The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-18

Mrs. Jorgenson, Mrs. Joseph Odell. Mr.
and Mrs. w. Irvine. Mrs. Bishop Lewis,
Miss Della Jorgenson-
President W. j. Kerr of the Brigham
Young college spent some days in the
ca1ital this week.
Fred Gates made flying trip to Og
den awheel this week, and reports good
roads by the Collinston route.
l. r. Rhodes. Esq. came up from
Salt Lake Friday TO appear in the
Stewart-Journal libel suit.
At a special meeting of the Logan
city council held Thursday evening the
tax rate for the city this year was fixed
a mill from last years rate.
FREIGHTING BY TEAM
Mr. ]. W. Mcdonald. jr.. left today
for Ogden with a wagon load of -four
from the Smith mill at Smithfield.
There is considerable hauling done
from this county to Ogden and Salt
Lake by team, business men claiming
it is cheaper than shipping by rail. Mr..
Lorenzo Hansen, the enterprising
Wellsville dairyman. has a string of
freight teams at work on the road be-
tween Salt Lake and Logan.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
A young man who resides near Clark
stOn. in this valley. by the name Of
William Christensen, met with a ter
ribly painful accident on Wednesday
last He was driving down from the
mountains with a load of heavy logs,
when the two wheels on one side went
into a deep gully in the road. and the
wagon was tipped over. The young
man was thrown TO the ground and
caught under the logs, sustaining SER
ious and probably fatal injuries. Deep
gashes were cut in his face and foot.
and his spine dislOcated in two places.
Drs. Ormsby & OrmSby attended him,
and after untiring efforts of some hours
succeeded in reducing most of the dis
locations. He is as helpless from the
dislocation downward as though he had
been stricken with paralytic stroke
COURT NEWS.
This has been a very busy week in
legal circles in this city.
Attorney Walters successed in hav-
ing the complaint against Morris, Bren-
nan and Gerald dismissed in the dis
trict court on Thursday on the ground
the prosecution leave TO file new
complaint, and the case will be tried
Monday.
George Stone pleaded guilty before
Judge Hart on Thursday to the charge
of petit larceny and was remanded TO
appear for sentence today. He was
fined $50.
LARSEN RAPE CASE
Attorney George Q. Rich. who APP
pears for the defendant in the Charles
A. Larsen rape case. moved for |
change of venue in the district court |
on the ground that the |
strong public feeling against the de- !
PENDANT would prevent fair trial. Ar |
guments and testimony were heard in |
the case this morning, and the mo- !
and the case is being pro-
ceeded with this afternoon
JOURNAL LIBEL CASE.
Judge Rolapp was in Logan Friday !
to hear the arguments in the suit of |
]. u. Stewart vs. the Journal company :
and others. AT the last hearing of this !
case. some two months ago, the de-
Tense scored first blood by having the
tiff was thersupOn given leave to file
an amended complaint. and the de-
tense. though not asking for a stay
Of proceedings. which ii seems they
we're compelled to do under the stat
ute. practically threw themselves out
Of court When they appeared before
Judge Rolapp Thursday TO move that
the amended complaint De dismissed
IN the ground that it was an entirely
new complaint, the court informed
hem they had no standing in court,
but in view of the Importance of the
suit he would grant them leave to file
notion for dismissal upon payment OF
80 costs. Arguments were heard and
he motion TO dismiss was denied. De-
tense then in9erDosed a demurrer, and
arguments VIII he submitted thereupon
II writing for the reason that Judge
time here is limited
Mrs. ]. A. Hendrickson went to Salt
lake Yesterday and Mr.. Hendriekson
goes today. The gentleman is DreDar-
ng a float of his home made goods for
he Pioneer Jubilee.
Superintendent Hubbard of the city
l.. Ok