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Tho City of Springfield, Ill - without
n3uMtClpnl G0ycfM mont.

Tho City 0f Springfield, Ill - without
nsulltcipni Governments.
,sEeciai Dispatch to The Clacaao Tribune.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Fob. 1.-Tor ycara past
there has beon dissatisfaction by taxpayers
with tho mauuer In which tho official affairs OF
tho City Of Springfield wcro managed. Tho
current expenditures weEo 80 layish that It was
yoar!y found necessary to borrow money in au-
tioipation OF receipts from taxes, and 4 debt
was bcquoathed to each succeeding Municipal
Administration. Tho people were ovorburdonsd
with taxation, much Of which waa illegal, aud
Affairs driftod along in this way until
Taxpayers could sthud It no longer.
and, q favorable sentimont obtaining IN
tho spring OF 1874, tho Hon. Miriam
r. Edwards, on behalf Of himself and some
hundreds OF prominent tax-payors, applied for
al injunction from Judge Zano In tlo Hangnmon
Circuit Court. restraining the city authorittos
from leyyiug d tax in cxcess Of tho income or
tho previous year; from tsa.,Ing Warrants or
scrip when tl0ro was no money ID tho Cisy
Treasury to pay tho sarno; and from creating
tue restrictions of tho charter belug already
roached. This change from excessive to
li,nstel expenditures worried hard at first,
bnt boforo tho year vas over, tue enforced
election. last spring. the ta1.catcra marahaled
their forcos and boat slightly tho Cltizens'
Ticket, pnt up by combination OF Taxpayers.
Since ihoy Iegalpcd power the, tax-aatora have
laborod to render tho injunction odious. and.
attor divers tllsoatonnga, to-day tho Mayor DIS
charged tho eutiro police. force. City Prison.
koepar. snd tho Fire Department, and directed
that tte stroot-auipa should 10 longer be light
cd Ut city EXPENSE. This on the rlea that taxos
.ro not botng paid, and shero ia no money
in tho Treasury Dopsrsmont.-n fact which Is to
he atsE,l'a.oh 10 pEosgate expenditures carly Ia
tho ycar. Tito city III thus, this evening. de-
}Miyou Ut protection. Tho Council will meet TO-
hight and may doyiao further measures to annoy
tlloHo who arc legally resisting tho collsct.on oI
excessive md illegal. taxes. Anyway, Spring
fold IL Without City Qeyernment Tonight.
, 1876-02-02
THE NEW COURTHOUSE,

Architect Egan had formal tllk yesterday
NTH the Committee On Public buildings aud
Public Bersico In reference TO tho recent action
Of tho City Councli In adopting wha, is ussig.
uatcd as the "comp1olniye plan for tho fouuda-
ton for tho cstY's portion Of Tho now Court.
llouse. IN which tho county had been invited 10
CONCUR.
M1. Egan said he had soen tho nlau. but to call
It compromise MAS TO ,.lisuatnn it. lilo bad
uoyor been consulted III ita dsswlug, and neither
Lad tho County Board. He denounced is Is If
1egnlar, ,El.ehapej. inhatmonioun, aud et,-
tiIely uneu!ted 10 she public wants.
lto thought Iilley MAS devoted 10 hla ''Euro-
Ia" plan, which ls s.id wts q "rattty hobby"
aud that bo would have nothlng eso, forgetting
thtt ho MAS 1t work for eoiDe body beside hs,n.
rolf. ERsu said ha himself had already made
sLses disttact drawings. and wan willing to make
~ 1nsuy moro, but hc ssw ~ hppo Of Auy astte-
, 1876-02-02
MUSICAL.

TIE SECOND vow BuLow CONCERT.
Tho second Won 1,ulow concert will bo given
this evening ut Mccormick Hull Tho programme
may be said to DO Of a popular natura, ns It In
cludes Dcethoven'a " Moonlight sonatn7 Wag-
uer'a spinning aong from tho Flying Dutch
man," and Lsstz's transcription Of tho Tam
hauscr March, ono of Lisszs Hungarian Rhap-
sodios, schubert's "Ayo Marin, " and worry intor-
cstsng numbers from Handel, Bach. Gluck, and
Mozart. Lovers Of music shonld mot defer
going TO these coucerta until 1t Ia too lato.
TIE 6EilatAN HAND.
Tie 0ormsn Military Baud, which haa bcon
winning golden opinions for issolE IN this city,
will give two concerts at tho Plymouth Consre-
gntional Church Oh friday night and SATURDAY
afternoon Of this week. At popular prices, which
will bdng these excellent concerts within tho
rnuge Of ovory QUO. Those wishing zoscrVed
seats will bo enab1sd 10 obtain thpm Tomorrow
morning at Keen l. Cooko's. This arrangement
will bs specially advantageous to bouth-Sidess.
, 1876-02-02

