The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-04-09
DUCKS ENJOYED
DIET OF GOLD FISH
FLOCK SAID TO HAVE EATEN
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND.
ARE WORTH TEN CENTS APIECE
Twenty Thousand Dollars DAMAGE
Suit Results at sigourney-oth-
er Sensational Cases in
keokuk Co. Court.

uuiihB the past lew days having, IN
addition to their usual heavy duties
at this season OF the year, certified
about LOO of the regular quarterly
pension vouchers. The time for M
ing petitions in law for trial during
the next term of the district court has
also expired and the rush during the
last few days was more than ordinary.
Thirteen petitions were filed in one
day and many of the law suits are OF
a sensational nature, involving large
sums of money and duplicating mum.
erous prominent people.
$4,000 For Dead Gold Fish.
g. L. Reynolds, of Thornburg, and
5. V, Reynolds, of Oskaloosa, have
been made defendants in heavy dam.
age suit lust filed inwhich E. K.
Bruce, proprietor of the well known
fish hatchery near Thornburg, petit
tons the court to recover $40. 900. 90
for the death of 100000 gold fish al
legged to have Deen destroyed by
ducks belonging to Messrs. Reynolds
The defendants are owners of a
farm adjoining the hatchery and &C.
cording TO the allegations of the pc.
tition of Mr.. Bruce, they allowed their
ducksl geese and other fowl animals,
through negligence. to run at large
and that at one time in 1907 they
went to one of the ponds in which
the gold fish were kept and killed and
destroyed about 100000 of the young
fishes. which, it is claimed, are worth
at least ten cents apiece. The same
parties had little controversy once
before in which Messrs. Reynolds
claimed to have sustained damages
from Bruce because of his draining
water from his ponds onto their farm
That case was supposed to have been
settled satisfactorily.
Utterback Divorce Suit.
Verne d. Utterback. a well-to-do
farmer near here, has brought an &C.
ton for divorce against his wife,
Maude NJ. Utterback, with whom he
was married in December. 1897. The
grounds set out in the petition are
cIuef and flifdfhaI treatment and
adultery with George Selley and Geo.
Gilbert. The latter party, according
to the allegations of the petition,
while employed as conductor on the
railroad, carried on a
Irritation and secret correspondence |
with the defendant and went with her
to Ottumwa during ,he carnival last
summer and at other times held il
licit relations with her. 1t is alleged
that the defendant conducted herself
thus in violation of her marriage
vows and contrary to the wishes and
pleadings of the plaintiff, wheTefor
he prays the court to grant him an
absolute divorce and the custody OF
their nine-year-old son.
w. M. Crawford Asks Damages.
W. NJ. Crawford has filed suit
against the c. NJ. G. st. p. Ry. in
which he claims $1,000 damages re-
sulting from his foot having been in
jured by the fall of a sledge from the
hands OF another employe while they
we're at work on the section.
Another Horse Deal.
Chas. Mackey, having purchased al
horse from VIM. Peckington on alleg-
ed Misrepresentation and paid $3.50
for her, has filed a suit against the
former owner, in which he wishes
to return the mare, as he claims toI
be unable TO make her wora, and
asks the court to allow him judg.
ment against Peckington for $780,
the purchase price of the horse, and
fafn In, N q
and caring for her.
Sues For Wife's Affections.
In a petition just filed Cleve Wild.
ner has brought an action in which
he will endeayor to recover damages
in the sum OF $1,000 from w. X. Bar.
low for the alleged alienation of his
wife's affections. The plaintiff is a.
laboring man here and the defendant
a well-to-do livery man and proprietor
OF the city bus line Both are we'll
known citizens and it is expected
that the trial Of the suit will air many
unbecoming circumstances in which
the character of several prominent
Sigourney people will be attacked.
A. c.. Steck. w. c. Gamble and c. NJ.
Brown are attorneys for the plaintiif
and In their petition they allege iorI
Mr.. Widner as grounds for the ac-
ton. that he married Miss Merle los
baker in July, 1904, and that they
lived happily together as man and
wife until October. 1907, when the
defendant began paying attention aud
showing courtesies to Mrs. Widner,
thereby causing to grow up between
them an intimacy by means Of which
he aleniated her affections from the
plaintiff, her husband. and caused
him to lose her society and company
II is alleged that up to that time Mrs
Widner was a good and virtnous wo
man, but after the defendant Barlow.
had become intimate with her, he
made arrangements to meet her at
secret places and gained her conn.
dence for the purpose of having con
troll over her, and ii is alleged that
he used his Influence TO seduce and
cafnaliy know Aer and that no held
Illicit relations with her at various