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Rh his trade-cart. The following remarkable con versation took place : — Defendant. I have taken out a license since. Mr. Bowles (Chairman of the Bench). Even if you had had a license when the officer saw you driving, you had no right to have a female and child with you. Defendant. The female is my wife, and the child is ours. Mr. Bowles. That does n't matter. You must not have anything in your cart but your tradegoods. Defendant. Not even my wife? Mr. Bowles. No. Defendant. I was going to Waltham Market to sell things, and took my wife with me to mind the pony. What harm is there in that? ' Mr. Bowles. Well, it is opposed to the law. A tradesman is only allowed to convey the goods in which he deals in his cart. Defendant. Well, I always understood that a man and his wife were one, and that there could be no harm in their riding out together. Mr. Bowles. In this instance the law will not permit it You must not drive your wife or chil dren about in your trade-cart. You can only take with you a person to deliver your goods. Defendant. It seems a strange law. Mr. Bowles. We cannot help that. You have broken it, and must pay $s. and costs, or go to prison. The money was paid.

Recent Deaths.

Stephen V. R. Trowbridge, ex-Attorney-Gen eral of Michigan, died at Birmingham, in that State, on April 19. He was born Jan. 1, 1855, near Birmingham, Oakland County, and had always been a resident of the State. His early education was gained in the schools at Birmingham, and he entered the literary department of the University at Ann Arbor, with the class of '76, of which class he was elected orator in his senior year. In 1879 he entered the law office of Hon. A. B. Morse, of Ionia, and in 1881 was admitted to the bar and also to a membership in the law firm of Morse, Wilson, & Trowbridge. For seven years he con tinued the practice of law in Ionia, taking an active interest in politics, and soon became known as one of the most promising of the younger mem bers of the bar in the State. In recognition of this fact he was nominated by the Republican State Convention of 1888 for the office of AttorneyGeneral, anil was elected by a large majority. He assumed the duties of his new position; but after some months, failing health compelled him to re sign and also to retire from the active practice of his profession. Judge M. H. Owsley, one of the most promi nent lawyers in Kentucky, died on May 4. Judge Owsley was born in Burksville, Cumberland County, Ky., and was a son of Dr. Joel and Mary A. Owsley. His ancestors were prominent people, and came from Virginia. He was a graduate of Centre College, Danville, Ky., in the famous class of 1854. He began the study of law, attended lectures in Lexington and Louisville, and gradu ated from the law department of the University of Louisville in 1856. He located at Burksville and commenced the practice of his profession, and soon became a leading member of the bar of Southern Kentucky and won a large and lucrative practice. In 1861 he entered the Federal army as Captain of Company I, First Kentucky Cav alry, remaining with that regiment for four months, after which he was transferred to the Fifth Ken tucky Cavalry and promoted to Major. He was in numerous engagements in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. Major Owsley retired from the service in 1862 to take the office of Common wealth's Attorney in this judicial district to which he had been elected. He was re-elected in 1868 without opposition, was elected Circuit Judge in 1874, and in 1880 was re-elected. Algernon Sidney Hubbell, the oldest lawyer in New Jersey, died at his home in Newark, N. J., April 19, at the age of ninety-one years. He was born in Lanesboro, Berkshire County, Mass. His father was Wolcott Hubbell, who fought at the battle of Bennington in the Revolution, and was afterward a State Senator of Massachusetts and Judge of the County Court. Mr. Hubbell studied law at Troy, N. Y., and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1824. He became asso ciated with George N. Briggs, afterward Governor of the State. He was also elected a member of the Massachusetts Legislature. In 1836 he re