, 1879-07-31
THE COURTS.
Policy Holders in tho Protection Will
Please Pay Up.
Hunting for Divorces---Rccord OF Judg.
nicnts, New Snlts, Etc.

m account of the peculiar manner IN Which lilo
Company did busfnees, which finally ended IN
bankruptcy about two years. ago, the Jl-ceIver
says Tie liabilities Of The Co,npany nt The tine
o! its failure weso about $597,u00, while thu
tntal nssots are only ia the noighborlloul
sl0O,00O. AZ the time The Receiver tnols posses
sion, .hcrr had been nsssrsments for SIS, ,0O
made, md nearly MI collected and there was
stfll ~, 600 nrcr1,!pE Oh death 1nscR na To
which no steps had been takan for collection.
Dy the terms OF the policy each policy.aodcr Is
]table for all nsscssnlonta accrlslng willie Ills
policy ts In force, nnl tn, Receiver thinks t'!s
a,nnunt. or SO mitch Of It rs ean be, should be
collected. An on1cr Was n,htln ny Judge l'od-
Eett calling OFT all the stocle md policy holders
to khow cntao Lie first Monday IN Ocinhcr ssh5
tho aesesament duo before tit. Company failed.
Aug. ., 1871, should not bn collected Notice Is
to bo given By three wce's' publication aleo,
and by postal card to thu PARTIES intrusted.
ITEMS.
Judge Harlan Yesterday got through tl'e
hearing Of the Hwagc Block cnaes, wErh camo
up On objections To tue assessment Of damages,
and took uietn under advsscmenl. Today be
Wy ea, n Sa nsf sr sa'' Boon hos
Driving s. Transportation Cniispany..
The caso OF ti1c Union Telegraph Compnny
vs.. the Wabash ltatlway Comntny ts expected 10
he le4rd to-day either by Judge Harlan or
In the mntcll.bond conspiracy casn, Chaylcs +.
Ilnle fled petition denying that l,n llMl been
guilty nf any conspiracy III getting sln tic bond
IL question, Or bad over asked any one to e;gn
hin bnit, which is nnw $5,000, be reduced 10
s2,5DO. Corroboratlng n;l!dayiss were also !llcd
by .. c. Whitney md C. II. Perkins. An order
was entered 70 That ellees by Juuxe ilo'Ees;
interested TINT he will decide the caac vi the
Flttsourg Cincinnati II st. Louis Jsa!lroalf Com
puuy W. The Columbus, Chcago 4 Indiana
Centra! Rallroad Company on the 9th Of August
- Tl.c Tis judges Of the Circuit Court met vcs,,r.
Biclcfclls habeaa-corp,!s caac: Tie decision
will probably be given IN few days.
DIVORCES.
Mary n. Gown complains that her husband
Isaac NJ. Cowcn has bcen gu1tv OF numerous
acts OF adultery, OF hahitual Drunkenness, aud
extrc1nc at,d repeated cruelty, 50 that sic cafi-
not liye With lim any longer with due regard tn
herself. And abe wants the usual relief pro-
Thomas KozIsek complains that his wife
Maria has not bccu satisfied with the why In
which ho Is ablo to support ier, but sn'la 4
os6es'D osher lavors from from divers men, until i
her her home duties, aui Thomas wants to step
down and out III favor of any one who wants
william william jacobs 1 % On arco,lrt % Of his alleged
cowartl1y md brutnl treatment Of her.
Judge !ulGy yeste1y'ay granted % 1!vorco to
for dcscrsou, and TO Anna Ellza Gates from
Henry Il. Gates on the same ground.
BANKRUPTCY.
A discharge Was issued yesterday to Homer g.
TAYLOR.
4, i. Jonkins was nppoIuted Assignee Of
John Stephens and Of Ernest Ncigclsen and
bradford Hancock YVES apooiatsd Assignee Of
Ollin A. Pratt:
George ". Campbell was appointed Assignee
Of I.unllcy IDElcdew,
Assignces will 10 chosen this morning for
Nelson II. Haynes, aialon I. Barry, pcter llnnt,
William Wharton, Henry Ludwig, aud Ch|lls
d Yerdler.