branch. This wont TO boar out his theory OF
n!actrio influence ns tho causo of tho movement.
Ifo had further proved tls!s by experimenting tn
st,oea with ihauatorB OF glass; Under them, In
which lie con11 Get no manifestations At all.
Tho roader tllon l1scnAhod at fen1th th6 Vrkc-
&ico OF tlle rod, mud explained how he bad found
& why to n,cnsuro tho depth Of soil over the
wasor. Whom ho WAS walking with tho rod in
bin hn,lls md fcis Il begin to turn iso WAS
Buro that tho aurface Of tho water was
at All, anglo Of 45 dcgrcoa from him.
nni whcn ho hal gone further, And
the rod po!nlod directly downward then no
know lto WAS oyor Tho water. Having tina tho
haao Of n sight.anglel tslangle-by measuring
from w!loro Liza rod began to turn TO "l1cro u
pointed down-and tho two angHs It VAS easy
to ascertain tho distance OF tho water below u
surface, because IL woulI be tho same ns Tue
base.
In giving hia experience Of tho nso OF tho rod
Mr., Latip1er said that whom l0 was IN tho en-.
p,ov Of tho Michigan Southern Road he Lad
tried Tin theory Mt Connal. anl hasl predicted
that water wcl,ll bo fnuni at frnm 25 10 10 foee
below thu eurfuce. Il had bocn struck ut n
foot, --.
Othor caecs woto then cited A. Within tho TO-
lstors knon1odge; orle at Tou!nu, another at
Wvoning, Ill. nuothee At Annapolis, aud s!ti
otheta at various places not named.
Tho paper cloAetE with tho reference Of tho
whole n,nttor IL tho comparatively unknown
element OF electricity, nnl with tho rcasaottfon
Of tho rea.lnr's full betiof In the RYstcm which
had. ilo said, mover onco failcd 10 discover wascr
or IMMORAL whonnvnr lto had tried Il.
Tho meeting cloaed with d general and In"
formal discussion OF tho subject.
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mont being rcachctl between tho city ard county
in tho matscr 10 long ~ 1illev insisted OH eacri-
ticlng tho convenience OF ths intstior OF tho
structure to tho hsautY Of tho sxtoEior. lilo
would liko 1,o naii, to Hec third architect
callod in, and hc would n,eet him ha'f way,
aud, startling from tlo ground. would rear
Of doing away with = 1omo. although II had
boen Incorporated In hEa plans. lilo regarded o
dome AZ expensive: ono would cost a525, 900,
bcatdea boing out Of place. .,.-.---
The Committee adjourned without taking any
actlon. and will meet agaln this afternoon. It
i. cortaIn that tho Board will not adopt tho
Tlilcy plan, and atter all II FArmor Harms has
to cart avay his rotten piles tho public need not
be sstontstel.
ON TIE RqUAnE.
The stnrm yesterday prevented operations on
tito Cougt-Iiouse Square by liaru1H. though o
few piles wozo snuk. Tho virgin SNOW IN o
manner, hid the defects visible iii tho hundrode
OF worthless piles now on the ground. Harms
will begin to driyo tho dofoctivo timber aEatn ~
soon as the weather permits. probably to-day.
, 1876-02-02
WATER.WtTCh]MC.

