, 1876-04-17
THE COURTS.
Rowling an Ancient Transaction
ffl Coal Lands.
Record Of Judgments ind New Suits
---1n Bankruptcy.

Y1snrv 3. Austin flloti = bill Saturday against
charles U. Dohney, scttinR ont that. In 1864,
lboy owned tho nouth ~ neron Of tho N. ". 1{
AZ Hec. "a, tho g. ". fractional Il Of sec. 90
md part n. Z. 1{ OF Soc. u. containing in MI
naa acfos and situated IN Township IL, 1sango
D. Marshall County. Illinois. Tlo complaInanta
.ach owned an undivided third OF thcAo lands.
ul.cl, weEo chiefly valuable for their coa1-HincB.
In pocombor, 1864. being desrous Of aollng
,his property, they appointed tho defendant,
c. @. Donnoy. to act ~ their ngont,
,crectne tint ho ahou|d IN caso ho
mado q aato, recoiYo per cont Of tho pnrclsso
money, wLtcl, should III no event bo leaB tl,tn
el2O0D. III order to facilitate eale, ut Don-
poYs request. Mc1toynol1a aud Gn7er conveyed
their 6l,arns to Austin, 80 that no could by him
pcf uaas tho wtloto title. 'Soon aftor 1Ionncy
tel,Ioslod Austin to rnnko out n loed. leaving
tha name Of tho gtantoo md tic amount OF tho
coua1uoratiolh biank. 30 TINT ho {1'onnoy} could
81 II IN as OCCASION required. This waA done,
and co,n,lainants charge that 1}onncr nnbHo-
uuootly fraudulcntiy filled up this blank hy in-
sorting llia owu narlo and tho confederation Of
s3D,GGO, but noyer paid them that sum for tho
land: Lon
In Fobr,nrY, 1866. l'onnny sold tho land to
George Ya7lur for tho SUN Of st5. QUO nnd
Company. Taylor then nlatlc a aeclnratloh Of
trust acknowledging tAat ho held tho land IN
truai FOR o,ght parties, Including l,l.nsclf nad
Eonusy. mud that thoy werc nbont to estabIlsl,
Goal Company for mining tho coal on tho latta.
l,onnsy immediately wrote to Austin that hn ind
aoid tic lal for 1G, coo cast, and rcnittod that
au1ount, aftor detluctinE his commission.
10 January, 18TH. tho complalna'lts discovered
tho fraud, hul TINY do not appear to llaro or1n
n,a,lo any demand oil tho defendant to ectt1o
The compninentH nuw charge TINT Donnoy'a
whole coureo IN atiyistng shc tito to 10 put In
AuBtn's haine and thon gettlng him to iln.o q
tlo complannhta; TINT hc, af:or making this
ealo, suddenly assumed n position OF woAlth |;
TINT ho las novor snttlol With toul for tue OYER
yug, and thoy therefore ask that Ito may bo
compoileil 10 uccouut for tho amount rGCcvoa
by him oyorand nbova tho Sl2, QUO which lie laH
paid him.
On petition Of Her,nauu LIob, Judge McAi-
lister Saturday nlalo OIL older authorizing tho
Clolk u Ito Circuit Court AMI the Clerk of tho
County Court to app0Nt 15U adlitiona! deputy
clerka to attend tho polling places pu election,
dav, Iuesday. Aprtt IL, tho clctks 10 be appoints
cl for that day only
Tl.e Judges Of tho Circuit and Superior Court
held q meeting Saturday aftornann but tito
object OF the session cfa!1 not DO ieusncd.
lilo Clerks o!licoA will 10 o.,au M usual to-
morrow, but ths Courts will nok he in Bess.oh.
uH1rED kTATEB CUtETa.
THO Portsmouth National Uank, Of Porls.
mouth, o., culnnlencad Aai: for S9.0u0
ssga.ust tho chlrago, Mil''nsson Western
Hallway Company.
William Il. Nowcs be.no anit In troyer
nGainst Robert L.. Henry, sa:nael Il. Barker,
sui ueorgo W. llnnry, lnsing damages ut
s7,2oD.
BANKRUPTCY MArTErn.
William II. and Charles Il. rerry, Of ncKnlb,
dealorH In agricultural implements. filed Il youu
tGry petition Saturday. Their secured dobts aro
eI,4G1.48, and tho uisccsirud about 9J35u. Tho
aBHeia conp1iao personal property Ia tlo yaluo
Of $500, s.ock- III trade sl.OJ9, and opou nc
au4 llas about 5000 asseta i'll real cstata. G. II.
Terry owes about 3l.2uo, an.i haa abous sGn0 OF
Iasets. Tile pptitlon sas referred to No9isser
Conn, ut Marougo.
htreot, also wont into ba,lktuptcv. His liabll.
tcs, ail uusecuGcd, amount to s;io,557.7l. aud
tho assots 10 97,025.b3, cnGlsnlng Of open &C.
eonnsa. Reference 20 AoEa.sr Ilibbard.
made authorizing tho Ass;nee. to open tho
bankrnpt'a store md sall tbs goods ut rotail ut
not less tLan cost price, until lilo further order
Of Court.
4 tlual c1odisors' ,ncotiug will bo hold may 2i
In the matter of l.. II. Parker.
II. poifcnberg whs appointed provisional Az
sEnos OF Kerr Bros., with authority to taAo poa.
1oHsion Of tho asHeta. keep tho store open, aud
sell goods III the usual course OF business, at
not lcka than coat price, making wock1Y reports
TO '1toeisier Grain. A bond Of $4,000 was ro-
guired.
lander GilIels.
(}eorgo B. Duntou, = commission merchant,
and rnnn,hcr NJ TIM Hoard Of .rrAdu also 1iieI Il
voluntary pett,ou. but deputy Clerk natuol
Eemn nrhftrariy supprosscd II without nu7
roaspu. no that fbo partculars could not be ub-
tanned.
Il, =. Jenkins vsp elected Assignee OF No!son
Bros. Il Barhydt Saturday.
Tho first djyidopl meeting Of Short l. D.ny-
kon will be hold this Afternoon at O'Clock.
bradford Hancock Was appointed Assignee Of
Japaea d. Tylor. In p!oco of III. Korfoot, who
declined TO serye,
SUPERIOR COURT IN nn1Ey.
J. NJ. ". Jones began o init for -, 600 aEainHk
Thomns g. Dobbiua uoorQo g. EuWeu aud John
T. Witcox
p r T1oda,uann l. m hooo, n s,,t aos,uat
nil 1ah,'.o, ~, rae,.oe ~ ~ ~ Hn '"''
AA7iQ to1nsol 70 tecovoE 1j,ooo.
U: q. Moodtord brought suit In trespaaa
Neainnt' Edward Mooney, W. +. Fitzpatrick, j..
j. Wnrnos. F.. II. 1anb, W. O. Van Alssiue, mud
L. J. Quirk. placing dAnaagoa ut 81, 600.
.on,r,on.oT - nctfny II ttSannau ountnot 1Inu~,