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tion without property. John Foreman died about six years ago and David Fall three years ago. George Miller is now living in Anamosa at the age of ninety years, with but little property. S. D. Potter is still living in Greene county, but has no property. Robert Johnson is now seventy-one years old, having been born in Delaware county, Ohio, in 1838. He was married in Jones county in 1861 to Miss Mary Saum and they raised a daughter and son to womanhood and manhood during the progress of the Jones County Calf

An Old Boston

Case. Concerning the suit, Mr. Johnson, who is wealthy and recently gave a substantial contribution for the building of a new church, says: "I know I was right in this case. I do not regret the tiresome litigation. My honor and integrity were questioned. It pays to fight under such circum stances. I lost my farm of one hundred and sixty acres and all my property, but I feel well repaid. My wife, my children and my friends know now I was inno cent and I can look any man in the face without a blush."

Firm of Law Publishers

in a New Home

THE Green Bag deems it appropriate, in connection with the removal of the publishing house of Little, Brown & Co. from the location on Washington street, Boston, which it had occupied for about eighty years, to a new site on Beacon Hill, to present to its readers a short sketch of a firm which has had a long and honorable history and is familiarly known to lawyers as one of the foremost in the country in the publication of law books. The former headquarters of the con cern served as a general meeting place for leading members of the American bench and bar for years. This is known to be one of the three or four oldest American firms of law publishers and booksellers now doing business. Its origin dates back to 1784, when Ebenezer Battelle kept a bookstore on Marl borough street, then that part of the present Washington street south of School street and north of Eliot street.

The business changed hands several times until Timothy H. Carter, an apprentice, left in sole charge of the bookstore (when it was owned by Jacob A. Cummings and William Hilliard), foresaw the importance of law books. After he was admitted as a partner in 1821 the firm name became Carter, Hilliard & Co. Mr. Carter devoted most of his time to the production of law books, and from that time the number and importance of the legal text-books commenced to increase. Finding the work too much for him, Mr. Carter advertised for a clerk, and Charles C. Little was hired. When Mr. Cum mings died and Mr. Carter had with drawn from the firm, Harrison Gray came in, and in 1827 a new firm, under the title of Hilliard, Gray & Co., was formed, the "Co." being Mr. Little. In 1830 the firm moved to 112 Wash ington street, afterwards changed to number 254. There its business in law