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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-12-13


POLICE CoURT.-Justice White dis.
posed of the following cases in this court
to-day F ..-. !. ''' ..t.
Hardin Washington. unlawful ass sault,
fined IS.
Jennie Jackson, abusive language, dis
charged.
Dennis O'Day and wife, unlawful as
sanlt, discharged last night,
James Hays, stealing, discharged.
Mary Splcer and John Jannette, lacivious-
ness, discharged.
John Finnegan, unlawful assault, fined
$3.50. ~ ,eg 81 5.s-,sa i .z s.s
Tim Shey, drunkenness, jailed for thirty
days.
| Philip Holmes. unlawful assault, fined
$3.50. 80 e.asz 1a as2 l5 20 Y s'
| Edward Burgess. unlawful assault, fined
SIS. agslsa :.
Wiley Timberlake, unlawful assault, dis
Thomas Jasper, ordinance violation,
Walter Blackburn and Alice Tyler,
unlawful cohabitation, sent on TO the grand
s. II. Cartwright, James Mallory and
James German, stealing. discharged.
Mallory and German fined $40 each for
unlawful assault. ls, AZ. y. !, ~. -,
I Francis Writ and John Davies, unlawful
assault, fined 50 each.
i Horace johnson, assault, fined 81. w
John Winston, assault, fined $2.5O.ssy
Geo. Washington, burglary, sent on tt
4 the grand jury.
Richard Harwood, drunken ness, jailet
i for tan davc is. #4ssf iffaa
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PENNsYLvANIA.
UtlderxO0k Seute,

UdderzOOk Sentenced.
WEsTCHEsTER, December 13.--A new
trial for Undertook has been refused, and
sentence of death pronounced on him.
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TEMPERANCE MATTERs.-The colored
Sons of Temperance Of this city have
elected the following officers, viz: Fidelity
Division, No. 1, Wilson Winfree, w. P. /;
VIM. H. Green, R. S.
Living Division, No. Z, Taylor Tinsley,
w. P; W. T. Fontroy, r. S.
DR.. Charles H. Cary, d. D., will preach
a grand Temperance sermon on Sunday
night, at y o'clock, at the First Colored
Baptist church. The public are most re-
specifully invited to attend. These meet
ings will be continued from church to church
all this and next month. U
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Aa DEATH OF A PYTHIAN.--Mr. G. g.
Smith, grocer, on Twenty-fifth street, an
esteemed member Of Virginia Lodge, No.
2, died on Friday evening after a brief
illness. His funeral will take place
Sunday evening, at o'clock, from Union
Station NJ. E. church, and his remains
will be escorted to their last resting place
by his lodge. and the members of other
lodges of this city. Charles j.. Fox, jr.,
the chancellor commander Of the lodge,
has extended an invitation to all Pythians
to be present and pay the last tribute Of
respect to their deceased brother.
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Junior Ciass-Richard Boiling, James
johnson, Emma Blunt, Emma Jones,
Carrie Kemp, Mary Mayo.
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ADJUSTMENTS A
ASSEMBLY HALL.
ONE NIGHT ONLY.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, 1878.
JOSEPH JEFFERSON
RIP VAN WlNKLE.

Reserved seats, $l.5O Admission, 81. +
Sale of seats commences Wednesday morning,
December 10th, at Woodhouse & Parham's book
store, 1905 Main street. de SIT
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sG- CHURCH COMMITTEES TAKE
NOTICE.-GAS FIXTURES and CHANDE-
LIERs, REBRoNzED and dREPAfRED-made
to look as good as newly t5-ss
DANIEL O'DONNEI4L,
aps-tf gu SIS Broad Street.
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SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS
The following business occupied the atten-
ton of this court to-day:
Durrett VS.. Davis, &C.; fully argued by
Judge Robertson for appellants, and SUBJ
mitted. "
The Great Falls Manufacturing Company
vs.. Henry's admir-; appeal allowed from
degree of the circuit court of Fairfax
county. E
Court adjourned till Tuesday next, when
the following three eases will be disposed
of in the order in which they are named !:
Boxley VS.. Commonwealth, Venable VS..
Commonwealth, Magruder, treasurer. &c.,
VS.. Spilman. a
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DEPARTURE OF STEAMSHIPS.


