The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-26
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Yesterdays Court Proceedings at the
Garden City.
Suit Over the Sale of Cattle by the Mar
shaI-The Illness of Mrs.
Smoot.

Provo. Nov. 25.-The grand jury re-
ported yesterday four cases under the
territorial laws and three under the
United States. This is their first re-
port this term.
Nephi Graves, charged with an as
sauIt with .irtent to commit rape,
pleaded not guilty and was released
on $500 bonds. The case is continued
for the term.
In the case of the First National
bank of Provo VS.. John E. Booth ct al.
plaintiff took judgment by default for
81, 400 and 500 attorneys fees.
The case of c. B. Larson VS.. P. G..
Christensen, Rasnus ClaWSon and ex-
Marshal Benton is now before the
court Plaintiff demands $4,000 dam
which were sold last May at Blake
City under an execution, in favor of
Christensen and against one James
Gorgenson, to satisfy a promiSsOry
note for $1,000. The horses were at
tached as the property Of Gorgenson
and defendants now deny that they
were the property Of Larson the plain
them from Gorgenson. The case is
being holly contested by King &
Houtz for plaintiff and Thurman &
Sutherland for defendants.
Mrs. Anna K. Smoot, wife of Presi-
dent A o. Smoot. has been i'll for the
past few months, but until a, day or
two ago 1t was confidently expected
that she would recover. But she has
now changed for the worse, and for
the past two days deaths messenger
has been expected every moment She
is reported as slightly better today, but
she is still very low and may not sur
vive the night.
Ire ~ I,
ward, died this morning after an ill
ness of twelve days. Child birth was
the cause.
The Womans Suffrage association of
this county met in Provo day or two
ago, Mrs. E. B. Wells and Mrs. F. S.
Richards were down from Salt Lake.
Mrs. Electa Bullock was elected pres
ident, Mary John, first vice-president;
Merrilla Daniels, second vice-president
and Mrs. Dowlin, secretary. Their or
ganization in Provo is active and con-
siderable work is being done in their
line.
Seymour Clark. an inmate of the
asylum, died on Friday, of an abscess
of the lungs, after two months illness.
E. NJ. Royle's Friends company ar
rived in town this morning and is
quartered at the Roberts house The
sale of seats for tonight's performance
has been very large and Mr.. Royle
VIII be confronted by ''ProVo'S best.
Mrs. Judge Smith came down from
Ogden this morning, and will spend
a few days in the Garden city with
her many friends.
| DR.. McCustain has been confined to
his room for several days with the
grippe. He is now on the improve.
Judge Marshall, attorney for the
| Denver & Rio Grande, and Farley L.
Williams, of the Union Pacific, have
been in town today. on an injunction
proceeding before Judge Smith. The
trouble is over some disputed ground
near their roads at Tintic
Rollo Jones' of Richfield, a witness
before the grand jury, imbibed toe
freely yesterday to be of any service
and Judge Smith ordered him con-
fined in the county Jail for twenty
four hours without anything tc
drink"
William Probert, of Holden, and Cab
rel Huntsman, of Fillmore, two staunch
Democrats, are in town, attending
court