A Peculiar Contract

A peculiar contract has been made the basis of a claim for $3,000 against the estáte of the late T. S. Sanford. The claimantis the divorced wifeof Mr. Sanford now Mrs. Elpha L. Randall. The contract was made fouryears bef'ore the divorce and was that in the event of a separation between Mr. and Mrs. Sanford, he was to pay her $3,000 on his death. The contract expressly states that it was made without any contemplation of a separation. The claim was argued before the commissionera of the estáte, E. B. Pond, Wm. Campbell and J.M. VVing last Wednesday byj. C. Knowlton and J. F. Lawrence. Mr. Sanford lef t a legacy to Mrs. Bandall in his will, despite the fact that she had remarried.