Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-31
Madison Matters.

by the explosion of boiler of the
c. N. W. R'y. Co. at Fl. Atkinson.
He brought suit against the company
and secured 81 so damages.
The next case was that OF Mrs Cath
crime Fishburne VS.. the Chicago, Mill
waukee and st. Paul railway company.
This case was brought against the com
pany for the amount OF $4,000. Mrs.
Fishburne, the plaintiff, purchased
Il ticket at Pipestone, Mime
sofa, for Edgerton OF the same state.
When the train reached Edgerlon she
told the conductor that she would pur-
chase ticket for Chicago and post
pone her stop at Edgerton until her
return trip. She accordingly stepped
into the depot and asked for ticket to
Chicago. which the agent procured,
the price being $3.50. She handed
the agent a twenty dollar bill and VIXEN
he returned her the change the con-
ductor shouted "ail aboard and she
hastely gathered up her change and
stepped aboard the cars, supposing that
she had taken her ticket with the
change that the agent had given her
When the train was about half mile
from the station, the conductor came
through collecting tickets and Mrs.
Eishburne failed to lind hers. She
claimed that she was forced from the
train by the conductor who acted very
yudely toward her. The company
claimed that the lady volunteered
to leave the train and 90 back and
see what had become of her ticket and
that it was to her advantageto do 20.
On arriving at the station she de-
manded the ticket of the agent who
insisted that he had given it to her.
She went to her daughters house in
Edgerton and on the next day the
agent found the ticket in the safe where
he had placed the money he had reeeiv-
ed from her the evening before. There
upon he FASTENED to the house, where he
found Mrs. Fishburue and offered her
thf ticket and to make any possible
amends for the mistake, but these were
rejected and a suit for SIC, 600 damages
was instituted for the ''severe nervous
and Illuminating Shock she had re-
ceived The jury, however, could not
see that such heavy injury had been
sustained and returned verdict in
favor of the defendant.
Thus the company was justified in
the course it had pursued in Offering to
make proper amends for the mistake
and private parties were taught that
If corporations offer proper amends
for accidents or mistakes that it is
best TO accept it at once.
The next case was that of The Mer-
chants National Bank OF Chicago VS..
Chicago Railway Equipment company
The Equipment company gave two
promissory notes of $4,000 TO the bio
Saltwater Car company previous to
its failure and endorsed by that de-
funet institution to the Chicago bank.
Notes and interest amounted to $40.
943 70. The Equipment company held
that the notes were not negotiable on
account of certain agreements which
they contained, but after the trial had
attracted much attention and legal con-
treversy the verdict came in on Friday
in favor of the Merchant National
Bank. This decision will make COED
about $3.50, 600 worth of similar paper
against the Equipment company, which
they have issued.
Mr.. X. Is. Showalter, superintendent
OF Grant county insane asylum was in
the capital city on Friday and Saturday
TO effect transfer of five patients from
the State Hospital to the Grant county
asylum. rhe patients he took in
charge were Mary buckingham, Ann
Connolly, Rachael Alexander, MARY
Vanderbilt and Julia Filzgibbon.
These were Crawford county patients
which were taken to the Grant county
asylum for maintenance Two other
patients were sent some time ago.
Daniel O'Neill and Solomon Bounscher
An interview with Prof A. O. Wright
of the state board of charities and re-
form put US in possession of some inn
portant facts concerning the count,
asy lums. There are in the state Is
county asy lums containing S35 patients
The county asylums are intended es-
pecially for chronic patients. Dane
county S asylum is the largest, CON
tanning 100 patients; the expenses last
year were $40, 0l9 06; the income from
state and otner counties was SlI .8O9. 81,
which gives Dane county a gain of
81, $50 So, Ehe current EXPENSES bel
week for each patient is $3.50 wnich is
trlfle more than the cost at the Gram
county asylum. The patients at the
State Hospital cost 81. 46 per week; al
The Northern Hospital is 1897. The
average cost per week in tne county
asylum it is $l.75. The reason the
county asylums are cheaper is because
the most OF the living is raised BY them
upon the asylum farms and the farms
are run by praeti, al farmers. The
patients also improve in body anu
mind by working the farms and are
kept nearer their homes. Lacrosse,
Iowa and Sank counties will probably
build one each next year.
An important debate was held at
the University FRIDAY night, the question
ocing: Resolved, rnat trades unions
are beneficial 10 the iaboring classes.
Inc occasion of the debate was the
Ahthenean soclstys sophomore. semi-
public. The affirmative was MAIN
tanned by Messrs, Cowdery and Beg
iInger who strote 10 prove that the
trades unions lessened the hours OF
labor, increased The wages aud proved
beneficial to the wurkIngmen IS pc
neyolent societies. Messrs. Geiger and
heely of the negative showed thai tne