The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-05
NEWS SUMMARY.
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A large meeting of journeymen oak
coope-s WAS held last evening at the hall
Eighth and Locust streets, when addresses
were made by several members of the associa-
ton, showing the trade TO be in prosperous
condition.
Yesterday afternoon, about o'clock,
there was launched a fine new schooner
named the Sarah Wood from the shipyard of
Messrs. Taylor Mathis, of Coopers Point
She is LOG feet in length; double-decked to
the fore hatch; has n capacity of about 400
tons, and cost S23, GOO.
Peter Nearney some time since was
arrested, charged with the embezzlement of
$146 from Wilson, Rockefeller IL Co., his
employers. Bail was entered and Nearney
fed the city. He was arrested on Tuesday
last at Gloucester, and taken yesterday before
Recorder Givin, where he was charged with
the embezzlement of the additional sum of
1920 from the same firm. In default of
bail, he was committed to answer.
Yesterday afternoon the Woman Foreign
Missionary Society held a meeting at the
Green Street Methodist Episcopal Church
The exercises we're commenced by singing
and prayer, after which interesting addresses
were delivered by Mrs. DIR. Butler of Boston,
and Mrs. Willing, from Chicago. These
ladies have spent the best part of their lives
as missionaries in foreign lands.
Yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock the
dye and securing works connected with the
establishment of j. Mottet, in the rear of the
store No. 209 South Ninth street, took fire
and were badly damaged. Mr. Mottet was
engaged at the time in securing some silk and
wooden fabrics. He was using q preparation
largely composed Of benzine. The vapor
arising therefrom from some cause ignited.
and an explosion followed, setting fire to the
clothing of Mr.. Mottet and communicating
to the goods and woodwork Mr.. Mottet was
dreadfully burned about the face and limbs,
the skin peeling off III places when his gar
ments were removed. He was carried to the
Pennsylvania Hospital. His injuries are so
severe that is doubtful whether he can re-
cover The dye works were damaged to the
extent of $500. The loss on goods will pro-
badly exceed that amount.
In 1864, when at the age of sixty years.
a widow named Elizabeth McGuigan had q
will drawn up, in which the bulk of her
estate, valued at 100000, went to Henry
Donaghy, man of twenty-six years, and a
cousin of the lady in question. This will was
signed, Witnessed, sealed up and laid by. In
1869, Mrs. McGuigan appeared at her counsels
office, and stated that since the will had been
drawn up she had married Mr.. Donaghy
overlooking the disparity in their ages. And
now that she was his wife she feared that in
case of her death the will would not secure
the property to her husband. She wanted
another drawn up, Identical with the trst save
in this-that the second will should recog-
nize Mr.. Donaghy as her husband. This
document was written and duly authenticated
by witnesses, and in short time the lady
died. When the will was taken to the Regis
ter of Wills Office to be proven, it was dis
covered that the relatives of the deceased,
who regarded the secret marriage as no mar
riage at all, had filed a cG0eat, restraining the
Register from granting Mr.. Donaghy letters
testamentary under the will, upon the ground
of its invalidity. They allege that the testa-
trix, at the time of making the will, was not
of sound mind. Yesterday long hearing of
the case was given by the Register, and a
mass of evidence was gathered. Both Wills
are on file The genulneness of them is
proven. How either is to be broken by the
contesting heirs is a problem.