Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10
Madison Matters


The articles of association filed with
the secretary of state were: The Lake
Mountain Mining company. capital
stock $1,000. 900; the object Of the CON-
pany is smelling, refining and min
ing of gold, silver and iron ores. The
incorporates are: q. A. Swineford.
Melvin Clark and B. X Cowles. The
Eau Claire Book and Stationery COM
pany, of Eau Claire. filed articles with
$4,000 capital stock. The Black RIVER
Falls Iron and Lumber railway com
pany, with S1,000,000 capital stock.
filed articles Wednesday. The COM
pany will build two branches of road.
connecting Black River Falls with the
Z. Nj. a ST. Paul and with the Green
Bay, Winona q St. Paul railway. The
lncorporators are; VIM. T. Price, H. ii
Price, r G. Jones, W. II. o. Harron, f.
A DeClair, G. L. Ainsworth, w. j.
Thompson, &. A. Goodyear. w. t. Muir
ray, ID. Spaulding and j. II. Meath.
The Lacrosse Library directors filed
articles with no capital stock. The
East Cooate Mining company, of Mil
wankee, filed articles with $50. 900 cap
ital stock.
There has been some changes made
in the departure of trains from Mad.
ison, the new timetable going into eff
feet this week. On the c., NJ & S.
Z. road the accommodation train which
formerly departed at 1886 now leaves
five minutes earlier, 1880. The earl,
morning passenger going west will now
leave at sos A. NJ, fifteen minutes later
than before, and the one going east at
night will leave five minutes earlier
than heretofore, the time of departure
now being l1:25 P. NJ. On the North.
western the changes will be much
| slighter, the change of time scarcely
varying more than two minutes from
the old timetable.
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some important decisions last week.
two of them concerning cases we'll
known in Grant county. The case oil
United States Express company against
Joseph jenkins came up, having been
appealed from Grant county. Tire ven
dict which the jury rendered in the cir
cult court was: CD That after the ar.
rival of the train of cars, at Boscobel, al
$3.50 p NJ, on the night Of june 20.
1882, the plaintiff employees left in it,
safe at that place $500; (2) That til,
same was stolen or embezzled there
from on that night; 90 But that Tia,
defendant did not have or receive an,
| part OF 1t Knowing that it had beer
stolen or embszzied form the plainiilf'
safe. and (4) The jury also returned ,
general verdict in favor of the defend
ant. The company appealed 10 the su
preme court from the judgment entered
upon this verdict and the suprem,
court reversed the decision of the circui
court chiefly on the ground of erroneou
instruction to the,jury. In another cas-,
in which Jenkins was prosecuted fo
stealing or for having wrongfuly re
ceived portion of the company's mon
ey, jenkins was convicted of having
stolen the same money which the sam,
circuit court refused to ask him to II
turn in the civil case; SO by the decision
of the supreme court in sustaining til,
action of the circuit court in the Grim
inal case and reversing that in the civi
case uniformity is preserved.
Several other important decision.
were rendered
That of the Western Union Telegraph
company against VIM. Thompson, o
| Boscobel, was decided in favor of tn,
latter.
Hon. VIM. E. Carter, of Platteville
and A. K. Bushnell, of Lancaster, wer,
in the city during the week on lega
business before the supreme court
The United States district court vii
try some important cases this week.
Madison, Dec z, 1885.