FOR NEW YORK. d6n
THE OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COM
PANY'S elegant side-wheel steamship ISAAC
BELL, Capt. BLAKRMAS. will sail SUNDAY,
December IA, at 10 a. m. si hsE4,saa
Freight received until O'Clock Saturday night.
On and after November |, ships will leave
Norfolk at 4 O'Clock p. m. during the winter. ,t.
Through bills of lading signed, and goods for
warded with dispatch to all points-North South
east and West Close connections made with Ou-
nard line for foreign ports. = 7,-5s sfeg
Passenger accommodations unsurpassed
Fare. ....sl2 w
bteerage. '.'....'......'.' w
Round Trip Tickets. ......,........"....". 20 90
For freight or passage, apply to a
GEO. W. ALLEN CO.,
del3-lt Company's Wharf. Rockets.
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81 =
GOING FOR ALLIGATORs.-Cap
Frey, in his recent official visit to Key
West and the Floridas, to look after the
Havana mails, seems to have had his att
tention called to the American crocodiles
of that region, as we'll as the 'pesky
Iavanese,u both Of whom happened to
be on their periodical rampage at the
time. Spending few days on the planta-
tion of q friend, in the midst of orange
groves, magnolias, and banana trees, with
their luscious blossoms and fruit, and an
atmosphere as fragrant and balmy as that
about the camp of the Israelites when the
mama fell SO abundantly in the wilder
ness, he found it perfect paradise with
but a single exception-that of the below.
ing of these 'sbuil-calves of the Nilen in the
baYous aud lagoons of the neigh
borhood. He accordingly sailed out on
lagoon expedition against the alligators
the second day of his visit. and, by a
lucky shot, succeeded in bagging one of
the scaly monsters, who was supposed to
be the chief believer Of that locality. We
hardly dare give his actual dimensions,
| for fear our story may be deemed alto
gether incredible. But he was "whop-
per,o if his teeth are capable of telling
the truth as to his size. Some Of these the
captain brought home as trophies of his
victory. But the most attractive part oi
the story is to come. In the city Of Jack.
sonville, Florida, is a celebrated ieweler,
whose workmanship in developing curiosi.
ties exceeds that of the master artist or
Solomon's famous Temple; and four o.
the smaller teeth (whiter than driven
snow and beautiful as pearI wert
taken to him to be mounted as ear
drops and cuf-buttons. and one of thu
larger teeth equally white and beautiful
to be mounted as lady's breastpin. Hand
somer and more unique ornaments we hav'
never seen, and none more artistically set
They are gems of beauty, as well as Gu
riosity. He secured other unique setting
Of Florida curiosities from the same Jew
eler, who seems to have rare taste for tn
bizarre and beautiful in ornamentation
The captain left the bulk of the alligator's
teeth with this Floridian artist, whose name
| is J. j. Holland, and VIC have ordered from
him full set as New Years gift to -
well, that is our business, and we will make
no slip Of the pen to crafty idle curiosity
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FOR RENT.

TO T,FTA LARGE, MO- -
DERN-BUILT HOUSE. Gas and water in MiW
the house, with good stable accommodations,
situated on Adams, between Leigh and Clay
streets. Apply to
Sc IS-H GRUBBS u WlLLIAMS.
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GENERAI. ITEMS.

