The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-27
SITUATION
| IS PITIFUL
No Place to Send Feeble
Minded Youth.
EFFORT IS BEING MADE
To Have Him Committed to
Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
South Side Lumber Company Files
Suit Against F. u. Baldwin
News From Common Pleas Court.
EFFORT IS BEING MADE

In the case of Chauncey Cowell,
aged six, feeble-minded and a mute
the local auihoritie have found
circumstances of most pitiful
nature. An effort is now being
made by Probate Judge Foster and
Prosecuting Attorney John IL.
Clark to have the boy admitted
to the state deaf and dumb asy-
lum.
There Is a possibility of the
case becoming almost a parallel to
that of u Belefontaine boy, who,
when left i'll destitute circumstan-
ces. could secure admittance to 10
state institution because he was
deaf and dumb. blind, and feeble
minded.
An effort was recently made to
get the Cowell boy nnto the ..stnte
institution dor feeble -wiiided child
rem, but the application was re-
fused. Thef0fficials of the in
stitutjtm stated that they could not
gave the boy proper teaching be-
cause he is mute.
The little fellow is now living
with his mother, Mrs. Sarah Cow
ell, and her father, George w.
Givens on north Main street.
Mrs. Cowell was deserted by her
husband some time ago and is
now compelled to earn living for
herself and child.
In the suit of James Bastable,
trustee in the bankruptcy proceed
ings Of the Marion Manufacturing
company, against Marion Charles
and j. w. Charles, the defend
ants have filed an answer. Basta-
BILE sued them on a note for $SO.32
They ask that the petition be dis
Inlssed because Bastable has no le-
gal capacity to sue and also he
cause the proceeding should have
been started in Richland county.
where they reside.
John Schweckendeck, plaintiff
m q smt for damages against the
Marion Railway Light g. Power
company, has filed a motion in the
court Of common pleas, asking that
the defendant company be required
10 make its answer more definite
and certain. Through his attorney.
Il. n. Myers. Sclrweckendeck sets
up that the aneswer does not
state facts sufficient to constitute a
defense.
| In the suit OF John d. DeGolley
against William p. Murphy, the
defendant, through his attorneys.
Copeland and Bariram, today filed
motion to require the PLAINTIFF to
make ms petition more definite and
certain. The mot'pn seeks TO rc.
gure neGolley to set up his AL.
leged contract. DeGolley claims
mat Murphy owes him $525 in at
tore,rs fees.
nhe South Side Lumber COMPANY
brought Snit' in the conrt OF com
mon pleas this morning against
tranci. NJ. Baldwin, asking for
To'o.oI on aTeount. The plantiff
company alleges that the defendant
owes hal anralnt on the purchases
81 lumber. Copeland e. Bartram arc
attorneys for the plaintiff.
i
Inc contract for repairing The
oaVlds ditch, in Pleasant townsbin
was awarded this morning by Conn.
W Surveyor Ault. T. j. Hovlc
was given the contract for tile ana
H. H. Carey secured the trench
WORK The cost will be 5000.
mrs. Mary Upton. defendant In n
sun Tor divorce brought by George
y. Iipton, filed an answer and cross
petition in the court of common nleas
saturday II shows that Upton. who
is night train caller at the Union sta
tion, filed his suit on the same day
that ne and his wife separated, April
Ills.
II Mrs. Upton asserts that her hus.
band frequently assaulted her and
threatened to throw her out of the
house and kill her. They were mar
ried May 2, 1904. Through her at
torneys,, Jacoby and Donithen, Mrs.
lTipton asks that her husbands petit
ton be dismissed and that she be
granted alimony. She accompanied
her answer with motion for tenn
porary alimony to meet the expenses