The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-08

after the organization of the county his
wish was gratifed. It was always a
source of pride to him that he was mar
ried on the day that President Bucha-
nan was inaugurated. He was an
adept in the arts of political warfare
and loved political skirmish and bat
tie. He was reared in an atmosphere
of political cunning and sagacity and
he profted oftentimes by his early les
sons and experiences on his native
heath. While he differed with many
in his views on public questions yet he
would travel many miles and endure
hardship and sacrifice to help friend
in political battle and it was this
strong element in his nature that made
him firm civic fighter and leader for
a long time. Had fate placed him in a
wider field of action he would have won
notoriety and renown as a great leader.
He yielded to none, counseled with few
and lived quite apart from the
social world. His nature was Pc
culiar in this respect, but it
was part of his natural self, for he
never aped the customs of modern So
ciety, and he scorned the edicts of
fashion. While rough of speech he
had a kindly heart and when sickness
or death invaded the family of neigh
Dor he was always among the first to
proffer sympathy and assistance. He
has gone to his rest. Let him be re-
membered as the rugged, hardy pio-
neer, as the sympathetic friend and
neighbor, and let his shortcomings lie
inferred with him in the grave.
DISTRICT COURT FINS.
Wind Up of September Term--Jury in the
Norton-Cravens Case Finds Verdict
for Cravens.
The September term of the district
court was adjourned by Clerk of Court
Briggs last Friday morning. At the
close of the libel suit against Fay
Cravens by T. F. Norton on Thursday
afternoon the jury retired with instruc-
tons from the court that under the
evidence it would have to find a YER
dict for plaintiff, the amount to be any,
thing from one cent up to amount sued
for, $4,000, which of course is the
amount usually stated in most damage
suits. After the jury retired there was
nothing of any Importance left on the
calendar that had not been disposed Of
and the judge took the afternoon train
for St. Cloud. There were fourteen
witnesses examined during the trial of
the Norton-Cravens case, five for the
plaintiff and nine for the defense. The
witnesses that Mr.. Cravens placed on
the stand to prove the truth of all
statements made in the Milaca Times
were Mrs. Young, A. S. Anderson,
Frank Daigle, D. G.. Wilkes, A. Gun
ter, Rev. D. N. Raymond, w. J. Eynon,
J. A. Noble and A. J. Porter, while in
rebuttal Mr.. Norton put on the stand
c.. B. Bradford, Sam Madison, James and
George Simpson and Gust Anderson.
Two of the witnesses for Mr.. Cravens
did not swear to certain facts and state
ments as they were published in the
Times, and the court had nothing else
to do but to instruct the jury to find for
plaintiff under the circumstances. The
jury was out until about ten o'clock
Thursday night when it came in with a
verdict for MIR. Cravens.
The Steeves-Harringto and the John
Goss mandamus case against the county
auditor we're continued by consent,
while the case of Hannah johnson
against Jens Olson was settled out of
court. The court gave Sheriff Claggett
a judgment in his case against the
county commissioners for bill rem
dered for trying to find Bradshaw last
spring.
In the Bessie G. Norton case in which
she sued school district No. II, Jury
was waived and the evidence submitted
to the court, and the case will be SUBJ
mitted on briefs.
In the case of Mourning VS.. Prentiss
judgment was rendered for plaintiff.
The judgment of the justice court
was affirmed in the case of A. L. Wein-
berg VS.. j. VanRhee.
The case of Kipp VS.. John L. Nc
Carthy was placed on the calendar and
motion was made to vacate the judg-
ment. The case will be submitted to
Judges Baxter and Searle on briefs.
1t is one of those complicated, double
back-action tax cases that you read
about.
The grand jury finished its labors
after returning indictments against
Frank Daigle of Vineland and John @.
Evans of Robbins for selling liquor un-
lawfully. They were released under
5000 bonds to appear for trial at the
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