"A female justice in Wyoming fined
her husband for drunkenness and paid it,
, 1873-07-17

fourths by Henry Foass, a liquor dealer
on small scale, in this city. and the
other quarter by Z. J. Bellecher. a sa-
loon keeper and Christopher Spiles.
blacksmith.
WORCESTER. July 11.-At IL O'Clock
1T night fire broke out in Bnrnett's
.'ck. in line Of wooden buildings
- flames spreao to the stable attach
10 the Leominster House in the rear
building, and thence to the Arlington
piano factory. where 800 finished and
unfinished piauos. The hotel building
was destroyed. but the furniture was
saved ina damaged condition. Jones
block was next burned. bur small
stream intervened and progress of Fhe
tite WAS arrested Loss, from 81, 600, 900
$1,000 0u0.
LoSDoN, July IL here Is consldtra-
hle excitement in B,.ifisr in consequence
oi apps-hensions of Al disturbance To-
'nnrroa. during she Larade OF me Or
| II yenieH Eh,. authorizes have miir
| Ext, nsive preparations for niain'al ing
| tdrr and hay resolved vigorously To
| ;fsveHt Il Fe n,etneur II he scenes Of
| s~i ,e5a | -oJ sinrii 'oiieemer haVe
been ,uorl II i'lic,,ri, Mere p,>'e.
all over fhe cliy s,4iea with he nane
| Of Ylu Jnhasi4n Member of Par!ia-
m-nr from Belfast, deprecatlng the Or
ange demons, ration.
BERLIN. July l0.--1he permanent re-
tirement of Bismars from the Prussian
Cabinet. announced some time ago, is
on the eve of execution. 1t was stated
iu dispatch sent from this city on tn.
18th ult, that the Prince has taken pre-
paratory steps for his withdrawal. He
will retain the German Chan. ellorship.
Van BoIen will be the new Minister Of
Foreign Affairs.
Cholera has appeared at various places
in Germany. number of cases have
occurred in Ratisbon. Bavaria.
BAYoNNE. July II The Carlist force
which captured Sangnisa. were soou
driven out by the Government troops.
who sacked the city. burned the factor
les aud insulted women. on the pretext
hat the people sympathized with Carl
lists.
| NEW YORK, July 1.-THE murder of
has. Goodrich Is no longer Il mystery.
de was shot by Minnie Waltham. dlias
Kate Sto idard. ON the night Of the 21>,
f March. She was ari ested on Tues
lay last and yesterday she made a full
confession Of her guilt to the police an
thorltles Of Brooklyn. Her trunks Were
seized aud opened and in them was dis
covered some property of Goodrich, III
,.lnding watch and chain. finger ring,
seal, and a pocket book with $40 in
it, believed to be the identical money
belonging to the murdered man. A re-
volyer was found in the trunk, with
chambers loaded. 3 empty. There were
bullets in Goodrich's head. X. {
confesses that the revolver found in ! el
rrunk is the weapon with which she
killed Goodrich. Every article of prop
-rty taken by her from the premises she
seems to have carefully preserved.
, 1873-07-17

Has been before the American public
OVER THIRTY years. 1t has never yet
filled to give perfect satisfact on. and has
justly been styled tho panacea for all ex-
ternal Wounds, Cuts, Burns. SweI,ings.
Sprains, Bruises. &c., &C., for Man and
Beast. No family should &c single day
Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-10-09
An Officer Wcds his Prisoner.

A man named Weston was lately
murdered at farm house near Albany
y. Y, where he was stopping Weston
had friends in Brooklyn who set them
selves about discovering the murderer
and bringing him to justice. There
were three ladies in the farm house,
one of whom was a very pretty young
girl, named Mary Cochrane. 1t was
deemed necessary by the authorities to
secure the ladies', in case it might ar-
pear upon investigation that they were
in some manner connected with the
murder. They were accordingly TAX
en- to Albany, placed in a hotel, and a
trusty officer, Amos Il. Walker, was
selected to keep guard over them. He
performed his duties remarkably well,
and scarcely ever allowed the fair prls'
oncrs to be a moment out Of his sight.
1t was cherries and lonely outside ot
their apartments, and so he went Inside
to keep a closer watch upon them.
lie tried to make himself agreeable
and entertaining, and found his prison
crs very pleasant, especially one Of them
MARY. In fact he. so far from
thinking that Mary Cochranc could
have had anything to do with a muir
der, began to coas.dcr her the very best
woman in the word. On the other
hand, she regarded her jailor with a
growing respect, and the two watched
each other more aud more attentively.
When one evening, the officer told Ma
ry that he loved Err, and asked her to
allow him to watch over her for life,
she readily agreed 10 the proposiiion.-
The next day the prisoner and the
faithful guard were dEly married, and
officer Walker affords bright exam
pie of integrity in the performance OF
police duties. Business strictly attend
ed to sometimes becomes the greatest
pleasure of life.
Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-10-09

