Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-01-23
SUPREME COURT.

The following cases argued at q former term.
were disposed of: -
p. ChOuteau Jr. ct al. rs. Edmund Rice, APP
pelldnt.-Two appeal cases from the Dist. Court
of Ramsey County. One from order setting
aside judgment, and the other from an order
setting aside Referees report. Appeal in both
cases dismissed, on the ground that the orders
complained of were matters Of discretion and
not appealablc under our Statutes. Masterson
& Becker for appellcnt-Amcs 4 Van Etten Or
Respondents.
Franklin Steele rs. Arnold ". Taylor, ct al,
appellants. from Dist. Court Ramsey
County. The suit was commenced in Chancery
against Taylor alone for specific performance.
An order was made, admitting as co-defendants,
upon petition, purchasers of the property in dis
putc at Sheriff's sales, which sales were made up
on judgments recovered against Taylor during
the pen ,cncy of the Chancery suit This order
was subsequently vacated, upon which the parties
thus admitted appealed. The order appealed
from, vacating former order, afirmed.-North
Secomb.for Appellants, Amcs Rice, Hollins-
head & Becker for Respondent.
NAPLES & Zirkle VS.. Coit-plG. in error.-Er-
ror to the District Court Of Washington County.
Judgement of the Court below affirmed. Ames
{ Van Ettcn for plff in error. Moss for deft. in
error.
The United States VS.. Wyman Baker-rlf. in
County, Judgment of the Court below affirmed
Moss for pff. in error-Becker for deft. in error.
The following new causes were on the Calen-
dar.
RIP Russel<S. The Minnesota Outft.-Appel-
liant appeal from judgment rendered upon Report
of referee in District Court, Ramsey County
Judgment of Court below affirmed. Ames & Van
Etten for appellant -North & Secombe for re-
spondent.
John n. ALL VS.. R. B. Johnson.-Appellant ap-
peal from decree in Chanccry made in District
Court, Washington County. Argued and held
under advisement. Ames & Van Etten for ap
pellant-Thompson & Parker for respondent.
.Ames & IIoyt vs.. Ira Sanford. Appellant ap-
peal from judgment of District Court, Ramsey
County. Judgment of Court below affirmed with
out argument, by consent of parties. Ames
Van Etten for ppcllant-Mastcrson Simons
for respondents. .........
Appeal from judgement of Dist. Court of Ram
sey County.
Argued and held under advisementS Ames &
Van Ettcn for Appellant, Masterson& Simons for
Respondents.
David c. Murray Appellant, vs.. Marcus s.
Johnson.-Two appeal cases from Dist. Court of
Ramsey County, continued on payment by Applt.
of Term fee. Newell & Tompkins for Applt.,
Ames Van Etten for Respondents.
The following gentlemen were admitted to the
bar: Messrs. Henry w. Cowles, Henry L. Carver,
Hawke, Elnathan w. Packard, Edward F. Par
ker, William Sprigg Hall. Alexander c. Jones,
George A. Nourse, Lyman G. Dayton, Harwood
Iglehart, William Colville, Nj. Walker Irvine,
Andrew C. Dunn, VIM. j. Parsons, James B.
Wakefield, Lewis Branson, Oren L. Hayes, Henry
Kinds.
Court adjourned without day On Monday Jan.
18th, 1855.
CONSOLIDATED BRooKLyN.-To day, the act con-
solidating the cities of Brooklyn andWillams-
burg, under the name of BROOKLYN, will take effect
project, the passage Of the legislative acts au c
thorizing it, and the holding of the elections by
the people requiring and approving of the act,
has been mostly effected within the past two years.
Brooklyn, by this act, will rise in point of popula
ton from the rank of the seventeenth to that of
the third city in the Union. New York and Phil
adelphia only are its superiors in the numbers of
their inhabitants, but Brooklyn is nearly equal to
either of them in its By this act of con-
solidation, Brooklyn steps in advance of Boston,
Baltimore, Cincinnati and New Orleans, all of
which, at the last census, were cities of consider
ably greater size. The territory Of the CONSOLE
dated city will be twenty-five square miles. Its
extent, in a straight line from Newton Greek, its
northern boundary, to its southern limit south of
Gowanus Bay, is seven and a-haf miles. From
Fulton Ferry to the eastern extremity of the CITY.
the distance is five miles, 1t will commence it's
era with population of at least two hundred
thousand persons.-N. Y. Tribune.
The causes for which Mahometan women NAV
petition for divorce, are all laid down, in language
not to be mistaken, in their book of faith. the
Koran. The Mahometan law supposes women to
be, as they should, virtuous, innocent and lovely
NOT capable of doing an act which would drive
her from her husband without sufficient cause.
The law takes into consideration the retired and
unpresuming character which is so justly accorded
to the female SEX and makes every effort to spare
her feelings from that disagreeable sensation
summing up of past Injuries would be likely to
cause. Hence she only has to appear before the
proper authority, the Cadi, and make her wants
known, by reversing her slippers, that is, with
their soles upwards, and the case is fnished-ths
divorce granted without any more inquiry.
MIME RIrLE.-This deadly weapon is fast SUI
preceding the musket, and must eventually drive
the latter out of use.-An exchange thus describes
it:
This rife is French invention, but as far as
the construction of lock, stock and barrel is con-
cerncd, it appears not to differ materially from
our common rifle; but the advantage gained is
mostly owing to the different and peculiar con-
struction of the ball. The bullet is not round,
but oval, the forward part being like the small
end Of birds egg. In the hind part, or that ly-
ing next the powder, the ball is followed out,
and in this hollow is placed a small cup of sheet
iron. In loading, the ball is driven home to its
place with the ease of that of the common mus
ket but on the discharge of the gun, the force of
the powder drives the little cup of sheet iron into
the leaden bullet and expands it, so that it fills
the barrel completely, and being thus compelled
to conform to the windings of the barrel in pass
ing out, the desired whirling motion is acquired,
as in the common rife. Their effect is proven to
be SUCH that thew will probably drive the musk OF