The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-03-06
Circuit Court,


Monday before Judge Blanchard the mo
Lion for new trial in tie case Of Byrne
Hartshorn was overruled, and the case takci
to the Appellate Court.
The bill Of complaint brought by JOIN
Greenleaf against Emma Grcenlcaf and Au
gust Keep was on TUESDAY dismissed II
ehancery.
Wednesday afternoon schedule OF TIT
liabilities and assets Of the Pits Msnuiac
turing Company, Of MarseiIc', which t"'
weeks ago made an assignment, was filed II
the Office Of the county clerk, and is a yoiu
rinous document The liabilities Of the late
srn amount to the sum Of Sl0l, GSii3, and
the assets are scheduled at 1924, 6jS,S3
The value Of unincrmhered property is es
timatel at 81 900. The assignee, :, W. Hu
ger, Of the law firm Of Bull Strawn & Ru'
ger, gives bond Of $1,000.
In the tax case of the People Fuller, oil
Mendoza To recover some 81 lOJ in taxes
which case has been under adysemcnt by
Judge Blanchard, a decision in favor Of de
PENDANT was rendered yesterday afternoon
There was but little business transacted in
the circuit court this week. Among some
Of the cases disposed of we're the following
in the law docket:
II Johnson Bergo Thompson, assumpsit,
damages for plaintiff in Sl,23S 30. Village
Of E1rlyi,le Joel Carter ct al, aSsumpslt;
damages assessed defendants in sum of
$3.50 20. Isabella larsen v Thos Barnes,
rcpleyin, damages and judgment for plain.
iih, one cent,
Chy-E z Nitchom Th0s Brunick 81 al;
Masters report Of sale approved. G II
Crook Lucy \ Poole Ct nj, Masters sale
report approved and order for distribution.
The following cases in the circuit court
uere dismissed during the week Edwin
Place Vim K MiIigan, Tim Dorgnn Den.
mis- Mannering, Mark ; CrOssen 5 VII
lians, Chas DeJrouch 7 D Murray, Ezra
Peu ' G y Bedford ct al, c McCalcb same,
C,y Of MENDOZA J Kruger, same fhIlo
Cas;le, Philip Conllu Henry DIN, French
,ialyM Reynolds ct nj, NJ OlesUn II d
Potter, City of MENDOZA Kane, John
Rigs Michael Byrne, Patrick Lamb John
Coyeny, LYDIA Smith Lewis Smith, Julia
Rsbeustein Gustav llellel, Henry Nage "
Ellen Nage ct al.
Wednesday the ottawa House. was closed
nm on a distress warrant and ju lsmeut
against william Patterson, to the amount Of
SiO7.25 was entered in the circuit court
Patterson will he remembered as the alleged
insane man recently mentioned by this pa.
per, who wanted to buy up everything he
laid eyes on. II was during one Of those
hallucinations he purchased the Ottawa
house.
DIVORCE.
Wednesday, in the Circuit Court in Chan.
,cyy side thereof, Annie Ncisel was granted
divorce from her husband, Paul Nei'c!, Of
la Sale. She Represented in her bill that
she was married April :, 1885, and that be
lived with her one month. She had him ar
rested the latter part Of the month of Fen.
ruary Of the above year for rape, and he to
escape criminal prosecution Consented to
marry her. In week after her marriage
he began systematic course of brutality
and cruelty towards her, finally deserving
her. The court granted a separation and
ordered that defendant be given 500 ali
mony, and that the costs Of suit be taxed TO
him. The mother and babe were in court
Wednesday,
GRAND JrRY,
Following are the names Of grand jurors
summoned to meet here next Monday: John
Shook, Brookfcld; + NJ Ryon AMI vii
Hans, Bruce; q W Trumbo, Dayton; { l.
Hoffman, Eagle; & A Cope, Earl; Joshua
Kieb.er, Fall River; Ransom Palmer, Farm
Ridge; Ole X Olcson Freedom; Thaddcu-
Smart, Groveland; S Massey, Hope; a
Reed, La Sale, L Best, MENDOZA; II
Early, Mission; George Schreiner, North
Vile; Henry Stead and Chas Merger, Otta-
wa. FIX Wcrling and Conrad BrIel, Jr, Pc
ru William Scipp, Rchland, George |
Shaver, Rutland; Josiah Bagley, Serena
ZIP Moore, South Ottawa.
PErIT JURY.
Tho names of petit jurors ssbpGnWd To-
March 10Th, are as follows: Christian
Jsccbson, Adams; Frank Strobe, Allen;
Nj Noonan, William Gridley, A Brazie ant
Frank Law, Brace Ed Brundsgc, Dayton
Thomas Ileathcotc and Joseph Gattis, Dim
mick; A g Gray and Ed Morris, Eden; lie
r.uso Bagley and Leonard W Beale. Ear
John Brunnen, Frcedom; Elmer Williams
Parm Ridge; MILFORD Gray and Joseph Gin
gerlsh, Jr, Grovelsnd Thomas Gull, Gran
Rapids; Upton Ransom, Hope; August Ma
keis, David Blee and James Backer, l.
Bale; $ } lIaight, Meriden; J W CooncI
John Eich aud Jacob SchIedelhelm, MeI
de,a Eugene Madden, John T Burke, PETE
Bcnaeier. NJ Quinn, Henry A Fuller, Ste'
Butler, Patrick Daily and Christensen, q
lava; william Rohan, ST. AMI John Strasn
der, 0sage; August Volmer, Jr, and job
Train, Peru; Henry Rose, Richland Georl
bartlett, South Ottawa.
County Court.
Mrs. Mary BRAZIL aged about so year
Of MENDOZA, was declared insane in Il
Ccr ,ty Court Monday. Her insanity dat,
bIck some seven years ago and is said
have been brought on by her husband d
SERVING her and marrying notorious cou
iezan Of The town. She was taken to Jac