FAFEH HEAD BEkUuE 1Ak CIVIL EH0IAEEHS.
4 regular monthly meeting Of tho Civil En-
gineoss' Club OF the Northwest was held ycstcr-
dag afternoon at 4:ao In the olub.room Of the
Sherman Iluuso, rrosiacut Chesbrough in tho
chair, anil fair attendance present,
Tie Secretary. after reatltng tho minutes, took
ballot oil lha election Of AIr. E. 4. Fox, and
TINT gentolaan. was declared duly elected q
member OF tho Club q. +. NeelY, City Eu-
gineor Of Burlington, Ia, and l.. II. Johnson,
Werb proposed for membership.
hlE. Charles Lntiner then read napet on
Nator-sflschtng." ty which l.e understood &As
art Of tludsng water by tho n1a Of tue witch
hazel, or other material carried In the hands over
tls deposit. The Bublo Was. Ia raid, QUO wl1ct,
At first sight ~hs not sclcn.ihc, anu tnlcu
ridicule llRa bean hcAped upon It. 1t was tue
readers object to brnH it out OF rldicue, 80 thai
SAID, TINT Wllei, any noselty was presented it
wna difficult to gain tho attention OF the
deyotecs Of Rcianee. md they we're hpt 70 raiso
tho cry Of " llumhng" over anything that wa.
rules. The most fto4uont error Of mankind was
to ceusura before they heard. Finding water by
the u1o Of tho diYinlng-rotl bad been c!assea -
superstition, but thus tho speaker dec!uratl a
grots oEEor, aud ho then gave few dedn!tlons
trou yat!ous dictionarios mud encyclopedias. TIC
form aud uso Of tho lol Were modern, got tue
,eadcr confessed Lis Inability to give tho frat
uto Of tho instrument; pellspa It WAS ID old ~
the rod OF Muses..
a[r Latin,er then quoted copiously from the
ulhlo to show tna. tLoro was at least . psoba-
t|ity that tho use uf the rod was there 70.
ferfsd to.
The philosopher David Brewster. wrote lbat
tAere wsa no doubt that tic preseuco OF water
could 10 dlscetued BY the uso Of tho rod, and it
WAS this that first led tho reRdrr 10 look into tho
ulattor. Ao brst expeEitMeutsa with q peach
tree rod but Afterwards with other materials. aud
ali nj Fir .
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jrorrnt mi mn rnfNrnfnR thNtn to Eknroh tn
oh.',a ~. row,r,, nro,,,,.od m o,cor sratte1
.'eo''' '"1 .o"" ,.a,s.,,,.,
him' nud honeo tno a'Mcu'ss'
Ynonk-thioyos In the West Diviaion yobtord ny
". :" o.r1,, ". M AN Wnat nf.a,son
e.ote u e. ~ ot'''' ~ "o ."
hsroof, anu will Az enllfo SUIT o1 e'o'nea from
@. blackburn. Of No. 60 ContFo avonue' A. tho
latter piace thoy EAinnd ontrhuco through tho
tr.usom.
,,n :. ~ va"-ra : r ,d,tv a 11n.rlm,n ,treo. lav
i'uf VI MoH'oo :" l'o."' - ~. ,.s",,..
arm. recently Faltorea num''ot VI IA" pooha
whtcl, his employers htd borrowed from Ennfy
while attempting to dlsposo OF them 10 Becond-
hand book.desler.
aeo,c, bf,,)er . coloret. coacbuso in the en-.
ntov az MIR. WMtohcsd OF No, 913 Michigan
robhnd snothnr cn1n1ovc NJ thc snnn ho,,so.
n.m,.I hfars I.noHnu ~ soo,l which sho had
| slowed awny In hof trunk, Uooyge is lockod un
NJ tho Arn,nrv and tLN Molina aro LOOKING Tor bis
romt,,n;or IN ,cri1rfs'
rho rostaanco of f,ooroo n. Ga,nsov. atchi.
tact NJ tiir c;ty. lucateI 1t 1iylo Park. was On.
| tern1 Hnnt1ay nirht, during tho absonco OF tho
| family and nynrsthino ncnnraily rnnsackod
irmnks. boxos. oto.. bo1u ait onon. nnd proportr
! stoicn that c.nnot hn st ths tina cstimated in
ynlno. Tlta Ia tho third tmo this eenticman'e
houso has beol, entered by thto1ee III two yoars.
.-,,,.,-,,,,.,- ~ -. =. 80 ...,..,.
MnS pas1uok 1 oeGs a.,stnn ~ nnou a,rh H.
yesterday morning. oNlcoF swanson nasIa l1e
Teetaon ~ tIG notso, nPsa en VII tts ~
shtotgl ho!o ~ INC Mnoow H., or ;'n nais'o~ ~ @ nns
store. No. 41o oIaTk s'Ieet. hao tetpw. VI pos-
1t Iorn stroot, a % and. sthoush e oiieor 5lred At
nm t"ice, no nl'allf 1osI MN IN the sashsy oi
state stfeeH oflo8o. Ae eo' a"ny "'n '"'a
Va'ooa ~ S9o'
| Tho wickctlneBs OF "Iaosten Row." on Clinton
, 1876-02-02

