Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-09
TO BEA BUSY TERM
Number of Suits Entered on the Last
Day of Service for the Sep
TENDER Session.
TRIAL LIST TO BE ARRANGED
Meeting of the Bar to be Held at
O'Clock Tomorrow-Sweeney's
Mandamus Bill is Filed.

Today was the last day on which
.ervice could be had in suits return
Gblc to the September term of the
Rock Island county circuit court. The
.erm Will be convened on the 10Th, one
geek from next Monday.
Tomorrow morning at o'clock
here is to be a meeting of the mem
1ers of the county bar for the purpose
If arranging list of cases for trial
ne first week of the term.
Judge w. H Gest will preside and
he requests that all the attorneys who
can possibly do so be present prompt
ly at the hour appointed. There were
number of suits filed today.
Sweeney Files suit For Mandamus.
NJ. f. Sweeney has filed his declara-
ton in his application for a writ of
mandamus to compel the Rock Island
Plow company to remove the obstruc-
tiOns that it is maintaining on Fifth
and Sixth streets. The mayor and
members of the city council and Phil
Mitchell, president of the Rock Island
PlOw company. are made defendants.
Mr.. Sweeney. as legal license for his
action, quotes from the city ordinances
governing street encroachments, and
for personal justification the fact that
he is an owner of the property that he
claims is damaged by reason of the
closing of the thoroughfares men
toned
Charges Husband With Cruelty.
Catharine Brown. of this city,
charges that her husband, Joseph B.
Brown, conductor in the employ of
the Burlington railroad. has been cruel
beyond human endurance, and there
fore she prays that her marital rela-
tons with him be severed. They were
married Jan. 25, 1888. and have two
children, Bessie, 10, and Clyde Wes-
ley. aged Is, the custody of whom the
complainant asks. together with allow
ances for their support. The defend
ant is charged with having showed his
wife in a closet in April of last year
and threatened to kill her. and another
instance is cited wherein it is alleged
that he choked her until her thrCNt
was black and blue. s. r. Kenworthy
is attorney for Mrs. Brown.
Husband Deserts Her.
Hilda c. Osgood. of this city. wants
to have her maiden name, Hilda c.
Peterson. restored, in addition to be-
ing divorced from Charles V. Osgood,
to whom she was welded at Grand
Haven. Mich. Aug II. 1897. She
charges that he deserted her Aug. /,
1901, without cause. and has since
persisted in remaining away from her.
H. NJ McCaskriR is her attorney.
Mrs. .'ennie St Clair. of this city.
has filed suit for divorce. John St
Clair is charged with infidelity and
desertion. The couple were married
in Rock Island on April ), 1903.
Alleging that he is guilty of adultery
aad drunkenness, Mrs. Clair y. Moves,
of Moline. has instituted divorce pro-
CccIinGs in the circuit court against
Rich1tG A. NOycS. The couple were
married in Davenport, Oct. Is, 1887
They separated Sept. /, 1908.
County Brings suit.
suit in assumpsit has been begun
ry Rock Island county through States
Attorney H. a. Weld against Caroline
Mock and James w. Simonson, as CON
SENATOR of Caroline Mock, for the re-
coyery of $1,000 for food, lodging and
II edical attendance furnished her prev
ilns 20 Sept. !, 1904.
Says Husband is Cruel.
Alice c. Otis. of this city, brings
suit against Frederick NJ. Otis for di-
vorce on the grounds of cruelty. She
declares he has beaten her and choked
her and refused to provide her with
| the necessaries of life. They were
married June %, 1900. in Chicago. She
asks permission to resume her name
before marriage, Alice c. Ohlen. Her
attorneys are Charles S. Cooper and
LudOlph & Reynolds.