The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-12-01
COURT PROCEFDTNyS.

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after u weeks session, to the agreeable
surprise Of most persons. for a several
weeks term had bsen anticipated.
Besides the cases reported last week
as disposed of, we fnd the following to
be about the record of the proceedings:
INDICTMENTS.
The grand jury found only two in
dictments, having pro6ted by the
charge of Judge Severance and thus
avoided the puerils proceedings and
long sitting Of last spring where all
sorts of petty complaints were enter
tanned. The indictments found this
term were against E. l.. johnson for
larceny, who has given bail for his ap-
pearamce ut the March term, aud
against E. Cooper for shooting that
same everlasting hog.
LIQUOR CASES.
The liquor Cases excited some inter-
est, but were very quietly disposed Of.
The four or five indictments against
hen Iangdon and one against Chas.
Chase were quashed, or the demurrer
III each case was sustained. Eut the
Judge agreed to have one of the cases
certified to the supreme court in order
to have decision upon the question
raised in each case, viz: whether under
our village charter actions could be
brought under the state law for the sale
Ut liquor in Worthlngton. Judge Sew
erance held the same view Of tile mat
ter that was held Ivy Judge Farmer last
spring, viz: that under our village
charter we are under II prohibitory law,
and that actions brought for selling
without license, Or brought 1T all under
the state law, cannot be sustained, 1t
will be remembered that Judge Fa! mer
last spring affirmed the decision Of tie
justice III order to have one Of the
l.angdon cases carried to the higher
court with \ view to securing a final
DECISION Oh this very point, but the ap.
peal WAS not perfected and hence the
case was not carried up.
IAA CASES
Another lutte. estlng feature of the
term was Il half Owen cases III which
the payment of taxes was resisted on
n .mber Of poi It's which at first sight
seem fmsy and altogether technical.
Thus the main points made in these
cases were:
l. The notice accompanying the de-
inquent list as published last summer
was not according to law. 2. A GER
titled copy Of the tax list was not filed
by the auditor with the clerk of the
court on or before the 18th Of June. as
required by law. 3. a certified copy Of
the resolution Of the county board des-
ignating the paper in which the delin-
quent tax list was to be published was
not filed by the auditor with the clerk
Of the court, as the law requires. 4.
The list was hot duly verified 5. AS
to the printing, it was claimed that the
use Of the lower case letter ''l' i'll place
Of the figure Il" as was done in some
instances, was not Il correct publication
and that the omission Of the ''$' and
ct" marks at the head Of the column
Was not legal publication. since tue
figures would not show the amount Of
tax due without these marks.
Another interesting point raised was
that land was not taxable unit Il patent
has issued from the government, where.
rs the rule has been to assess the land
rs soon as the duplicate issues.
On the everlasting NJ L. Church lots
in the village 1.-THE old lots wl,-reon the
burned hall stood), the point was raised
that they were church property and
hence could not he taxed.
All these tax cases the Judge has u,l-
der Amusement, and fifteen days are
given the attorneys to file arguments.
WESTSIDE.
Farmers have gone into winter quar-
tiers. The h. avy rains have destroyed
tie potato crop. Cellars mostly filled
witt, water. Pota OF crop mostly rot.
ted in the ground and what WAS dug
free. No wrod or coal To be had at
ANY railroad stations.
Two Of my neiglbors seem to feel
very much greve'' over the defeat Of
their ticket. Mr. ". came for his mail
and opened the ADVANCE and saw the
great Shanghai Ro''ster Growing. He
said, III stop that paper. Won't
ave a. P. Miller Growing over me like
that" The paper was stopped.
THAT man was John Wise.nan. H.
came in and paid up like Il man, asked
it we were all square now and bowed
himself out without another word.-
ED. ADVANCE
Mr.. l.. G. took it little more coollv
said hr had found out which was the
dent ticket. He said it WAS whisAry
aud money that had elected the ticket
and that 4 man in Adrian furnished Il
number Of gallons and bought up votes.
Cheap enough. I always heard that
you could buy Democratic votes with
whisky hut not Republican,. RS.
ri wills, had done it. the Cronke.ls
would have carried their ticket for
they have never failed to use it since
we Can remember in this county. But
if whisky will do the business. We adj
v.rtisr now for several barrels If that
brand. Like Lincoln. we want to give
some Of Thar whisky to the rest Of our
generals Ed. ADVANCED
The Warrington Journal of last
week may have been an exceedingly ~.
teresting paper hut if it was we were
unable I" see it. our copy was 8" poorly
printed We never conld understand
why pu' fishers persist in sending to ex-
changes the blurred and half printed
papers that very naturally commence
will, the first two or three printed. IF
We ever happen to say a e cd thing. it
is our brother pencil pnshers. ahove AL
others. that we are anxious to have see
thence we aim to always send orr
exchanges wpll-printed and tasty papers
If possible Heron Lake Guardian.
o. Won innocent! The whole edition
was printed that wav. We hear Of a
numhpr who took their n3nprS hack n nd