New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14

down. and for q considerf BILE time past he had becn
accustomed to sleep on his knees with his head resting
on chair-a difficult art I'm which he Ind become lin,
glarly expert But night he determined 10 slec in
his Ded Ii ne died for 1t; and he died Tor it.
The collection of ancient relics belonging
- Mr. Duncan Campbell OF Albany. considerable nar,
OF which persisted in the rweddle Hall fire. was ecny
the result OF patient attendance auction sales this
city during the last fifteen years Mr. Campbell had
often expressed the WISH perhaps in anticipation OF the
fate which overlook his treasures that there were
museum in Albany which he could bestow them. Tho
Tost valuable article saved was large Flemish tap
estry bearing the date of 1882. sarcophagus sup
posed by the to antedate Moses by a thousand
years. and doubtless OF great antiquity was partly con-
sumed Mr.. Campbells large collection OF carly book,
and manuscripts and OF antique and medieval coins
stored at his house and escaped jug out
which John Brown drank during his imprisonment at
Charleston, the genuneness Of which is certified to by
his jailer, Captain Avis, was also saved
AS rule the members of the Chinese colony
in San Francisco do not consider 1t necessary sur
round their matrimonial arrangements with stringent
and solemn FORMS and the first marriage by contrac"
OF Chinese couple in accordance with the statutes Of
California was recently celebrated Tho
follows: hnOo all 6y these presents: That Toy
Duck and An Kim do hereby certify and declare fol-
lows. TO wit: That the age OF the said Toy Duck Is
tweny-six years and that he resides at No 1000 Du
pont-s In city and county Of San Francisco, State
of California; that the age Of All Kim is wenty-three
years. and that she resides at No. 1000 Dupont-st, in
the city and county OF San Francisco State OF Cali
formal that said parties have each agreed to and with
the other to become and from this date December 2l
1892 he. husband and wife. and the SAID parties
hereby declare themselves husband and wire; that nc
marriage between said parties has ever been s0eInZed
that by this written declaration and contract II is IN
tended by said parties to, and said parties hereby do
ali the rights. duties and obligations OF marriage
Done at the city and county OF san FRANCISCO state Oh
California this twenty first day OF December 1882.
In his address at the annual meeting OF the
Illinois State Bar Association last month Mr.. Charles G.
Bonney, president of the association made this EN-
phatc and manly declaration: The greatest obstacles
in the way OF the prosperity of the legal proesson the
most serious hndrances to their usefulness; tue
sources Of greatest injury their clients the causes
deepest dissatisfaction and prejudice, are the delays
uncertainties expenses of legal proceedings The
losses and the anxeties arising from these causes are
often more than the results which the sutton is finally
allowed to take out OF the scales OF justice. client
who has followed just from court to court ana
through trial af trial. seeing vercts set aside and
judgments reversed for mistake which perhaps
very likely to conclude that any settlement he could
have made OF court would have been better IMAM
victory in litigation and govern his future conduct
a,cordinely What the spirit OF the age, and the
interest alike OF lawyers and clients demand Is tha MI
cation be confined the vital questions OF Just causes
and that speedy results be reached MI BOnney sug-
gested several measures OF reform and among th'il
These: Let the law declare that no one snail DC nen III
court OF Justice except upon the condition OF SUNNI.
and TO receive suDstantlal Jslice
regard to any tecbncaty or matter OF 10TH ,
let the provide that no Judgment slaii De ses \,
or reversed In any case civil criminal proNluc II
shall aear from the whole record that suDstanl JUS
tice has been done"