New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-23
THE COURTS.
The Jefferson City 0Ftan
Order by the supreme Court.

ordering that he be allowed to discharge
the duties thereof according to law, have
been lodged in the inferior court. and also
presented, by motion, to the parish court,
presided over by w. L. Scott, and further
Suggesting that a writ Of possession has
| duly issued upon said mandate from the
| Second judicial District Court, parish of
Jefferson directed to the Coroner, one L.
Il. Stamps, to execute the judgment: and
! upon its being suggested that the said w.
! T. Scott has issued an I'M junction, and treats
| the decision OF this honorable court with
contempt. and refuses and declines TO give
| it any legal effect in his court, as more fully
appears by the decree on file, and fails to
regard said Sehwab as Sheriff according to
| law, and that said Stamps resists the decree
! and the acting Sheriff or incumbent. Amos
Collins, to surrender the Office, and is also
| in contempt, it is ordered by the court that
| said VT. Scott, Parish Judge, T. d.
Stamps, Coroner, and Amos Collins show
cause on Friday, the twenty-siXth instant
1870, at eleven o'clock A. NJ, why they
| should not lie punished by fine and lmpris-
| onment for contempt Of court, or, ia default
of fine and imprisonment, why they should
not be peremptolily ordered to carry out
| and obey the mandate Of this court IN said
cause.
VIII of TIE Late John Thornhill.
The following is copy of the Geographic
| will of the late John Thornhill, prOhated in
the Second District Court, Judge Duvi-
gneaud:
"In the name of God, amen. i, John
Thonhill. of the city Of New Orleans, and
State OF Louisiana, being of sound mind,
do make this, my Geographic will, my last
will and testament, reyoking all previous
ones made.
l. bequeath to my dear wife, Bette A.
ThornhilI !nfe Withers,, all the property,
| both real and personal, of any nature what
| soever, of which I may die possessed, after
| the payment Of my debts and to that end,
] hereby appoint her, the said Bette 4.
Tho1nhill, my residuary legatee, with seizn
| of my estate, it being my desire that she
| take possession of and enjoy all the benefits
| arising from the property aforesaid.
! ,. In the event. however, that my said
wife. Bette A. Thornhill above mentioned ;,
| should not survive me, only come uneN-
| pected accident in travelling, that our
! deaths should take place simultaneously,
| and by any presumption of law it may be
| decided that my wife preceded me in death,
! then | beGueath to her sister, Mrs. Mary
Josephine Owen. the wife of James Owen,
! of Galveston. Texas, all my reai and per-
soual property, OF which l may die pos
| scssed, appointing her my residuarv lega-
| tee, with seizin OF my estate, under the fol-
| lowing conditions to-wit:
That after INV estate shall have been dis
posed Of OF a sutficiency at least TO pay all
| my debts and meet the beguests hereinafter
| stated, she VIII pay toward the education OF
/ the two orphan children Of DR.. George H.
| Thornhill deceased, l have now with me.
viz: William Thornhill. aged about twelve
wears, and Alice Tallula Thornhill, aged
! about ten years. tho yearly sum requisite
| for their main tenance and education in some
! good country school or schools for five years
| next succeeding my death. The boy Willie
| or William then being seventeen or more,
will be allowed ''to hoe his own row. and
| support himself in some mechanical EN-
ploy ment, store or profession, and VIXEN /
! desire he shall be given $1,000 When Alice
| shall have arrived at the age Of eighteen
! years. desire that she be paid, by my lega-
| tee. also the sum of 5000, to be maintained
| in TIE interim after she leaves school until
she reaches the age of eighteen years.
! ?. That my said legatee pay, or cause 10
! be paid, To the children OF Samuel +. Thorn
| hill, of Washington county, Texas, OF to q
| guardian for their benefit, the sum OF &c.
! 600. That my said legatee shall pay. or
| cause to be paid TO Miss Mary Esther
| Wood. the daughter OF my late esteemed
| friend. Phoenix 4. Wood, the sum of
| $1,000.
This done and given at New Orleans on
~ JOHN THORNHILL.
L.
| inventory Of the effects left by the late
| Philip Liner the well known livery stable
! keeper OF Gravier street, made by rotary
| under order of court, amounts to Sll,tlf ".
Suit for Damages.
Edward Dumas We. City OF New Orleans
| and John Bietry.-In this case, fled in the
| Seventh District Court, claimant states that
| on the twenty-ninth Of October last, while
| taking % driye Oh st. Charles street, in a
! f>-,or II Nv fun MnPGQn
mares. and while coming down said street
! toward Second street, he was suddenly pre-
cipitated. with his buggy and horScs, into
| the opening of the bridge at the corner OF
| Second and st. Charles streets, which bridge
was then open, without any barricade, sig
nal or warning, whatever, being placed to
| give notice Of danger to vehicles going
along the street, as law and prudence re-
| Quire.
| Petitioner AYERS that by this accident his
buggy was smashed to pieces, his harness
| to shreds, his horses rendered forever I'M
| serviceable, his driver wounded, and he
himself only managing to escape without
accident by the most fortuitous chance.
Petitioner AYERS that the defendants are
| liable for the damage incurred for their
negligence in not having the proper bar
ricades and signals Of danger placed around
the opening of the bridge, and that John
Bietry, contractor for building Of the bridges
on st. Charles street, is Jointly liable with
| the city.
| Petitioner values his two mares. which
| have been rendered unserviceablc by the
accident, at $3.50; his double harness,
which have been completely destroyed, at
| $3.50: his buggy, which is shivered to pieces,
| at $500, aud the medical services rendered
| his driver, the services of the veterinary
surgeon in the attempt to save his horses.
| together with the privation Of the. nee Of his
| buggy and horses, he vlsllio5 at 500, max
| ing the sum of $1,000.
! Eighth District Court.
| This court. not being provided With a
| room for the transaction OF business, did
| not hold session yesterday, much to the
disappointment of litigants who have i'm
| portant interests pending, awaiting the
| action Of the court. 1t is hoped that those
| who have contracted to put the Eighth Dis
| trict courtroom in q condition to be
occupied, will do so without unnecessary
| delay
Peru is in some respects the most remark
| able town in Massachusetts. II is one OF
the highest, healthiest, windiest, most viz
tuous and thrifty. With 4 population OF
only four hundred and fifty-fve, 1t has 8
church membership Of one hundred and ten,
or one in three Of the adults. About one
hundred and twenty-five persons are in the