St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-14

grounds closed on sunday. keVS.
Kelly, Funk, Sheafe and others dis
cussed the question from similar
standpoint, advising talk with the
mayor before any other action was
taken. After complicated intricacy
of motions and amendments in which
parliamentary rules were thrown to the
winds, the following committee was ap-
pointed to interview Mayor Smith:
Revs. w. w. Dawley, R. A. Carnahan,
George Husser, H. F. Butler and Il. G..
school parade arose but no action was
taken. 1t was not deemed advisable to
hold convention for the promotion Of
Sabbath observance until the fall. Rev.
r. E. Hawlev was appOin ted to read a
paper at the next meeting.
GRINDING LIGHT CRISIS.
The District Judges Have Not Yet
Struck Their Gait-COurt Gull
ings.
Commercial harmony is keeping the
district court docket nearly empty.
While three judges are listening to the
tales of past differences, with the largest
calendar before them the district court
clerk has ever compiled in one term, the
number of new suits being filed amounts
to almost nothing. The criminal docket
is light. and will probably be taken up
by Judge Kelly, who is as yet unable to
be about much. Judge Wilkin, so far,
has done very little business III the new
building, but is pondering over some
old work at his chambers on West Third
street. The judges have much to do
this term, which only extends from the
9th to the 31st inst, and the unavoidable
delays in diSpOSing of the work will
drag the calendar over to the fall months.
In the case of Samuel DE Camp against
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
an action for $4,000 damages for per-
Sonal injuries sustained while riding on
the cOmpany'S train, the jury brought
in verdict of $3.50 for De Camp.
Judge Brill is hearing the case of D.
G. Fairbank against Cogswell & Single
ton, an action to recover $500 alleged to
be due on stock commission deal.
In the case of Snyder against Breden-
hagen, an action for $4,000 on real
estate contract, the jury awarded Sny-
der $3.50.
G. Jay Rice against H. G. Hemenway
& Co.. action for S100 on a check, was
tried before Judge Brill yesterday.
The divorce case of Voclor Skolek
against Maria Skolek, which was called
at the special term before Judge Villas
yesterday, was continued until next
Monday.
The case of O'Jaffi & Rukers against
Henry T. Sattler is an action to recover
material to the value of 81, ,00O, which
is alleged to have been fraudulently as
signed to Sattler when he became the
assignee for the late firm of E. Allen
& Co.
Judge Villas heard the argument in
the matter OF the appeal of William 0.
Mulcahey, as assignee of Hy MaXfeld,
from an order of the probate court dis
allowing his claim against the estate of
Levi Gragg, deceased. The case was
submitted late yesterday afternoon.
August FitZer has filed suit against
Edward V. Schranck to recover 1868 OH
prOmisSOry notes which FitZer iEdOls sed
for Schranck.
A venire of 100 petit jurors was issued
out of the district court yesterday after
noon, returnable Tuesday, the 21st
inst.
UNITED STATES COURT.
The United States court room has
been temporarily changed into ware
house for farm implements and machin-
cry, and the contrasted dignity of Judge
Nelson's bench and the accessories Sug-
gest the ridiculous very forcibly. There
are probably dozen grain reapers and
binders standing about the room and
around the bench-all necessary evil
dence for the trial of the case of
William Deering against The Winona
Harvester Works. an action for infringe
ment. In 1884 Casper F. Search, then
in the employ of the Deering Harvester
Of InE l.
and coming to Minnesota incorporated
the Winona Harvester works. 1t was
not long before the new concern was
harvesters to which it
applied the patented "knotter'' and
other parts of the Appleby binder, the
use of each being an infringement upon
old patents possessed by Mr.. Deering.
In 1886 suit was brought to secure
judgment on the patents, and recover
against the WinOna company. The
Harvester company, Of
Chicago, which was also interested in
the parts in dispute, interviewed the
action of Deering against the WinOna
and made itself intervenor or
co-defendant-knowing that the Winona
company, which was then on the verge
of bankruptcy, would not defend the
suit. Interested in the same appli-
ances to machines as the Winona COM
pany, it became matter of business
policy to fight the Deering claim to
patent rights on those parts, so the Nc
Cormick company entered the feld-the
company failing in the mean
time and now being virtually out
of existence and out of the question as
to paying any judgement which might
be found against it. Banning & Banning,
of Chicago, and 3. f. Thurston, Of
Providence. R. J., were present and
arguing the case for the Deering COM
pany. The great and intricate complica-
tions of such case are only to be ap-
preciated by those who would listen to
the trial. Mr.. Thurston is said to be
the greatest patent attorney in the
country. and Mr.. Banning, who oc-
cupied all of yesterday in expounding
trivance to the court, is an acknowl-
edged king Of patent attorneys. The
defendant is represented by Messrs.
Parkinson & Parkinson, of Chicago,
also eminent counsel in such cases.
The trial will probably last several
days and involves deep and peculiar
questions of law.
A Prosperous Congregation.
At the Dayton Avenue Presbyterian
church last evening the congregational
meeting for the election of three trus-
tees, as provided by the statute of the
church, was held and the new officers
elected and formally installed. N. r.
Frost, j. r. Walsh and j. Fl. Weed,
whose third terms have just expired,
we're nominated for reelection. Mr..
Weed was compelled todeclinc the NOM
nation on account of his multifarious
work in the mercantile field and fearing
that he could not give his old trust
the time and attention it deserved, he
the honor to T. w.
Fitch, who was unanimously elected to
fill the vacancy. After the election the
listened to the report of
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