Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-14
H;xod Marriage Relations.

Mixed Marriage Relations
The Washington Rep"6S'c'" OF 'n'S ii'oi u
ing says: n,;,- r.
,ha ,,,.r and the indifference manifested by
them i'm some instances to the relation Oh
man and wife, whether actually married or
moi and TO the status OF the offspring oil
such relation is pretty well set forth III
chapcery bill fled Yesterday. At the same
time if the grounds of complaint De
Irue il is further shown that while the par
ties were both ignorant and llhterate, YET
where money i involved cheating ana de-
ceplion could he pr,ctlced with success.
Jnhn Tu!n,r. by his next friend, Henry
Bailey. aud Mr. ". Wi!loughby, as soilcl-
tor. filed bill against Townsend Turner
10 declare IL receipt null and void aud Tor
Nh account. The bill states that PRIOR to
the war the compalnants grandmother,
Caroline Turner, who was slave belong
ing to VIM. f. Beckwilh, Of Fairfax county,
Va. lived with Townsend Turner as his
wife in the manner in which slaves lived,
without being lawfully inarried- While
living with him She han four children.
among them Jaue Turner the mother OF
IA. compiansnt After the birth of these
children. uua before The war, Townsend
Turner l..f; caroline and The children and
lived with ,na;her woInaa as his VIE, ana
in he same manner had children by her,
and did no, nyain live with Caroline Iur-
ner Dnriur the war Mr.. Beckwilh died,
and devised 10 Caroline Turner and her
children certain real estate in Fairfax
county. subsequently she and two OF her
children died, leaving Jane and Isaac Iur.
ner surviving BY n suit in partition sub
seuucntly brought, to which all were par
ties there was Il decree of allotment TO Jane
and Isaac Turner of ive-slxteenths OF the
land. two ten,hs stated rs having been dc
v,sed to them and three sixtecnthS as being
inherited from their mother, hrother an"
sister. The land was subsequently sold ny
a decree of the court, and the proceeds, eA-
elusive Of all costs, &c, amounted to 81 ,423.
In January. 1871, Townsend Turner was
appointed by the county court of Fairfax
county guardian of the estate Of Jane and
Isaac, and Thomas W. Swan became surety
ON his bond, and the above amount was paid
over 10 him as guardian. Subsequently
isaac Turner died in infancy, leaving
biS sister Jane the sole survivor. She
.,tervar,: became lie mother of John Iur.
ntr. the complainant, who was her only
child She became of age in 1879. and after
that Townsend Turner paid her 500. since
That time he has not paid her anything adj
d,,ional or accounted for tho balance, but,
~ is charged, appropriated the same TO MS
own use, after Obtaining from her by false
representation Il receipt in full, she being
an ignorant woman and not knowing her
rjoLis in the money. In 1873 or 1879 she
died. leaving the complainant rs her only
heir. and he now invokes the aid of equity
10 annul the receipt and compel the defend
ant 10 account for the balance oftEe money.
The Losr FEIINE-An item in this col
mnn 4 day or two ago stated that the Skcl
cton of a eat had been discovered we3grd
in the looI of the house OF Mr.. f. X.
D,yidsor. on Prince street, which is now
und.rroirr some alteration. Though tra-
ditiona!y being the possessor OF nine lives.
mike the batrachian tribe who, II il sald
came 10 lie after three THOUSAND ears I'M
uri;oumcnt in the tombS of Egypt, Grimal-
kin Law stark in death, his flesh having long
since wasted, leaving only the skin, de-
void of hair, stretched over the frame. The
house in which the remains OF this domestic
animal were found, was years ago the resi-
;lcuce of the late J. c. Nightingale, a we'll
known turner. who in the school-boy days
o: many of our middle-aged citizens was a
rival of the late Robert Jackson, also a
turner, in the production of homemade
tcps, aud it seems to be an unsettled ques-
ton vet as to who cxcelled in the manufac-
1ure of the toy Policeman Nightingale, in
Il conversation yesterday threw consider
able light on the heretofore may history OF
gae defunct feline whose bones have re-
Gently been brought to light, and, from bis
account, it seems, had lain where found
since the war with Mexico. My father,
sail the veteran welder Of the locust, was
Martial to cats, and always had goodly
number about the house. ] remember wei
when this particular one was numbered
among the missing. We had eleven at the
time, all of which had names and promptly
appeared at roll call But one day this cal
failed to rut in an appearance, and from
that time up TO within few days ago its
fate had remained locked in mystery. As
soon, however, as | fixed my eyes on the
remains of the animal | recognized poor
old Santa Anna-that was his name; and,
growing ter"ent) gentlemen, talking oil
rats. he w:s cat that Wds cat"
OUTLOOK FOR OYSTERS.-The oyster sea-
sou for touglnen commences September lst
The Cambridge, Md, News says:
Parties who are we pr sled state that
there will be 100 new scrape boats added to
the Choptank fleet this year from Talbot
md Dorchester, and it is stated by reliable
men that several nonresident vessels are
being fraudulently admitted into our waters
through parties at Oxford. 4 large fleet O
bay scbooners il now lying at Baltimore
unable 10 make expenses at irelghting, anc
are waiting the opening of the oyster sea