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The New York herald., 1877-07-08

Works OF Parks for leave to acquire title TO lands
above High Bridge for public parade ground
Tue motion for new trial In the long contested suit
Of Abraham Hewlett against Samuel Wood and Sam
usl A. Wood, executors OF Abraham Wood, denied
Yesterday by Judge Donchue. A motion Tor judgment
on tho findings OF the jury was granted.
A further hearing was gwen in the case Of the two
Swedish sailors on the bark Herzogn- Anna before
Commissioner Osborne yesterday afternoon After
hearing counsel ON both sides the Commssioasr said
lhat he would give decision on Monday.
Auatin Spencer, ssventyeght years OF age. who was
engaged In the war Of 1872, WAS arrested yes'srans
morning by federal officers al his residence No. 2os
west Thirty sixth street, the charge Of running an
illicit dstillcry Il appeared that the OLD man hsd
been making little whiskcy for himself on the stove
oi his apartments and he said, IN utter ignorance
that the law forbade him from doing 30. He WIS
In ,hs suit brought by the washington Heights
Methodist Episcopal Church against the CITY or vaca-
ton Of assessment decision was gwen Yesterday oy
Judge Donohuc, before whom the case was tried at
Special Term, directing judgment for the city The
ground Of the Judgment was that tho properly upon
never intended bs used for religious purposes and
therefore, could not como under The statutory exemp-
tion In such cases
John Henry Hardt loaned in 1868, 10 Herman
Schulting, $4,000, with the understanding that II
should be repaid ut the borrowers convenisnca Sub
scquenty after paying So 000 Schultng obtained re-
and then went into bankruptcy Since then, be-
coming q man OF means, suit was brought against
Scnuiting ior the balance. The was tried before
Judge Donohue ut Special Term OF the Supreme Court
who yesterday gave his decision ordering Judgment
Tor the defendant on the ground that the ecase was
good
Neil Conway, clog dancer, owed his lnndlady, Mrs.
Ryan. who keeps boarding house IN Marion street.
Si5 Tor board She sued him before Judge Clancy
and no appeared, admitted the debt and promised 70
pay II when he got money. THIS seemed satisfactory
10 Mi parties but recently alter returning from pha
dolphia where ne had gone, taking bis trunks with
him, he arrested warrant from Juage
Clancy. Mr.. Herman stelcl applied IN Conways 3 oe-
halt yesterday TO Judge DonUhue ior VIII OF haoeas
corpus The writ was granted, rcturnabie On Monday
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THE COURTS.
Another of the Victims Of the Cam
pagna Malaria.
INTERESTING RAILROAD SUIT
How a Lawyer Served Out Ten
Days Imprisonment.
COMMODORE VANDERBILT'S MILLIONS.

