Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-18
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTI
AN IMPORTANT Law Casa case of un-

AN IMPORTANT LAW Casa case Of un-
usual interest has just been decided In the
Supreme Court Of Illinois. About the time
that the war broke out, as General Buckner,
of Kentucky, was intending to enter the Con-
federate army aud feared the contscatlon OF
property owned by his wife in Illinois IN conse-
,uence of that act, Mrs. Buckncr Joined her
husband in deed conveying her interest IN
all the property she had inherited from her
father to her brother, Henry w. KlngsbGry.
who was an officer in the u. S. army. The
brother was subsequently killed at -Antictam,
and three months after his death there was
born to him a posthumous child. ln 1873 the
widow of Colonel Kngshury reInarrled, taking
General 4. G. Lawrence as her husband. For
several wears the estate was managed without
l.oal authority by an agent, after which huga-
ron tnok nlace. the family ofCol. Kingsbury's
,.h;ld claiming in its behalf the whole estate
;nhrri1cl from the grandfather, subject only
to the dover rights of its mother and grand
mother and decree was entered when
found the title in this posthumous chlld. IN
the course Of time it was ascertalneu that on
the eve Of his departure to the battle held OF
Autetam Col. Kingsbury had lett IN the
hands of friend paper which ne supposed
i
his wishes respecting the disposition Of hlspro-
nrrtv, beoucatling IS his sister, Mrs. Buckner,
une.thrd of the property in the city OF Chlca
90 left by Ills father This paper was with
held by the family until Gen. ~ Z. Burnside,
who was known to be named in it as executor,
enforced its production by legal means, and
caused it to be probated in the Corporation
Court in Alexandria, Va, after which the re,
cord was taken to Chicago, and duly recorded
there. Mrs Buckncr now set up ter clalm
for an individual half of her fathers estate,
claiming that her deed, absolute upon Its lace,
WAS in fact bnt deed in trust; and to prove
this, she presented the will, alleging that the
bcuucst to her was but the tuhmcnt OF the
who was untutorcd in law, and therefore had
supposed that he, she and their her were
each entitled to IN individual third of the
whole estate. Mrs Buckner claimed nothing
Of the will but that it was declaration OF trust
executed by her brother, with view to restore
20 her what he believed to be her proper share
nf their fathers property For answer the le-
s.alitv of the will was denied and the convey
anee Of 1861 was claimed rs an absolute deed.
The Court decided that the deed OF Mrs.
,9uckner was deed OF trust, aud that she Is
the owner of an undivided half Of the property
Known as the kingsbury estate, which, pre-
vious to the fire ia Chicago, was estimated to
be worth over one million dollars.
\ STRANGE RE- UNION. From the Cam
den (Me) Herald. There lives 10 y oung-
town. Lincouvc, Maine, where she has
resided for many years, a widow lady of about
20 years named Polly Fiolds, whose only re-
.s,urce since the death of her husband, seven
Seen years ago, except the generosity OF her
ueighbors, has been until recently pension OF
500 year, granted by the government tor ser, ;.
vices rendered 10y her husband in the war OF
1872. Forty-fve years ago her first husband
Hammond, died, leaving her In lndlgent CIR
cumstances with child five years OLD. At
the urgent solicitation Of MIR. Palmer, man
of some means, she allowed him to adopt the
child and give it his own name. Soon after
the child was taken away, and the mother
could never learn what became OF him, but
from the fact that she did not hear from or OF
him, tiually came to the painful conclusion
that he must be dead. After the disappear
ance of her boy, Mrs. Hammond married her
second husband, Mr. Fields removed to
Wadoboro, where they resided short time,
and then removed to youngstown, where Mrs.
Fields has ever since made her home, =,
During recent visit of a cousin OF the ola
lady. named MattockS, to Brewer, he found
cut by some means that her son was not only
alive but very successful business man, senior
PARTNER in the firm of Palmer & johnson,
Brewer, extensive lumber dealers, and residing
in Bangor On his return home Mr.. Mattocks
informed the old lady of the good fortune IN
store for her and she Immediately wrote to
Mr. Palmer. Immediately on receipt OF the
letter, which was somewhat delayed by mlsdl-
rectiou that gentleman came down to Lincoln
Vile though he could hardly believe the
evidence that his mother still lived. But
seeing is believing and thus parent and son
tuow stawart man of fifty years. beheld each
other after a separation of forty.fve years.
The last days of the old lady will doubtless be
spent in peaceful contentment.
1t seems that Mr. Palmer had in his early
wears endeavored to find his mother, but WAS
told BIZ people in Noblcboro that she was dead.
The error probably arose from the fact that
Mrs. Fields last hus band had buried one wife,
and the parties inquired OF did not Kno" ol
the second marriage. -,
The above facts we're obtained from the old
ladv herself, and may be relied upon is sub
stantiay correct.
4 Mrs. Conway has been awarded the con-
tract for building railway in Maryland, and al
ready has her workmeu busily engaged in dig
eing. cartipg and track laying. This is much
the most noteworthy of the recent manltesta-
tions Of female determination to rival man III
fields heretofore exclusively occupied by hun,
We have become SO accustomed to the " eStern
girl who cultivated farm OF forty acres. plant
Ing blowing and irrigating 1t IN manly fashion,
that she is no longer an item OF interest Also
the young woman who rerpetualiy goes out up
On a rainy sea in a small boat aud lescues ship,
wrecked sailors, bids fair to exasperate mankind
by her wearisome iteration of what was once
I pleasing ash and phiianthropic novelty. But wo;
man who undertakes to build a railway, and
proves herself a mistress of grading ballastlng
and bridee-buildng who understands the mys.
teries of ''chairs' and switches, aud who
can oversee gangs of track-laying narvieS with
discretion and authority, deserves at least 4
transitory fame.
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