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in insolvency against him late Saturday
afternoon, but this petition was with
drawn this morning. The assets amount
TO 80, 20S.Si and include 500 press, type
and Office and shop furniture valued at
S425 and uncolected accounts due
amounting to S2,0S3.S4. The amount OF
the liza bilities Is about 5000 and the heav-
lest creditors are the First National Bank
OF Pawtucket, that holds Mr.. Murrays'
notes for S2750, and the First National
Bank of this city holding notes for sos.
These notes were endors ed by J. NJ. Bren-
nan and y. W. Baxter Of this city, Ber-
nard keenan,, Il. W. Robinson, C.J. Farms
worth and others OF Pawtucket. Among
the other creditors are the Boston Type
Foundry for s153.20; John. Carter & Co.,
for Ss3s. 3S and Owen Murray 1850. The lat
ter's claim is for wages due and there are
a mum Der OF other claims vf similar ma
ture. The first meeting of creditors Will
be held on Friday, the 9th inst.
Inc troubles OF Mr.. Murray will not,
1: is stated, interfere with tbe continue
publication of the paper,
The cases of Sheffield Smith ct al. vs..
Henry :. Smith and Henry S. Smith vs..
Joseph w. Smith were announced.ss dis
continued without costs at the calling of
the assignment calendar in the appellate
court this morning.
The docket of uncontested petitions for
divorce will be in order on December Z,
and and ct no otner time.
AGENT AND EMPLOYEE DISAGREE.
Before Judge Wilbur and jury today
was tried the suit of Joseph kershaw
against Richaro w. Lockwood and
Thomas hubby. co-partners, who do
business under the name of the Centre
dale Sosp Works, TO Ieoover $500 commits
sion for the sale OF soan. Mr.. Kershaw is
travelling salesman for mill supplies
and he claims that on September 2, 1896
one of the defendants came TO him and
asked him to sell the soap made By them
to the mills with which he did business
and he was to receive a quarter of a cent
a pound on all the soap mace by the con-
cern, whether he sold 1t or someone else
did. According to the statements made
by the plaintiff he sold the soap until
March, 1896, when failing to receive the
compensation due him he discontinued
the sale of the criticize aud brought suit
to recover the sum named.
The defendants denied that they owed
the plaintiff ~ such sum rs he claimed
and that he sold but a small amount of
thsir soap, for which he was to receive a
quarter OF a cent pound on all soap sold
by him and not on all made by them.
Lee x Tillinghast were the plaintiffs
attorneys and Bassett q Mitchell repre-
sented the defendants.
This was assignment duy in this divis-
ion and large number of cases were as
signed. The above case Is the first one
not an appeal case tried since vacation.
CHARGES NOT SUSTAINED.
Emil Dupre, chef for Nathaniel Ihayer,
the Boston millionaire, whose petition
for divorce from his wife, Elsie Dupre
Of Boston was heard in the appellate
court in Newport tho,week before last has
been denied divorce. Dupre, was
declared TO be a monomaniac, a. pre-
liminary hearing for an allowance in this
city on Sept. 8. The charges we're cruel
treatment and adultery and the court finds
that the charges were not proved. Mrs.
Dupre stated at the preliminary meeting
hearing referred to, that she and her
husband had accumulated about $500
since their marriage. The husband nao
made similar charges against his wife he
fore ana once had her crested out she
was promptly discharged by the court be-
fore whom their case came. Dupre's posi-
tion Of chef brings him abont 800
month.