The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-04-02
News from the County Seat.

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II as many cases go over as did last term
it will be a-short session.
In Probate. tt,-,,,E
Thomas King, guardian, files petition
for orler totsnll land. Yl0t5{ E
Last will Of Paul Limbach, dece ased
late of Brownhelm, admitted to probate
Widow elects 10 take under the will.
Clayton G Chapman appointed admin
isirator Of estate Of John Nohilley, de-
ceased, late oi Carlisle, .}flJGfDt
Las, win OF John W Burcell, deceased,
late of Elyria. admitted to probate and
widow elects to take under the will.
l. II Wilcox appointed administrator
of estate of z ] Wilcox, deceased, late
Of Russia
Ida NJ Bulcroft adjudged insane and
ordered conveyed to asylum foi insane
al Toledo, o.. So
/, New business IN Common Pleas.
q W Johnston VS. Angeline Brown,
money only. ,yN ~ ~,N,,'t.
w. Rininger VS. r. J. Robinson ct al,
money. ,inreclosure of moi tgage and equi-
table relief. So,
Mary L Kimball ct al VS. W IA G Lyon
et al and W C Allen administrator, de
bonis non, with the will annexed oil the
estate of L f. Ward, deceased, TO quiet
title.
&C Bryant VS. A Tubieran, money
only. Appealed from ], p.
The famous Warren VS. Warren eject
meni case occupied the attention Of the
court, jury and several attorneys, from
Tuesday morning Of last week until
yesterday, when the jury reported that
there was no probability that Ii could
agree, and were discharged by the court.
The case will go over to next term for
trial unless settled by the parties. The
matters Of fact of course, were submitted
to the Jury as to who was entitled TO
possession Of the premises, but aside from
the facts there are several disputed
points of law, which form no small fac-
tor in the settlement of the whole ques-
,ion. II Is doubtful If a final decision
and disposition is reached before II
reaches the supreme court.
About the year 1852, Malachi Warren,
slave holder from Alabama, settled In
0berlin, bringing with him family Of
slaves owned by him, consisting Of a
mother named Ellen, and several child
rem. His history, together with that of
the slave mother forms an interesting
feature Of the present controversy over
the righ,ful ownership Of the two hun
dred and thirty seven acres Of land situ-
aied in Russia township, near 0berlin,
now in the possession of s. b. Dudley
who has had possession Of most Of the
premises by virtue Of lease for more
than twenty-one years, and now claims
title by purchase from Malachi Waren's
lawful heirs.
The interest In the history Of this fam
lily who bore the relation Of master and
slave so long as they llyed IN the South
opens with the first meeting between
Malachi and Ellen, in 1884. AT that time
Warren was a single man forty-two years
old, being born In Georgia in 1903. He
was moi the owner Of a plantation, bui
evidently q, dealer In slaves, and had 0
father and brother residing in Lowndes
county, Alabama, who were planters
Early in. 1884 he went TO Richmond, Va.
Tor the purpose Of purchasing slaves
At the hotel where he stopped, he frs
met Ellen, who was then sixteen YEAR
old, and the servant Of q young mistress
named Jackson, who was also a CUES
at. the hotel. Ellen was handsome
quadroon, and Warren Immediately ne.
gntiated for her purchase. The mistress
firmly refused to part with her slave on
any other condition than that size was "a
be made house servant by, her pur-
chaser, saying before she would allow hei
10 be sold In the market che would take
her TO Canada, where she would be free
The negotiations were conducted IN the
presence Of Ellen, but she does not name
the price paid Tor her. No'-''s.
After the purchase Ellen was sent BY
Warren across the street 10 the Eagle
tavern, 10 remain until he vas ready 70
90 South, when they started tor Alabama
In a covered wagon, with other slaves
he had purchased, and arrived : AZ his
brother's In Lowpdes county, some time
In April. They lived one year on the
plantation Of his brother LabaD, then two
years at his fathers, and alter thai she
kept house for Malachi. She rs now
seventy-thfee years old, and did not re.
member many daiss ol events pn, which
she wsa questioned. but Judged Thereof
by the ages Of her children, Of whom
four were born IN iAlabsmA and Z cam,
North with thspn. Mary ahs sSeldest. /. wa
born May 10Th, 1887; Jsmes, May 22d
1888 Alonzog june LIST, 1874. and An
drew. In September, 4. 1916. one ioritwc
children died In infancy. y.s44is5 Es9osaaa
The nostimporlant part Of her ,esti
mony related 70 a,fofm,of marriage wliisi
she states took Aplaco In Alabama 6h,
says that after Mary wasbcrpshe tolt
Warren that she did n6t1ike 70 i've II
1hai unu and La rni har on Eor a Tim.