The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-05
THE BLIND GODDESS
The September Term of the Dis
,trict Court Is Being Held
Here This Week.
The Calendar Is a Long One But
Will Probably Be Finished
BY Saturday Night.

The mill of justice began it's annual |
grind this week with Judge D. B.
Searle presiding. The civil calendar
contained IS cases and the criminal
calendar II but the grist will probably
be turned off by Saturday. The two
tax cases against the Great Northern
came first but have not yet been dis
posed of. The cases of J. L. Brady VS..
H. G. Head and Robert J. McBrady,
and r. J. McBrady VS.. H. G. Head
we're dismissed. G.. Bridgman's case
against N. G.. Dunning WAS stricken
from the calendar and the case of S.
M. Cook was settled as was the case of
G. A. Townsend VS.. Waldhoff Bros.
Marguerite Guyette's suit for fire dam
ages against the Eastern Railway COM
pany occupied nearly two days and the
jury finally decided the plaintiff was
entitled to 1902 and so brought in their
verdict.
The cases of the Duluth Shoe COM
pany VS.. Ransom Bailey and J. F. Muir
dock VS.. W. N. Dowdell were dismissed
for want of prosecution. The Missis-
sippi Logging company VS.. Robert
Burch was settled and the cases of Nils
Lindblad and w. F. Waldhoff against
the Eastern Ry company were con-
tinued. The answer was withdrawn
and a Judgment ordered in the casessof
the Standard Oil company and Michi-
gan Clothing company against A.
Townsend. In the cases of James
Lochren, J. W. Mcclellan and w. F.
Waldhotf against the Great Northern
the first was dismissed and the other two
continued. Adolph Ziesmier settled
his case against the Eastern before
coming to trial.
The case of S. L, Cone against A. T.
Chisholm, an appeal from justice court
was referred to c.. H. Chadbourne for
settlement. The suit of the board of
superintendent of Isle Harbor against
N. J. Norstrom was not prosecuted and
the judge ordered the action dismissed.
Wednesday evening the court heard
the case of the Mile Laos Lumber
company against A. G. Wilkes & Co.,
mechanics lien case and has the case
still under advisement. F. 3. Stone
mans case against II. G. Head was dis
missed and the next case, that of E. O..
Long VS.. Woodcock & Mcclellan, was
continued. The case of Jane H. Whit
tlesey VS.. M. G. Sausser and F. B. Will
son was transferred to Stearns county
for trial, and Emil johnson failed to
push his suit against VIM. Frazier so
the action was ordered dismissed.
Louis J. Hammer against Cornelius
Cosgrove was stricken from the calen-
dar and M. L. Germany and H. O. Dor
holt will air their troubles in the court
at St. Cloud. j. N. Rogers sued the
Great Northern to recover damages for
extortionate charges and after hearing
the evidence the court ordered the
jury to return verdict for Sc for the
plaintiff. The next nineteen cases,
eighteen of which were suits against
the Eastern for fire damages and one
the case of A. j. Lane VS.. H. G. Head,
were continued over the term. A. o.
son failed to prosecute his suit against
Soule & Co. and the action was dis
missed. In the case of D. H. Robbins
VS.. j. S. Collins, an appeal from justice
court, the court ordered an amended
return. Bart Healy's case against
Michael Looney, transferred to this
county from Sherburne. was continued.
The cases of E. E. Nolan, B. e. Lar
son, f. S. Stanchfeld and H. O. OAR
holt against the Great Northern were
all transferred to St. Cloud. J. L.
Brady ct. al. VS.. the Eastern Ry Co.
was continued and the case of the
Mile Laos Lumber company VS.. N. M.
Cook ct. al. was referred to G.. E.
Budd, of St. Paul. William Scheller
and Jacob Roos settled their difficult
ties without the courts aid. In the
case of the Mary Fletcher Hospital
against the heirs of REM Oliver de-
cree was made for the plaintiff. The
petitions for legal adoption offered by