Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-01
COURT CALLED,
Opening Day of tho September Term of
the District Court.

Opening Day of tho September Term of
the District Court.
The September, or fall term, of tho district
court began yesterday, opening to large
audience. The st. Paul, bar was out in full
attendance, and few other attorneys from
other sections of the State were present,
noticeably Hon. Gordon E. Cole, of Fari-
bault, and WV. McNair, of Hennepin county.
Here and there client of the lawyers was
on hand. lust to keep watch as it were.
Judge Wescott Wilkin was on the bench
The first order of business was to lnduct
the grand Jury into their bus iness. Prelim-
inarv to this roll call was made, and all
answered to their names as heretofore pub
l1shed in the GLOBE, excepting Bruno Beaupre,
who was reported as mot FOUND" Excuses
being next in order, the leniency of the court
was extended to Henry Lamb, E. M. Dean,
VIM. H. Kelly, and Robert Banks, colored,
and Alexander Ramsey, secretary of war-to-
be, were excused because incapacitated from
service on account of old age. This left
only seventeen grand Jurors for service.
County attorney Rogers called the courts
recollection to the last term of court, the
trouble and difficulty attending business by
the grand jury, owing to there being only a
quorum for business. This term there
were large number of cases to be investi-
gatsd and it we're we'll to begin procsedln gs
with full grand jury.
Thereupon the court ordered special ve-
ire to be issued, made returnable to-day at
one O'Clock A. NJ.
THE GALL OF THE CALENDAR - &
followed the above the court
proceeded to the cali of the cal
endar, and tho hearing of motions on the
respective cases. All the forenoon session
was consumed in the call, there being on
the civil calendar 257 cases. Besides receiv-
ing notice from attorneys that such cases
were ready for trial by court or jury, the
following cases we're disposed of as follows:
Continued by consent-Lorenzo Allis VS..
w. F. Davidson; Mary Greve vs.. the city of
St. Paul; John Wann VS.. James H. Donald
son; in the matter of the appeal of Eliza A.
butcher from order of probate court; Will
lett Bronson vs.. Horace Austin; Henry
O'Gorman, judge of probate court, vs.. the
estate of Nathaniel Mclean; Adeline Taylor
VI. the city of st. Paul; John V. Farwell
d Co. vs.. L. Elerlick and Julius Austrian
Moses Metzstein vs.. M. j. Mendelson 1.-TWO
eases.)
Striden from the calendar-Bertha Golfer
vs.. James Golfer; Otto Montgomery vs.
Charles Faber, VIM. II. Braden vs.. John
O'Donnell impleaded with VIM. Graham
Theresa Quinn vs.. Daniel Quinn, settled;
Maurice Auerbach ct al. vs.. The LIE Sueul
Mill company, Edwin s. Chittenden, re-
ceiver; b. M. Rice, county treasurer, vs..
Kiefer & Heck; Frederick J. Hoffman vs.
VIM. j. Parson; VIM. Dawson ct al. vs.. The
Girard Life Insurance, Annuity & Trust
company, of Philadelphia; Margaret Grams
ton vs. Michael O'Brien; Samuel s. Green.
wood vs. VIM. P. Murray as trustee, ct al.
Horny O'Gorman as probate judg vs.. VIM
L,ndeke..
The following cases were disposed of al
follows:
Michael La Barge vs.. the city of st. Paul
and Joseph Galina vs.. the city of st. Paul
dismissed, as per stipulations filed.
Edmon A. Boyd ct al, vs.. Catharine Boyd
ct al, transferred to United States court.
Boyer, Rex, Hoff & Co. vs.. s. Selleck, and
r. Pearce Va. S. Selleck; transferred to Wash.
ington county, MINI.
Besides the above various motions on or
der cases we're made, notice given, etc.
The afternoon was consumed in hearing
motion for Judgment, in favor of plaintiff
on pleadings in the case of E. G. Palmer
administrator, etc., vs.. John D. Pollock.
The court ordered that no judgment be
entered by county, on account of perso nal
tax, during the day.
THE GRAND JURY.
AS seen in the above, the grand jury was
not ready to 60 to business yesterday. The
likelihood is that the jury will be duly quail,
fled and charged to-day, after which, with
the GLOBE, the august body will go into &C.
eret session to indict, etc., all responsible
criminals who may be brought before them