Ths nnal argument over the will and codicil OF Ed
ssrd Boyle which has under contest before Sur.
PoRase Calvin than year. came on yesterday
Rvrning. Mr. Boyle, we'll known CITY surveyor and
4 man OF considerable wealth. made his will in 1886,
leaving all his property 10 his wife. there being no
issue Of the marriage On February 4, 1916, being
about to sail for Europe the following DAY with his
wife, he mado q codic ratiying his will and adding
the following provision
.Secoad-ln tho event of the death OF my said wife,
Mary | give, devise and beQuesth, forever to tho
House OF the Good Shspherd-Dcins tho institution
nss, the S S oo. Ss o EAST
the city Of New Yorkail my real and personal es-
tstc OF which may die seized or possessed and where
sosvsr tho Same may be situated, and which In my
Had will ia devised TO my said wife. IL " my VIII mat
II my wife and myself should perish by the same
wife, Mary shall be void. and the above devise and
Ocquest 10 The House o the Good shepherd shall DO
valid aud eiicctual.
They sailed the following day. and, after short
tour in Europe went Rome, where they contracted
the prevalent nalar fever. from the elects oi which
Nra Boyle died Paris April IL 1876, her husband
following her the grave within few days thereafter
In the same city. The with ard cod.c offered tor
probate by Rev. Dr. Quinn, Vicar General Of the Roman
Catholic archdiocese Of Now York, the supervisor OF
the temporal affairs OF tho House OF the Good shep
herd aud the contestants were William j. Cowlcy,
trst OF the tcstat0r and Margaret Fonaine,
aternal aunt. Considerable testimony was taken upon
Qo0etlOuS
ri me DECEASED but the was con edcd to depend
naiay upon questions of law. Nj. John Mckcon. Tor
tne House 0 the Good shepherd IN an elaborate ar.u-
sent conssnded that the intent Of the tosialor
manifest the codic give ms estate to that ins
sutton upon tho death The vile, whenever iI should
happen and that the sentence referring 10 their su
auncous death by accident was inserted only by way
pr abundant caution. Mr. Malcolm Campbell lor the
contestants maintained thut under the rules OF con-
struction, a. settled by long scres OF decisions
both IN England and this country, the words "in
the event Of the death" were not 10 be
TO lie estate, nor simply providing for her de-
before the testator but. the words implied
contingency that contingency was 10 DO found In the
context-viz. the event OF husband and wile perish
ing by the accident-and that Mrs. Boyle having
died before her husband from natural causes his es
tate descended to his heirs-at-law II was also con
tended that the charitable corporation mad already
10 hold under tho laws Of this State Tho surrogate
reserved his decision.
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A CHILD PRISONER.

Only thlrteOn years Of age, Margaret o'Donne, with
eyes red from weeping, stood the Fifty seventh
Street Court yesterday charged by Mary Ann Bohen
with stealing $50 from her.
''she came into my house on the 5th, Jutge. and
asked me to buy pawn ticket from her for her sick
mother. l cid not wish the ticket, but gave her
twenty i've cents. She played around with my little
baby ana left then missed the money. NO other
persons were around at the time "
Tho unfortunate little prisoner stouy denied the
the charge Mrs. Bohen had given her S. to change,
which she did and returned 1t to the ludy, who then
gave her the twenty-five cents she had not stolen
anything There two girls named Farrell present
when she changed the bill.
"rhey're girls of bad character, {" sa,d the officer.
I'll don't believe your story, Marguret' SAID the
Justice, sand III hold you in 81, 900"
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LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

Tho copyright law Is to be enforced in Canada
against Canadian publishers who undertake TO reprint
English books. This results from the recent decision
against Betord Bros. who rcpublished Mr.. Smiles
'Thrf" thus destroying tho sale OF the authors Lon
don edition.
Dr. ]. W. Dawson's new book, ''The Origin OF the
World According to Revelation and Science Is just
ready at Harper g. Bros.
The new "Life ana Correspondence Of Thomas De
Quincy" by Mr. H. A Page, will bo published In this
country by Scribner and will be almost wholly q new
work.
It is disheartenng to hear that the complete auto
biography and confession OF John D. Lee. the
ted Mormon bishop. will be profuscly illustrated.
The London Academy praises Colonel Bakers .'Tur-
key in Europe" whose chapters on the Turkish mill
tary power described particularly good, while
the narrative portions Of this work OF an officer who
travelled over thousand miles on horseback
through Turkey, described vivid and humorous
Mr. Strother A. Smiths 'Tibcr and Its Trbutaries''
il Iuil of substantial Information.
james R. Osgood & Co.'s "a Brief History of Rus.
sian with maps, and IA Brief History OF Turkey
meet popular demand in an attractive style
G. p Putnam's Sons have nearly ready Professor
Summers .'Lectures on the History of Protection In
the United States"
D. Appleton g. Co. are relssuing popular novels In.
compact form at fifty cents
..Ariadne," the last novel Of ''Ouida," Is full Of
the samo pedantry, melodramatic glare and unreal
moral atmosphere which charactcrizes this writer's
former efforts, though It is not wanting In vivid and
sympathetic touches.
Norway has become q favorte resort Of summer
tourists. and now Mr. NJ. Williams prints gosspy
diary Of travel entitled "Through Norway with
Ladies'" The book Is pronounced by the Aren9um
q foolish failure.
Colonel George T. Denison's "History or Cavalry
from the Earliest Times, just out in London, comes
to the military CONCLUSION that tho lighting cavalry
should not exceed onefourth o the mounted force OF
an army
We to have rival to tho "Unitcd States Dispen.
satory,n so long and laboriously prepared by DrG
Wood and Bacne. The book will be entitled
"The National Dispensatory,' will bc edited by Al
fred StiIle and John Masch and published by Henry
G. Lea, Of Philadelphia.
Tho London war map has got down TO one penny
plain, and twopenco, coorcd.
.sThc Indian Miscellany" edited by W. W. Beach,
and published by J. Munsel, Albany, preserves vau
able fugitive articles about the aboriges OF America
cleaned from wide variety Of sources in the poriod.
cal press.
sPcru in tho Guano Age" by A, J. Duflcld, just
issued by Bentley, of London, contains good deal
information.
The Russian government is about to establish new
university Omsk, in Western Siberia which VIA be
opened July l, 1880.
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NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.

