, 1874-09-04
THE COURTS.


IhE CVUINlSs
IRocord OF Business TRANSACTED Yea
tortfays
MRs. ANDERSON AND THE arNErT-0ARs.
Tho laHt person who has Ind occasion to find
fault with tho management of the streot-cnr
companies Ia Mrs. Joanna Anderson, who lives
In cottage ut tho junction OF Cottago Grove
avenue aud Indiana avouuo, and ownB tho trf-
angular pioco OF lind adjoining. Mrs. Anderson
statos tlat the Chicago City Hallway Company,
or tho West Division Railway Company, she is
not certain which, Inns boon guilty Of various
treapaBBos. Bono timo ago, whom Cottage
Grove avonuo was paving, tho CON-
panies took advantage Of tho opportunity
to ralay thoir tracks, aud atao to huild awttch
between tho main traclts which will necessarily
DO laid farther apart than boforc. Mrs. Ander-
son compIatns tint thu companies Aavo violated
their thartor. which prohibited them from lay
Ing track noaror than IL foot from tho curb
for startor, where rough boys anu mon ato
r. yoat ut to oongrogato aud nuke night hidooua with
The compnntca a1ao koop cer standing con-
ttnual'y on thor sido-traok, md by these moans
oomplnlnants property La seriously deprecated
in raluo, md her rights aud privileges ourta'fod
Bho therefore aslts Tor an Injunction to provont
further rendition OF tho injury.
AMBITIOUS BoUTu CHICAGO.
Company filed bill ln tho Circuit Court, In
Which thoy rclato thoir experience In connection
with an !, attempt to establish. Q nowspaper IN
South Chicago. They stato TINT, In Aneuat, 1878,
thoy met o man named Martin A. Fuller, who
represented that he WAS tho owner Of largo
and lourishing nowapnper naInod the Chicago
Indiana, and Michigan. 0olnpiainanta thought
1t would be a good thing to hayo tho successful
enterprise transferred to their little suburb and
accordingly offorod to give Fuller four lo!s, bo-
s 1es 9sso l. .2 and q san, n bl0'f os,en 90 in
on condition that ho would transfer blu paper
| to Tint town, keep ton mon at work in his ostab-
lishment, ruhlish weekly newspaper for five
aes to cost st lenst e2,ooo. Fuller agreed rory
willingly, apparently, and soon aftor small lot
| Of type md printora' material appeared, bouso
worth about $500 was erected. and Fullcr
q bis outfit soon. 's Bat ii Ills f0sass ho Los
utterly neglected. to do ; and not only this. but
tho Chicago Ph0nix has diod an igno1ninious
| doath, II in fact 1t ever was olivo. Tho COM
nana good, mud their faith in human nature has
| received hoTero shock. Whoroforo thoY ask
that thoir contract to convey the aboye-men~
toned lots, boing cloud on their title, although
a1ared void, aud thoy relnstatea in their former
| rights IA to = newspaper they foel that its
inception was mistake land its failuro deserved,
and will hereafter depend On TnE TRIBUNE for
| their information.
$1,000 nxpurAr1oN.
Rose h. Koogan camo before tho public In q
| modest way by commencing a suit against
Charlotte connors, alias Marley, claiming 81 900
| for an alleged slander. Roso says that hor hus-
band ia q. laborsr at hard but renunoratlve
trade, and ahe, with his conHont, is engaged in
adding fow dollara to the weekly oaeh~box
b. ksonG thu boarding. for
Soea of No. 10 saasS Canal a'shSSt ssrso
But though she only gavo hush ovory other day.
and did not put on tho table tho inevitable plato
| Of orackora but twon.y-ono times q week. tho
attaok her II tho tendorest place, ,-her ropnta.
tion. At q little fominino soiroe hold Oh The lat
| OF Septomber. 1874, two neighborB, who can be
found at No. "a Woat Monros Htreot, ono Of
them bolng tho defendant, go far forgot their
good breeding mud did violence 10 thor nature as
| to mako Mrs. Keegan a subject OF conyorsation,
alias baokbitng. 1loir remarks were chiefly con-
fined to yery brief, hut extremely plain, opiuion
Of tho plaintiffs health and phyalcnl condition,
together with slight auimedvoraion On hor
| character and occupations but the conclusion to
DO gathered from their ronarks Was that Mrs.
| Keegnn was ongaged in business which IT will
not bo proper to mention to polite, mud TINT
as result hor physica1 system was reduced
to a condition which would beHt bo expressed
BY the term decayod, Or ita moro oxact but
loss elegant synonym--,rosten. These llttlo rs,
| porelonB Mrs. Keegan brands aB falge, but logt
tloy may bring scandal, che takos tho aboyo-
| mentioned mothod Of yinlcating hor fair fame,
| and dearoB jury OF her peerB to award her
$1,000. IA an additional inducement for tho do
foniiant 10 answer this suit, Mrs. Keegan kindly
procured capias to hold lor to bail.
| ITEMS.
james Long. Assignee OF the Equitable In
M f Go@aaaS reports balance Oh hand
|, BANKRUPTCY ITEMS.
| J. r Farwoll d Co. and s. ". Kellogg filed a
petition against r. D, Davis and Y. Il. bieohor,
partnors, doing business ut 427 hliwauAoo
DAFT al ali &af3 q
and they aloge that the dehtoYa haYe allowed
Judgments to 20 against thom by coutoaaion mud
have fraudu!ont1Y disposed Of thoir property.
Tho asscts are only worth about 1000 while
| tho liabiltiea foot up about 91o,00Q. A rulo ia
show caueo Sept u was isaued, as was also o
proyistonnl warrant OF aeizuro mud order for the
arTeat af Bischon.
r. .. Jeukins was appointed Assignee OF John
". Sicily. -.-..-...
- - surHR1oR COUNT IN Dn1Er.
Tho Dank of North America began n snit for
$4,000 against tho Chicago. Danville 4 Vim
oennea Railroad Company.
petition for habens corpus against tho Shorir
Thoy arc confined In jail on an execution which
thoy claim Was Illegally issued.
Ferry d Drother filed o petition against DraiE
to tho amount Of s7,728.S9 on Dlooka 10 and 1e
In AYonlAle.
JoAa r. Campbell began a suit In roployir
against Emanuel nosg and LOWS Barlolses tt
recover lot OF furniture valued at 81 900.
9tofani Raut auod II. Nitchio, Il. E. Neoly, ant
@. 6chaslaw for q, 600.
THE COUNTY COURT.
The following personn wore aajudged insano
Charles Richmond, Michael Finnegnn, and Anr
ThompHon. The 1ndt-named waH ordorad to Ds
temporarily restrained of her liberty, and giyel
IN charge Of tho sheriff, aa sho mapifoatI
hon1ioidRl tendencies.
Booker Of al, minors, lcaye WIN grartol +
| guardian to pay taxes on unproduotiyo }audu ii