The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-10-01
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Disposition of Various Matters by
Judge and Jury.

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ct was hastily gone over and few
entries made in probate cases. The
temperature of the court room was
hardly warm enough to permit of the
holding of court, although heat was
secured late in the morning. Jack
Haworth is serving as court bailih
this term and Joseph Fisher will ac'
as grand jury bailiff ]. A. p. Robin.
\ son, Of GriHnell, is the court reporter
for the term and Miss Vida Laugh,
reg, clerk of the grand jury, which
will be empannelled tomorrow.
The following entries were made in
the various matters brought up before
Judge Preston this morning:
..-. Probate Cases.
Estate of J. A. Proudfit, decd, Sa
rah E, Proudfit, executor; estate OF
Sarah Ann Norris, decd, Mary Jane
Norris, executor; estate of Uriah
Dannals, decd, j. M. Carter, aumr. /;
guardianship of Susan b. Weeks
minor, N. B. Weeks, guardian; and
guardianship of minor heirs of Allen
Faulkner. decd, Mary V. Faulkner
guardian. In all these cases an entry
was made ordering the executors and
guardians to file their final reports
within. sixty days.
Estate of VIM. McQuiston, decd
Harry R. McQuiston, administrator
7. M, Simonton enters his appear
ance for the American Bonding Co., of
Baltimore.
Estate of Frank w. Scribner, decd
Bearley w. Scribner, administrator
final report and distribution approved
administrator discharged and sure
ties released
Estate of Celyndia A. West, decd.
administrator authorized to employ
attorneys to contest the claim of Mrs
West.
Estate of David Williams, decd.
Sarah J. Williams, executor; hearing
of final report fixed for October 10
1908, at 100 O'Clock.
Estate of Hannah Gesford, decd,
NJ. e. Bennett, administrator; final
report and settlement approved, ad
ministrator discharged and sureties
released.
Will of w. H. Reilly, decd, trial
will and codicil admitted to probate
Ella Reilly appointed executrix with
out bond. g..
Estate of Henry Carl Reuter-, decd
hearing of final report fixed for Oct
10, 1903, at 100 cock.
Guardianship of minor heirs of han
ma f. Gesford, decd, final report ano
settlement approved, guardian dis
charged and sureties released
Estate of Jacob w. Clevenger, decd
bearing of final report fixeu for Oct
II, 1908, at 900 O'Clock.
Estate of Seth P. Ankney, decd, ad
ministrator authorized to mortgage
property for $50, as prayed.
Divorces Dismissed.
Three divorce proceedings pending
in the district court were dismissed
this morning by the plaintiffs and IN
each instance the plaintiffs costs, fol
which Judgments were entered. The
cases were dismissed as follows: w
c. Wing VS.. LA Wing; Mary Batter
VS.. Chris Blatter, and Mary Bland VS.
William Bland.
Gertrude Cuscoden VS.. Louis C. FER
rel, attachment; Vida Daughrey ap
pointed commissioner to take answer
of garnishees.
G. B. Row VS.. C. w. Jones, damages ;
W. II. Heating enters mis- appearance
for the defendant and is given ten
days to plead.
Mary Shiek VS.. William Shiek, dl
vorce; defendant given one week I,
plead.
A. Wood VS.. j. B Coulson admin
istrator of estate of Lizzie b. Coul
son, guardian, in same VS.. l.. M
Coulson; garnishment proceedings
dismissed by plaintiff and Judgment
against plaintiff for costs if no. paid
during the term.
Claiming to have been put off Of a
train between Hedrick and Fremont
without cause and greatly Inundated
and damaged as the result, NJ. E.
Smith and Jay Welton have each
brought suits in the district court to
recover damages in the sum of 81 900
apiece from the Iowa Central Ry. Co.
The alleged incidents referred to in
the petition occurred about August 20,
this year when Mr.. Smith claims to
have boarded an Iowa Central train
at Hedrick to go to Fremont and Mr..
Welton claims to have been going
from Hedrick to Wright. Both allege
that they were in the depot at least
twenty minutes before train time and
that there was no ticket agent there
so they were unable to purchase tick
cts. Mr.. Smith claims he handed the
conductor fifteen cents, while the regu-
lar fare is but fourteen cents from
Hedrick to Fremont, and Mr.. Welton
claims he paid the conductor twenty
FIVE cents, while the regular fare from
Hedrick to Wright is but twenty-four
cents. Both plaintiffs allege that
they were asked to pay ten cents ad-
ditlonal because they had not purchas-
ed tickets and, upon their refusal to