Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-13

In the matter of the estate Of Char
lotta johnson, the final report of the
executor was approved, the executor
was discharged and the sureties on his
bond eXone.;ated.
An order was made in the estate of
c. B. Castle, empowering A. w. Bu-
chanan, administrator, to convey to A.
T. Lander lot 3 in Castles second adj
dition, the said Lander having a con-
tract for the purchase of the realty
during the life time of the decedent.
The damage case of Lille Davis VS..
W. S. Grips q Bro. ct al, in which a
jury brought a verdict against the de-
PENDANTS in the district court last Sat
urday, was settled and dismissed to-
day. The jury found for the plaintiff
in the sum OF $56.75, with interest, and
it is presumed that the defendants paid
that amount or compromised the mat
ter on satisfactory basis.
From Mondays Daily.
Charles A. McKern, formerly travel
ing salesman for Tisdale Bros, whole
sale grocers, has been indicted on the
charge of embezzling, several hundred
dollars of the firms money. Soon after
his populations became known to the
firm he left the country and was last
week located in California, in small
town about ninety miles from Lon
Angeles. Sheriff Shuts left for that
from Governor Shaw, which he will pre-
sent to the California executive for his
approval.
amount OF, money taken by McKern,
but it may be stated on apparently
good authority that it is something like
$3.50. just what the cause of McKern's
downfall is could not be learned as
Tisdale Bros. absolutely refuse to say
a word concerning the matter. When
asked whether their loss was SIG or
$4,000, they said it made no difference
to them how it was stated. McKern is
well known in Ottumwa and prior to
this bore good reputation. Officers
have been quietly hunting for him for
the past month and it was thought at
one time that he had been located, but
it proved to be false. The California
officers, however, persevered, and at
last have the prisoner in their clutches.
Two petitions on account were filed
today in the clerks Office, the first OF
which was entitled the Rock Island
Shoe company VS.. John Fleming, in
which the plaintiff asks judgment
against the defendant in the sum of
s$153.60, with 6 per cent interest from
November 10, 1899, on account of shoes
sold the defendant. The second petit
ton was against NJ. L. Wolfe & Co.
and NJ. L. Wolfe, in which the Lost
Creek Supply company asks judgment
against them and each of them for the
sum of s99s.72, and for cause of action
say that the plaintiff is engaged in OPP
eratir~ store near Lost Creek and
that the defendant was engaged in
constructing railroad in September
and October, 1899, near that place and
had a large number of men in their
employ. to whom they gave orders in
payment for work on the aforesaid
store. That the amount of said orders
amount to $99s.72, for which the de-
PENDANTS are liable and plaintiff now
prays for judgment against them for
that amount.
In the appeal case of o. S. Grant VS..
I S. A. ID. Bailiff, which was tried and
submitted to the court last week, the
court today found for the defendant,
and rendered judgment against the
plaintiff and the sureties on the APP
peal bond for the costs of the action.
A record entry was signed in the
case Of j. c. Manchester VS.. the Board
of Supervisors by the court this morn
ing. This settled the litigation in re-
gard to the assessment of the mulct
tax against plaintiff, and is one of the
several cases brought by liquor deal
ers of this city on appeal from the
assessment of the board.
Three petitions in bankruptcy were
filed with Referee John w. Lewis to-
day. Daniel G.. Goode, of Bloomfield, a
farmer, asks to be adjudged bank
rupt and to be discharged from the
payment of mis- obligations. He sched-
ules debts to the amount of $952.92 and
assets to the value of $110.
| Jacob Smider, a farmer residing near
Eldon, has also filed his petition. He
says his liabilities are $1,493.OS, and
assets $242, all of the latter claimed as
exempt.
James ". Kinman, farmer of Mark,
Davis county, asks to be adjudged q
| bankrupt, and says his assets amount
to $3.50, with liabilities amounting to
$4S2.31. Kinman and Goodies petitions
have been set for hearing March and
Smider's for February 26, when trus-
tee will be appointed.
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