St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-27
THE SPECIAL TERM.
Small Calendar Disposed Of..A
Court Episode-eNew Cases.

court plSOOes8NeW CaSeSs
A special term calendar of thirty-One
cases was yesterday disposed of in the dis
trict court. In the assignment of Stair &
Co. to A. G. Kennedy. an order was made
accepting bid for the sale of stock. In
the assignment of Smith & Rosbach, an Or
der of discharge was made. In the assign
ment of Charles Nj. A nderson, an order of
sale was made. An order for So per week
aiimony was made in the divorce suit of
Rosa A. Parker VS.. Jerome T. Parker. In
the damage suit of Jaeger johnson VS.. The
Minneapolis Street Railway company, a
motion of the defendants, to vacate ver
dict for 81, 200 and new trial. was argued
and submitted. Frederick Kempfer was
granted divorce from Rachel kempfer on
the ground of desertiOn. Ellen L. Cool
baugh VS.. Eliza J. Roemer, motion for new
trial denied. j. G. Oswald d. Co. VS.. Pc
terson & Co., stricken off. J. G. Peters VS..
S. Ii. Wood ct al, motion for new motion
continued. Island Water Power company
VS.. G. A. MeDougall, order to show cause
why a lien should not be enforced; argued
and submitted. W. NJ. Bracket VS.. n. w.
Savage ct al; motion for new trial argued
and submitted. J. II. Long VS.. Chad
bourne & Mcclellan ct al; motion to vacate
Judgment granted. NJ. B. Wilcox VS.. st.
Paul & Northern Pacific Railway company;
order to show cause dismissed.
A COURT EPISODE.
At the special term Judge Koon granted
Frederick Kempfer divorce from Rachel
Kempfer. There was no appearance on the
part of the defendant and the statement of
of plaintiffs witness was received. 1t was
to the effect that he married Rachel Ander-
son at st. Paul, Oct s, 1872, that they
lived together until Dec. 1, 1881, when she
deserted him without cause.
As soon as the judges name was affixed
to the order it was carried to the clerks
office, and while certified copy of the de-
cree was being made out Mr. kempfer took
out license to marry Anna Angstrom.
NEW CASES.
John E. Ofstie yesterday commenced an
action against Anthony Kelly to recover
S4. 500 damages. The plaintiff rents the
portion of a building above the ground
floor, which is located on lot Z, block %.
original plat of Minneapolis, from the de-
fendant, whom it is claimed has created a
nuisance by locating vault Immediately in
front of the building and has failed to carry
out certain requirements of the lease in re-
gard to water supply, etc.
Murray, Warner Il Co. yesterday COM
menced an action to recover 1896 on a
promssorY note from Ferdinand Gagnun.
Mary A. Twiny yesterday commenced
action against Herbert II. Bonniwell, E.
P. Crabbe, Mary j. Bell and Jabez B. Shank
to recover possession OF certain lots in
Thwing. The defendants, it is claimed,
have failed to fulfill payments on contracts
which specified that any such failure should
cause the property to revert to the plain
tiff.
THE DIGNITY OF THE LAW.
D. S. Lindsey. saloonkeeper on Hen
nepin avenue near the Clark house, yeSter-
day refused to obey summons to appear
in supplementary proceedings against him.
and sent an insulting message to the court,
was yesterday arrested and required to give
bonds in $3.50 for his appearance Monday
| morning to show cause why he should not
be fined for contempt.
Underground Wires.
Aid. Cooley has returned from trip to
New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Wash
ington and other cities, where he has spent
| deal OF time in investigating the workings
OF underground wire systems. Yesterday he
said: Without doubt the best conduit system
| is the Dorsett system. The relative cost is in
favor of the cable. Conduits can be put in
for s4 foot or about $50, 600 per mile.
This includes the cost of royalty, material
and laying. The cost of the cable, of
course, depends upon the number of wires
we desire in the cable. A cable of twenty
! five wires for our main line of police serv-
| ice would cost rs cents to 81 per
foot. The first cost of laying the cable
is less than the conduit for the former can
go Immediately next to the surface and can
be laid anywhere in the street or sidewalk.
| However, with the conduits when once put