Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-19
DISTRICT COURT
Lr'rom Fridays Daily.l

baSkhhGE COShE
From Fridays Daily.l
Judge Eichelberger adjourned court
this morning sine die after disposing of
few matters requiring his attention.
The term just passed commenced Octo-.
Der % and tomorrow was to have been
the last day. The number OF cases dis
posed of will compars favorably with
the business done at other terms. Judge
NJ. A. Roberts will hold the next term,
beginning Jan. s, 1900.
In district court this morning the
court ordered Judgment against the de-
PENDANT for, the sum of one hundred
dollars in the ease of Ida Wright VS..
A. j. Shelter ct al. The action was
commenced tor the purpose of recover
ing commission paid the defendant by
plaintiff Tor selling her property. 1t
was charged that defendant told plain
| tiff that he could sell her property for
La stated amount, and if is said after
wards sold it for $500 more than the
price agreed upon.
| \ decree was signed this morning in
the case of Philip Duffy VS.. Chamber
lain d Eaton, a foreclosure of me-
chanic's lien, which gave the plaintiff
| judgment for the sum of $50, and or
dering the sale of certain property to
| satisfy the same.
The court entered an order this morn
ing approving the and 6 reports of
the executor and trustee of the Ballin-
gall estate.
The injunction case of Curran & Rod
gers ct al VS.. A. L. Schaffer ct al,
| which has been on trial before Judge
Eichelberger for the past two days, was
finished yesterday. The motion of de-
PENDANT to dissolve the temporary in
junction heretofore issued restraining
fendant to dissolve the temporary in
from certain part of the Des Moines
river which they had staked out, was
overruled. The injunction order here
tofore made was modified to some ex-
tent.
The case of Bridget Maloney VS.. the
City of Ottumwa, litigation over paw
ing, was submitted to the court to be
decided in vacation and decree entered,
by agreement of parties. It is under
stood that the plaintiff has. made over
lures to the city council, looking to a
settlement of the matter, which have
been accented, but the matter is not
vet IN shape to have record made
of it.
K PCtltlOA III lOISClOSuTG Was nleu
this this morning in the clerks office
entitled Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance
company VS.. s. L. Burnham ct al, Plain
tiff prays for the foreclosure of their
mortgage upon certain farm land in
sWapello county, and asks Judgment
against S. i. Burnham for the sum of
So, 0S2.50, and against T. j. Rice, Case
Dubois and u. S.; Grant for the same
amount.
The proper officials at the court
house yesterday drew the grand jury
that will serve next year and also the
petit jury for the. next term ofcourt,
which will begin January 8, 1900.
N The Grand Jury.
George Bane, Kirkville; A. j. Davis,
Hedrick, Adam Decker, COMPETING
A. j. Gardner, Eddyville; Levi Gates,
Bidwell; A. H. Hendrickson, Blakes-
burg; A. C. Leighton, Ottumwa; Jacob
Lowenberg, Dahlonega; p. G. Z. MUIR
ray, Tunis;i N. T. Reed, Eldon; Il. S.
Shepherd, Bladensburg; Xaver Strick-
er, Chillicothe. ~. * m
II The Petit Jury.
Nv. II. II. Asbury, Ottumwa; D. d..
Connolly. Tunis; Joshua Emanuel, Ed
dyville; e. L. Giltner, J. E. Hull, Chas
Hedrick. Ottumwa; Frank Hardy,
Blakesburg; J.O. Heclut Ormanville;
John MADDEN. Keb; L. ]. Miller, Agen-
ey; Frank Michaels, j. B. McCarroll,
w. A. Mc1ntire w. ]. Nash, H. Z. Peck,
}Ottumwa; Harry Proud, Keb; w. S.
Russell, ottumwa; Elmer Rose, Blalles-
burg j. L. Stevens, Ottumwa; C. Fl.
shearer, Agency; John shuckrow.
Henry Shanks, d. NJ. Stentz, Ottum-
wa; t. j. Ward, Kirlville.
Justice Court
Constable Slaughter went to Eldon
yesterday and arrested Harry Taylor,
OF that place, charging him with de-
facing church. He gave bond this
morning in thessum of 500 and was re-
leased. The information was filed by
one of the trustees of the Christian
church in Eldon, and it is said that last
Saturday night the defendant went to
the church, pried open a window and
taking the platform on which the choir
isusually stationed, threw it out of the
window. 1t is said that Taylor is a
class leader in the church, and that he
gave as his reason for his action that
atplatform was a curse to church.
Oscar Holsey is being tried this af-
ternoon in Justice Billiards. court on
the charge of larceny from railroad
car. Scott g. Ayres are attorneys for
defendant, and the prosecution is rep
resented by County Attorney A. w.
Enoch.
4 Kills them Rheumatic Pains, Lame
Back, Diarrhoea, Sprains, Pleurisy,
Sore Throat, Frost Bites, with Muli's
lightning Pain Killer. 25c. All drug
gists.
The city council at Marshalltown