Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-04
Law Cooks settlement,

ces brief or an ela00rte deco OF trust 10 De
| fled for record in this county on Monday and
Tuesday of next week in which Jay Cooke and
his partners in this aud other cities convey all
of their property to Mr.. Rollins, president of
the National Life Insurance Company of this
}interpal revenue This trust, consisting of all
Of the firm sproperty and private estates in
Guiding the wives dower-right of the members
of the houses of Jay Cooke & Co. is to be ad
ministered under the supervision of Mr.. Rol-
Inns and Philadelphia committee OF creditors
for the benefit of all creditors of the firm, aud
as each five per cent. is realized out of the as
sets it will be distributed.
This arrangement is expected to be so advan-
tageous that the creditors will accede to it, and
by prudent management the Cookies hope to
nav dollar for dollar and have a large surplus
for themselves. This measure is adopted to
prevent the estate from being settled in bank
rupt court, and hence without the maDipula-
tions of the debtors in realizing the assets.
They claim that the creditors will get more un-
der this trust scheme than they would under
the bankrupt act, which permits the discharge
of the bankrupts after they have paid fifty per
cent. of their debts.
A KISS FOLLOWED BY PIsToI. The
Worcester Gazette gives the details of the
tragedy that occurred in that city on Sunday,
in which jealous husband was shot by his
wife. For some time past Enoch Hill, the vic
tim of the savage assault, and his wife have
lived unhappily together. Sunday Mrs Hill
went to New Worcester to visit her parents
| her husband leaving her to make the call alone
and promising to meet her there in the even
| ing on condition that she would watch tor his
| coming ut the window, After meeting his wife
in accordance with their agreement, they start
ed toward home Their conversation soon
grew animated and mutual denominations we're
fully INDUCED in. Their talk continued i'll
natured until they had arrived within but a
short distance of their home, when Mrs. Hill
asked her husband to take her sunshade, and
having given it TO him she put her hand 10 her
pocket took out pistol, unnoiccd by him,
and said, "Let me kiss you AS she said this
she reached her arm around him and with the
pistol but few inches from his back fired a
ball in his left side. Both the husband and
wife were industrious and intelligent people,
and bore excellent regulations in the coumu-
nifty 10 which they lived. The shot has not
proved fatal as yet, but fears are entertained
that the man cannot recover, as tie ball has
probable reached his left lung beyond the
reach of probing. Mrs, Hill was arraigned on
| u1ouuay, duu, plcaulD5 uot Suiil5, sue was
held in $4,000 for examination on the 7th
proximo.
A RAILROAD CAsE-A railroad case Of
some importance was decided at Cum bcrland
on Thursday. o. the 9th of August Jacob
Brown, esq , lawyer of that city, took his two
daughters to the depot Of the Pittsburg and
Connellsve Railroad for the purpose of put
ting them on the cars to go to Somerset. They
purchased tickets and awaited the arrival of
the train. When it came Mr.. Brown ran for
ward to assist the porter in lifting large Sara
toga trunk into the baggage car: Scarcely had
they got the trunk in the car before the train
began to move Mr.. Brown ran back to assist
his daughters into the ladies car but the train
was by this time going so fast that the attempt
was considered too perous The young ladies
remained on the platform and their trunk was
taken off by the train A telegraphic dispatch
overlook the train, however, and the trunk was
put off at its destination. MIR. Browu brought
suit on the same day. The case was tried on
Thursday before Justice Beall, the Hon. Henry
| w. Hoffman appearing as counsel for Mr.
Brown. 1t was stated at the outset that the
suit was not brought to make money, but to
establish principle The testimony was conclu-
sive that the train had not stopped more than
minute or two A number of authorities
were cited to show that common carrier must
not only furnish seats for passengers, but give
them reasonable time to get on board the We
| hice. Judgment was given in favor OF the
plaintiff for fifty dollars. -Bah. american.
CUSTOMS SEIZURE. csterday afternoon
Customs Inspector Chapman, at Castle Gar
den, noticed that one OF the steerage passen,,
| gers, woman, who was stepping ashore, had
| n ,o,r ,,oo,,r nj hnll-v form, and ha
ed gait. She was taken by his orders into the
female searcher's room, when it was discovered
that under her dress was concealed a large
amount of jewelry, comprising watches and
trinkets. The undeIclothiDg, 1t Is alleged,
with its appurtenances, weighed upwards OF
| 100 pounds. Her baggage was found to be
filled with dutable goods, and was accordingly
seized. A colleague of hers in the smuggling
enterprise was also arrested, and turned out to
be her nephew--viz: Matthew Weidemann, who
does business 10 Philadelphia, and is resident
there. The aunt who also dwells 10 Phlla-
delphia said her name was Catherine Jasper.
They offered Customs Officer Chapman, a
bride of 800 after their arrest to pass them
inside the Castle Garden rotunda. The officer
took the money, and, instead of pocketiDg it,
paid it into the Custom House last night. The
amount of struggled goods captured Is valued
| at S6,OOO.-N. T. Herald
! A RUMoR has within the past few days been
circulated here to the effect that the Board OF
Public Works had repudiated their own paper.
We felt satisfied that the statement above re,
ferred to could be satisfactorily explained, and
accordingly made inquiry of our townsman
George W. Bea, the efficient superintendent
| of Assessments, for some light on the subject.
1t will be seen by his letter that the Board of
Public Works are entirely blameless, the Leg
islative Assembly having at its last session or
dered the issue of two million eight pei, ct.
bonds, pledging for their redemption that
amount of the Boards assessments, the very
thing for which, it will be remembered, people
were at the time clamorous, in order the more
easily TO realize upon them. Those who failed
to convert the certificates in their possession
into these bonds have only themselves to blame
for remissness; but even this does not render
worthless the paper said to have been protest
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