Report Upon the Commercial Relations of the United
States with Foreign Countries for the Year 1875 (Omcia
Government Printing Office, Washington. ID. Z.
Heart Histories, spirit Longings &c G ]. Is. FJ Puo-
lished the Author in Malone N " and No 13S kghth
street. New York.
Annals Island from it's Discovery the Present
Time BY J. y. Clute. Press OF Charles Vogy, No. ll]
Fulton street. New York.
Annual Report OF the Adutant General Of the State OF
York smittcd to the Legislature January I3
SD. Jerome II. Parmenter, state Printer.
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SHOPLIFTING BEGGARS.

Patrick Pryor and Margaret, his wife, were arrested
In Harlem yesterday for plying their vocation as shop
Iifters in tho disguise Of begsars The pair entered
NUMBER OF stores Third avenue. and while Margaret
was relating her troubles TO the attendant, Patrick
would pocket small articles within easy reach. De-
tcctives Clark and Smith took both to the Harlem Po-
lice Court, and Justice Bixby committed them IN
iauit oI 81 900 escn. 10.
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SUMMARY OF LAW CASES.

In the wcnniss divorce suit the facts OF which have
essn pubisned Judge Donohus yesterday directed the
husband to pay to Its wife, the plaintiff In the suit
az week alimony pending the suit
judge Donobus yesterday gavo an order dscon'in'
s,ps ths proceedings OF tho Departments Of Public
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DECISIONS.
SUPREME couRT-cHAMDRRs
BY Judge Donohuc.


