The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-03
Can a Woman be a Widow While
Her Husband Lives?

A remarKaDle suit Is In progress IN a
San Francisco court. In November,
1872, Jas. c. King shot and killed Ar
thur F. O'Neil in Brooklyn, New York.
King was found guilty Of murder in the
second degree, and was sentenced to
the penitentiary for life. King had met
a wealthy merchant named Scott in San
Francisco and he bad married the lat
ter's daughter. The union for some
reason turned out to be most unhappy
Her father left all his estate by will to
Mrs. King on her becoming a widow,
and the question now presented to a
San Francisco tribunal is, whether she
is entitled, under the will, to come into
possession of the property, thorgh King
Cat present about thirty eight years old
IS now confined in the state prison at
Sing Sing. Mrs. King now contends
that che is a widow fully within the
meaning of the terms of her fathers
will, and therefore entitled to come in
to the property left by him at the time
of his decease. The laws of New York,
as represented to the California judges,
provide that ga person sentenced to
imprisonment for life shall be deemed
sivilIy, Dead" and that 'no pardon
granted any person who shall be SEN
fenced to imprisonment for life shall be
deemed to restore such person to the
rights of any previous marriage" The
question is, though the wife be divorced
and King alive in the flesh, and. though
civilly dead according to the laws of
New York. if Mrs. King widow in
California? Upon the determination of
that point depends the acquisition and
enjoyment of large property left by
father to daughter upon tie event of
her becoming a widow.
"A seventeen-year-o girl was lately
brou gbt from Alabama as a witness, to
testify in a court in Carrollton, Ga
She was called 10 the stand, and ap-
peared in it with a large navy revolver
buckled to her waist. The court and
lawyers gazed upon her in admiration
She passed her direct examination with
very positive utterance. The lawyer of
the opposite side was well known bal
lier of witnesses. Fun was anticipated
in the cross examination, but the brow
beating attorney handls d her tenderly.
He was exceedingly careful not to ap-
proach the line of coarreness or impolite-
ness. His change of .actics was re-
narkable. 1t was a mofI lesson In
cOt~t.
Wn-E ANTS AT ST. HELENA.-White
ants wer. introduced into the island Ill
1910 in soma timber from slave chip.
MIR. McLachlsn has identified the
species teTnaes teyauis, Hagen, peculiar
to South America, The mischief which
it has done Is almost incredible, and it
appears to have simply gradually de-
| stroyed the whole of jamestown. A
considerable portion of the books in the
public library, especially theological
literature, was devoured Nv them. and
the whole of the interior MouId be de.
stroyed without the exterl,r of the
volumes seeming otherwise than intact
"A young lady living in the northern
part of Indianapolis has, through a
little simple vanity, nearly if not quite,
destroyed her eyesieht A few DAYS
ago she painted her cheeks with the
red coloring matter of some cinnamon
candy and went to party. Daring the
evening her cheeks became very much
swollen and the poison soon after com
municated itself to her eyes. She be-
came quite blind, and, though receiving
tho best medical attention the CITY
could afford, there seemed to be little
hope that she would ever regain her eve
sight.
"A 1umbeTman out west being poorly
provided with rneterials of susie,
for his men. fed .'ses sth pork
with the rine on .pc
| the company, NJ
| ton of the f.