The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-09
COURT House NEWS.

The May term of commonpleas court opened
Monday with Judge McCarty on the bench.
The motion docket was first disposed OF and
at 1890 the grand jury was impanelled and
sworn. The grand jury is composed OF the
following F. Marion Young, Pike tp. A. w.
Stambaugh, Sugar Creek tip; William II. De-
Hoh, Osnaburg tp.; Joseph p. Miller, Perry
tp.; Frank Transue, Alliance; Jesse Teeters,
Alliance; John Danner, Canton; ID. j. Creigh,
Canton; David Moore, Alliance W. il. Sluss,
'Osnaburg to-; George G. Witsamen, Lake tp.;
Hiram Clay, jackson tp.; J. J. Snyder, Paris
tp George Gross, Canton and John A. Hay,
Canton. William II. Sluss was appointedfore
man. Judge McCarty delivered the charge
enjoining them to the closest secrecy, to inves-
tigate the violations of the liquor laws and the
matters which would be presented to them by
the prosecutor.
The Cleveland Brick Company has begun
suit against the Board Of Education of the
Canton Union School district asking for an in
junction to restrain them from purchasing the
brick of the Imperial shale brick company for
the new South Market street building. The
petition relates that without advertis-
ing for bids for the brick, the board
say in their specifications that the
contract or must use buff repressed brick
made by the Imperial brick company at sl2,00
per thousand and red brick made by the I'm.
pelial brick company at 5.75; that the price is
more than the same brick could be bought for
from other companies and will work great in
Jury to the plaintiff and other taxpayers OF
Canton. Judge Nc arty granted an injunc-
ton.
William Greenewalt and John Greenewalt
have begun an action against John Greenewalt
and Others to partition lands in jackson town
ship.
The case of Mary Taylor against New
ton Taylor for divorce was dismissed at
plaintiffs costs today for want of prosecu-
tion.
Agnes Minor has begun an action for
divorce from her husband, Harvey i.
Minor. The petition recites that the de-
fendant has been guilty of extreme cruelty
that he has frequently ohoked and struck
the defendant, and threatened to poison
her. That he has committed adultery
with one Ella Wertman, servant girl
whom he kept in the house despite the
protests of the plaintiff. The petition
also says he is the owner of 100 acres of
land in Tuscarawas county, and Is worth
worth in the neighborhood of $4,000.
she asks Tor divorce, ullmOny ana tne Gus
toudy of n minor child, Grace.
George W. Lawrence has commenced an
action in the common pleas court against
William O.,Myers and Charlotte M. Myers
as husband and wife to recover title to
property in Canton. The petition relates
that from February 1869 to February 1891
the plaintiff was the owner of hardware
store In Canton. That from 1869 to 1887
the business was conducted in the name
of Lawrence 81 Myers and from 1887 to
1891 under the name Myers 81 Ruperd.
That during all this time the plaintiff
was the sole owner of the store having
furnished all the money and means. A
private agreement was had with W. o.
Myers by which he was to manage the
store and share equally in the profits and
losses of the business. The stock OF
goods however to remain the property OF
the plaintiff. The petition alleges that
this agreement was known to Charlotte
M Myers as the wife of w. o. Myers
The petition further states that on the
third day of June 1882, the defendant
purchased of Louis Koons, lot No. 1855
in Canton and the deed was taken in the
name of Lottie NJ. Myers although shC
furnished no part of the purchase price
and as a matter of fact the property was
paid for by money taken from the hard
ware store without the knowledge of tn,
plaintiff. The petition further alleges
that the hardware business never pait
any dividends but on the contrary thu
plaintiff was compelled to advance money
TO carry on the business The petition