STRANGE DCEL-BOTH RUN THROUGH.
Col. Lag of Georgia tclls the follow
ing curious story: Il have been en-
gagged in forty-two affairs Of honor as
principal and second, and ! concur With
you fully in your suggestions. 1t is the
duty of a second 20 prevent resort to
arms if possible. ! recoilect in one OF
the first duels / ever fought came
very near loosing NJ life by having 8
fool for second. He allowed me TO
fight the best swordsmal in Europe
with a rapicr. |, at that time, was not
50 prosciert As ! am now IN the nse OF
that weapon. and considered my lie as
good as lJst, but Tet ny antagonist,
and after parrying feg Of his thrGsts
was compelled to allow him to pass bis
sword entirely through ray stomach,
the point coming out at 10y backbone.
As | stood thus trans6xed, il occurred
TO nv mind to DO an act which / have
never heard Of being equaIed before o,
since. /, with my lest hal With re-
markable presence OF mind, GOODNESS
and frmneSs. seized my adyersarys
blade, holding it SO firmly that he
could neither turn it nor pull il out
and in that position plunged my sWoFc
entirely through my adversary's lcl
breast up to the hilt. just one inch ars
a half above bis heart; and, what j
remarkable is that We both recovered.
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"Very. Where is your oVercoatT
"A what. sir2n

| y Nudt, SIT!
Your overcoat-outside jaeketT
BLESS you, sir, ha'n't got none
But don't mind it. I'm used to il
sir. only come to thank you, sir
an TO say that it's all right about the
pocket-book The mans found IL"
Where? How?' asked, with deep
interest.
"Well, did it up, in my hurry to
get off that night, in one Of his big
bundles that he bought. He didn't
find it for week, cause be didn't
open the parcel at home at it got
worked into somehow don't know
how. But he went and told my old
master about it-who turned me of,
you know, for stealin' it, when [ did
not know nothin' about tan one
y the shop-boys told me about it yes
terday."
| congratulated the lad, and then
induced him to give me his history.
He was now au orphan; an intelli-
gent, but uneducated boy and one
whohnd been bred in poverty, but
honestly.
His good mothers counsels and
teaching had a salutary effect upon
his mind, and an influence which was
lasting, | conceive.
lie was out of work, and wanted
employment. recon mended him
to a neigbbor, aud secured him a
good place subsequently,.
He was always very grateful to me
for the service had so accidentally
rendered him in the court, and he
proved himself to be q thoroughly
honest and good servant IN the years
that followed that little incident.
This event is one which confirms
me in my opinion that it is unsafe to
convict upon circumstantial evidence
ony-howcver strong that evidence
may be.
Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-10-09

