, 1873-05-02

on the purchase price thnt cook
Inns ;d .,d in n hs s ss e 9f ren tf
tho tho several @ lots ns provided or procured tho q
tonsion Of tho leases that, on tho 2oth Of April,
Cook obtained possession Of tho properly oy
menus Of wit Of replovin that no atoppea m thS
operation, and is, by his notion, in fair way TO
dcetroy compaiuantB' business wherefore, thoy |
flo their petition for an injunction restraining
Cook from interfering, by means Ct the writ Q;
that llo may bo summoned to mako answer to tho
charges In a Court Of Equity.
A $4,000 EYE-aouorNo.
Morris Flynn begins An action in the Circuit
seoEa ] t. as1 recover $4,000 danagea. Flynn, TO-
gother with ono Edward Barrett, on the 18th day
OF December, 1871, went into Fitzgibbons' bar
On tho corner Of Wright and Jo6erson asreets
timo ho asked Fitzgibbons how much ho owed
for previoun potations Fitz looked through
two ponderous tomes without finding complain
ants name, and vontod hia spleen Ct not suo-
cocding by assaulting him, and winding up BY
knocking out bis right aye with an iron weight.
For over two years Flynn has nursod his wrath,
and now no wishes to obtain redress at tho hands
Of the law, and, to ronder bis victory moro cor-
tain ho is having Fitz arrested aud hold to bail.
WAS IT SUICIDE?
The oaso OF Grover Y. Tho St. Louis Lifo In
euranco Company, vas reaumed before Judge
1reo yesterday, md proved very interesting.
Tho evidence as to whether tho insured, F. ".
Perkins committed suicide or not, Ia pretty
that Perkins purchased = revolver, and two days
subsequently was found lying dead in his storo,
with royolyor beside him Of similar pattorn to
that he Ind bought. Against this there is
should have been tempted to commit the not, as
his aocia1 and husinoss rotations at tho timo Of
hts dcath were ua pleasant as could be. Tho
caao will probably be concluded this morning.
WELLrpEeEnyED DAMAGES.
In Judge Booths Court tho case Of Frederick
Boottcher Y. Hugh sohweitzor, Leonard Ingalls,,
William 7. Gray, Perty Powell, Edward Good
man, Edward Austin, Spencer himball and
Of tho 25th Of May. 1872 In the town Of Jeller-
son, defendants dragged Plaintiff out OF his
house, chokcd and kicked him, broke his arm,
thoy Kopt him for ei1 daya, feeding him on bread
and water. This cruel troatment 80 depressed
plaintiff that he las slnco been partially in
sane. Ho WAS roloaHed from jail on a writ Of
habaas corpus granted BY Judge da1y, and lmme- M
waB tried before Judge Rogers, and resulted in
favor Of tho gallant crow. This time, however,
Doettoher won, none Of tho defendants appear
ing In answer to tho charge, the jury finding for
plaintiff with 5000 damagos.
THE " LAMAR TO 90 INTO oMANcEnY.
George Chandler, Receiver Of tho Lnmar In
surance Company. reported yostoaday that tho
claims against the Company which have boon TO-
ported to him amount to nbout tho sum Of $780,
600, somo Of which aro in Judgment and others
arc wholly unsettled that no has nc moans Of
aHcortaining tho particular amounts or validity
of unsettled dc1nands, and, therefore, asks that
the affair may be referred to orc orc Of the Masters
certain tic amounts due to tho several creditors
OF tho corporation.
INTERESTING RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY CASE.
| Some little tilno since tho Chicago & North
Drt~ 11I In lin
| Kane County Circuit Court, asking an injunction
| rogtraining the Chicago Pacific Railroad from
| entoring upon tho right Of way at the junction
| Of tloir nain and branch roads near the city Of
| that county having somo personal feeling in tho
| to Cook County, and the case 'cano up. before
| Judge Williams yesterday. On the part Of tho
Chicago N0fh"essfn moAd IT p.n;a, wae eGn ags
not intend to mnko crossing at the
point in question but to run up on the right Of
way of tho Chicago d Northwostorn and par
allel to their road to the city Of Egn. Tho
but hold that thoy Ind right Of condemnation to
portion Of such right Of way, whore such por-
| tion did not materially lnjure tho Chicago d
| Northwestern Road. Judge Williams, OIL hear
ing tho arguments Of counsel that the petition
iBsue, not preventing the Chicago l. Pacific Road
from crossing tho Chicago q Northwestern at
tho point in question, but restraining them from
building their road alongside the other, and on
aa tho statute provided. George Sawyer Up:
posred for the Chicago = Pacific Railroad. ard
4. u. uassinston Tor tho Chicago s. North
western. ...-.
ACTIONS FROM A DERRICK ACCIDENT.
Tho case Of Doig V. Wilson aud tho Prairie
State Trust Company was tried before Judge
Rogers yesterday. Plaintiff, who fs = hnc!sman
sought to recover danageB arising from tho do
struction Of his car7age BY falling derrick whlc1
had boon hoistod In the construction of th.
building on the corner Of Desplaines and Wash
ington streets. The same derrick, III falling
killed ono man and severely Injured injured snothor
tractor, but verdict for 5000 damages WAS rem
dorod againat tho rrairio State Truat Company
who moved for new trial. Two othor actions
shortly. .......
| DANKnUpT0Y MATTEna
In tho matter Of 4. s. OBgood, bankrupt
leave WAS grattod to amond by changing debtors
Christian name toAlgernon instead Of Augustus
In tho matter of Joseph Far1laworth and Sam
uol brown, banlzrupts, tho petition OF NJ:
Wolls d Co. to hayo oortain damages by forfeit
ure Of lease by proceedings IN bankruptcy, whic
tloy alloge thoy hayo sustained, and TINT the
bo allowed to provo tho Ba1ne "a claim againt
. tho oatate, was dismissed.
In tho matter OF the United States Brick MI
chine Company It was ordered TINT, Jacob Joh1
son having failed to comply with tho ordor {
} aa!o mndo by tho provisional AsaiEnoe to +. {
Wolla DO, aud tho pame III, ratified and confr1no
In tho matter OF 7. =. potrlo, an inaolyen
George ". Campbell was appointed Assignee
,1ilo Il. Duttles ot al, shows reoeiptB, s067.o
pAymentH, $1,000
f. Il. Jenkins, Assignee In tho oBtate of Il
y Commercial Insuranc0 Company, shows balans
: on hand OF $1O,G4i.87.
t In tho mattor OF tho Uniou Screw aud Do
Company, Charles L. pago, Aeslgnoo, shows
0 balance on hand Of 5016.35. The Assignee r
+ porta that. with tho exception Of ono boz {
Q bolts, all tho property in hia hands haa! boz
/ roall2od upon, and accounts TO the yaluo
. | nkBn 81 1ri1icll ba has haan unable to COLLECT