The Ottawa free trader., 1889-10-26
From Sundays Daily.

The case of Warren & Co., the Board
of Trade commission men, against
Woods has come to sudden ending.
The testimony of the plaintiffs was
all that seemed necessary. They pre-
sented mass of evidence in the shape
of orders and letters which completely
nOnpluSSed the defendent. He neith-
er introduced testimony nor asked
leave to argue but merely threw up
his hands and allowed the case to go
to the jury without murmur The
verdict was given for the entire
amount, $12,277 .46. which was antici-
pated in yesterdays FREE TRADER.
Mrs. Eva A. Gray was given a
decree of divorce from William.
About three years ago William ar
rived in the quiet town of Usage, and
|although he was somewhat faded as
| to youth, so to speak, Eva accepted
him as her beau, being widow, and
| feeling that she was in need of the
protection of a strong right arm. At
| ter year of happiness unallOyed,
William made up his mind that he
was entitled to pension from Uncle
Sam for arduous services performed
| in the late unpleaSantneSS, and forth
with announced an intention of going
to Cincinnati, a city which he repre-
sented as blooming with pensions all
ready for the picking. He went to
Cincinnati, and said that he would
come back as soon as he got his pen
sion. Eva is Of the opinion that he
related a fairy tale, for since the
night of his departure she has lived
alone in the home at Mission, where
her bade he good-by.
Lyman Brown of Earlville confessed
Judgment in favor of Sarah II. Still
son, executriX of the estate of Samuel
II. StilsOn, deceased, for $10,571. On
Sept. IS, 1878, Brown made three notes
to StilsOn, aggregating $1,000 with in
tereSt at ten per cent. These notes
were wholly neglected, and on Satur-
day the interest had mounted up to
$5.571. nearly 5000 more than the orig
inal principal.
The case of John SlingSby, a farmer
of Wallace against the highway COM
missioners of that township, will come
up for argument next week, the proofs
taken before the Master in Chancery
Fullerton having been filed. Some
time ago the commissioners, desiring
to drain a road, constructed ditch
along SlingbyS farm. This ditch car
red the water from the road in excel
lent shape, but it was mere transfer,
as it accumulated on SlingSby's land,
a condition of affairs for which he asks
damages.
| From Tuesdays Daily.
Sheriff Morrisey and the Messrs. ID.
G.. and Geo. Mills went ont into Grand
Ridge last month, just few days be-
fore the law on chicken expired, and
as a consequence shot few of the
birds on the farm of Elmer j. HOdg-
son. Mr.. Hodgson kicked, but the
kick was unheeded. Hence fine of
five dollars around. Hence this APP
peal. The gentlemen maintain that
| the mistake of the engrOSsing clerk OF
the house, in making the date Sept.
ID, instead of Sept. |, as contemplated
by the legislature, invalidates the law
and they will carry it up to the Su-
preme Court.
Owing to Judges Blanchard and Di-
bell having some interest as party de-
fendant or counsel in the chancery
proceedings of Noble Jones VS.. George
L. Blanchard ct al, Judge Stipp came
up from Princeton yesterday, and the
cause is now on hearing before him.
1t involves the conflicting interests of
various mortgages of Blanchard, La
Salle's former grain speculatOr, among
them being Judge Blanchard and Sid
ney r. Blanchard, executors of the
will of Esther Chapman, deceased, and
Noble Jones, of MinOoka. who is repre-
sented by Capt. Hill, of Joliet, and w.
II. Stead, of this city. Mayo & Wild
mer, represent the executors, and
lJudge Gilbert and James II. Eckels