Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-03
THE COURTS.

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COURT IN GENERAL TERM.-yosteriay, in
the Court in General Term, the decision Of the
below In the of Dent ct al agt. Blake and
Wallace AIT Van Reswsck; argument eommsnced.
To-day, a. re- Bounty Claims Of kanirsl Para
fgs a 81 Bsrs 81 Pab %0E aRa
Board Of Public Works ast DSinese R,tion iGr
Hicke, and Harmon agt. Johnston; motion to dis
PROBATE COURT, ysass 0rin.-Besides the
ticed elsewhere in the STAR, the following wills
will of the late james @. Kensedy. lie beaueaths
to his wife. Julia R. Kennedy, $4,000; TO his father,
Kennedy, q 800: g his brother err Ezra T., $500; 70
his brother Lawrence O., S5ao; to mis- brother
$500; 70 his brother Martin, $500 to his brother
William s; fseoo: to his aunt Abigail Kennedy,
to her death to his father and brothers, share
The viii Of G ottlieb.H Rsuh He beerea.hes all
his estateto his wife, Christina 8. Rauh, and in
one quarter thereof to his sister TreTks n
Prussia quarter 70 the children Of his brother,
II sn IL One
to the children Of Frederick aud Mary speiser. He
The wills of Oaariot!e Foster. beauesshing her
ests,e to her daughter, Lucretia B. Bell, and Tulis
as isa ana sssTyhHs to her Children
.,I the vii, s Of the ise CcmmSders Ascs has
corner Of 18th and streets, be .oid, and proceeds
4. snd hsfa to
his two grand and also provides for the
To-day letters Of administration, with the viii
annexed u5 on the estate Of peios Carpenter were
Brooks was appointed guardian of the orphans Of
the late VIM. slsde; bond, $1,000.
POLICE COURT. JsSrs Sseu.-To-day, Warren
shoes from Patrick MaloIey by false preiences sent
to the grand Jnry Anna Simpson, charged with
fences; grand Jury. Jane Sherwood, assault and
SCheidp. u As q ed xrith hrrr-
dred books from the Congressional library, valued
Iion. Mi. Gloss asked thai the bonds be fixed At
fsy Tor aIPeaFsnee at the Criminal Courts SO or
foImschool. Robert Jones, ass ault and battery ON
isniy Louise sey Anna Hasist S same 'f Of
playing cards and drinking whiskey, and tried to
family S. Tobias Johnson, sane sbs T,.i ps9-
samuel 0penheimer carry ing a pistol; SD John
Lester, loud and bosterous talking st Riley wharf
Last night officer Mshcney, of the sth precinct,
lady night dress, and ether articles stolen from
at the same hotel. He was brought brsore Judge
Smell this morning and Committed Jail sixty day.
lace terribly bruised and fG looking H au hte
feeble. She testified that her husband ne home
drunk and on her accusing ham of il he fell to beat
ns hef hs 5 p m tired and then
with which he beat her on every part Of her bndy,,
afraid he would Kill her. and asked protection FROM
the court The nudge sentenced him to six months
was taken, and $500 bonds was hxed to prosecute
the appeal.
IMPORTANT BANKRUPTCY DECIsIoN-Tss
PoTers Of District BANKRUPTCY Cosrts.-Nathan
and Leopold Ulrich, merchants in The south
ern district or New York, were adiudicatel
bankrupts in this district, and an assignee in
bankruptcy appointed to collect their assets for
the benefit OF the creditors of the bankrupt's
estate Among these creditors were FL. b
Clafiin & Co., and Steiner 6, Co. firms ,ioinc
business in this district. large part of the
assets OF the bankrupts was In the state of Illi-
nois, being held, as alleged, by means of a
fraudulent assignment of the bankrupts bv a
person named Ka~ fimann. Messrs. Claim x
60. and Steiner * Co. instituted suits against
the property in Illinois TO recover the amount
OF their claims against the bankrupt estate ana
were en- joined by the bankruptcy court of this
district from proceeding any further in such
suits, on the ground thai the baakrnf,t.y court
of this district had exclusive Jurisdiction To col
lect and disburse all the assets of the bank
rupt's estate for the benefit of all the creditors
of the bankrupts estate, wherever such assets
might 10 found in the United States. A motion
vas made TO vacate this injunction, which
motion Judge Batchford to-day denied on the
ground assumed by him in issuing the inianc-
ton order-N. Y. Post.
CONSERVATION OF Bishop CoHRIG,y.-.rch-
bishop Bailey, of Baltimore. has gone to New
ark, n. j., TO participate in the ceremonies of
consecrating his successor in that see, Rev NJ
A. COrrigan, who was appointed a bishop in
March last, at the same ii me with Bisbop cross
of Savannah The conservation will take place
in St Patrick's Cathedral, Newark, to- morrow
newspapers will be the Most Rev. Arcbhisbon
McCloskey, of New York, who will be assisted
by the Right Rev. Bishop Loughiin, of Brook
Ign, and the Right Rev. Bishop McCloskey OF
Louisville. The sermon will be preached by
the Right Rev. Bishop McQuaid, of Rochester.
SURRENDER OF STAGE-RoB.ER f.yp
MURDRRER.-At Hamilton, Nevada last Wed
nesday night German named George Smith
who discovered himself under surveillance sur
rendered to the police and confessed he was a
member Of the trio who robbed the Hamilton
and Phoebe stage, and murdered the driver on
Sunday night. The robbers only obtained $50
from the express. After dividing it they re-
turned to Hamilton, and were spectators at the
corOner's inquest. The two robbers were still
at large on Thursday. but il was expected that
they would be captured and hanged by yigi-
lantes.
FRIeHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN CANA
DA-i esterday afternoon at $50 clock. As the
Portland express on the Grand Trunk railroad
was passing the twenty -seventh mile post near
Si0xanter, Canada, the three last cars, q Pull
man and two others, left the track from the
spreading Of the rails, broke the coupling and
rolled down an embankment thirty feet high.
taken to Montreal by the forward part of the
train. The others were left at st. Hyachinthe
and Belviel. Several were frightfally hurt.
1noSt VA INC pdSncuScTs were "A merlcanS.
O'KRLLY.- The commander of the British
gunboat Plover, at Havana, demanded the
removal Of O'Kelley to Havana for trial, an
immediate change from his present unhealthy
place Of confinement, and other measures for
the mitigation Of his imprisonment. The i'm
preston at Havana is that the interference of
the British commander will only complicate
measures without benefting O'Kelly.
SUICIDE OF UNION SOLDyKR.-Colonel w.
U. Cameron, who commanded the 5th United
States artillery during the war, shot himself
last evening at his residence, No. West 10th
street, New Yerk. Cameron was until lately i'm
the cust0m-house. A wound received during
the war had impaired his health and since his
removal from the custom-hOuse he has been
greatly depressed in mind.
MAN DRAINED By HIS DOCUMENTARY
hladelphia yesterday afternoon james
pbell, residing on Patti street, above Race
d quarrel with his wife. when Samuel
Bartholomew, his br0ther-in-law, struck him
on the head with an axe, fracturing his skull
and otherwise seriously injuring him. He will
die. Bartholomew was arrested