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-
err Sensational Gases In
keokuk Co. Court.

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addition to their usual heavy duties
at this season oil the year, certited
about 1v0 of the regular quarterly
pension vouchers. The time for nj
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 onel
day and many of the law suits are OF
sensational nature, involving largeI
sums of money and duplicating num-
erous prominent people
$4,000 For Dead Gold Fish,
G. e. Reynolds, of Thornburg, and
S. V. Reynolds, of Oskaloosa, have
been made defendants in a heavy dam.
age suit iust fled inwhich E. X
Bruce, proprietor of the we'll known
fish hatchery near Thornburg, petit.
tons the court to recover $20,O0U.0O
for the death of 100000 gold fish al.
legged to have Oeen 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
ducks, geese and other fowl animals,
through negligence. to run at large
and that at one time i'm 1907 theyl
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 III which Messrs Reynolds
claimed to have sustained damages
from Bruce because of his drainingl
water from his ponds onto their farm
That case was supposed to have been
settled satisfactorily.
Utterbaek Divorce Suit.
Verne d. Utterback, a well.to.dol
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
cIrsf Hri fffhdfha1f 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
Irritation and secret correspondence
with the defendant and went with her
to Ottumwa during .he carnival last o..
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, wherefor
he prays the court to grant him an
absolute divorce and the custody of
their nine-year-old son.
w. NJ. Crawford Asks Damages.
w. NJ. Crawford has filed a suit
against the c. NJ. & St. 2. Ry. inI
which he claims $1,000 damages re-
sulting from his foot having been in
jured by the fall of sledge from the
hands of another employee while they
were at work on the section.
Another Horse Deal.
Chas. Mackey, having purchased a
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 to
be unable TO make her worh, and
asks the court to allow him a judg-l
ment against Peckington for $3.50,
the purchase price of the horse, and
SIS as damages sustained in keeping
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 endeavOr TO recover damages
in the sum of $4,000 from W. X. Bar.
low for the alleged alienation. of his
wife's affections The plaintiff is a
laboring man here and the defendant
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 he attacked L
A. c. Steck, w. c. Gamble and c. NJ
Brown are attorneys for the piaintiIf 1
and in their petition they allege ior
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
be aleniated her affections from the
plaintiff. her husband and caused
him TO lose her society and company.
Il is alleged that up 10 that time Mrs.
Widner was good and virtuous 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.
denee for the purpose Of having con
troll over her, and II is alleged that
he used his Influence TO seduce and
earaally know 4er and that no held
Illicit relations NTH her al various