The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

1910, while passenger on the local
 running south Of Mena, Mir. Worth
 ington wanted Co get onf at Cove
 The train slowed up, but did not
 stop, and Mir. Worthington jumped
 off. He fell and was quite seriously | injured, being unconscious for
 some time. A knee joint was dis
 located and he was badly bruised
 and scratched. The hardest fight
 in the case was over the point as to
 whether Mir. WorthinRion was
 guilty of eontributofy negligence
 in attempting to get off the moving
 train. The case was given to the jury before noon today, and at 2:3C o'clock this afternoon returned q
 verdict giving the plaintiff judge ment for Si000.
 A suit of s. <. Little against the
 Kansas City Southern for damage
 aused by the burning of barn
 md timber at Rich Mountain re- l suited in q verdict for the plalntlfl
 II the sum of SSS.
 The suit of the Graham Clothing
 Co. vs. the Kansas City Southern | was for two months rent of
 ! room in the Harmon block while 1 was occupied by Guy E. Wood he companys general agent here turing the time the produce wa. being collected to make an exhibit tt the state fair. There was proof introduced tending to show that representative of the railroad had peen told that no rent would he | harped. There was at that time | suit between Dr. J. R. Davis and | he Graham company regarding the occupancy of the store room, and liter the Graham company lost this ut and had to pay the rent the uit against the railroad to make fl | Day for the time Mr. Wood occu- )ied the room was brought. The | ury refused to take this view of | he case.
 l Another interesting suit which | vent to trial Thursday afternoon md was finished Saturday was hat of l.. A. Touu vs. the kansns | lily Southern. March 9, 1909, Mr. roun arrived in Mena from Wis onsin with a carload of house. ,old goods. Tn the car there was | llso i30 bushels If 'rSh stead of being allowed the low | migrant car charge for freight ,r lonn was charged a much high- | F rate because of having the pc | tatoes in the car. In the trial | he case Mr. Toun stated that h l brought the potatoes with his othc | seed and farm tools for the purpose | )f farming, and expefled te plant l wenty acres in Irish potatoes. The ury gave him Judgment for Sl9s.5t md interest from March % 1909 | <. A. Downs of Boswell. Ok, form ,rly of Mena, and J. |. Alley, repre- sented Mir. Tonn.
 Grand Jury Making Record The general impression has been hat the people of Polk county have been behaving fairly we'll recently but from the number of indet- ments the present grand jury is pil- ing up 1t looks like the members must have stirred up something. Following up the bunch of 22 turned in Tuesday, % more fol- owed yesterday. making a total Of Y. of the indictments that have
 been served and returned they are
 said to all be confined to gaming | drunkenness and other misdemean- Dr charges.
 | Following the hearing of the mo- ion to set aside the S500O0 judg- nent held by R. Nj. 0uigley against
 Nary K Hammond which was Tanted late Friday circuit court
 'esumed it's grind on commonplace lffairs Friday and took Up the 'uit of r. NJ. Dover vs. T. A. Harwell involving something less than a | ouple of hundred of dollars of an account of man named Webb, who vas killed in boiler explosion near Hatfield last summer, which Mr. Dover claims Mir. Harwell stood re- sponsible for. Mr. Harwell claimed le only stood for a certain sum and ID to a certain time. The jury gave
 verdict in favor of the plaintifT Ar. Dover, for the full amount of he suit.
 This afternoon the suit of W. C
 Nelson vs. T. A. Harwell is or trial
 lt arises from a dispute over an ac- 'ount for labor performed by Mir Nelson for Mir. Harwell. The grand jury which has put in uch busy week, turned in 8 in- lictmcnlS Friday, making a total oi
 06, and adjourned.
 Cases Previously Disposed Of. The court has disposed of other
 ases as follows:
 Charles Payton vs. Kansas Cit,
 southern Railway Company. con
 inued.
 c. E. Mallon ys. Ridgeway &
 ireen; dismissal set aside and case ontinued.
 Thomas Beck, petition for natur-
 lllzatlon; petition granted. Bernard Bigge. petition for natur- slization; petition granted.
 $. s, Little vs. Kansas City South
 srn; dismissed.
 $. & Little vs. Kansas City South l srn. dismissed.
 Atkinson-W Williams Hardware Com
 oany vs. N. E. Clinton: Judgment
 by consent for SisS.
 J. $. Sterling vs. Kansas City Solihprn itdufnant hx, aonsot,f for