, 1874-11-22
THE COURTS.
How Mr. Kempster Became the Victim
Of an Attorney.


n-o- e,;+e and 1udn,oa,+s
o" e'&A>~'
no1sr ny BIS own fETARD.
Thomas T.. kempster filed little bill yester-
d.v in which he honestly tells how he tried to
o1.v Haathon cb;nee and mat h;s rnstch in a
re, .aa - nar;5 9 Did, Eamnsto~ snrs
LAWYER NAMED oa'1u o. 11'uo- nenpe'os Buys
that, in October, lotd. thefe were some eutta
pending against benjamin Lombard in which he
(complainapt) was sought to be held as surety Of
Yo,,hora Tha co,no,o;nant tn nsa bia eunhe-
o :1..1,.- -sas:.. ..h,;.., aaa;~ot,s -
Hlstso mode OF expression, oe!ns oes'1oas %
protecting his property from being taken to sat-
isfy such claims" employed David S. Pride to
adriaa him hoxv to nrotect bis interests Tint le-
-, ,nr,;n.-r .nd ornanent tn the cb;caco Bar
gu .ol!'uas 0oa -
ADVISED that tne pesG OF ealy taeAue "ee ~ eAV-
cute several notes in favor Of friends whom he
cou1d trust sufficient IN amount to cover his
,r,ro-+,v +,ootbor with a 1,ower of nttornev to
toees- w. - ~
enter ]oasment' WHICH woulo uiaAs neeS p.'os -
tho Lombard claiua Pr1da at tie same time
gently hintcd that q noto for $500 would be put
shara it would do the most good II left in his
hsn1s Eomnater olao anneared Ia think that
u""07 @,, o,...t H..
lawyer "no oooso sise eoIa oaee44ea' @Hs4so
and assented. Tho next day. however, having
had short conversation in the meantime with
a friend who had not lost all his wits,
way Of ''protection " would not protect.
He therefore went hacs to the lawyer to get
the note but Was told that it was lost. It did
not appear for about year, but turned up .
short time ago III the shape Of judgment by
confession against him hempster now asks
that the Judgment ba SGT ASIDE and he allowed
to plead, asserting that he has good defense.
n1LL TO REMOVE CLOUD.
Eliza Reinemanu filed bill in the United
States Circuit Court yesterday against Hiram
Wheeler, ]. N. Barker, Ira !. Munn, and G. J..
Scott to set aside a trust decd. She states that
in 1872 sho sold Mum G Scott Lot OF Block
9. it, Wright's Addition. taking therefor, part
consideration, Lot s. OF Block so, in Carpenters
Additiou. which it was represented was FREQ
from any incumbrsnce. She, however, afteruard
ascertaiued that there Was trust deed for
81 500 to the Equitable insurance Company.
After the fire. b1unn / Scott, having sustained
large losses. and having Claims for about $4,000
against the Insurance Company, an arrangement
was made by order OF Court through which this
s., 500 trust deed was set OFT against part Of
the losses, and thereby paid. The note secured
thereby however, has never been cancelled. and
complainant therefore asks that this NAV be done,
.nd the deed declared paid and released.
DIVORCES.
Richard Duckham complains that his wife has
been for the past two months living In open
adultery with one Edwin LAWS, and lie is OF the
opinion that this fact ls sufficient ground for
divorce.
1TEus.
Judge McRoberts will be hare week from
Monday. to take Judge Jameson's call.
judge Farwen viii commence the call Of the
Chancery calendar Monday morning.
UNITED STATES COURTS 49,.
Inseph C. Smith began suit for 81, 900
against the Schureman i Hand Mantel CON-
nsny. 1'' '''' N'A$ 'N1''N' ~N ~'
Samuel D. Thorndike commenced IN action in
trcspaaR against Robert strahorn and Alfred
Sphinx. having damages at SIC, 900.
Peter Wright i Sons brought suit for 5000
against the Joliet Irou and Steel Company.
BAsKnurrcY ITEMS.
A discharge was issued to Samuel 4. LOCK-.
In the matter Of John Boeger, the Assignee
was authorized to sell the desperate accounts
and uncollected notes Of the bankrupt.
John Stephens, for the use Of G. H. Young,
began q suit in debt against NJ. J. An,ick, Pleas
ant Amick, and j. J. G. Gillespie, laying dam
ares at 81 8O0
bradford Hancock began q suit in attachment
.rainst the Ieayenvorth Lawrence j. Galveston
Rai,road Company to recover s3.750,
q 8 Honch Brought suit Tor e.. 900 against
r. & Hovd and ]. J. Button.
1,onis I.ennhardt snod G. Fl, Field and I. 4.
Haif for al 500.
81 s;ch"rt i q n,nia}aon commenced = INIT in
trespass against john Nelson and Theodore
WIFI i.r;nr damages At Is nm.
1on,a Rrn3hers hepan nit ae,inst chnr1es
T, Ernshr ~ raroveTs15 mn.
-, rs.s Glosos ~ o1:eps.. ;ep,oe vas,ooo u.n.~ p.
Cnf!st'au i11cuteuoe'ec1 a oe aAu 1tou., A'aus
brought suit TOT ", u3o against Martin be8t ana
Martin Grau ...
H. L. LIVINGSTON commenced suit arainst
Truman ". Steals End Susan Steele. claiming
x5 nm
~"'0o'' r7,o,r,- c,n
~r,4 @ eAAeo!t Sooni: -.
Nelson De forge nled petlton AGAINST DIS
vile, asking 1oF haoeas corpus TO ootatn pos
session of bis boz Francis, about vears old. He
claims his vie has been ruilty OF bipamY and
adnlterr and ia nnfit IN car9 foI ,he chI}d
n q piohsr5snn an5 - 0bio T. paonax1v.,,.
c. Rutter and william Gray,
George H. Peterson filed bill against the u
1inois Land L. Loan Company, the Cook County
Land Company, the Connecticut Mutual Life
INSURANCE Company, l.. B. Otis M. " Powell,
". N. Schvendel. t. ". Getchen. ". R. Bon
ner, Asa White and Charles A. Gregory, asking