, 1877-09-29

Wo0ftmnn & Co. Thrown tntO
Bankruptcy ly tho Crod-
itOrs.
New Suits, Confessions, Judg-
r1ents, Divorces, Etc.

<O1HaAk W }AHt L4&~A hNH'4aAAp HAS p DS%stO1 y"
It set apart to be saId Ut rrntc'l, a1ui the pro-
ccet's applied to the usc Of scbools in tho town
ship, and distributed among tue various scl'Hol
dlatricts III tic township In nrol'or.
tIon to the number Of children TN.
der 81 years Of agc contained fn
each. About $40 acres OF scfuol Sec. 10
In Township 80 have been soad, the proceeds
amounting to tS8,5iA10. The anuual interest
amounts to about 5000, aid 300 moro rer
year Is derived from the unsod 900 acrcs. On
the tst OF Octot,cr next the Trustees ot this
township will meet to divide afnong tic school
districts the income received during the past SIX
mu1ths.
In 1869 tho City Of thEcago enlarged Its
boundaries wcstwarstly 50 as 10 take III about
cleyca sections Of Township 30 It then estab-
ltahcA schools, which wcre supported by .taxa-
arc 3,1o1 children u,ldcr 81 years uf
ago who live III that portion. Of Town:.
slip 80 within The cltyIimits, aud
@ cdrcr n te ,SnRs .Ssnaln'ns , rton .ra, 81 the
Of The township should he divided 10 10 rive
IT. tho proportion IL Is entitled to according 10
tic number Of tho children within Its !mlts
cotnparc'l with the whole number. or aot5sos
requested tho School Trustees to 30 suhdiylde
the money, but the latter have a. often reftis.
3D., II, therefore, tlles bill to eo"pel such
uiFltiQn anu utSLT1bAtlDDs ElAtlaluk ktlMt llli
Trustees Arr bouu4 to give 1t proper Share Ut
tue school funds.
This sumo question was ta!sed year ago hc-
fore Judge Gary. w1iU decided against the city,
Of specified no mode in which tlle moneys could
bc divided.
DIVORCES.
sfar!a Lessebcre WIS the on1y applicant 10 get
d divorce yesterday, but she tells urctty hard
story OF iIcr hust'at.l. Henry Lei.ohcrg. Sllo
ncc,iscs him VI bcatIhg ller, attacking her With
butcher knife, and repeatedly throwing or
kicking her outdoors. For the last sesc1 years,
Ing this, howeyert hr las managed 70 buy A.
farm worth $4,000, in 1Ianovcr Conk County,
and sile dcsircs tEnt this fact will be rcmern-
bere,! when awarding hcr aitmo',y.,
Judge Moore yesterday Fralttel decree Of
divorce tn Adam Scl,as zlefu from Maria Scl,astz-
iein On tho ground Gf acseFtson.
Judge williams granted dccrce 10 Albert y.
Hatch frat. Mary ilatch for dcsertiun, and to
Jennie 1nft from Lawrence a. Taft on the
ground Of cruelty anti drunkenness.
ITEMS.
The Testimony In tho elevator case Of llalGht
rs. The Chicago, burlington & Quincy Railroad
will be ltens.! Wednesday,
D. e. ttndlcy, win, w.ls arrested some time
ago nj, rcqttS!tfon irnn Kansas, under acharge
ot cntexx,c,nent In lnGl 1T Lcaveuwortls, nt.tl
discharged by Judge McAlllster Tic Judge
held that the affidavit on which tue original
rcgufstfon was hnsel sas defective auA rotl,
OH account Ut insufficient particularly, md TINT
tho name D. c. I.tnlicY was uot sufficiently uc-
c1lratc to authorize the prlsonct's arrcst.
rlc motEuu forinjunct!on Insltc State Savings
Bank casc,tn prevent the prosecution by dc
ps,stors VI autts against the stockholders 0f tho
l,allk. is exlMrtod to conc up before Judge
Farwcli this morning.
tubcr tgrrl lu thc Federal and Superior Courts.
It Is also the last day fur fling trial nottccs IN
the Federal Courts, but no Jury vii! bc called
until November. In thu meantime Judge Doa.
gstt will taku up ~ H., eases = one q thc IT. 1lrst
Will bc tho easo of Hill q alcKccllnsa Vs. Tho
Judges uary, Ai0ore,. and Booth will hear mo-
tiuns to-tlny, Judge jameson will ilayo per-
cMptory call ol motions for now trials, JudEe
Rogers will hear submitted coscs, Judge Mr.
| Alistcr motions. for new trtAls, alld JudgU
| Williams nlotlniss AMI SIT cases.
! UNITED STATES coUItTs. -....
Morris l.. Leopold begun suit for LOCO
yesterday a.s,ntnet william Stas'ci1naH:
Tsaycr Tor $i,Ij0o.
| BANKRUPTCY MArrxns.
Tho expected petition Of q. l.. WootlMan d
TO-, thu wcti-knnWIi hakcr2 and cracker manu-.
facturers, was filed yesterday. Tho creditors,
II will he remembered, held il meeting Illurs-
day. but failed to agrcc on any settlement bY
Which tho debtors could 70 MI Or stock COIN
vote in favor Of putting tho firm Into la,lk.
ruptcy. Tho ilrm have, however, os'viatcl tho
necessity OF this proceeding by ftIing thslr vul-
untary potttio,. They owe their cMployca
ii. Wright & CO., and tso,Av3 TO J. II. Daggtt.
secured hY chattel mortgages on all their per.
son,l property. Their unsecured debts foot ut
sG:,3ls.1a, iesidcs II liability of $l5,5s1.as
mediation i,apes. rhls 1nnkcs tho total llahifi-
tiles $9!f.U!1.l0. TITS unsecured debts arc due
chiefly to Chicago creditors in small amounts,
tho larEc.t claVn l'clns TINT Of q. f. Johnson
t5f.rRh
| i've Its In Carter il. iiarnson's Addition,
heavily mortgagetl and OF nominal value; cash
*5hH; bi1ls and notes, s3,9g.os; manusac
tnred stock q gsois, $l,bo9.s5; un'nanu
x3,UD; oats, l,ay, otr., s&a75; mari.ine'y nm
ilrc-instirunce policies. ea 600, anil luase ol
their stors, NJ. ~ ~, Clark street. AZ n
kErtxluger for bcnellt ot tho creditors. !,
l.. Wootitnan llas 45, fkO of secured debts, Wit!
securities worth sY0OU, aud t9,60o VI unse
s nor'sase s say tos % . s'' G co Ei%ss :
Olcott, nrptass to iiaye neither delta nr assets
Tbs Unlon National Hunk, II. +. rage Il Gu,
and several othrr credltora, h'el petstla9 scl
sus Co. tas 5 esa ~ ss.sI RasPf T. 81 shs
Co., or their agcnts, under thcfr cllattel mori
gage; that thc property had been advertised 10
sau on Oct. l., and that It such sale was allow
ss *e q paf e wes4 Stssy fss % sstro
lug thu assets ont ot Which tlrY hopcl to i
paid. An Injunction was accordingly Issued b
Jut!gc t.todgctt restraining 4. n, Wright d Co
Il. ". Krctxlnger, the Assignee, or I. Il. atar,
tho custodian, from selling any OF thu banE
suBta' property under uny chattcl mortgage.
. ucorgo 7. fitk.n, the furIncr boo;kcepcF {
thu trsii, was appointed Provisional Assignee b
t!,o Judge, With authority to take possession G
William E. smails, q dealer In clothing, fur
nsll.ng goods. etc.. At E'gin, kane County, a!s