The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-08-02
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COURT
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Court adjourned on Friday last. af-

COURT
Court adjourned on Friday last, af-
ter the hearing of several interesting
cases. The case of Goldschmidt vs..
The Trustees of the Worthington n.
E. Church, was the one of principal in-
terest. The testimony was taken and
counsel are allowed, we understand, 30
days to present a written argument,
before the Judge renders a decision.
The facts ELECTED are substantially -
stated in the ADVANCE on several &C.
casions, viz: That the Methodist
Church Trustees used the Church
money to obtain notes to the amount
OF about $500 which they had given
DR.. Miller on the Hall. A thousand
dollars of this money was donated by
the Reamingtons. For less than ST.
600 they bought up s. 500 of their own
notes given to DR.. Miller.
The case of Elihu Smith vs.. Jas. M.
Lyle, to recover possession of the Sher-
ills certificate on execution sale of GER
tain property, was also heard.
An interesting case came up just at
the close which the Judge, it seems,
mad not time to hear. A. NJ. Smith
made complaint against Daniel Rohr-
er for threatening to ''horse-whip, ="
'gut"and ''shoot' the aforesaid Smith.
The Judge was willing to extend the
time Of. hearing until Oct"ber, lsohrer
waived arraignment and promised to
give bail in the sum of $500 for his ap-
iearance. We understand that he has
not secured bail and that on some tech
nlcality he now refuses to give bail.
The public will await the issue will,
some interest. Tie Judge maintain
ed the dignity and the awful majesty
of the Court by lining some of us $40
last Spring for refusing to testify un-
til our fees were paid, and we are curl
Gus to know whether the high and
mighty Court will maintain it's dignity
by attending promptly to this matter.
y Vu tCll Ill0 1ilIIllclS YOU
were joking.-Journal.
Because we were in dead earnest.
We are in earnest and not joking when
we say there now is and has been for
four or five years Wortl,ington Ring
trying to control the county and to
keep themselves in office. Under the
blows of the ADVANCE they now say
through their organ that they are will
ing to divide the offices, giving half to
the town and half to the country. But
what right have they to divide up the
Offices and claim half for Worthimgton.
We are in earnest when we say that
the Journal is the organ of the Ring
and of the worst elements of the COM
munity, that is, of the men who expect
to live by preylng upon their fellow
men. We were in earnest when we
said that the journal was conceived in
Ringism, born in a blaze of Rowdyism,
and nurturel in spite. We were in
earnest When we told our people that
the moment the journal felt strong e.
nougll it would begin a series of person.
al attacks upon leading citizens. The
result has proven that we were correct.
The Journal has fulfilled every prople,
cy we uttered. 1t is doing exactly
what we said over and over in the AID
VANCE and in private it would do
Moreover, it is doing of all things the
best possible thing for the ADVANCE
making friends for us and disgusting
every decent man with itself. We were
in dead earnest when we objected tc
the acts of four or five men, serving as
Trustees of the NJ. e. Church but claim
ing to act as individuals, who took the
church money amounting to between
ST 500 and 81 900 and bought up some
81 500 of their notes which they had
given to DR.. Miller for the hall. Yes
we are in earnest as the infamous Jour
nal will find before we are through with
it.