The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-10
GENERALITIES.

TRtkImR C0t9 ana FepuIcuFut NtstOube
Inthe trial Of the validity of the will Of Charles
Fox, in New York, wherein he gives all his pro-
perty, amounting to $30O,O0 TO the United
states TO aid in paying of the national deot,
the first witness called by the contestants testi-
fed that the deceased always had wild look.
On one occasion he told the witness OF an
attack upon him in his room the night pre-
vious, by thieves, and when he had hred
upon them he found that the only in
truder was black cat. AZ another
time he told witness children that
he had cat which would climb pole and talk
like child. At another that he walked to the
Cooper Institute one evening and fell asleep
upon the steps, when he was awakened by a
venerable man with long white hair, who
pointed to the grave beside him, and alarmed
him greatly Mr. Ritterband, counsel for the
executors, by severe cross-examinaton, eli
cited the important fact that these occurrences
took place more than year after the will was
executed, in 1864. Several other witnesses we're
examined and the trial was adjourned to next
week.
PaIne's Attempt TO Assassinate Mr.. Seward.
In recent interview the ex-Secretary said
that on the night of Mr. Lincoln's assassination,
he (Mr. Seward) was confined to his bed from
dislocation Of the jaw, caused by his having
few days previously been thrown from his car
riage.. He was lying on the edge of the bed
suffering intense pain, and feeling quite indif-
ferent as to whether he fell out OF the bed or
not. He could not sleep, and when distracted
with pain, the more terrible Paine entered
his room, rushed upon him, and stabbed
him. Being on the very edge of the
he'd, the blow which was struck from the
other side knocked him completely
out and this was the means of saving his life,
for Paine had to come round the bed to renew
his attack, and that under less advantageous
circumstances. AS Paine was again stabbing
Mr.. Seward, the latter's daughter entered, and
appealed to the ruf1ian to save her father. Paine
raised his knife to stab Miss Seward, but re-
Tented. At that moment a soldier entered, and
ruahp1 tn the Paine who Ua n
prodigious strength, stabbed the soleier in the
back, but had become so weak from the struggle
with the soldier that Mr.. Frederick Seward, who
then entered the raom, was able to disarm and
capture him.
Result of n Family Feud.
A despatch from Pleasant Hill, NO., March 4,
says:-A horrible murder was committed yester-
day five miles from here. A man named Dun
nington murdered his brother-iu-law, Russell H.
Hines. They met on the public highway, when
Huntington demanded one-half of the road for
his wagon. Hines refused to give it, and the
murderer says he raised an axe in attitude to
strike, when he Dunnington) shot him three
times and then took the axe and mashed in his
head. He was Immediately arrested, and is now
in jail at this place awaiting a preliminary ex-
animation. This murder created considerable
| excitement. Huntington may think himself
fortunate if he don't get his Just deserts on short
quiet, inoffensive man, and there is said to have
| been a feud existing between the parties for
some time past.
| The End of an OxonIan Gamester.
| Three witnesses who were examined before
! the New York Coroner yesterday, with regard
| to the suicide of j. g. Harding, testified that
Harding had been an incorporate gambler, and
| had lost large sums of money. The Investigation
| was adjourned to enable the Coroner to get
| information from Harding's relatives. On
| Friday night Harding went from his rooms in
| the Fifth Avenue Hotel to the house in which
| he committed suicide, and on Saturday after
| noon was found dead in his bed. On the man.
| tepiece was a small empty bottle labelled
| 'laudanum." His diary and some old letters
showed that his marital relations we're of such
| an unhappy character 10 explain his ignO-
| minious end. 1t also appeared from his papers
| that he was an OXonian. Among his effects
was a small volume bearing his name on the
| title page and dedicated to the Earl of Derby
which contained translations of Dante in Eng
| lish verse.
| Heavy Law Suit In Portland.
The heirs of James Brown and his brother are
| now moving to recover possession of their an
cestor's property in Portland. The Browns in
| 176S, leased twenty acres of land in that city,
between Commercial and Burnham wharves
and extending back to the city buildings, fol
ninety-nine years. No conveyance of the pro-
perty can be found on the records, and the
claimants have the original lease, whose tern
has now expired. The property is worth $40,
| 600, 1000, and the suit makes a sensation in Port
| land.