Weston vs. Kinzsy.-Notion granted.
Swift vs. Trosx x-Notion denied without costa
In the matter OF Mabel Leonard-Thc case SHOWS
that the person who child supported by the
prisoner, and without his support she could not keep
the chic beyond the Courts jurisdiction. tnoe, 'nc
circumstance II 10 me the prisoner should no
hold.
In the matter OF the French Manufacturing Conn
pany; Shelly VS.. Zirk.--Mcmorandum
Tecle vs. Teclc --troef o ;denttv not suitcicnt.
In the matter Of the application o tho Department
Of Public Parks aud the department OF ruoIc WORKS
Tor aud in beualt OF the Mayor &c, rolative ana ac
quirlng title 10 certain lands for parade grouna'
&c--Grunted.
Hsrdt vs. Schul,ing Motion denied.
In The matter OF H. Mupson SC, relative to mill
tary parAdc.-Granted.
Vanderbilt VS.. Vanderbilt INSTRUMENTATION.
Ktredge vs. Pryor, &c-Motion Will DC granted on
defendants paying all costs to present time aud giving
security 10 pay what shall be iound due.
Craft vs.. Brown.-order should state afadavits ned
otherwise 10 remain ns IL IL.
In the matter OF Boltz-Writ dismissed.
Parcy vs.. Parsons others.-Optpion. ot
Ward Carroll; In the matter OF Ward aud others;
Excelsior savings Bank va Mauran. Granted.
Enoch Morgan Sons Co. vs. SchuachhofeE-Ao
ton this case to follow the same result a. IN case
Flncklc Lyon Sewing Machine Company VIZ Alsop
Arms Company.-I argue with Judge wessorook that
the order should stand
BY Judge wcs,brook.
Portaluppc vs. Portaluppc Report OF referee con-
1rncu ana separation from bed and board granted
Custody OF child awarded 10 piaiptii.
Cotton We. Murray -Aliowsnce $i,o ,ooo
BY Judge Barrett
In the matter OF 12oth street, Order granted taxing
costs
Clark VS.. Crane.-Order grantod
SUPREME couRT-sPECIAL TERM.
BY Judge Donohue.
Wallace VS.. American Linen Thread Company; Wen
peis vs. Wcnneis.-Judgmcnt or plantf Opinion.
Southw0rth W.. RUSSELL udg ment for plainun.
Morgan OF a. VS.. Francklyn; Mann aud others w.
Mcdowell; Hardt Va. Schulung.-Judgment for de-
fendunL Opinion.
Washington Heights Methodist Episcopal Church va
The Mayor, &c-Jud2mcnt for deien dRnt. Opinion.
Hewlett vs. Wood.--Ju Judgment Tor defendant.
Opinion.
Taylor and another va Browne-Notice Of tho pre-
sentatoa Of the Tor settlement must be given.
Neirain, &C., VS. Tomss-See memorandum
Smith ct al. SchuIting.-Findinks ANA decree
sigucd.
Ketsltas vs. Keteltas as-Findngs settled and signed.
COMMON PLEAs--sPECIAL TERN
By Judge J. +. Daily.
Schlamp vs. Pctcrs--See opinion.
Rogers Vs. Donovan.-Judgment according to de.
cisions filed
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KINGS COUNTY SURROGATE CoUR

KINGS COUNTY SURROGATE COURT.
During the past week the wills Of the following
named persons were proved:-
Harriet G. vanderpoeb of the town OF New Utrecht;
Joseph Carson, Annie Rode, Jane Dixon and William
Stack, all OF the city OF Brooklyn
Letters OF administration were granted in tho estates
OF the following named deceased persons lz:-Cor-
nelus Duryca ana Margaret Hackett, Of tue town Of
Fla,bush; Henrietta Smith, Charles f. Briggs, John
Todd, William H. Cook, Joseph Mathewman, Jennie
Hornck formerly Jennic Bayls) James Hines Ii enry
A. Damon, George Shearman, John Martin James Fitz-
summons, Mary }. Mara uermery Mary J. Ganahan)
and Landelin Fraenkle ail OF the city OF Brooklyn.
Letters Of guardianship OF the person and OF
Jane A. Hornick were granted to Edward r. Hornick
OF Ida L. Hcinz to August j. Bergerhon, all OF
county vi Kings.
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II -
Campbell Macmillan Co. London and New
York, 1877. Second edition.
Great interest attaches to the researches of the
party oil scientists who in 1872 commenced on the
Challenger, sthcir now famous examination of the
depths OF the ocean, tho character Of It's bottom and
tho various forms OF animal and vegetable life which
1t contaius Her Macsty's steamer Challenger having
been placed at tho disposal OF tho Of by
the Lords of the Admiralty, was commanded during
her voyage around the world by Captain, now Sir
George Mares, OF Polar celebrity The author Of Log
Letters was one his officers during the wnoe tlmo
and therefore, had exceptions tally good opportunities
Tor observing aud noting tho many highly Interesting
incidents OF the voyage, which he gives IN the well
printed book before us.
In his brief preface he informs his readers that tho
"etcrs' arc extracted from his log during the long
and eventu voyage, aud that he presents thom Just
they were written ut the time, minus some scar
breaking angulartos" " In his literary effort he has
been successful, Tor the crudtes 10 which he calls at
tcnion serve rather pleasantly flavor tho work than
to mar its symmetry. We admire tho diroct way in
which Lord mpbell treats his subjects There is no
effort line writing, that bane OF all works OF travel
no glowing descriptions OF landscapes that entrance
tho beholder Of sunsets that chain themselves to
the memory by their splendor All Is very matter Of
fact the beautiful is called beautiful the ugly ugly
The story Of tho voyage reads like what s intended
to bca series rough-and-ready letters written log
fashion and the spot. 1t has therefore tho rare
merit OF accuracy. for whatever impressions were
produced the writer's mind by the appearance OF
any place person lind expression in language that
bears evidence OF having been polished up for pub
lication at the expense Of strict truth.
Lord Campbell carries US from Portsmouth Harbor to
Lisbon IN his opening page and spares US al the uniu
tcrosng details OF departure and tho nrst DAYS out.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-15
erubbs q Austin.

