The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-11
GENERAI.lTIES.
The HowIand VIII Case.

At term of the Probate Court held In Fall
River on Saturday, Judge Bennett granted the
will of the late Sylvia Ann Rowland, asking
authority to compromise the suit and demand
of the heir-at-law, Mrs. Hetty H. Green. This
compromise simply relates to the payment of
the costs of the plaintiff in equity G), which are
to be paid we presume, out OF the estate, or
that portion of it, to the income of which Mrs.
Green is entitled. The adjustment when CON-
pleted by the proper entries in the United States
Supreme Court at Washington, will leave the
viii affirmed in every particular, and the exc
cutor free to execute it according to its wise
and benevolent provisions.
Man nIarries his stepmother.
From the Bristol (Vd.) Ners.
Some days ago the community in the vicinity
of Carter's Station was considerably exercised
over the announcement that Mr.. Lyon, who
lived in the neighborhood, had married his
mother. 1t seems that Lyons father had been
twice married, and the children by the first wife
continued to live in the family after the second
marriage; Lyon, the father, died, leaving his
second wife widow, and Lyon, the son, mar
ried his father widow. The clerk issued the
license without q knowledge of the facts, and
the minister requested to solemnize the mar
rage declined; magistrate likewise refused,
and the pair crossed over to Stony Greek, where
they were unknown, and were married.
Insecure Ice-A Litrie Boy Drowned.
A little fellow, four years old, broke through
the ice of pond on Fifth avenue, New York,
yesterday, and was drowned. The Heraldsays:-
AS soon as it became known in the neighbor-
hood that a boy had been drowned large crowd
commenced gathering, and in less than half an
hour fully 1000 people of both sexes were at the
scene of the occurrence. Several gentlemen
commenced the immediate construction of
huge raft, upon which they purposed to push
themselves out to the break 30 as to obtain the
body of the unfortunate boy. Some parties
arrived with small boat, and with it they sue
ceeded, by dint of considerable exertion in
breaking the ice away before them and getting
out to the place where the boy had gone
through They soon found the body which they
brought ashore and conveyed to the Nineteenth
precinct station house, where the father (who
resides at No, 361 Third avenue) and two bro
theirs arrived soon after. The scene after their
threw himself upon the corpse ofShe unfortu-
nate boy and wept most piteousy while the two
brothers gave vent to their feelings in the most
affecting manner.
A Hell Gate Death Blast.
On Saturday afternoon, during the sinking of
a shaft at Hell Gate, blasting accident oc-
Cured, attended with fatal results. Whenever
o blast fuse is lighted a horn is sounded to warn
all persons to move out of danger. At o'clock
on Saturday the usual signal was heard, and the
customary stampede followed. An immense
piece of rock, weighing l42 pounds was by the
force of the explosion hurled into the air a dis
tahce of 1S0 feet. On its descent il fell into the
roof of the engine-house, crushing through and
dropping on the head of the engineer, Mr..
David ShiDe fracturing his skull. Both Mr..
Lacy and Mr.. Shine thozght themselves per-
fectly safe in the engine house, as they had
often sheltered themselves. within IL during
blasting operations. Mr.. Shine was the last OF
a family OF three sons, all of whom died sud-
denly. ...
PrinceIy GIFT by n German Baron.
The German Hospital of New York has re-
ceiyed from Germany unexpected gift of
$50 600 in 5-20s. The giyer was the Baron Won
Diergardt, young man who has just inherited
large fortune and begins by making use of it
in this manner. He has never been in the United
States, and was doubtless prompted to this great
act of charity by finding a large quantity of
United States bonds among his Inheritance.
The hospital, which is at the corner of Fourth
avenueEand Seventy seventh street, N. Y.,will be
greatly benefited by this acquisition.
Jew Murders his SON for Marrying a
Five Jews, named Moses Schneider, Mayor
Brecher Abraham Moses Schneider, Joseph
Landau, and Moses Teldmann have Just been
tried for the murder of Abraham Teldmann son
of the latter, at Tarnapol, In Galicia. 1t ap-
pears that the deceased had made an offer of
marriage to Christian girl, and that she had
accepted him on his promising to become q
Christian also. Having heard of this promise
the accused men assembled in the house of Moses
Teldmann, and warmly upraided young Teld-
mann for his apostacy. The latter, however,
remained obstinate, and during the alteration
the father threw sling rope around his neck
and pulled at it, assisted by the other men, until
his son was strangled. The case was clearly
proved against the defendants. Moses Teld-
mann and Mayer Brecher were sentenced to be
hanged and the other three 70 ten years' jmprl-
fOpmeDt with hard labor.