New-York tribune., 1884-12-05
limos In telling hts friend william nasS sr,sh,s~sd
In in; rounding 'Tottcnham Corner for the Dcroy ~
,v az ,vb,Ie driving those horses"

limos In telling his friend william EaSn sr,ah,s~sa
the Ride he said: never was naIi ~ o. norhv os
In rounding 'rottcnham Corner Tor the Dorpy ~
was while driving those horses.
MIsAPpHEIIENSION ON A LUNACY CASE
An item appeared IN last Saturdays InlpuS. TO
,ha effect ,hat pcrmss,on had been granted Dy .no
,Ity Court OF Brocklyn TO the relatives Of , Mrs,
Catherine A. Valentine, whose name has p, 9eGn =,
co"pIcd with that Of Dr. Herman 7; Richardt in
er%"s Ser I"slsrc a luna,ic Ex-Judge William Fuller
Ton. The counsel Of DR. Rchardt. SAID yesterday
The Court. and the statement published arose from
n msnpprchcnsion of the facts, which, IN MI WI,
crtous own l@ngnags were a. y Io,low Me- sister Of
Mrs Vnlcntine. M next friend against Dr. h'v,-
nrdt 10 have u deed OF property made to nm Nv
Mrs Valentine set es'c on the ground ,nn. ~" o,n M
of unsouud mind. when the matter came oc'"n' ,Ca'
tho Court II was contcndcd nn the o'hcr siac I'M.
English authori,ica Sustained the bringing o, "no"
Huit by next friend TO prevent any ln,p,opea nlJ
po.,tion of the property before pfocccdinrs cou,u
hc instituted 90 determine The sanity OF 'hc irrson
claimed to he insane lut showed ,nn. , w,'.h hc,e
pcraonai and no, rcal properly wns Involved nnu
ihc Court no hold. Then the connso ,"ht ,"I ",h hc
siow"I ,o stanI until the proceeding, TO determine
| ths sanity Of Mrs Valentine might be oomp,','";;
Hut judge Clements said no ,no mn,'',f nf Mr., Val
| cntne wanted To begin lunacy proceconss t"olo
was nothing to prevent them They conu, hGs %s
course, do that soon IA they wished ~ wac ,n,s
an"r"hensjon embodied in THE TRIBUNE
item. that the court had passed upon h tho d"'
| unacy question in some way ana hou w
cided that il was proper case for lunacy proceed
ings. There nothing of the sort AS hat,bo uhn
of fact Mrs. Valentine is as sane as You or IN"
knew perfectly we'll what she was dong wnen s,d
sold the property to Dr. Richardt and she fecc''e"
| the money Tor IT."
INSURANCE NEWS AND INCIDENTS.
For several years December has proved a merry
month and brought grief to the hearts ;tnn Gi HaS
| holders of insurance stocks. January divldo"%ns %
are sweet and pleasant to look at ana rcloIco % ano
heart with IN a time Of general rejoicing. ms inS
| wear the stakeholder has more cause for Anxiety
than usual for there is a possibility OF passing W
| dividends unexpected quarters lno cNoo'' So tbc M
loss above the average 2 stScrI eye y'a day Of Now
ouher NAV ne safely nut down at something like
$4,000, 600 The large COMPANIES are nov nov III ' ,nv
least alarmed at this state of affairs orthcy Know
| we'll enough that there must he years OF eAcep-
tiona losses and that such losses are 10 n' M asoa
aged bv years, not months me result na"es w,n,
sarlv he a stiffcning of rates among al coh'PaeS,
and perhaps little less of that klndo compe il!ion
for special lines of business which Is somewhat oi
a few years ago the Mutual Life Insurance Com,
pany reduced its rates. The public, however, ana
not care to pay lower price Tor insnahcs ,id ~ It,
matelv. draw more IRON the company. Some
months ago tho Mutual raised ITS rates inaKnng hn
them higher the old form OF poncy ,hll 'hJ,
had ever been, and the pubhc was Pleaseuih horc
seems to he Anomalous state OF Mnas 1 arnr 10
preference is given to higher prices NC r tho iife
Insurance. companv is IA savings bank where money
il cOmpounded; the more the policy hoider pay
the more he saves.
RIJNNING AWAY WITH THE JULIA BAkEk.
Peter Gomez the steward who was recently con con-
virtcd of having run away with the schooner Juila
| Hakcr aud cargo, was taken before Judge Denouict
IN the United States Circuit Court ycStcIuay Ioi
sentence The Julia Baker sailed from tnis Foit
last year with cargo of lumber ana pI0Vislohs ioi
| Guadaloupe The master, Captain taKer' uleu
soon after leaving port IN a manner that was never
fully explained The mate, Walker. and the Sew
ard Gomez then took charge OF the Vesscl anu
diverted its course, sailing first Tor Inc foriunc
| Islands where part of the cargo was nl'poSeu OF
and then cruising about among the Wcs' Inuia1 i
| islands The steward finally left the Ne,sei ;nu
came 10 Ncw-York last August. The mate Walker
is now Oh trial at Key West. Judge Benedct
| smoke of the necessity of protection from SUN
| crimes and sentenced Gomez TO mprlsonnent Ior
six wears at hard labor in the Auburn Pcnltehtlary
The highest penalty for the crime IS lnlprisohmcht
for ten years and a fine OF TlOOOO.
VAIJABLE JEWELS UNDER A MATTRESS.
Aseorcl-warrant was issued on Wednesday by
Commissioners Shields for two persons VINO came 70
this country as brother and sister. arriving on the
| steamer 81 / aureut o oyenbcr20. They were ac-
| ct,sed of smuggling. Inspectors Brackctt ana Law
renee found the couple III bed at the lotc oe iais
| No. 70 ChrIstophcI-st, and under ti9 ma ~, Us
| found diamonds, rubles, sapphres opaiS, anu o,ci
| Jewels to the value Of nearly $2,oOo ne i.h anu
| woman gave their names as Franz AiVaiS auu
| Emma Hadden. They Acknowledged naVIhs
| brough; the goods into this country "l!houC inc
payment of duty and were held Tor examination
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