The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-11-14
I'm THE DISTRICT COURT.
CRIMINAL MATTERS TO BE
DISPOSED OF.
The Safe hackers The Twin Bridges Tar
ring Case Pony Horse Rustlers-A had
Man from Sheridan Several Divorce
Suits-'Tne Civil Docket.

District court will open Monday. 1t
will probably be Judge Showers last
visit to Virginia City in an official ca
pacity. The docket is large one. and
there are more prisoners in the jail,
charged with criminal offences, than
there has been at any other time dur
ing the past two years. Aubrey Wall
will be tried for cracking" Musser &
Rogers safe, and John Monckton for
his complicacy in this affair. Marsh
Monckton, who was also mixed up in
this burglary, is now serving a 90-day
sentence. William Lapone and Adol-
phus Levander will be called upon to
explain the part they are alleged to
have taken in the tarring of William
Sheldon, at Twin Bridges few days
ago. Fred Scrab and Joe Trainor, two
youths of Pony, will be tried for horse
stealing, which by the way, Is or 20
years ago, was dignified crime, pun
ishable by hanging if the vigilance
committee captured the offender, and
which in these days of bicycles and
demonatized silver, has dropped almost
into the petit larceny class. The two
boys had their preliminary hearing
before Justice Duncan OF Pony, who
bound them over to the district court.
Joshua Brereton, q good natured old
man, whose home is in the Sheridan
country. will be called upon to explain
why he made threatening demonstra-
tiOns with double barrelled shot gun
This constitutes the criminal cases that
will be heard during the term.
Next in point of interest comes the
matrimonial misalliances which the
judge will be called upon to re-adjust.
There are several of them. Among
them are Mary l.. Vetter VS.. John Vet
ter; Laura l.. Scales VS.. Daniel E.
Scales: Lendora Hayden VS.. Edward W,
Hayden, and Bridget Martin VS. Pat
rick Martin. Among the civil cases
that will be called are the following:
A. l.. and Clark Anderson vs.. Thos.
Graham, on new trial.
p, A. Largey VS. r. P. Bateman, at
issue.
Henry Filing vs. George Stayner ct
al, foreclosure OF mortgage.
Western Iron Works VS.. w. c. Blinn
ct al, set for trial.
Noah Armstrong vs.. Geo. G. Earle
ct al, foreclosure of mortgage.
Geo. F. Young VS.. H. l.. Frank ct al,
set for trial Nov. %.
Frank j. Emerson VS.. Eagle Hill
Placer Mining Company, debt.
William A. Waller VS.. Chas. j. Pru-
EFT ct al, on motion for new trial.
VIM. H. Thomas ct al, vs. Henry Ell
ling, set for trial Nov. 30.
Lillian Mining Company ct al, vs.
Henry Elline, set for trlal Nov. 30.
Marie l.. Vetter vs.. John G. Vetter,
divorce, at issue.
Henry Filing VS.. M. L. Emigh ct al,
foreclosure of chattel mortgage.
Julian A. knight, administrator of
estate of Nahum Parker, deceaeed, VS..
Samuel Kaufman, damages.
G. X. Larabie ct al vs.. Henry N,
Blake ct al.
O. X. Lewis ct al, VS.. John A. Cor
don ct al, debt,
Geo. NJ. Thompson ct al, VS.. Ike n.
Smith ct al, specific performance.
Hugh O'DOnnell vs.. f.. j. Gainan ct
al, set for trial Nov. q.
w. A. Clark, guardian ad ltem of
Augustus Sweet, minor, vs.. H. A..
Amsden ct al.
{. NJ. Parr vs.. II. A. Amsden ct al.
VIM. L. Deimling VS.. William Ennis
ct al, debt.