The TRIMMING TlIo.-- The: coming
prize-fgLt bstwcen Ben Hogan and
Tom Allen is the all-abSorbmg topic
among the sporting fraternity, and the
formers chancheS OF beating Allen arc
carefully canyaSScd. Ben aud his
trainer. Bill Blake, were in town yes
terday calling on their friends, and
making nccessary purchases. Tricks"
states that his man will require little
reducing, and that his main attention -
now directed to the hardening of Ho-
gau's flesh. Ben is enjoying splendid
health, and feels quite confident Of vic
tory. He will fight at l65 pounds, or
perhaps a pound or two better. The
impression seems 10 be gaining ground
that he will make a rafting light, and
his chances of winning are not only
considered possible, but probable. He
is exceedingly qnick and active in SPAR
ring, and is considered to be Aliens
superior in wrestling, on which he will
greatly rely when the men enter the
ring. Allen has vet paid no attention
70 training for this fight, and is 'lush-
ing considerably. He is so'confdent
of victory that he will not commence TO
train until few days previous to the
day set for tie contest, and this over
confidence may result disastrously to
the representative OF "Merrie England
McCooIe has so far recovered from AL
Iens handiwork that he will in all
probability be out for the first time to-
iay or tomorrow. 81. LOUIS Lem.
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A PROBABLE lMPosTRR.- Alex
andria Gazette IA man by the pam
of l.. +. Mayer, r'presenting him
self az q prominent Mason. mem Der
of NaptilIl Lodge, No. %, St. Louis,
Mo. ,,andsconnecied with the Grand
Lodge Mssons in that State, called a
iew days ago upon Mr.. Joseph Hop
kins, Worsbipful Master of Andrew
jackson Lodge, in this city, solici-
ting assistance. 1t will be seen from
the following from the Washington
RepwJncau that lie has also been
figuring in that city. The Wash
ipgtou Repujiicaa Of Wednesday
ssvs: Owe are crediuly informed
that man by the name Of i. h
Mayer, representing hin s If s'
Deputy Grand Master of NJ M4sOns oi
the State of Missouri, is travelling
through the city giving orders nd
paying bv cheek on the FreedmaD''
oank. IIe has with him parch
meut setting forth that he was admit
ted as an attorney before the Supreme
Court of the Uni'ed Safes on motor
of A. 6 Riddle, Esq, and says thai
Mr. Riddle was a partner Of his
1t is sufficient to say he has no &C
count at the Freedman's Bank, and
never had one, the teller simply re
markiog when a check was present
ed, Il have seen several Of those
to day"
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MEMN0N.

wander through a desert.vsst and wide,
And turn with longing gaze 10 either side;
vain would stop and rest my weary feet;
Hot. burning sands alone my vision meet
The heavens above me are burning glass
The sImoons blind ana scorch me as pass;
Through all this itrackless waste there is no life
BY God forgotten, let me cease the strife!
The weary day again gldes into night;
The darkness slowly melts, and tits light.
With mornings golden beam distant sound
The sleeper's dun ear reaches, on the ground
Arouse thee, faint heart! list! tits Memnon's
call!
Throw or the gloom that .shrouds thee like
pail!
The fresh oasis green thou soon shalt see:
High palms are waving, fountains now for thee!
No wilderness so vast but In II glows
The life OF God: His Love, which ever flows;
II bids the desert blossom ike the rose,
And brings the wearyIheart its sweet rePose.
As Memn0n guideth 10 goal at!laSt,
Where pain remembered.is dream that's past,
The soul once,d dead through love is newly born,
And wakes from darkness into brtghtermorn.
Ellis Gray, in Harper's Magazine.
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PROPAGATION or OYsTERs.-The
oyster when spawning does not cast
its eggs like other FISH, bat dissol yes,
IS it we're part of its own body,
which passes of in long slender
threads, as fne as a spiders web,
upon which are congregated millions
of little eggs, not visible to the max
cd eye, but which, when put under a
powerful magnifying glass, astonlsh
the beholder by their number. II is
estimated that about seventy per
cent of the spawn is destroyed by
fish, and about ten per cent from
other causes, leaving twenty per
cent to God their way into market.
These little seeds cling to whate yer
they touch, generally old oysters;
and the mauy little shells one often
sees clinging to large oysters are but
the growth Of these seeds. When
oysters have spawned in a clear
space. aud free from fsh enemies,
their growth is very rapid until they
attain the size of q quarter Oft dollar,
and it ia at this perio Of their exis-
teuce that the oysternen take them
for trsnsplsnting. The shells are
very thin, and the ins De meat scarce
ly larger than a SHIRT button, and
haviog the rest ofthe shell filed with
a milky fluid, which in time form:
tie body of the fish.
Oysters, after they are transplant
ed, are, with a few exceptions, not q
to eat under three years. 1t nigh
be supposed that the oyster, with it
hard she'll, w4s free from danger
bat such is not the case. He ha'
two deadly enemies-tbe staT-hsi
and the Dorer. The former vii
fasten ca the mou0 Of an oyster, sn'
10 a short time such the life out o
him. The latter, with bis little sa'
and gimbet bill, bores through HI
she'll, and, once through, tie 0yste
/! is socn destroyed.
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"Free Marrlage.'

