,
and poured both barrels of buckshot into
Stevens’ breast, killing him instantly.
SENSATION IN CHURCH.
A Preacher Stricken by Paralysis.
Toronto, Ont., Jan. 12. —A sensation
was created in the East King Street Metho
dist Church last night. The paster, Rev
Kennedy Kraighton, chose for his first
e;son “Patil’s conversion on his way to
Damascus.” He had just finished reading
the words “and he fell to the earth,” when
he was stricken by paralysis and dropped
uh: nscious in the pulpit. There is little
hope <1 his recovery. He celebrated his
golden wedding recently.
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, Jan. 12 —Wheat opened strong,
February 81}; March 81|; May 87.}. Corn
steady, January 37}.i37j; February 37},
May 40}. Oats firm, 30} for May. Lard
firm, May $7 17}. Pork strong, sl2 12 for
March; sl2 10 for May.
Church Struck by Lightning.
Carmi, 111, Jan. 12—About 4 o’clock
last evening, lightning struck the Metho
dist Episcopal Church here, making a
wreck of the spire, cupalo and front of the
building.
A Cold Wave Coming.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 12.—A dispatch
says: “A cold wave is sweeping down on
this section. There has been a change of
40 degrees in the last twenty-four hours.
At St. Paul the mercury has fallen 17 de
grees in the last twenty-four hours.”
Probabilities.
Washington, Jan. 12. —For the South
Atlantic States, local rains, followed by
odder, clearing weather, winds shifting to
northwesterly.
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THE STATE CAPITAL.
A BATCH OF INTERESTING ITEMS.
The Receivership of the E. T., V. and G.
Railroad Likely to Prove a Serious
Question—A Hell-Gate for Newspa
pers—The New Kimball and the
New Capitol—Minor Mention.
Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times.
Atlanta, Jan 12. —There is a considera
ble amount of comment here in reference to
the East Tennessee Railroad receivership
matter. The Times correspondent was dis
cussing the matter 10-day with a prominent
attorney, and from the statements made it
may be safely said that the question is a
very serious one, and the situation calcu
lated to lead to any amount of trouble. It
appears that there is a conflict between the
State and Federal statutes as interpreted by
the courts, the opinion being that Dorsey
will be sustained by the State courtsand
Fink by the Federal tribunals. It is said
that it will require two years to settle the
matter in the regular channels if the fight is
kept up. On Thursday next, when the
matter comes up before the Superior Court
here, and Judge Dorsey’s appointment is
made permanent, the case will ba taken by
the Fink crowd to the United States Court,as
is their right, in which event Judge Dorsey
can still continue as the Georgia receiver if
he gives the required bond for the property.
It is understood that Mr. Julius L. Brown
will become interested against the Fink end
of the litigation. He has lately been al
lowed to resign as attorney for the road, and
it is understood that he has a drop or two of
gall in his system. There is some adverse
criticism upon his conduct in fighting a
corporation so soon after having been its
counsel. Judge Dorsey, the Georgia re
i ceiver, is moving along quietly with his end
I of the line.
a correspondent’s desk.
I I cleaned out my desk to-day. I went
1 through all the various pigeon holes and
i scattered waste paper, poetry, throats of
vengeance and various other articles of more
lor less interest to the four winds. Half
way down I fished ouf a dead newspaper. I: i
was the Evening Star, born here two years '
ago and short lived. A little lower down 1 :
fished out a copy of Marcellus Thornton’s:
Post-Appeal, which sunk $25,000 for its ■
| owner before he decided to let go. Next I
: unearlhed a copy of Sam Small’s Georgia
Major, which promised so much aud accom
plished so little. Then I pulled out the
bright little Evening Herald, long since
gone to its grave. Then out came the Sun
day Gazette, the Phonograph, the Cracker
and one or two others, all of which have
died since that desk was cleaned out two or
three years ago. And now Frank Small
tells me that he will stop the publication of
the Sunday Record as soon as the contrac’s
now running are ot U Certainly Atlanta is I
a hell gate for new pap rs.
OPENING THE SIW KIMBALL HOUSE.
At last the new K imb ill House is ready
to be opened althoi gh it is still very far
from finished. The hot >1 is to be thrown
open to the public t<-di , but the general
congregation of the r gul ir guests is not ex
pected until Thursday. The hotel is per
fectly marvelous in the elegance of its fur- ,
niture and appointments. It is said by i
competent critics that it is surpassed by no
hotel in the United States. The hotel has
450 rooms, 250 of which are ready for guests,
and the balance will be completed as rapid
ly as men and money can accomplish it.
