The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-05
A REMARKABLE COMPREHENSIVE.
singular Business and Domestic Reln
lions Of Two Brothers

i
MADISON, Wis, March 26-In the town d
Westport, six miles north OF this city, hay,
lived Tor many years two brothers flamet
Dominick and Martin O Malley. These broth
ers, when young men, In 1862, In the noun
tains OF California, while mining there, verb
ally agreed 70 join their efforts and their for
Tunes. and TO be partners In all their business
enterprises. That partnership existed unit
yesterday. Shortly after 1t was formed Mar
tin went TO Australia. lured there by the golt
excitement, and Dominick remained ia Cali
fornia, Each kept al account, and the firm
with all the vldssitudes and varying luck q
the miners LIE, kept solvent. Martin re
TURNED from Australia to Wisconsin. and ba
gan farming operations, and year or TIVE
alter Dominick returned. Every dollar d
earnings or profits received by either Of then
went to the partnership fund, and every loss
encountered by either, no matter i'm what
hemisphere or under what circumstances
| came out OF the firm capital
After their return TO Wisconsin, Martin
married; The first kept right on; the lands
homestead for family use, was built"evers
single used and every nail driven at the OK.
pense OF the firm, and household supplies pro.
cured also on firm account. Dominick soon
AFTER iost an arm. He went to France at firm
expense to procure an artificial arm. Ha via.
tied ireland and came back bringing . wife liz.
imported at the expense Of the firm. Then
another house was built on the firms landa
anu supplied out OF the common fund with q
housekeeping requisites. Since then their
I 1ands nay nave been titled; they have dealt In
Iands, ana az present own extensive lands In
hanSas, besides some TOO or 800 acres I'm West
port. Such securities as they owned-the arr
plus earnings OF many years OF thrift,~were
invested entirely In Dominick's name. Every
uo ~. V OF expense and earnings Of each fam
mutation was never divided until YESTERDAY
In TACT, everything they had but their wives
ana babies were firm property. They lived
In perfect concord, without q single difference
famea On nhe part Of themselves their
ment, naturally attended to the general bnsi-
ness, and Martin devoted himself most az
Slduously TO the cultivation OF the farms ="
Ihey were both In feeling disincined to dis
LUZ tunD the existing order OF things. But as the
s ybiin uegan 70 Whiten their heads and their
chlidren to approach mature age, thew felt II
q. duty TO dissolve this complex relation
lnelr method OF doing this was 40 novel -
tneir previous dealings had BEEN They won't
70 Inelr counsel and entered into q carefully
~ p;ivparea written agreement, arranging for
az a Whatever cost OF personal Observation-Disclosures
Iney bound themselves by the most solemn
covenants. Their respective houses wera m
IKE La value and desirability. In DIVIDING
S slese =. ana assigning to each his part they
so ~ the right Of choice to the highest hiddnyr
OF the two. 1t was agreed that sho Ulpae =
chhange OF houses be caused by their di Vision
sheud d' be hGqi e 3ha effects used BY
and that only the clothing OF the familn 1l1 th
family "a Bible and the pictures should be- tak oe
aya .ne new y home The right Of choice was
nia a;r,tln who generously yielded it. as Dnmil
the sr family was the larger and he needed
bnusa arge e. house so they are to change
sneir clothing Bible, and pictures ea "a ana
he cther else and proceed to the home q
Y cost their wives sigh of regret ~ t q
ith Ger entered into this Arrangement anS
md GOOD da faaa. out with perfect confidence
io On Of all their lands except the Ka uss,,
anus and Tor the first time since they were
poo enno or Es;, they may be said to own
'h r6na Is not partnership property. 'pper'
- Va aes s brothers are highly RESPECTED Tbav
ave oiten held offices OF trust in their tn1.,y
he year 1s61. " 'ne assembly In