SUPERIOR COURT IN nR1rr,
Monroe Frank !lled q btil yesterday, nga!nn.st
Kowlcy, ". II. Holden, and Il. L. Kent. to fore
close mortgage Tor $500 on an undivided
half Of Lot 3, Block s, In Kinx[e's Addition to
Chicago.
Louis nccklardt began q suit for $4,000
against John II. Cotyin.
CtncUIr COURT.
John 4. SieklnGcr commenced n suit In tres.
! pass against Michacl Simon, claiming $1,000
| damages, ..
Edmund NOLAN & Co. brought suit for
1000 against Frederick W. Erby, Mrs. 81, j. i,
| Pcrlont, aud Clemens F. Pcrtolat.
THE COUNTY CouRr.
1ulge 1.oornls yesterday fcard anil decided
| thrcs cases Wlero women were alleged to he In.
| sane. Tho first heard WIS ulut Of Emma Peter.
son, who vas ndjudEcd Insane ahd not t,nttpcr,
Next rane tic casc ot Saruh Golton, middle
aged widow. residing at 9l3 uasliIel street, tho
complnnants heing some Of icrneirhbors. She
was at one time the. wife of wealthy nun,
| who was drowned few years ngu, mid with
| whom al.o dill not 1.-Two happily. S!nco his Dc.
| cease stlc llas had GOOD deal Of trouble and a
pumbcr Of lawsuits with his relatives md crr,l-
ltors, a,a mnny petty. nunrrcls with lIer neigh.
bors: The evidence demonstrated tt,at aho lnst
a bad temper, and that was about all. Sho was
| discharged.
| The lust case was ind one. Mrs, Mahaa
Hoffman was brought Into court Mt tic t.ista1.cu
Of her husband, william l.. Hoffman, persu,
who furIncrly acted rs janttor Of tlle Michigan,
| AycnMn Hnptlst Church. II appeared tint Bonc
time ago she became convinced of s futltlcslty
to hor and employed sumo alleged detectives to
'.shadow y him. Sho fell into lhe hants of o,e
Hugh Scott, who tot intU trouble u fcw months
| ago n,,,l wos said to hays pcrsonatcl dutcctiyo
Oh the city force. Thlh man was connected wilt,
thu 1llAu la Bergc, who l,uHsod hnlbvlf of a. q
detective nnd snccnctlctt ir rrlntng yoslng
woman. Tltts Scott appeared In cOurt yesterday
rs u witness fur llOlfnlun, unl 1t was attempted
to show that the w1ulan'a suspicious wrru
| eroilndlcss and evidence Of her insanity. Scutt
Ia again III trouble, iiav!ig been arrested bv DC,
tectiyc 1leintztnan yesterday OH charge 0i oh
taintur money by ialsely representing; himself
| to Ee q letcctiyu.
| Dr. james Jowcll, the well.known expert 4,
nervous diseases. Or. Hunter. Dr. William, A.
Doone, mud otlIrrs, testified that Mrs. Hoffman
wns perfectly sane, uni ,hc Jury 10 fDllul aitur
nbout five minutes dcibcra!ion. It is alleged
that the proceedings were iuati.utcd by ilollma.
| In rctulia.lon for Ii suit fp diyotce witch has
been brought acainst hin, BY ;lis wife. sne
claims that he has tried to posnn hcr, and It au
pears That Tuesday night Ia obtaned a saurcl
warrant, by v!rtne Of wl'irh 10 carried oI Eor
clothing and tl,at IT her infant twin children
wln appeared 10 court with scarcely enough K
cover 1hem: Mrs. Hoffman is In very uoo
| health, unl tas scarcely live moro than few
mouths. She Is depuudent upon tho cnarity d
friends, who dosouuce yestordAy'a proceeding,
as at Outrage.
| PROBATE COURT.
The will OF Jotuuu Manyold, deceased, wal
admitted to pFobatu. and letters Of adtnnistra
t!un Issued 10 John Manyold. Dond OF $500
| approved.
..'ille viii Of lilo late John Jones, which W..
fled honlo tEmo ago, mud published In TILT
TRIBUNE, was yesterday proven and admitted
~ record, the necessary depostsons of the sub
t1