Show DEFECTIVE TITLE ri 11 caw causing I 1 n gy extensive e litigation Litt a TRE WIFE DID NOT SIGN N now ow the laud land is worth 1 L I an acre and law I 1 make trouble f special to tris I 1 dec 30 jud judge ZaVy kman has haa before him today in the special term of tho the westchester chester county court i at white plains a auit which dadea baek back over fitt fifty years and has haa required require d a i search rii rv research earch of records for one hundred and twelve cwek a years it is ia that of 0 esther woods wooda whose cheso husband one of the old judges judge judgeson of westchester county abid a large arge tract of land in 1840 an and over looked the t ae tact fact that his bia cifa ifo shoals join in the conveyance this flaw in ic the title was not discovered covered dia until 1875 ben suit gnit for her dower was instituted and the caso has ever since brzen been awaiting in trial eminent counsel has been retained on both sides hides owing to the magnitude of the interests tereta in at stake some of the land involved havin having g been e old o for as much as one hundred thousand b dollars an acre within a few mouths months 4 barari burari forar special tofia to THE I 1 naw nsw dec 30 A quiet investigation ti is ir in progress here growing out of tha recent arrest in edinburgh of alexander rowlana howland smith a lawyers clerk who for some soma time past has beer been in forging and selling manuscript purporting to shave nave been written by deott macaulay Maca burns and other celebrated authors aut bora smith has bats been bee I 1 committed for trial in the superior buderi yu or courland Cour tand the inquiries now in progress in this city are with a view of establishing est ablis h inythe the fact that a large number ol of these forged marim manuscripts scripts have found their way in into the possession of american collectors col lectora win 4 stick tui tall f special to ans CHICAGO dec SO A number of capitalists ita lists are in the tha city today lor for tho the purpose of holding a conference con berning th the now new eatock yards firm which is to be brought irto into existence within a few weeks with a capital ot of a quarter of a million dollars dollar rf and which it is expected ext acted will ship over ono one hundred thousand head ot cattle annually annual to this cita those thosa interested in the tha venture veatura include 9 T eaton A B gregory and samuel lazarus of texas and edward titus of kansas city |