The Irish standard., 1890-09-20

Lac reservation. The jury recon-
mended him to the mercy of the court.
! Judge Nelson. in pronOuncing sentence
| Wednesday morning said that had he
been on the jury he would not have
agreed With the verdict. At the most
the violation of the statute was only
technical. He accordingly fined Ruttle
$1OO and sentenced him to 10 days. i'm
prlsonmept. If Ruttle does not pay the
fine he can plead the poor mans plea
and work out the fine in 30 days more
The Crusaders Total Abstinence so
ciety of the Immaculate Conception
parish, will hold an entertainment
at their hall next Tuesday evening.
The programme for the evening is made
up as follows: Opening address by the
president, B. Mousse; piano solo, Mrs
d. E. Dugdale. Farce comedy entitled
"Fun IN an Ice House, with the fol-
lowing cast: George Negro, VIM. Boyle;
tramp, Burt McCann; clown, J. E.,
Woolsey; policeman. Hugh RYAN. In
strumental music (pianol, Johnny Line.
han; recitation, Miss nj. Connors; song,
Miss Kate Dwyer; piano selection, A.
E. Wrankle; recitation, F. Varney;
clog dance. James McCann; vocal duet,
Messrs. Connolly. Admission 10 cents
The huge engine at the street railway
company's power house is ready tor
business. and work is being rushed on
all the lines. Several hundred men are
employed on the Chicago avenue
branch, where the sewer has been COM
pleted and the track laying commenced
in earnest. Quite force of men and
teams are employed at the railroad
crossing on Washington avenue north.
and the company Will probably begin
the erection OF poles across the break at
the CROSSING during the present week,
Within 10 days the seasons improve
ments will be so far advanced that the
company will be able to take long
breath, and furnish an approximate es~
innate Of the amount of work per
formed.
Emil Y. Koessel, the abscond1ng
treasurer of the Robert Blum lodge,
was Wednesday morning arraigned be.
fore Judge Hicks in the criminal court
room of the district court and pleaded
not guilty to the charge of grand larcenv
in the first degree preferred against him
by the lodge. Mr.. Koessel looked very
despondentlY from his blue eyes, as he
stood before the clerks box and listened
to the reading of the indictment against
him. In the indictment he is charged
with embezzling $500 FROM Robert
Blum lodge, OF which ne was acting as
treasurer, The witnesses who appeared
against him before the grand jury we're
Geo. Thele. Fred II. Wendell, Frank
Wacks and Conrad Peters. The bail
was fixed at S., 900, but it is hardly an
ticipated that it will be furnished. The
setting of the time of trial was deferred
until George r. Robinson, Koessel's at
torney, has been consulted, and Koessel
went with the deputy back to Jail.
Judge Bailey, OF the probate court,
received letter from the superinte,l-
dent Of the Rochester insane asylum
Tuesday announcing that William
Miller, the prosperous grain dealer and
miller of Montgomery, Mimi, who was
committed to the asylum on August %,
had been discharged. The circum-
stance of Mr.. Mlller's case will be re.
membered as sensational in the ex-
treme, Miller having been very violently
insane. His mania was on the subject
Of religion. and was attributed to over.
work. At the time of examination in
the probate court the doctors remarked
that the patient would either be cured
IN two weeks or become hOpelessly
insane. Their prediction has, there
fore, come true. Mr.. Miller has extern
slve interests in Fort Dodge, Iowa. as
we'll as Montgomery. Word has also
been received from the Rochester asy-
lum Of the discharge of William &.
Peabody, of Minneapolis, who was
committed June 16. RELIGIOUS excite
ment was the cause in this case as well.
The old estate Of Byron M. Smith,
the pine land broker and dealer in scrip
and other paper of the kind, was once
more brought before the attention of
the court Wednesday morning. Caleb
ID. Dorr claims that he is loser in the
sum of $500 because of the failure of
Smith to return to him some Sioux half
breed script which it is claimed was
placed in the hands Of Smith some time
previous to his death to be sold or
located. The land consisted OF an 50
acre piece and sfonr forties. The peI-
tioner makes the claim that Smith
never sold the land or in any way dis
posed of it. though he was requested to
DO 50. After the death OF Smith, Dor