San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-09

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This Morning Other Court News.
Two sealed envelopes, containing
the names of the grand jurors, as
selected by the jury commissioners
of the Thirty-seventh and Forty
fifth District courts, to serve for
the term commencing next Octo-
Der Z, were opened by District
Clerk Nat Lewis this morning.
The new law provides for grand
jury for each district; therefore,
there will also be jury for the
Forty.fifth district.
The two grand juries will be
made up as follows:
Thirty-seventh District COURT
Saul Herff, j. c. Crawford, j. E.
Trainer, Thomas Kiolbassa, George
Dullnig, A. D. Jones, John G. Beck,
J. L. NORM, L. M. Welton, Adolf
Wagner, A. p. Rivas, Emmett
Kehoe, August Brian, w. ]. Paige,
A. Heusinger, ST., Frank ]. Bethel.
Forty-fifth District court:-A.C
Schryver,C. B. Mullaly, A. 1. Lock.
wood,T. H. Micklejohn, w. J. Paige,
Phil. Shardein, Nose Harris, John
Newton, E. w. Knox, Chas. Zall.
manzig, H. P. Miller, Emil.
Schmidt, Holt Fletcher, Theodore
Trip, VIM. Randle, E. j. Hutche-
son.
SUIT FOR DIVORCE.
R. w. Sadler, is suing M. A. Sad
Ter for divorce in the Forty-ffth
District court. Plaintiff alleges
that he was married to defendant
in Howard county, February IL,
1882, and that he lived with her
as his wife until December 20, 1891.
He was a railroad brakeman in
Fort Worth, but had to come to
San Antonio to make living. He
says he tried to persuade his wife
to come with him, but that she re-
fused to do so, and that he has Sc
cured position as brakeman and
Is now employed as such. They
have one child, girl named Willie
G. Sadler, and he asks for the
custody OF same, claiming that his
wife Is an unfit person to have
charge Of her. He says he is will
ing to support, educate and take
care Of his daughter.
FOR PERSONAL. INJURIES.
d. Roman is suing the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railway com.
pany for damages in the sum of
sc, 800 for personal injuries in a
wreck near Luling on November 5,
1894, In which coach, which was !.
occupied by plaintiff, was thrown
of the track and overturned, and
plaintiff was thrown to the floor,
sustaining injuries, which comfin-
ed him to his bed for two weeks.
Ernestine Kemper,, a woman of
about 90 years, was also a passen-
ger on the train. She claims she
has sustained injuries In the wreck,
which are incurable and sues for
damages in the sum OF $25,0o0.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC SUED.
The Providence Washington In
sursnce company is suing the Gal
weston, Harrisburg and San An
tonic Railway company for dam
ages in the sum of $1,14S; for fail
ing to safely transport and deliver
100 bales Of cotton in April 1884,
from Eiron & Co., OF Seguin, to
Enron d Co., Of New Orleans.
Plaintiffs also claim that the de-
fendant railroad company con-
verified to its own use forty-one
bales Of this cotton, which was
worth Sl,l4S.
BARNETT's CASE BEGUN.
The preliminary trial of Walter
NJ. Barnett, the Alamo plaza ticket
broker, charged with using the
United States mails for fraudulent
purposes, was begun before Com
missioner Price this morning at
10 80 o'clock. w. r. Pagan, train
agent of the Southern Pacific at
New Orleans, was put on the stand
and kept there until court ad-
journed, to meet again this after
noon at 3 O'Clock, when his testi-
mony will be resumed. Mr. Pagan
was formerly ticket broker at
Little Rock, Ark. From the testi-
mony 1T is learned that counterfeit
tickets were sold from New
Orleans to Eagle Pass and that
these went into the hands Of brok-
ers in San Antonio to be returned
nv them to Brokers Barnett &, |
Wenar at New Orleans, thereby
preventing them from being taken
up by the conductor and going in
to the hands of the company. The
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