. The hotel cost over SBOO,OOO and is very
i largely owned by General Toombs and Mr.
, Charles Beermen, the latter one of the
’ lessees. The grand arcade of the hotel is
" not finished yet and a temporary office will
be used for the present.
THE NEW CAPITOL.
Atlanta has been in the midst of rain and
coal for months, and work on the new Capi
tol is practically at a standstill. The
grounds are in good shape for the work, but
’ the weather has been so bad that nothing
1 can be done. There has been some ex
cavation, but compared with the great
amount of work to be done it may be said
that the Capitol is hardly started. The
contractors look very much discouraged,
but talk in a hopeful way. There is very
little building of any sort going on in the
1 city now.
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.
■ I have heard from Barna again. He 's
in New Orleans, running a fancy eating
house near the Exposition grounds, which
1 he calls “The White House Restaurant.”
Editor McClure, of the Philadelphia
Times, is in the city, and will lecture to
, night on what he remembers about Lincoln.
I The records in the office of the Principal
Keeper of the Penitentiary, show that the
list of convicts is constantly increasing. The
number of felons in lies up year by year.
, Colonel Sam Smail is quite sick.
i The Governor has been up to his ears in
work for the pas’ few days issuing commit-
[ sions to the Justices of the Peace and coun
. ty officers.
Strange World This.
And some funny people in it, too. You
have all come in contact with some that
are never satisfied. They grumble from
morning until night—we heard a man
. even grumble in bed. That man would
i grumble at any thing and every thing,
without reason; but this week we heard
a gentleman grumble with good reason.
He bought a suit of clothes and paid a
good old fashioned price for it, and, hap
-1 pening to come into the “ Famous,” he
. was shown a suit of the same class of
goods, and our price was $8 less than he
■ had paid. That gentleman had good rea
son to find fault, aud grumbled at his
bad luck; but it will be a good lesson to
him, and he will buy of the “Famous”
next time. We are through taking stuck,
and now comes our annual clearing sale.
We will sell you anything in our line at
manufacturers’ cost. Our prize system
has worked charmingly, and we made
dozens of people happy by giving them
prizes. We will keep it up. Call, and
we will not only give you better goods,
cheaper than you can buy any where, but
give a prize to every twentieth purchaser
n the bargain. “Famous,” 140 Congress
treet.
SMYTH’S CHAMPION, BASSETT.
The Clerk Resigns in Order to Resent a
Snub by the Paymaster General.
Washington Evening Star.
“To-day, about 10 o’clock, I reported at
the Paymaster General’s office, to Mr.
Kent, who is confidential clerk to General
Rochester,” said Mr Bassett, Paymaster
Smyth’s clerk, yesterday. “I stated that
I was egotistical enough at that moment
to think I actually knew as much about
the Smyth case as any one in existence,
excepting two persons, the President of
the United States and the Honorable
Secretary of War. I sent him to General
Rochester with the following verbal
message: ‘Mr. Bassett respectfully requests
that the Paymaster General will be
generous enough to take him along when he
presents the Smyth evidence, books and
papers to the Secretary of War, inasmuch
as he is desirous of seeing the case present
ed to the honorable Secretary of War, the
same as he, Mr. Bassett, had impartially
presented the evidence to General Rochester
and Colonel Carey on Sunday morning.’ I
was then ordered to complete Major Smyth’s
account current for December, 1884, which
I did by having Major Smyth sign the
papers as I presented them to him. I then
requested Colonel Carey to see the Paymas
ter General, and ask that I be granted my
request to accompany the evidence to the
war office.”
“Did he do it?” asked the Republican
reporter.
“The Paymaster General ignored both
messages by leaving the building alone,
and proceeded to the war office.”
Mr. Bassett obtained permission to see
General Drum, Adjutant General, and ex
plained his actions and position up to that
moment. He then returned to the Pay
master General’s office and wrote the fol
lowing:
11:45 a.m.—To the Honorable the Sec
retary of War.—Sir: I have been a pay
master’s clerk for over eight years continu
ously to date, and I assert that I have per
formed my duties to the best of my ability
during that period. My resignation as a
clerk in the pay department, United States
. Army, is hereby tendered to take effect
I upon receipt of this communication.
| I will be frank and give my reason for re
I signing; Major Wm. H. Smyth, Paymaster
, United States Army (appointed by Presi
dent Arthur), is in trouble, and having done
my official duty to him and the United
States I claim the privilege of acknowledg
ing my friendship at the crisis of. his
fate and to testily in his behalf.
