The age-herald., 1901-01-15
PLAINTIFF WANTS $4O,0OO DAMAGES Manufacturing Company Asked
 to Foot the Bill ANOTHER WANTS S25,O0O Ten Thousand Dollars Wanted for an Electric Shock-Grand Jury Re- turns Twenty lndictments-Sale
 of TrussviIe Property.

In the first division of the City Court
 Mary Schmidt, administrix, is suing the Pioneer Mining & Manufacturing Company for $4OOOO for killing her husband. She says he was an employe of the defendant on March 6, 1S99 and while engaged in
 his duties he was thrown from one of de-
 fendants cars into it's furnace and killed. In the second division the case of Ton, stobert vs P J. Barrett and wife, suit on note, is being tried
 Ben Bailey has filed suit against the Re- public Steel & Iron Company for $5,OOO dam- ages claiming that on December F, 1900,
 he was in the employment of defendant as switchman on one of it's trains and had his left foot crushed owing to a defective 1 brake on one of it's cars, which failed to stop the car, and plaintiff fearing to stay on it jumped off and his foot was caught
 under one of the trucks Juries were organized for the week as fol- , lows:
 1 Jury No 1: J. w. Allen, A. c. Vandevor, J. B. Knight, J. A. Temple, Melton Glover, J. D. Pearce E. Brewster, J. M. Tollett, Henry Peterson B. II. Brantley, M. C. | Jones, T. D. Houten.
 l Jury No. g. A. R. Wallace, James Bailey, George Whitley, D. J. Murphy, Robt. Hall, | T. Frank Crawford, N Bishop, w. R. Bass, E. A. Penn, John Garrett, J. T. 1 Davis, c. W. Fox.
 Circuit Court. B. F. Perkins has field suit in the Cir cult Court against the Western Union Tele- graph Company for $10,000 damages. He claims that on October Il, 1900 while in the office of the Killebrew Quarry, near Toledo, Ala, he received shock by electric current from the telegraph wires operated in said office by defendant, whic;. shock threw him down and paralyzed his
 limbs for five hours and shocked and
 weakened hissnervous system. The injury being due to the unsafe condition of de- fendants wires
 In the same court the case of James N: Cary vs the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad Company was set tied by paying plaintiff $200. Plaintiff claims to have been injured, while being car. Some other cars were being attach ed and bumped into the car on which plain tiff was, knocking him down and injuring him.
 | In the case of Harry Harsh, admnistra- tor of Legarthe Finch, vs. H. R. Lawrens there was verdict for plaintiff of s25OO. The case of Mrs. Sallie A. Mitchell ad- | ministrx of Thweatte E. Mitchell, vs. the
 Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company | is being tried. Plaintiff claims $25, 900 damages for the death of her intestate, who was run over and killed while crossing a | track at Fillmore.
 Juries were organized for the week as | follows:
 | Jury No. IT. A. Lee, A. A. Barnes, r. | A. Watkins. James Busby, J. Bowling, P. |, D. Goodwin, c. H. Cole, c. w. Taylor, | Gideon Holmes, Jack Gilbest, Robert Me | Daniel, J. H. F.Mosey Jury No. 2-J. D. McMikens, N. c. Good win, J. A. Collier, Tom Alley J. E. Bell, Bryant Smith, John Miller, John McCurry, H. Snow, L. P. Tipton, Chambers Par | sons, J. A. N Hail.
 Grand Jury. l The grand jury returned twenty indict- ments yesterday. The following is a list of those who are under bond or in jail: Jack Williams, Will Jones, Marcus Simp- son, Lee Sherman, Will Smith, Mary Hud- | son and Frank Town, each for burglary and | grand larceny; Abe Staples, Henry Smith, James Moore and Mary c. Holt, each for | assault with intent to murder; Miles Lane. | Willis Ward and Nose Bryant, each for grand larceny and receiving stolen property; Dick Cash, Sam Jones and Pat Walsh, each 1 for grand larceny; Jack Williams and Will Jones, carrying concealed pistol; Will Hale petty larceny; Tom Ward, assault with in- tent to rape.
 Probate -ourt. The Southern Toilet Supply Company has
 filed declaration of incorporation The in- corporators Harry w. Myers, A. O. Smith, Margaret Myers and Jennie Smith The capital stock is s10,0OO and the business 10 manufacture and rent toilet articles, etc Marriage licences were issued to G. w.
 Sullivan and Laura Sullivan; Henry B.
 Cracker and Name c. LeBaron. u. s. Court. In the United States Court Warren
 Walker has filed suit for damages against | the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Com pany. He claims $1O,OOO alleging that he was employed by defendant on August 27, 1900, in one of it's mines, and while employed in the line, of his duty he was run over by tram car which was being moved at a dangerous rate of speed. Court Items. + John Bradley, clerk of the Criminal Court, has returned from a visit to Lamar County, | In the Criminal Court Jim Jones plead guilty to murder in the second degree and swas sentenced to ten years. r The sale of the Trussville furnace, which was to have occurred yesterday, has been | postponed until January 2S. It is said the affairs of the company will be adjusted on a basis of 50 cents on the dollar and that there will be no sale.