Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27

IN an Action Brought by Henry
Reddlok Against the Standard OIL
Company, Etc.
NEW York, Nov. 21.-The sale of
the late Richard Grant Whites library
Was concluded yesterday. The total
sun realized was about $4,000.
Miss Lydia Thompson, the well
known English burlesque actress, ar
rived yesterday on the city of Berlin.
The Times says: Vignaux victory
over losSon last night was probably the
most wonderful exhibition of billiard
playing ever seen. 1t is to be borne
in mi d the game was arranged ex-
prtssly to make large runs by nursing
impossible and compel open table
play. At this game Vignaux made an
average which a fewyears ago was uu-
heard of at "straight billiards" and
has eclipsed AL records in respect to
both single uns and average. This
victory may bring about a result which
probsbly did not enter the calculations
of the persons who projected the tour,
nament.
The Brooklyn city court has been
occupied for two days in the second
trial of an action brought by Henry
Riddick against the Standard Oil Com
pany to recover one-sixth of the prop
erty on which their works are located
at Green Point, and which is worth
about a half million dollars. A grand
father of the plaintiff bought the
land nearly fifty years ago, and gave a
purchase mortgage on it Of $4,000.
The mother Of plaintiff. who was
John Haines' daughter, died five
days after plaintiffs birth. Plain.
tiff was then sent down to Virginia
to be brought up by the grandfather.
Horne married again and his second
wife on her death left one son. and in
her will cut off the children of the first
wife from their inheritance Of proper.
ty. She induced the mortgagee to
foreclose the mortgage and plaintiff
claimed he was not made a party to
the suit. The defense is that he was
made a party to the suit, and his name
instead of being Henry as he was sworn
was John Henry and under that name
he had been made a party to the &C
ton. His father and uncle, who is a
Methodist minister and baptized him,
swore his name was Henry, and a col
ored nurse swore that the grandfather
wanted him called John Henry. Defense
further showed he was married under
the name of John Henry. became a
member of the Masonic lodge under
that name, applied for life insurance
and divorced and obtained permission
to marry again under that name. TIT
jury found d verdict for the defendant
and Immediately afterwards the plain
tiff was arrested on the charge of pei
jury, on the ground that on "a formt
t'ial he swore he never signed his a
as John Henry or John II,
The Herald's Washington CORES
pendent says: "Mr. Hoyt is still
guest at the White House with Mis-
Cleveland, she is at home Informally
an hour each morning. A create
number call by card. These calls are.
however, not as a rule returned, bul
the White House ladies now and theI
make exception, and do return them
especially when callers are residents
of the city.
"The president had a long talk witt
Mr.. w. w. COrc0ran to-day, in REGARD
to some district matters that he in.
tends to present to congress in his
message. Mr.. Corcoran has been con.
suited very often by the presidents or
local affairs. Presidents Grant, Hayes
Garfield and Arthur always consulted
with him before making recommends
lions in regard to local matters"
A special to the Herald from Rich.
mond, says: al. b. ZONES, a young ant
prominent man here. was to-day ineC
one cent and given an hour in Jail BY
the jury in the Hastings court, foI
sending a challenge to fight a duel
The trouble out Of which the HOSTILE
correspondence grew occurred il
August last. No meeting took place
and the difficulty was amicably ad
justed. The officers. however, arrest
ed Jones, and he was tried to-day
This is the second time in the histor,
of the duelling laws of Virginia sine
the war. that any punishment has beef
inflicted for violation thereof"