The Ketchikan miner., 1907-10-19

Fred Patching has on exhibition il the front window of J. R. Heckman { Co. s store, a head of cabbage iron his "patch'' at the Portman hatcher, which makes ore of the Seattle varie ty placed alongside of it look like con siderable less than thirty cents ii comparison. The Portman cabbage stripped, weighs just 2l pounds, one O the leaves having measured 3S inches in width and 291s inches in length Mir. Patching has grown enough cab. bage this year for his own family use, with not few for the market, besides other vegetables equal to those that can be grown in any climate or in any country.
 The court convened at 10 o'clock this morning pursuant to adjournment, when the following grand jurors, in- cluding the special venire, were inn paneled, sworn, charged by the court, and sent to their room in charge of James VanCise, bailiff, the trial jury being excused until 10 o'clock tomor- row morning. The judges charge to the grand jury, which was wholly concise and to the point, will be print ed tomorrow. The grand jury is com posed of the following persons, all good men and true:
 Skagway-Lee Gault, railway em- ployee: E. r. KirmeS. eweler: Ciit1 Hay ward, railroad employee; C. E.. Shelly, railway conductor.
 Juneau-H. s. Rapp, sea captain.
 Ketchikan-H. Simon, clerk; H. A. Bauer, dentist: Fred Heard, carpen- ter; Martin Bugge. miner: George Conner, miner; F. E. Butler, carpen- ter; William Ireland, miner; Craig Mi liar, fisherman: Herbert Scott, cook W..>EE Taylor, miner; Ray Borst, marine engineer Edward Turner, mer- chant; William Coolifrse73- logger; Will lis Murphy, salesman: William Pol- son, miner; Julis Jensen, Douglas, merchant. Two grand jurors neces- sary to complete the panel are expect ed to arrive on the Dolphin tomorrow
 Subsequent to the impaneling of the grand jury, and prior to the noon re- cess the following matters were dis posed of: Decree of foreclosure of mortgage on Saxman saw-mill and l ,rpp,1n6c fnun of p1anly xO kl0 including costs.
 Evan Williams vs. Alaska Copper company, lien, $1, POO, settled out oi court and dismissed.
 Edward Mathes vs. Milford Mathes, divorce, dismissed.
 Geo. Rodman appointed referee to take testimony in divorce cases oi Maud Gingrass vs. Frank Gingrass Annie Tolsen vs. Barney Tolsen, Joseph Mather vs. Hannah Mather.
 The case of U. s. vs. Eva McDan- iels, charged with obtaining goods under false pretenses from the Revilla hotel, will probably be the first case tried, and is likely to be reached in 2 day or two.
 (From Wednesdays Daily) | The mountain peaks have begun to put on their caps of snow for the win ter, and will probably adhere to them until the summer season again con- pels their removal.
 The Patterson Elk took the Alert's mail run to Metlakahtla, Niblack and other points on the east side of Prince of Wales, this morning, carrying all the freight she could stow and about dozen passengers.
 The gasolene launch Uncle Dan, re- built and rechristened by w. J. Neill at Kasaan, has been brought here, and is now having her new P horse power engine installed. She is a staunchly built boat, 4O feet long, and is expected to develop a satisfactory rate of speed
 w. H. Archibald, of Dolomi, who was in town yesterday, despatched the Sea Bird, with men and supplies to Cape Chacon this morning to make the annual expenditure on some min eral locations he owns near there. This done, Mir. Achibald returned to Dolomi on the Elk this morning.
 In the U. $. court this morning the grand jury reported an indictment against Robert B. Rogers, a seaman, serving on the U. $. geodetic survey ship Explorer, charged with damag- ing ships chronometer to the amount and value of S30o, and other property while the ship was in the port of Ketchikan.
 Andrew Marencovich, under indict- ment for the killing of Jack Levers, was arraigned, and having entered q plea of not guilty, his case was set fol trial on Monday, Nov. I. Charles F. Ingersoll for the defense.
 The case Of the U. $. vs. Eva Me Daniels, on charge of obtaining good, under false pretenses is now being heard before jury composed of the following persons Phil Abrahams G. A. Hunter, Neil Ward, Ed. Me Gam, Victor SDauldiny, John Peter