The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-06
Judge Standrod Holds Court
at Paris.
MEEKS AND TUNKS TRIALS
STAKE ACADEMY BUILDING TO
BE COMPLETED.
Finest Ecclesiastical School In Idaho
Dangerous Lunatic st Large
Child Burned to Death In Colora-
do-silica Shipments From Neva-
da-Rattlesnakes at Cheyenne.

Paris, Ida, Sept 4.-Paris has been
a busy burg the past week, with court
in session. The city is alive With
jurors, witnesses, attorneys. court at
taehes, etc. The most interesting cases
which have come up before Judge
Standrod have been the Meeks robbery
case, and the Turks assault case. The
evidence was positive enough in the
Meeks case to convince the jury that
he was one of the gang who robbed the
Montpelier bank last summer, and ne
viii go to the penttentiary for a score
of years. at least. it is thought
Trunks made a desperate fight in his
case. and late last night he was
acquitted He had already been tried
and convicted for grand larceny, and
there is another charge for him to meet
before court adJourns, so these facts
may have produced some sympathy
for him on the part of the jury
B. j. Briggs. the real estate man of
Idaho Falls, was examined in court as
to his qualifications to practice law,
and upon the report of the examining
committee he was admitted to the bar
A decree of divorce has been granted
Mary J. Ward of Thomas Fork, and
the same decree was ordered for Mrs.
Mary Bum. of this place
The case of Burgoyne & Brennan VS..
Frank Larsen, for debt, was dismissed
at plaintiff S costs.
Attorney Spence lost his case in
Oakley VS.. Montpelier City. He made
the best legal fight since court opened,
but the evidence was against him, and
the jury found for the city.
Upon proper showing the motion for
q change of venue to Bingham county
was granted in the case of Mary Ann
Kunz and Win Kunz VS.. Oregon
Mortgage company,
Judge Standrod has been giving
some emphatic object lessons in
economy. He opens his court at 8
until nearly midnight, if the attorneys
have their grists ready. There have
been night sessions all this week.
Frank Nye leaves Thursday for his
mission to California, over which his
uncle Ephraim H. c. Nye of Ogden
presides. A farewell party is ITO be
rendered him on Monday night in the
First ward hail. A similar social is to
be rendered Ase Athay who leaves for
the same mission two weeks later
Arthur Munson left on his mission
Monday, going to the eastern states.
Frank Lewis follows him for the same
place next month Others are getting
ready to leave. Farewell parties have
been given each missionary who has
left so far, at which collections have
been taken up for their benefit.
The district school has started up,
under the direction of Mrs. Alfred Os-
mond and Miss Sylvia Broomhead. 1t
is merely primary school. and viii
run for four months, when the avail
able school funds Will be exhausted.
The people are asking why it is that
school should start up at this time of
the year, depriving the larger boys and
girls, who are now busy, of educational
facilities.
Announcement has been made that
President George @. Cannon and
Joseph f. Smith will be in attendance
at quarterly conference which will
convene in this city next Saturday.
At the monthly priesthood meeting
today it was voted to raise the balance
of the $4,000 assessment to complete
the two first stories of the stake
academy building so as to hold school
there this winter When the building
is completed it Will be the finest
ecclesiastical school structure in Idaho