The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1882-04-20

Mrs. SCOvILLE, Guiteau's sister, filed
a petition in a Chicago court on the 10th,
asking 10 be appointed conservator OF her
brothers interests including the copyright Of
his book sale Of pictures, autographs and 90
on. The grounds upon which she asked the
appointment we're that Guiteau was a lunatic
and not competent to have charge Of these
affairs, but was EquanderinE bis money iOol-
ishly. Guiteau, having heard OF this pro
ceeding, caused the following statement
TO be sent TO the press for publication;
"Mrs Francis NJ ScOville, according to
newspaper report, has impudently hled peti-
tion in Chicago for cOuservator OF my estate.
Absurdity Of her pretension is apparent from
the fact that / don't live In Illinois and have
not for nearly three years. Besides ] am not
a lunatic. This was officially decided on my
trial ] have lived in Washington for over
year and this is my legal residence. The Court
had better dismiss the petition peremptOrily.
The Scoville's are nuisances, and want moth
ing to do with them"
Mrs. IDA GREELEY SMITH, eldest
daughter Of the late Horace Greeley, died on
the 1lth Of diphtheria at Chappaqua, N. Y.
She leaves three children, the youngest only
four weeks old.
The Board of Managers of Homes for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year at Wash
ington on the 10th: President, General W.
b. Franklin: First Vice President, Colonel /.
A. Harris; Second Vice-President, j. A. Mar
tin; Secretary, General MacMahon.
TIE personal effects and household
goods Of Jesse James, the dead outlaw, we're
sold at public auction at his late residence, St.
Joseph, Mo-, on the 11th. A large crowd was
in attendance. About ten dollars worth Of
rubbish brought almost 500. The outlaws
dog, a very common animal, brought Sl5; the
chair on which he was standing when shot,
s.; five other plain cane-chairs, 81 each;
a half dozen stone china plates, 81
each; a half-dOZen saucers, 80 cents each
knives and forks, 81 each; an old wash-basin,
S47 the duster the outlaw was brushing of
the picture with at the fatal moment IS; a
worthless iack-knife, "a; an old satchel S2l;
a wash-stand, $ll; a crippled revolver, sl1;
pair Of old mits, 81 Many other articles
brought similar prices.
The Senate passed the bill for the re-
moval Of the Southern Utes from Colorado
into Utah on the 18th.
SCovLLE filed petition on the 18th
asking Congress to pay him for his services in
defending Guiteau.
The Secretary of the Treasury has ap-
pointed John N. Hubbard, of Chicago, as
special agent to Seal Island, Alaska.
Mrs. SERGEANT MASON has declined
a clerkship in a Chicago store at Sl2O per
month. The same firm wants her husband
at 81, 800 year. Sergeant Mason writes his
wife from his prison, that he feels sure the
American people will not long permit him to
languish in prison.
CHARLES H. REED has decided to argue
the case for Guiteau before the Court in Gen
eral Term. 1t will be called on the fourth
Monday Of April, but he will ask postpone
ment of two weeks for preparation.
The schooner Thomas Parsons col
lded with the schooner Clayton Belle on Lake
Huron, about ten miles north Of Port Huron
on the morning of the 18th. The Belle sank
in a few minutes and Captain Frank A. COlvin,
| Nathaniel BrothertOn and son and a female
| cook we're drowned.
SOME of the strongest advocates of
! legislation for the suspension Of Chinese i'm
migration, now admit that the prospects Of
| such legislation at this session of Congress is
not encouraging. The Democrats charge that
| the Republicans are manGuveting 10 patch up
a bill that will relieve them Of censure on the
| Pacific Coast and hat they are looking more
to the political effect than to the benefit Of
these people, while the Republicans charge
that the Democrats are scheming to make
| capital and are secretly trying to prevent the
passage Of any bill.
In the County Court at Chicago on the
18th Judge Loomis quashed the motion made
| by Mrs. scoville to be appointed conseryator
of Guiteau's estate ruling that the insanity
! of the man must be first decided bV the court
at Washington. Scoville did not sanction his
wifes action in asking to have con rol Of Cult
/ eau's property. He SAYS Guiteau has no prop
! erty Of any account. He withdrew from the
case on account of Guiteaus abuse and will
| enter the lecture field.
The following Grand Officers were
elected by the Grand Lodge of Ohio Knights
OF Honor at Columbus on the 18th, to serve
during the ensuing year: Grand Dictator,
B. o. Hildreth, Mansfield; Vice Dictator,
Thomas Z, Richard, GAINESVILLE; Assistant
Dictator, P. L. Miles, Cleveland; Reporter, B.
F. Nelson, Ashland; Treasurer, n. n. LOch-
uer, Akron; Guide, !. A. Sawyer, Cincinnati; /;
Chaplain, John Blyth, Gallon; Guardian, W.
A. Long, Steubenville; Sentinel, Samuel
Watt. Trustees-W. II. Tucker. Elyria; j. d.
Vance, Clncinnau; NJ. D. Townsend, Con
neaut; Representative to Supreme Lodge,
Lewis Wilson, Cincinnati; Alternate to Su-
! preme Lodge, f. 7. GOuCher, Alliance; State
Medical Examiner, L. E. Russell, Springfield.
THE Western Nail Association held its
annual meeting at Pittsburgh on the 18th The
attendance was large, all Of the mills Ia the
Association being represented. The trade was
discussed at considerable length and was found
to be in very healthy condition. Stocks were
reported light, although the production for the
past three months was greater than ever be-
fore. The outlook for the year was also very
encouraging, and IL is thought that all the
nails that can be made will meet with ready
sale In view Of this it was unanimously de
cided 10 reaftirm the card rate of $40 The
annual election of officers resulted In the re-
! election Of those officers Of the past year.
JOHN F. SLATER, of Norwich, Conn,
has signiRed his intention to create q fund Of
100000 to be known as the John f. Slater
Fund, for the education Of freedmen. The
fund win be vested in a board of trustees,
which includes eX-President Hayes, Chief
Justice Waite, William Z. Dodge, OF New
York; Governor COlquitt, Of Georgia; James
p. BOyce, Of Kentucky, and William A. Slater,
the donors son. Slater explains that, ''The
general object which desire to have eXclus-
[ lively pursued Is the uplifting of the lately
emancipated population Of the Southern States
and their posterity by conferring on them the
blessings Of Christian education
BOTH branches of the Connecticut
Legislature have passed bill restraining tIo
traffic IN intoxicating liquors. The present
| local option system win be retained.
FRANK r. JUDD, aged thirty-six, son
Of N B. Judd, ex-Minister 10 Russia, was
/ declared insane and sent to an asylum at Chi
| cago on the 18th. He was engaged in lead
] mine In Colorado, and contracted lead o isOn-
| ing, causing paralysis Of one side Of the body
and brain. Friends hope TO cure him.