The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01
YEsrERDAYIN THE COURTS.

Insolvent Estate of Mrs. J. M. Dibble-No
 Dividend for Creditors in King Company
 Estate.
 In the probate court yesterday Frank H. Dibble of Ansonia was appointed trustee on the insolvent estate of Mrs. Josie M, Dibble, Japanese art dealer on Chapel street. Elmer H. Pardee and H. J. Augur were appointed apprais- CTS. The estate owes creditors about $1,OO0. The assets are about $500. Mrs. Dibble's husband has failed twice in the same business.
 TO FORECLOSE MECHANICS LIEN
 Ebert H. Sperry of Orange has brought suit in the common pleas court to recover $2O0 damages from Walter S. Swayne, Sarah Dana Swayne, Julius c. Cable and Elizabeth E. Dana of Cambridge, Mass, alleging that in De- tober, 1895, he furnished material for house built by the defendants in Town send avenue, on which he placed me- chanics lien. Judge Cable held mort gage of $500 on the property and the suit is to recover the balance due, and all are made parties defendant.
 City Court-Criminal side-Judge Bishop. | In the city court before Judge Bishop yesterday morning Thomas Rowan was held in $500 bonds for the superior court for assault with intent to kill James Mills, proprietor of the restau- rant at 112 State street. He was also fined $50 and costs and sentenced to three months in jail for assaulting Miss Gertrude Mills, the proprietor's s daughter, and sent to jail for thirty days and fined $25 and costs for as saulting Mrs. Katie Mills, the proprie- tors wife. Rowan became enraged be- cause he was pressed for board bill by Mills, and committed the above ! mentioned assaults.
 | Grace Osborn of Derby was fined $5 and costs for drunkenness.
 The policy men who were arrested | Saturday afternoon pleaded guilty and were fined except Richard Greenwood, who got a continuance until Wednes- day. Wallace w. Sperry was fined $25 and $6.02 costs for keeping a shop at 94 Church street; James Edward Mennix $20 and $766 costs for keeping a policy shop at 7S Wallace street, and Patrick Reilly and William $. Kenney $5 and $5.18 each for playing.
 The three cases of Charles Blakeslee and Willie Green, colored boys, nine- teen and seventeen years old, respec- lively, were continued until to-day. The boys are charged with stealing two pairs of overshoes from Abram Goldberg's shoe store on Congress ave nue last Saturday.
 John O'Neil, aged nineteen was fined s5 and costs for assaulting Oliver White, aged eleven, of 174 Lamberton street, Friday afternoon.
 THREE JUDGMENTS GRANTED
 In the court of common pleas yester- day afternoon Judge Studley granted a judgment for $1044 in favor of the plaintiff in the case of Henry J. Rein held against James NewhalI, both of Wallingford. Reinheld sued for wages due. Newhall put up the defense that Reinheld when he went to work agreed to keep sober. He alleged that Rein held had not done so. He admitted however, that the plaintiff did his work satisfactorily.
 In the case of William M. Smith ol Orange against Isaac Brown of New Haven a judgment for the defendant to recover costs was granted. The suit was brought for $260 for services as broker rendered to Brown by the plaintiff.
 In the case of James McLaine against Albert Bohensen a iudg1nent for St5t was granted to the plaintiff.
 THE WORLDS PROBLEM.