Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-02-19
COURTHOUSE PLANS
Date for Their Completion Now
Set for April /.
Opposition to Miss Gillette Probably Not
to Be Revived-Jury-Walved Session of
Superior Court and December Sit
ting of Superior Civil Adjourn.

W
ty Commissioner George w. Cooke were
in Boston Friday in consultation with
Andrews, Jacques & Rantoul, the archi-
tects of the new court house, to ascer-
tam the time that the working plans of
the structure win be ready, and the bids
for construction accordingly advertised.
The date for the completion of the de-
| tailed plans is now set for April list. and
until these are given to the county COM
mlssioners no further move will be made
Tor construction bids One of the moves
OF the commission is to tear down the
wooden building in the rear of the brick
court house and extend Court street,
Whch now runs back of the court
houses, through to Highland street. This
| VIII do away with any inconvenience
Whlch might be supposed to be caused
from the new building closing up the
present passageway, and will give the
RESIDENTS of the street more ample
egress and ingress via Highland street
| than they now enjoy
MISS GILLETTE'S CASE.
City Solicitor Pierce of Fitchburg. one
of the new. state commission of bar ex-
aminers, and one of the original sign
ers of Miss Abbie f. Gillette's petition
for admission to the bar, stated Friday
| to Spy man that the question of the
lady's admission had not yet come Off
| clally in any way before the commits
sion. The papers in the case were vet
IN the hands of the court, and they had
not been officially brought to the at
tention of the examiners Although the
| commission has organized, it is not yet
/ IN full working order, and when the
| board holds it's first examination in Bos-
| ton, the first Of March. it is understood
| that then the matter of Miss Gillette's
application will come before the board
in an official manner. ]. e. Mcconnell of
t1tchburg, said Friday, in regard to the
| Gillette case, that opposition was prac-
tically dead. Nothing had been heard
OF u for some time, and it would prob
| ably not be revived.
SUES TO RECOVER.
Suit was brought in the superior civil
court, Friday, by Sanford Northrop of
st. Louis, for the benefit of Charles A.
Vaille Of Boston. in an action of con-
tract against Lizzie Wilder Rice of
| Grafton. Friday the defendants pro-
| perty was attached in the sum of $50, 600
by Deputy Sheriff James Early, the
writ being returnable the first Monday
| in March. The plaintiff claims that the
iuS1ShudliA Ids NIOldltu du agreement 10
assume mortgages upon certain pro-
perty in Boston. The plaintiff alleges
! that when certain properties in Boston
| were purchased that the defendant
| agreed as well to assume the two mort
cages that then existed. The plaintiff
! states that the mortgages were fore
| closed, and he sues to recover. J. r.
Carrot of Boston, and C. Thornton
| Davis of Worcester appear for plaintiff,
JURY WAIVED SESSION OVER.
The jury-waived session of the supe-
rior court, before Judge Hopkins, adj
/ journed sine die at o'clock Friday af-
| ternoon after five days session. A
/ hearing was held in the case of the
/ Finlanders' Grocery Union of this city
/ We. F. Hjorth ct ali of Cambridgeport, it
! being an action of contract the allega-
ton being that the plaintiff bought of
4 the defendant 40 barrels of herring,
! warranted to keep at least for one year,
/ the payment for the same being $40.
Further, the plaintiff claims that within
six months IS ba rres became bad and
/ were of no value, and now seeks to re-
cover S165. Decision was reserved by
the court Marvin M. Taylor for the
plaintiff; Hopkins, Smith & Hopkins for
the defendant.
Decision was reserved in the case of
Catherine McDermott VS.. the Warren,
Brookfieid and Spencer Street Railway
Company, the case being an action to
recover for alleged damages to property
of the plaintiffs, due to the construc-
tion of The road by the defendants
Thayer & Rugg for plaintiffs; j. Albert
Bracket, N. Sumner Myrick for the de-
PENDANTS.
In the case of Harry Papajian VS..
Ehia Ohanesian ct al, known as the
70, Arm
involving the legality of mortgages, a
hearing was held upon the report of
William Harding as master, and to
which exceptions were filed Marvin
NJ. Taylor for the plaintiff; E. j. Me-
lanefy, lockwood Hoar for the de-
PENDANT.
The last case of the session was that
of Clarence r. Pratt of Grafton VS.
| Bernard McGuinness ct al. Of Provi-
denee, being bill in equity involving
the settlement of the affairs of partner
ship. Decision reserved. William A.
/ Gle for plaintiff; Charles M. Thayer for
| the defendant
Court adjourned sine die at 5 o'clock,
Deputy Sheriff W. w. Scott giving the
previous proclamation.
SUPERIOR CIVIL COURT.
The. December sitting of the superior
civil court before Judge Bond adjourned
sine die at 2 o'clock, Friday morning,
/ after three months eyentful session.
/ In the case of Francis O'Brien VS.. Mich
/ ael Dyer. both of Worcester-an action
/ to recover $55 for rent,-there was a
confederation brought by the defend
/ ant against the plaintiff to recover
/ $62.50 for work and labor performed
\ and materials furnished in the service
of the Plaintiff. The cases were appealed
| no md foJ
4 gether; the jury being instructed that
! in case they found balance in favor
! of either party, to enter it one verdict
1 After some deliberation, the Jury found
for the plaintiff in the sum of $S.40 Sui
livan e. O'Connell for the plaintiff:
Sheehan & Cutting for the defendant
The last case of the sitting was that
of John f. Joyce VS.. ]. s. Rounds &
Co. of Boston. The plaintiff brought
suit to recover $61.79 for commission for
goods sold for the defendants, who have
branch houses in Worcester and Fitch
burg, with main establishment in Bos-
ton, the business being the sale of
Household furnishings and jewelry on
the instalment plan. The jury found
for the plaintiff in the sum of 1884.
Sullivan & O'Connell for the plaintiff:
Frank H. Kelley for the defendants.
The juries were thanked by Judge
Bond for the service which they had
rendered the commonwealth in so faith
full and efficient manner. and said he
wished that the associations formed
might be source of pleasure if not
more during their lives. One particular
fact in connection with the jurors of
the present sitting, is applicable to the
second jury, which, during the entire
session, has observed the court courte-
sizes and proprieties by appearing I'm the
jury box with fresh boutohnieres of
roses or pinks every morning Every