As for our own day, and its pro
gressive doctrines on this subject, they
hideously combine the spirit OF feudal
licence and classic sophistry with some
nsufferable new mixture of pharisaisn
proper to the spoilt Puritan. This last
trait, by the way, crops out in some re-
markable methods Of attatk by the re-
formers, which we pause to notice
Taking their stand as high moral ac-
cusers, they not only hurl unlimited
charge Of hypocrisy on the marriage
institution because some who are under
its VOWS break them by leading lives
of covert immortality, but they sweep
into the same catalogue of peijured sin
ners all those who, entirely faithful in
life and conduct, yet wander IN any
inmoSt thoughts from their married
mates.
Their favorite proo,-text for this dog
ma is saving of our Lord, rebuking
gross imaginations, whose monstrous
perversion to such an application is a
sufficiently fatas betrayal of what is
their conception of love. And on this
dogma they raise an unspeakable
creed whose whole practical outcome,
so far as it can oa spoken, is, that mas
much as by the wandering thought
above described marriage is instantly
broken, and inasmuch as to remain in
a broken marriage is a deadly sin,
therefore the aforesaid wandering
thought of another is not merely per-
mission but of the natuie of a divine
injunction to fee out of the false bonds
into the new ones, as from the wrath to
come. And snch a programme of vir-
tue is wound up by one Of the reform
ers with the sober aSsertion-"We are
austere moralists on MARRIAGE
So was Henry the, Eighth. lie aus
terely cut off the heads Of his series of
wives as fast as they dropped out o:
his fancy; if there was anything that
pure spirit was scrupulous about, it
was to have the old love well murder
cd as soon as he FL in with the new
Lulu Gray Noble, in Scri6ner's Mag
dztRe.
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WEBsTER's OyLY. REGRET.- From
recent New York HeraH interview
with cx-President Fillmore. - Before
Mr. Webster died ! called TO See hir1,
and in the course Of q long converse
ton on onr social AID political MIA
tons Webster said: There is hut
one thing that | really regret having
done during the course of my political
life" 81 asked him what that was"
said Mr.. Fillmore, and he rcpliod, Il
regret that ] ever voted for soldier
President There is no use in saying
that my friend. advised me to do it; |
did not believe in it, and therefore
there is nothing ] can say in that direc-
ton to apologize for it," lie referred
TO Gen. Taylor.
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TILE WfnoMs OF oNr ErsRANn.- :

THE Wfpows OF ONE FrsBAHD.-
A singular case came up on Saturday
in the Kings county, n. j., Fuprems
Court. Two women claim to be tho
widows Of oEe man, whose estate,
amounting 10 nearly one huudred
thousand dollars, they are now quar-
reling over. According to one side
of the story John Carol married Q
young lady in Manchester, England,
and they had four children; then he
dssI peared from England, came to
this country, and married another
woman in Brooklyn with whom he
lived a number OF years. HIS FIRST
wife learning of his wherc abouts cane
here in October, 1872, for the pnr
pose of asserting her rights as bis
lawful wife. Carol became alarmed
and returned to Eoelpnd, leaving the
women to settle the matter. 1t was
then snuouuced that Carol had died,
end both women set up claim for
his property. The Court reserved
its decision