This great clothing house has recently
made still further reductions in the price
of clothing, and now offers at wholesale
and retail a splendid stock at lower
prices than have prevailed since the war.
They have their own mandatory in
the East, and know exactly what suits
the market. The reduction they have
made in the last three years is almost
incredible when it is considered that a
corresponding improvement has been
made in styles and qualities of goods.
Very stylish suits are sold at a mere
triAe, and they are we'll made up and Of
the best material OF English, Scotch and
French goods. The card of the house
appears to-day on the first page, and
we take pleasure 10 calling attention to
it and referring to one Of the best stocks
Of gods eve brought to this market.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-15
Strawberries headquarters 2s7 Main.
Personal.

Colonel Sidney B. Jones, general
Southwestern passenger agent Of the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St, Louis rail
way Panhandle Route and Mr.. Jas,
D. Gilmour, of the Grand Hotel, of Gin.
c%innati, arrived to-day en- route for Texas.
Colonel Jones is looking out for his sum
mer friends and Mr.. Gilmour for pleas
ure. They will accompany the Memphis
party going to Texas.
Mr.. g. l.. Patton, editor Of the Sum,
NIT mississippi Times, is in the city, il
the interes. Of his excellent paper.
Mr., S. L. Turner, q Brownsville law
yer, is 10 TIC. city.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-15

parades. In the English towns the arti-
sans often work up to breakfast time, get
married between breakfast and dinner,
and after their last named meal go back
to their work or labor for the rest of the
day.
In yesterdays LEDGER an error crept
in with reference to the arrest Of negro
bridge burners by the police. The ar
rests were made some miles from the
city out on the line of the Louisville
railroad instead Of on the line OF the
Charleston railroad as published.
The day mosquito wheels and sweeps
around your ears just now, but wait
a while until the night mosquito that
sings, swoops down upon your couch,
sounding its wild war song like a Bashi-
Bazouk or a Cossack Of the Don; then
blood will flow and a lively skirmish will
take place.
At the Police Court to-day the recorder
disposed of the following cases. Martha
Keely, drunk, fine s.; August Hanson,
receiving money under false pretenee,
bond $4,000; Lewis Meman, interfering
with officers, bond $3.50; George Bozee
and Henry Mccarthy, drunk, fine S.;
Lou Allen, assault and battery, fine s..
To-day patrolmsn Smith arrested a
negro horse thief, Amanson Manse.
When he reached the station house he
made a sudden leap for the door, and
would have escaped had it not been for
patrolman Smith and Sergeant McEiroy
who grabbed and oyerpowered him in an
instant. He was locked up to await an
examination.
AT the Shelby county Circuit Court to.
day the case of Paul A. Cicalla vs.. Paul
A Cicalla is on trial before a jury. The
suit is for $25 600 damages for malicious
prosecution. The attorneys engaged ia
the case are as follows: For the com.
%plainant, Josiah Patterson; for the de.
PENDANT, Attorney General Wright,
Judges II. G. Smith, Wetherford and
Estes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-15
SPIRITS OR wHATi
Professor Cooke Cooks the Spirit
ual Goose In an Artistic Manner
IA Expose Tonight.