I am, Mr. Secretary of War, your most
obedient servant to this moment only.
W F. Basset,
i Paymaster’s Clerk United States Army.
This was simply indorsed :
| P. M. General’s Office, Jan. 5, 1885—
Respectfully referred to Major Smyth for
remarks. Wm. B. Rochester,
Paymaster General U. S. A.
New York Stock Market.
New York, Jan. 12. —At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 50%
Missouri Pacific 93%
Western Union Telegraph Co 57%
Pacific Mail 55%
Lake Shore 62%
1 Louisville and Nashville 25%
Texas Pacific 13%
Denver and Rio Grande 8%
Michigan Central 55
Delaware, Lackawanna & West’u 90%
Northwestern 99%
St. i’aul 75%
Chicago, Burlington aud Quincy IllX%
Oregon Transcontinental 14“
Northern Pacific 40%
Roek Island 10b%
Jersey Central 39%
Memphis and Charleston
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) .. 3%
East Tennessee, Va, & Ga. (pfd) 6%
Philadelphia and Reading 17%
Omaha (com) .. 26%
Omaha (pfd) 86%
New York Central 88%
Kansas and Texas 16%
Erie 14%
He Didn’t Propose to Let His Shanks
Hang Out.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
A rather rough looking countryman and
his wife took a berth on a Milwaukee
sleeper the other night. They retired early
and were soon asleep. When the train ar
rived at La Crosse the conductor came into
the car and shouted “La Cro-s-s-e.”
“La Crosse,” howled back a gruff voice
from the countryman’s berth. “La Crosse,
O', I’me d—<l es I will; ther ain’t room fur
me ter lay lengthways an’ stretch out in
this ere coffin, an, I’ll be danged es I’ll lay
cress an’ let my shanks hang out in ther
cold.”
Travel by Rail.
Charleston News and Courier.
During the month of December the
Charleston and Savannah Railway carried
1,963 passengers from points in Georgia and
Florida to Charleston, and 3,157 passengers
from Charleston to points South. The
total number of passengers for the month
was 5,126.
The passengsr business of the Atlantic
Coast Line of Railway since the season
opened in October last has been much
larger than the business of the correspond
ing period of the previous year. There
has been an increase of 800 passengers over
1 the season of 1883. This large increase is
credited to the New Orleans Exposition. It
' is expected that there will be a heavy pas
senger business during the present month-
Ample arrangements have been made for
the rapid and cemfortable transportation
of all who may wish to attend the Expo
sition.
Too Many to the Acre.
Our crop of has been too pientl
* fill for t his season, and as the weather proph
i els predict mild weather for next year—lßßs
end'B6—we have decided not to burn our stock,
mt to put them on the market, and sell them
'or wluit they will bring. Our Overcoats must
‘je sold. It is only a question for you if you
will take advantage of our low prices and
' mpply yourself with an Overcoat, and save
i money. We will sell you a good, strong 89
> Overcoat for 86, a 815 Overcoat for 812, and
;be finest 830 Overcoat in Savannali for 820.
' Boys’ Overcoats, from 4to 12 years old, as low
I is 83, Youths’ Overcoats, from 12 to 17 years,
from 85 up. We have plenty of fine Sults on
’ nand which we will sell at greatly reduced
' prices. Remember and buy of the “FLwnoiw,”
' as we give a prize of half the purchase money
i to every twentieth purchaser. “Ftonoia’’
New York Clothing House, 140 Congress
treet.
WESTERN PRODUCE.
MARKETS FEVERISH AND EXCITE >.
Sharp Struggle sßttween Bull, and Bears—
The Bull Feeling Predominant—Each
Wave Carries Prices a Little Higher
An Improved Business Outlook—
—Corn and Provisions.
Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times.
Chicago, Jan. 12.—Speculative markets
on ’Change are feverish and excited with
fluctuations rapid and sharp. Cables still
come in strong, but private advices say that
Russia and California are offering their
grain freely in the English markets, and
that India and Australia are also sellers at
the advance, the grain of the latter being
: now from her new crop. The bears here
too, generally have a big failure somewhere
to report every day which, while it usually
has no foundation in fact, is made good use
of by them. Woerishaffer and his Wall
street party are free sellers on every bulge
and just as free buyers on each decline.