parent loosoness would a1uit OF any such
e1pouso for Advertising aa Was accllmulatins.
It was not un1il Monday that eny
light Was thrown upon tho subject. nnd from |hc
Of their Wow worry fow notcod It to ulldofaIaad It.
TtlE DOCUMENT
wan brought to the surface again, an follows:
QEx7LEXEk: request t9at your honeE,ho boafa
ness connected With thia otse to thc anount Of po
Tho eersa.y Of this Ia Obvious iron he fact that Tho
.,@anr.s @ u ne" and must no properly oso'aa' 0es's'
psurorc ] to ha.o advertisements iusersed in tho
ssy both tnss ans;n s.x@sns saa 'fs nssse '
Hcrosal Of tho members Of tho board road II.
thought moment, aud appeared to have gllm.
| mprinH insight into tho past. They thought
thor saw an explanation OF the advertisements
Of tho abstract bouket but lher were BY no
means satiailed With tho explanation. Or with
tho action ,i,at tho Rocorder hoomoa 10 hAyo
taken upof, bis own responsibility.
BONE FURTHER ISQu;EY -.
,yna then naadc onO OF another, and 10 add fnef
to tho flame. tho following additional document
was uneArthed, marked "Approrcd BY Tho Com
n,ttoo on kecortls, Ian. u, 187G".
GrSrLEMrs: have tho houne TO re1reAt permits.
VIII wge1s r. III liz ' abs.rnet department eonneete viii
ts Office. An carly consideration Is respectfully re-
aaes'ed. Respectfully, JAara sfsw.nf: ;s:.s,.,
Inas11uch Al tho latter documon. antelatct'
the fofmer,-thn ono asking for clerical help 10
do ths work In the otllce, aud the osner 10
snthorize tho expenditure OF 81 l00D, mhefcDy
work could be had 10 'o,-!ss Was shouRhs lhings rs
1tocortlcr's chico, aud that nn explanation might
be made about tho wholc question With aoH'o
profit.
TIM members Of tho Committee on Public
| Records could not bo econ during tue DAY. mt
| tho Chairman, Commissioner Mullo5. said 9 Tow
| DAYS ago that ho knew nothing about The Advcr-
, 1876-02-02
DEATH FROM Ap0PLEXy.

Special Djapdteh 10 Ths Chtea7o Tribune.
LArArE1 TX, Ind. Fob. 1.-Geosge Wintera III
old resident on tho Wabash, md Of some
celebrity M painter. while In attendance At The
mootin9 at tho Nailroal Opora. House this inter-
noon, felt from etsnko OF arople1y. and died in
California, where 10 lad boon suttllng up tho
business affairs Of tleccnsol aon.
, 1876-02-02
CRIMINAL.

. Andrew o'i'rion. who wsa arrested md brought
before 1uatice foote last week, had hearing
yesterday oo tue charge Of stealing deeds and
papers from tho buggy OF MeENin Church, aud
MAS discharged. uc hka found tho papers On
, 1876-02-02

n r!cselng sketch Of \ great artist "Tea-Cnp
Times" ct,atty paper; "The t;tory OF Cash.
nero Shawl how they arc made and sold !;
"Tho Ladlos Of Lima" a capital sketch, will DO
fouud, with an endloss variety OF oxcellont read
luz. in tho February number OF Frank Leslie's
Popular Mo,a.lY, now 1oasiy, prco only 20 cents.
for qnasto at l2s pages and 62 ilustrnttona.
kold by alt news agenta, or Frank Lesle. No. 637
Pearl Httoet, Now York City.
, 1876-02-02

A correspondent oi tho a1orr.Bsown Gazette,
IN Lee Valley: elyes thG following points from
whies, tho pEufits Of tbs lltIuortsa1c eau readily
be seen "peEIlspa u low ito,ns ElaAnu1 from.
an United Hlatta 0anger may interest some Of
your readers. and contain aouue useful informe-
lion. | hayo been assigned to the dtstllezy Of
since the 20th OF last May. and will base MI
1eussks on ny knowledge Of blu operations
, 1876-02-02

OHAuA, Mob. Fob. lit was slimored to-day
that tho headquarters Department OF tho
plnttu wo.e to bo removed to somB other polns.
Inquiry Of parties who should DO postod Hhowa
That tho 1nmor Ia based upon articles in tho Now
York Herald Of jan. ~ or ~. founded on the
uoune army bull ou military aslairs.
, 1876-02-02

Wives, Turn Ovor Now Leaf.
Don't lss your husbands throw away su!.a that look
1ittlo shabby 6tnd, with iuatEactlona, to Cook h
SrL4in, No. 10 Dearborn street. Esturned ussrly
, 1876-02-02

