The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-20
district Court Now in Session With
Several Interesting Cases
Up for Consider
alton.
NEWS FROM BoNAPARTE
nigh School Discriminatory contes.
Held With Roy Haney, Dorothy
Chapman and Agnes
Moore Winners.

| BONAPARTE, Jan. 2O.-The grand
jury in the Van Buren, county district
court was drawn Thursday morning
OF last week and was in session for
two days. l.. E. Winny was foreman
and the other Jurors were August
Schneider, ]. r. Madden, J. c. Per.
kins, ]. w. Goodman, Bert Cross and
John CASTOR.
The trial of the case OF r. T.. Jones
VS.. d. S. Plowman was taken up be.
fore the court last Thursday. The
taking of evidence was concluded
Friday, when the hearing Of argu.
ments was postponed to Tuesday OF
this week. The case grew out Of the
sale of the Folker 480-acre farm in
Vernon township by G. W. Findlay
and ID. S. Plowman, the purchasers
being r. E. Jones and Ralph Arm.
strong. Mr.. Jones brought suit to
have the sale set aside and the re-
turn to him Of 1000 which he paid
down. The courts decision has not
as yet been rendered.
Decree of divorce was signed in
the suit of Charles E. Hall VS.. Daisy
Hall.
Two repleyin cases of Wade H.
Harryman. administrator, VS.. A. D.
Pool, were settled.
Titles were quieted as follows: T.
l.. Parish against Harry, Selman and
Lawrence Daughrity; e. B. Scott,
Roy Stockdale, Alexander Findlay,
A. Verbeck and Margaret Dunshee
against unknown claimants.
Foreclosure case OF Gertrude NJ.
Calhoun VS.. W. III. Nicholas ct al
was settled.
The following wills were admitted
to probate: Josiah E. Spence, with
Mrs. Mary Spence as executrix with
out bond; Moses Huett, with A. l.
Doud, administrator bond OF $1,000;
Euclida Lewis, with George C. Lewis
executor without bond: Richard E.
executrix without bond; Clarence s.
Price, with Elizabeth Price executrix
without bond.
The suit of Marriott VS.. Brewer
was tried before jury this week and
q verdict rendered for the defend
ant. Plaintiff had brought suit for
collection of commission alleged TO
BIO due him on sale Of real estate
Thursday of last week Judge Yer
million rendered his opinion in the
case of Law VS. Arson. which was
tried last August. 1t involved the
settlement Of partnership The
court found that defendant owed
plaintiff $1.13S.20 and that the firm
had $4.0O1.99 deposited in banks.
Plaintiff is to have one-half of this
amount plus s1,13s.2o and defendant
one-half minus s1.13S-20. Each party
is to pay his own costs.
The board OF supervisors and rep |
of the c., B. & @. held
a conference last Thursday in regard !
10 the Mount Sterling railroad bridge
which is obstructing the dredging OF
the Fox river, The county. was rep.
resented by Attorney Seerley and |
Mr.. Killing, of Burlington, and the
railroad company by Palmar Trinlble !
and Division Superintendent Ham. |
Civil Engineer Holbrook was also :
prescat. They arrived at no agree
nent.
MISS Margaret Johnson enjoyed
visit in Des Moines last week with
he W I. Boyle family.
Mrs. John CresswelI of Harrisburg /
ownship, is reported to be in a seri- !
JUS condition Some time since she i
ustained a severe injury. to her
boulder from fall, and has nerv-
us breakdown as result Of the |
"a in. Her daughter, Miss Florence, l.
Tho was teaching at Iowa City, has
cen called home.
Mrs. William Higgins died at her /
ONE a short distance east Of Bona
arte, ON Saturday evening after a |,
everal months illness. heart trouble
eing the cause Of her death. She
, survived by her husband and one !,
aughter, Ethel. The Higgins family
,oyed here from Illinois several years /
60 when they purchased the Aber- /
athy farm, where they have since !,
esided. I
The many friends here were panied
} learn of the death of Ross Harlan d
,h,o died in a Keokuk hospital Satur- |,
ay afternoon of last week. Mr.. Har.
ms home was in Hillsboro, but he |.
as well known here, having married K
[iss Elizabeth Holmes, former Har-
sburg girl, several years ago. He
survived by his wife, two sons, his
.ther and mother, one brother and
host Of warm friends wherever he
as known.
Miss Margaret Johnson has been
Isiting at the DR.. Boyle home in Des
Dimes during the past week.
The high scohol declamatory con-
st was held at the high school audi
rium on Wednesday evening Of last
eek. In the oratorical class Roy
aney won first, his subject being
Builders of Empire. In the Ira
attic class Carribelle Perkins was
ven first place and awarded the
edal but on the following morning
was discovered that a mistake had
zen made in adding the points given
I the judges and Dorothy Chapman
as given first place by the close
argin of one and one-third points.
the humorous class Agnes Moore
on first place, The Judges were
av. ]. S. Coppoc. Bonaparte Baptist
mister, Miss Bloomquist and Super
tendent J. NJ. Stoke OF the Kco.
uqua schools The contest was one