Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-17

Robert w. Eyre ct al, was approved
today. Like action was taken in the
case of Eliza b. Picllen VS.. 3. L. Pick
en- and in addition the referees were
discharged and the sureties on their
bond eNonerated.
The case of John Fulmer VS. Laura
ID. Burnett, which was tried before
Judge Fee yesterday, was finished and
by the court taken under advisement
W. l.. Sacllett, of Chillicothe, was
granted a permit yesterday to sell in
toNicating liquors in that place as a
registered pharmacist.
From Tuesdays Daily.
\ pest house cannot be established
by city outside of the city limits,
according to recent supreme court
decision, consequently the injunction
OF q. Z. kitterman ct al, trustees OF
Dahlonega township. against the city
OF Ottumwa was made perpetual, and
the committee will be compelled 10
establish an institution of this char
acter within it's corporate limits. The
trustees OF Dahlonega township last
November brought an injunction case
against the city asking that the cor
poration be restrained from locating
a pest house in that township The
city owned tract of land in the vi
entity of Dahlonega, and took the
smallpox patient who came to DR..
O'Neill's office last November, suffer-
ing from an eruptive disease of the
skin, out to this place, provided
nurse and cared for him until he re-
covered. The matter was not brought
| to the attention of the court again I'M
| til last Friday when the case was
tried and the supreme court decision
cited. This, of course, left the city
with nothing to stand on and the m
| Junction was made perpetual, except
that PERMISSION was granted to leave
the present case where it is until the
patient RECEIVERS. Now the city is in a
quandry. Everybody kicks on having
pest house next door, and the tenor
OF the decision being that it must be
established within the city limits, it
looks as tho an effort to establish a
place of detention for smallpox pa
tients would meet with distractions
in the shape of injunctions and legal
processes OF every character. After it
became known what the city's rights
We're 10 the matter, one farmer who
has land adjoining offered to buy the
land and an offer was made which was
referred to the finance committee at
the city council meeting last evening,
With power to act.
Joe Martin and Thomas Costello.
two itinerants who were captured a
week ago last Saturday with a guam
tity of rope in their possession, had
a preliminary examination before
Judge Hall this afternoon and were
held to the grand jury under bond:;
in the sum OF $500. The plunder ta-
ken was identified as belonging to
Cook & Petram, brick and stone CON
tractors.
| Frank Keno and wife have concluded
to blot out the past, quit paying at
| torneNs' tees and have agreed to live
together again. This is the outcome of
a petition which Mrs. Reno filed ask
ling for divorce from her husband
on the grounds OF cruel and inhuman
treatment, and alleging that he threat
enea to take her life with hatchet,
held her under a pump and pumped
water on her, threatened to put her
IN the insane asylum and threatened
to throw her in the hog pen with the
hogs. She also asked for" a large sum
as allmony, and the court made an
order requiring him to pay her
$50 each month, several hundred dol
lars IN attorneys fees and costs. Blu.
4 yesterday conference resulted in in
i adjustment OF all differences. The old
ties were too strong and the forgive
and forget policy prevailed. 1t is bet
4 Ter SO, but attorneys complain that
when divorce case is filed with a
healthy fee in prospect, nowadays,
the case is generally settled, and a
consequent curtailment of the fee re.
4 suits. The case was dismissed of rec
ord at the cost OF Mr.. Reno, and iudg-
ment entered against him for the
amount.
4 A decree was entered today in the
case of Mary Smith VS.. John F. Rugg,
which was on trial before Judge Fee
4 last week. The case was brought
AGAINST John \. Rugg, president, and
John l.. Clarkson, secretary, of the
Il Union Provision company, and also
against the corporation itself. Tho
court in his order holds that the de
PENDANT, Rugg, is not liable on the
notes which amount to about $50, with
interest, but says that they are the
notes of the company, and reforms
/ them SO as to make them payable by
4 and the liability of the company
\ motion for new trial was over.
ruled today and judgment for 1881
and costs rendered against the de
PENDANT in the case of John Wilson Us
i w. j.. Baker. An order for the sale q,
the attached property was also signed
The action was a suit on contract
In the matter OF the estate of Paris
Caldwell, yesterday, the heirs filed {
netition asking the court to require
the administrator to report and give
new bond. Today Judge Fee made
the order in accordance with the pc
titioner's desire.
i Judgment was entered today and an
order made for the sale of the mort
| gagged property, being lot in Ferree
j Il Muir's addition, in the foreclosure
case of the Iowa National bank VS.
4 Elizabeth Martin and her husband