II Gabriel Conroy, tho Hero Of
Bret 1lsrto's new novel, lad owned q "Domestio !"
saving machine, he would nut have teen Obliged 10
sls up late 1t nGht repairing tho rcpta IN 0iea gar
,neuts. Tho "DomettluH sentns neycr nr.
, 1876-02-02
HORTICULTURAL.

spsefd! Dispateh 10 1hs CAtedao Tribune.
MADISON, Wis, Feb. 1.-fhe annual meet!og
Of the State horticultural Society began iu tho
Assembly Chamber tlls oYening, with tho ad-
dross by President Tutt!o. 6uporlntendont Scar
Ing waa to havo delivered au addsaas. but mas
prevented by sicknoas.
, 1876-02-02

dAnvEY-reb. l, 1876, sIrs. Lizzie oarvey, In ths
18th year Of her ago.
Funeral Thuraday, the I'll, from her residence,
mr. at Division and 0rAcc.sts, by Gals to Calvary.
Friends OF tho family aro Invited.
hAR9tfALL-,Ian. 81, Waler c. Marshall.
Tho funeral will 10 At tho house, b7a Ssate-at. At
o'clock.
~ b-Drayton, Ont, papers please copy.
SHERIDAN-Fcb. |, aIIry Sheridan oldest child Of
Horny F. aud Margaret +. Sheridan nged 20 1nouht
and days.
Funeral from residence Of paronts al Emerald.sv.,
Wednesday, Feb. =, at 10 Il. M. Friends Invited.
n Hamilton, Ont, and Eric. "a, papera ploala
copy.
DAnnY-At Ann Ar.,or, Mich, Ian. ., Of consump-
Itobor j. barry and sarih A. Harry, Of that place.
, 1876-02-02

LEE-C0NWAr-At tho residence og tho hndo-
grno, corner Of ButcrfeIl md Fifeth atrcetst Fab
I, 1876 by the 1sv. " a. Spencer. 0corge A. Leo and
Miss Jannio Conway, all Of Chicago.
, 1876-02-02

Lundbotg'a California Water
for t>tlst Aad RA.A MD 1sssah&nz
, 1876-02-02

4 second. hand Ncbor rIauof1.e good 40 now. taken
in exchsugc for "flsck." fur sale u . low prtcc.
Aao ether secondhand panoa aud organs Al specially
low rates. as tie loot sons Ausiu Gus, ls0 State
akEkht.
, 1876-02-02

OEonixed Ox.MarFow for the Hair,
bI Buck Aa1AeE, makets ot the "MAfs" Coo8oa.
, 1876-02-02

T1ESI0 WHICH, FAlLLD Tu CoAE uEf.
d.. Lon q. Miller. WHO has achieved somo
prominence from his connection with sanitary
Affairs and his investigation OF tho stink null
sauce, snatchel fow lours yea!orday from tho
timo usually consumed In tho orduous labors Of
bis profession. During those fow hours ho eat
In bis ofIico, like spider anchored IN tue mid
dlc Of hfs Wob waiting for tho unvary and un-
BuspcctinE lily. Tho f!os tho Ductor was after
ware throo or moro freehodors. land-ownors.
p,9nrsto1ms e. Of nonsea aa
posed To visit tho Town OF Lake, tho odoronB
vicinity OF tho Stock -Ysrda. a eloso carriage.
with nicely frosted glass windows. and
an elaeorato'7 gotton,mp driver In l!very.
baro picknckcd on tho wndwatd eide Of one o!
tho olfat mountains. vhic!. rso like tho Pyramid
Of Cheope, and aro as much Of n myBter7 as tho
Sphyn1. II was the tntoutiou OF tho party to
hare made thoroughly scientific Investigation.
chronomotore, surveying tools, test tubes, lit
uluH paper. and tlaak. These ec'ensiilc ad-
Junets wero pi1od up promiscuouaty on tho largo
Table in tho Doctors office, and il vas observed
that the 1lask from tho mouth Of which tho
cork had been nbstractel, stood on its bottom
end, susp.ciously noar a email dsinking-cup.
Probably ona Of tho attaches had boon inspect
Ing tho apirit-level.
| wAs Hcusrgiug either from OF 10 every point OF
tho compass. The tiny anow-!lakes ware whrled
in ovesy direction, and their sharp crystalline
odFes runcturel aud scratched tho unprotected
choaks OF tho pedestrians. who hurried along
/ obodicnt to the calls OF business or peusure.
The Doctor, curlod up in his chair and absent
1 miudedly purinR over the latest copy OF tho
Board OF Health report for tho City Of Brusaeis.
at time tho ininiatorial Residence Of tho Hon.
J. Russell Jones. now Collector Of thie port, aat
Us motonloss as tho spider IN bis web, humniug,
| VIII you walk Into my rsrlor,
| Said The spider 10 the ily.
| The blasted real-estate-owning flies fatled To
come. snow-storm and piercing prairie zephyr
positively inhibited. p!ooabl; they csme to the
conclusion ttnt tho stink would be frozen solid,
when thoy roached tho immediate victuity Of tho
ofal mountain, and couldn't be found, and henct
thu picnic would be q failure or else feara vere
cntortatned thas their nosca might become
frozen thus rendering tloH unable to uso ths
olfactosy organs to any satisfactory purpose.
| Tho excursion Was therefore naturally post
| poned.
On tho nexs fine day throo flrst-c1nHu, A No. l,
| reai.cstate ownors cau aacu.e brief engago-
n,ent by applying to Manager Millcs, at ths
Ucalth Qfficp,
, 1876-02-02
THE LAW.
Reports of Ruined Insurance
Companies.
Record Of Judgments and New
Suits,