- ADDAa HIS 6NNNINN
ual GOOse in an Artistic Manner
The Expose Tonight.
A crowded house greeted the appear
ance Of Professor Cooke at the theater
last night. The Professor performed
many tricks of magic in a clever man
ner, and then went to work on the
mediumistlc business in a style that
astonished the believers and mediums Of
our city, be proving to the latter that
they knew not the first principles of their
art, and were tyros in the profession.
The dark cabinet seanccs of the Daven-
port Brothers aud Professor Fay school
we're cleverly performed, defying the
scrutiny and sagacity Of the committee.
composed of well known citizens-
Messrs. j. s, Nicely, F. S. Davis, George
B. Jones, T. W. Irvine, DR.. Avent, DR..
Rivers, of Pamela county, Mississippi,
and Chief of Police Athy. They were
bulldozed, humbugged under their very
noses, and could detect nothing. Rope
tying, belLringing, spirit-faces, iron
rings trick, haudcuff trick, ETC., we're
cleverly presented in a style hat amused
the audience and puzzled them also.
The c~lairvoyant exhibition was q pro-
found mystery, the ~elsirvoyant answer
ing all the written questions in the pos.
session Of the audience. The spirit
Bride manifestation was superior to that
bungling piece Of wsrk gotten up and
presented at Mrs. Miller's seauces, pre-
sided over by Rev. Mr.. Watson, and Mr..
Stillman, the spirits bridegroom. The
audience was pleased, puzzled and
plagued because no discovery OF the de.
ception could be made, yet the professor,
in q tantaliziog way, continued to assert
that it was all a trick. Tonight Prof
Cooke purposes aud advertises to expose
all the tricks performed by him last
night. Many believe that be is a medi.
um and will not do as he proposes, but
he asserts that he will and to the satin.
faction Of all, both spiritualists and those
who have no faith in that semi-reIigious
movement or its teachers.
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The WeaIth OF tho Guinpessea

The Wealth OF the Guinpesses,
Missionary (0nt.) MesseBger.l
"A small bottle of Guinness porter can
be purchased anywhere in Great Britain
for two pence. That is the retail price.
and the profit to the manufacturer must
be infinitely small. Yet rain drops make
the river, aud the ocean of profits real.
lied by the Msssrs, Guinness is simply
amazing. Sir Benjamin Guinness paid
income tax on csc, 900 a year, 1t was
stated that the profits realized by Messrs.
Guinness brewery amount to the mag
niGcent figure Of el00, 900 per annum
and the partnership has been dissolved
upon the terms hat Sir Arthur is to re
ceive $1,000, 600, or twenty years sur
chases Of 100000 a year. / have also
heard, writes q correspond as, that Mr..
b Cecil Guinness, who became the sole
owner Of the brewery, offered to draw a
check for el,OOO, 900, his brothers share
of the concern.
We have been accustomed to think q
check for f40,0 600 or $50, 900 a wonder
ful document and to look upon the draw
er with curiosity and astonishment, but
we are utterly lost in wonder at the idea
Of a lellow.citiaen osering to draw a
check and pay down the coin TO the tune
Of a cool million. | can imagine the
amazement Of the bank cashier to whom
the check would be presented, and blank
CONSERVATION Of the manager at the sud
den demand, and his probable inability
to meet it without realizing securities.
The population Of the country is $1,000.
600, aud / doubt if twenty individuals
out Of that number could draw for a like
sun With the certainly OF its being hon
ored The citizens Of Dublin ought 10
be proud that they possess in their midst
a business of such gigantic proportions.