, 1876-12-15
M1NNIE ONCE MORE.
ehe ts GayIy Masquerading under
" the Name Of ivory @.
Holmes,
And Exchanging Lands III the
Moon for Property in
Chicago.
pavue Searching for the Ash and White
Oak and the Northwest Corner.

pavue Searching for the Ash and White
Oak and the Northwest Corner.
Tie records develop the appearance Of Mrs.
1fnuIo L. Cummings In legal proceedings other
Than those prescribed by statute as essential to
tbe procuring OF n divorce. Margaret Payne aud
william raynu have flied btll In clla,iccrv,
aettIue forth III muurnful yerblagc tho details OF
certain land swap, In which they claim that the
bu,on Minnie did falsely, fraudu|cntly, and In
oiuer ways bcgui'e tllcm out Of ccrtain vested
dehts In and to lots, pieces, parcels, and broad
.trcs IN way they dcsp!sed. It appears that
Madam Minnie bloomcd forth ono morning
With an advertisement Offering TO exchange
yaluable domain III West Virginia for property
situate. lying aud being, and commencing at
polut III Tho County OF Cools. Mrs. Payne saw
tbe advertisement, and being seized "a Of her
oau right OF certain mcsBuagcs, tcnctncnts, etc.,
communicated the fact to Madam Minnie, with
4 view to excl,ange. At tho meeting between
Mr, and x1ss. Payne md Madam Minnie, tho lat
Ter smoke in culogtsttc terms OF tic fair and
beautiful stretches lying fur away IN her own
sunny statc, ard bcsouglat tho Payucs to touch
at tie trade easy, 50 as to make her parting
With her patrinony as painless us possible.
Then sle produced MI abstract iii which q
nesholcal rlerk certified to the absence Of In
tumbrances and tax llcnst and which, down to
dIed date, seemed to Indicate that Madam Afln-
pe and specified j. Frank Cummings were
lawfully vested IL the property and held nm
estate therein. Then they told her Of their
posscssions some ot WHICH Jay In Mount Forest,
Sampson md GREEN'S Addition, OIL the West
Side But they convinced Madam Mimic that
ihc!r property, helnE nearer Chicago than hers,
bo.e tho gredter market value, whcrcat she
answered that she would
THROW IN A cHATTEL
which she then and there scheduled ~ ono
pInno be the same moro Or less. Tllts was fook.
Cd upon With favorable eyes by the Payues, aud
The contract Of c1tinngo was lnadc.
TIC BILL proceeds to the allegation that short
II before the execution Of the exchange convey
lnces Madam Minnie, In great distress OF soul,
emerged from documents md went IN on her
Hord. She had agreed to hnvc the abstract
brought down from tho datc It had REACHED,
but behold, ilnpossbilitics had intcrycntd.
alex ncmincm cogLt nd i1npossib!lia,' y said
1tsdau Minnie, referring to the bylaws OF the
Teachers League for the pronunciation Of The
worlds q and can't ret that abstract continued;
that's Cat. Now what aball We dot"
50 It was agreed TINT Madam Mimic should
make an affidavit that she had neither conveyed
I!or Iuruhbeged tho West Virginia property,
and upon this tho decds wcro executed. Madam
Minnie, with fragrant slgh,, gave up all her
right, title, and interest Iii tho roods, perches,
assigned, transferred, and set over to the said
paynes, their heirs, assigns, executors, and nd
illustrators, tho same, warranting a good,
clear, anu sufficient title, and binding her cx-
lers, and their executors, administrators, or as
signs, to tho SOLEMN duty OF protecting tho
said parties Of the second part ag1nst
I'll comcrs, :, foreign and domestic
In return. tho Paynes, With equal soleulutty,
parted with their various several plats, and
Madam Allnniu became amenaDlo to tho dlycrs
ta1.coiicctors fer tho annual assessments upon
her landed wealth.
THE DOMAINE.
Now the property on which the West Vir-
Vaguely described as beginning at somcwhat
indefinite "ash and whlte oak, on a brauch Of
Mud River, being tho most westerly corner OF
tract Of land containing 10000 acEcs.h From
tls remarkable starting point. 1t ran with 2
poles to two sugar trees, whIrh had convetl-
iently sprung up on "nnother corner Of said
tract", thence, with another line thereof north,
81 degrees cast, 894 poles; thence due north,
~ s p@lss' Ie another point In the most north.
t5s ush or White "'ss, osk, % liz poias s' or Of
pase Of beginning, tile whole containing
4,0n acres. Nay, morc, It was not a,Tampy, nor
asmall ian1i1y to own. Dut tho Paynes, iu i'm
pIuus bill In chanccry fled, say and aver, and 10
The proof thereof put themselves upon the
country, that such lanl WAS mountainous, and
" high blll0ws and low valleys rolled; and fur
ihcF, tlht wl,eu for their acres, they did Gull
they found there was ITO land ut al. The ash
ana Elitc-oak, tue sugar-trees, tlic most west
cry corner and the most uortherly line came
not forth at their belscst.
"MotaIcr," said tho fair young daughter of
oh trn1 f%J,,.
The laEl.n
Madam Minnie braccd herself. Payne, with
e93sTowful gfsaEc, had conc pursuant 10 advice
M,,,tu n counsel TO tender = deed rcinYcstinE
Ssa tIat slse could, on broad principle Of law,
eaIM her property wherever stIe could find 1t.
"Mnninn," satl the fair young daughter,
looking from tho window ugain, "thero goes
poS1;'. paSds' Witch bought the land and he looks
Failing to secure transfcr, Payne mud hta
wife brought the suit, contenLlng that they hatI
TIT, Gsen goa,gea, il1-treatcd, and eoshered out os
ii, Wien lien! Madam ,. Minnie took THO eonveyanee 70
In tho remarkable naMIo OF
IVORY q. HOLMES.
ihe BILL alleges that subsequent deeds by said
Ivory q Holmes transferred portions OF the
AIlI!cr, Mary i. Leach, I.nyI l.. Leach, and
Frank Charnlcy. Then It makes tho startling
discovery tint Jennie Lehman is none other
ttan MADAM Minnie, and closcs with tho as.
ttyeratlon that nli lluntls nro cunsptratora, md
that they combined TO absorb the land of them,
the said Paynea.
Then comes Madam Mimic, aud for answer
y tie various aud several charges IN tho said
bill contained, avers that thu abstract WAS all
i1isht, that just before the tru.,sfcr alle
legged the Paynes to 90 down TO West Virgin(a
anu climb the sugnr-trecs md suryuy the do
Mlnlons she offered thcm; that nte offered to
urlEay one-half the expenses III tic trip. But
tue raynes wouldn't have It. They wanted Il
assd, as'd when Alndau Minnie hung back, rent
villa unEutsl lest they should at sunlc time bo
eone eone dissatisfied with the purchase, they
threatened her with legal proceedings to compel
ae 70 tnlffll her share Of the contTact. driven
70 desperation, cornercd. pcrsccltcd by the land
nunFry parties OF the secund part, nnll threat.
el'ed With. lnutilatlon In thu harrid enginr ul
tis law, she. reluctantly gave tlle decd to tl,e
strips bounded by this nsli aul white oak, tilt
sugar trees, tho most westerly corner, au1 ttlt
@ most nortnerly line. ContcEnporaneously, sht
PARTED with the piano.
.ais,eurn ~ return for thta dgplay Of temporal pos
sessions, she took tho Conveyance Of the Cook
Holmes, :"
"f0r yerily,n explaIus Madam Minnie, fl a,i(,