TIFF CHICAGO v;nE tSaunAHcr COMPANY. |
james K. Murphy, Assignee Of TIN above. |
namod Company, filed Lila ueuat monthly report |
yestordhy, ~ follows.
Total eAst, tn Jim. Al, ts7G. .tihH4sa
Expended by astemtnt for December. GA,a;3
Esrsnss M fer aanfnary ta1a. ,aS 1S9
DtstaehAs Eald IN 2e,E'3
balance On hanl.. 19,1lB
TMs COMMERCIAL 1SsunAScK coMrASr.
The following Ia nn abstract Of tho report of
Il. Il. jenkins, Assignee Of tho Commercial
13alanco on hhnd Oct. .1a......-.... ...,..$30,7o
Collected from rronlums.. ~
Co1ccted from II. bprusncp... ?,50o
49,, .,,..,.. , =. ,,.,, sa,st, ~;
Balance on hand. $50 1G3
Tho Assignee further rcporta that consd-
ernble numbor Of dividend warrants arn yot un-
called for. No dividend has as yet boon paid on
tho claim OF tho Garden City Insurance Com
pany, nor has tho claim Of tho city for taxes boen
satisfied. II thcao two clnins aro lfquidatod tho
balance Of $50, 1G2 81 will be entirely consumed.
With tho exception Of about $4,000 tho remain
Ing assets arc entirely contingent and uncertain
in vaiue,
THE MUTUAL sEerRlrT.
Mark Ktmhail Assignee OF tho Mutual Bo-
curlty insurance Company, also fled his monthly
report yesterday. which is aa follows:
balance In bank, JAM ], 1916. ,0l1
Paid as'
Balance gu hsnd... ....*SJst91
DIVORCES.
George Windman hlod n bill against his wife
Nollin, neking for \ divorce bocausn she had
been guilty Of criminal intimacy with ono II. IL.
Klnuog. ~
TIE K1nnE-nlIL CASE.
Tim W101n GAY VEhtefUnY OErt1DttU WlIh
tho continuation Of tho examination OF H. X.
Turner the man about whom tho most OF tho
interest Of tho trial contros. Turner stated that
ho took the dcosls whom ho first got thorn to
Quincy and showed them to hta father. kibbo
rcfl4od to have tho deoda recorded bocauBe he
didn't wish to have such q chain OF !itlo coming
through him by such decds. Ho did not wish
TO beco1no aplafnt11 in anyS lawhu!s. When tho
titlo was 30 old. and tho doods had not
bonn recorded. Turner sworo That 4 dccreo
l,ad boon eutored In this State concorning
the lands In question on tue day bofore Heed
aworo 10 had forged tho papors: Another
Toason why tho dooda woro not recorded WAS be-
cause thuro Ind been Hut ponding between
liibbo and somo otaor parties Which bad boon
appealed to tho Supreme Court. and IN Which
tho supreme Court had decided that tho suit
could not bo brought by Kibbe, and Mrs. liar.
rolls rights nasortod until sho became widow
by her husbands death; TINT no conveyance
could be made without hor husband.
Judge Dlodgett will attend to his general busf-
moss, d. he hna finished bis cn!I. ="
Judge Farwell was occupied yesterday In hear
Ing objections to tho a1aster's report in the
Of tho Great Western Telegraph Company.
us1TEp STATES COURTS.
William Drce. John Allen. and Enbrattn
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