Indeed this is so noticeable that gossips say
he and Sid Kent have formed a
combination and pr pose working the
market both ways for gigantic scalps. Still
the undercurrent is manifestly bullish, and
prices go up much more easily than down.
While, too, a drop seems to follow each
little boom, quotations never return to pre
vious figures, and each wave of speculation
carries them to a higher point than before
reached. Compared with even two weeks
ago, the volume of trade is enormous, and
although due in part to recent activity, on
small influence has been exercised by the
improved business outlook. The opinion
that prices of breadstuffs were lower than
warranted by the situation was widespread,
but the great depression prevailing in all
industrial and commercial lines naturally
made speculation timid. The improvement
so far is slight, but that it. exists, is
thought to be proven by the starting up of
many industries through the country.
“Purchases on all weak spots are now the
proper thing, as speculation ‘rules the
roast,’ regardless of outside influences,” re
marked Milmine to-day.
“The greatest year of the British mar
kets,” said another trader, “has been that
any advance on their part would cause the
dumping into their ports of the biggest
part of our grain. They are willing to fol
low an upturn at a safe distance.”
On the other hand George Brine thinks
chances are about equal that to-morrow
sees a either a sharp bulge or break.
Corn remains steady and strong, symp i
. thizing with wheat in its advances, but not
following it downward to any great extent.
Receipts are a little larger than heretofore,
but very poor and the buying is of a good
character.
• In the provision pit packers by diligent
work have succeeded in making a market
for their product and are now selling
against what they have manufactured
They have also got out a large short inter
est on the recent decline and may squeeze
it a little.
City Court.
City Court convened this morning at 10
o'clock in monthly session, Judge AV. D.
Harden, presiding. The following cases
were disposed of:
State vs. Bragdon Barr and James Ma
son. Vagrancy. Three months’ imprison
ment with labor each.
State vs. Charles Early. Larceny from
the house. Six months’ imprisonment and
labor.
State vs. James Wilson. Simple larceny.
Three months with light work in and about
the jail.
In quarterly session the following business
was transacted: Remitters of Supreme
■ Court filed in the cases of T. H. Mclntosh
i vs. the Savannah, Florida and Western
1 Railway Company; and Kate Cleveland vs.
! the Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany of Georgia.
State vs. Thomas Enright. Keeping an
open tippling house on the Sabbath day.
Verdict not guilty.
. State vs. Georgia Nixon. Same offense.
Case being argued to jury when our report
. closed.
, The following cises have been assigned
fortrial to-morrow, the 13th of January:
, State vs. Henry IV. Baughn, misdemeanor;
State vs. J. E. Beasley, misdemeanor ; State
I vs. George Mattain, assault and battery.
Superior Court
Court convened at 10 a. m, Judge A.
Pratt Adams presiding, and the following
cases were disposed of:
James Ray, administrator, vs. James
1 Moore. Dispossessory warrant. Dismissed.
' The Alabama Gold Life Insurance Com-
I pany plaintiff in error vs. J. K. Garmany,
, defendant in error. Remitter of Supreme
, Court. Filed and made the judgment of
, this court,
The Central Railroad and Banking Com
. pany of Georgia, plaintiffs in error vs.
' Daniel Swint, administrator, defendant in
error. Same proceedings as in preceding
. case.
William N. Habersham et al., executors
. complainants, and Mary G. H. Hartridge,
, et al., defendants. In equity. Interlocu
, tory decree rendered by consent of all par
ties.
Court adjourned to 10 a. m. to-morrow.
Not Used to the Name Yet.
Indianapolis Journal.
The other day a middle-aged Germsn
woman went into a bank, and in transacting
the business of her visit it became necessary
for her to write her name. A pen ready
’ inked was handed her, and she wrote her
first or Christian name readily enough and
; in good hand. Then she hesitated, stopped,
and, turning to the waiting cashier, apolo
getically said: “I don’t believe I can write
' dot name. I don’t peen marriet to dis man
long alretty.”
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CLEVELAND AT A BALL.
Declining to Dance and Spending the
Evening in Conversation.
Buffalo, Jan. 9.— The charity ball
given under the patronage of Governor
Cleveland at the Genesee House to-night,
was a very brilliant event, and was attended
by 500 representatives of the best families of
Buffalo and adjoining cities. Many were
present from New York and Boston, beside
a delegation from Bradford and other Penn
sylvania towns. The Governor spent the
forenoon in going about the city calling
on old friends, while this after
noon he kept open house at
the Genesee, receiving the people who
called to welcome him home. He went to
dinner at 6 o’clock, at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. George P. Sawyer, on North
street, where he met Mr. and Mrs. E. T.
Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Moving,
Mr. and Mrs. John Glenny, Mr. and Mrs.
George J. Sicard and Col. George E. War
ing, of Newport. Miss Cleveland, the
Governor's unmarried sister, was also pres
ent. The party arrived at the Geneese at
10 o’clock and for more than an hour the
President-elect received the guests. He
was assisted by his sister and by the ladies
of the committee.
The music began at 9:30, with the orches
tra in the dining room and double parlors.
The picture was a very beautiful one. The
ladies’ costume were many of them very
handsome and diamonds were plentiful.
Though many invitations were extended
the Governor declined to join in the danc
ing, but spent the time in talking with old
friends. The supper was served at 1 o’clock
and covers were laid so that half the com
pany were seated at once.
An lut’ resting Decision.
The following case which explains itself
was decided in the Supreme Court, at At
lanta last week, and is of public interest to
the Savannah public:
Murphy, tru-tee, et al., vs. Mayor, etc, of
Savannah. Equity, from Chatham. De
crees Judgment. Equity, Consent. Prac
tice in Supreme Court. (Before Judge
Adams.)
Hall, J—l. A bill of review may be
brought for the purposs of procuring a re
versal, alterative or explanation of a decree
made iu the former suit, as well as upon
error in law appearing on the face of the
decree, without further examination of mat
ters of fact, as upon soum new matter ; but
where it is brought upon the last ground,
the new matter must be such as could not
possibly have been used when the decree
was made; and it must distinctly appear that
it has come to the knowledge of the appli
cant and his agents for the first time since
the period at which he could have made
use of it in the suit; and that it cou’d not,
with reasonable diligence, have been dis
covered sooner. 2 Dan. Ch. Pr., 1576, 1578
and cases cited in note 2; 70 Ga., 552, 557;
Code 3129, 3575, 3178.
(a) The decree sought to be reviewed has
been altered so as to make it conform to the
ruling of this court when the present case
was here before (Laurence et al, vs. Mayor,
etc., of Savannah, September Term, 1983).
Further than this the court could not go;
and a refusal to set aside the former decree,
in order to let in a claim for damages, was
proper.
(b.) A decree made with the consent and
at the instance of a party can not be set
aside by him by bill of leview, unless, by
clerical error, something has been inserted
therein as by consent, which had not been
consented to.
2. The court di-approves the finding of
attorney’s fees against the city, which seems
to be free from the charge of being stub
bornly litigious, or from any imputation of
bad faith; but as no motion was made by
the city to get rid of this part of the verdict,
this court cannot interfere,
Judgment affirmed.
Chisholm & Erwin, for plaintiffs in error.
H. C. Cunningham, John M. Guerrard,
for defendants.
The New Railroad Bridge at Drayton’s.
Charleston News and Courier.
The new bridge over the Ashley river,
now being constructed at Drayton’s by the
Charleston and Savannah Railway Com
pany, will be ready for the passage of trains
on Wednesday next. The bridge will cost
$50,000, and will be a very handsome and
substantial structure. It is built of iron, on
a foundation of creosoted piles and in ac
cordance with plans furnished by Mr. W. B.
W. Howe, Jr., the Chief Engineer of the
Charleston and Savannah Railway Company.
The contractor for the work is Mr. A. V.
Guide, of Atlanta, Ga. The iron work
has been done by Wilkins, Post & Co., of
Atlanta.
The bridge has been constructed in such
a manner as to give an opening of eighty
feeton either side of the draw for the pass
age of vessels. The old bridge gave an
opening of only sixty feet for the passage cf
vessels, which found great difficulty in pass
ing through the draw. The openings of the
new bridge are protected by a wall of creo
soted piles on either side, by which vessels
will be enabled to pass through without
damage. The approaches on either side of
the draw were built by Mr. J. D. Murphy,
the superintendent of construction. Mr. J.
W. Craig, the master of transportation of
the Charleston and Savannah Railway, says
that the bridge is one of the safest and best
structures of the kind in the South.
Files of the Chronicle Wanted.
Any of our subscribers or readers having
old files of the Augusta Chronicle prior to
the year 1800, will confer a favor by lending
them to this office.
Any of our friends having old copies of
the Augusta Chronicle, or of the Augusta
Sentinel prior to 1800, are requested to send
them to this office - —Augusta Chronicle.
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