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Show THE TOWNSITE CASE Sherman and Hobbs, of the Land Office. Will Decide It Within Two Days. ALL EUEEK.A IS INTEEESTFD. Orders Made by Judge Bartch Today The Blue Jay Case Interesting Melange of Court New3. Receiver Sherman and Register Hobbs of the land office are going over the testimony in the famous Eureka townsite case, and Mr. Sherman stated to a Times reporter today that a decision will be announced within a couple of days. The case is a very important one, and affects the interests of nearly all of the people at Eureka. It arose over the application appli-cation of citizens for a townsite, and was opposed by T. D. Sullivan, M. L. Powers and other owners of mines o.i the ground that the area included within the application was mineral in character. The trial occupied several weeks, and the case has now been under advisement advise-ment for a long time. All the parties X interested will be pleased to learn that a decision may be expected at so eariy a date. Whatever may be the ruling of the local official there is no doubt but that the matter will ,e appealed by the losing side to the general laud office at Washington. Probate Court. Estate of G. 1). Hathaway; return of sale of real estate approved and sale confirmed. Estate of James Glade; same order. Estate (if Mary Pate; same order. Estate and guardianship of Samuel H. Green et al., minors; order made appointing Mary Ann Green guardian upon tiling a bond in "the sum of 93000. Es ate of Mary Jacobs; Daniel Jacobs appointed ap-pointed administrator upon tiling a bond of -?300. Estate of Chas. Lambert; order made appointing ap-pointing administrator. The application for the appointment of a guardian for Mary A. Maxwell was dismissed dis-missed on account of the death of Mrs. Maxwell Max-well since the application was riled. Estate, of Elijah Cheney; distribution as prayed. Estate and guardianship of John Gibson et al, minors; petition for revocation of letters of guardianship denied. Estate of W. S. Harman, hearing on petition peti-tion for probate of will continued until May 25. A Damage Suit Against the Daly. Mary Murray, administratrix of the estate of Isaac Snell, today brought suit in the third district court against the Dau MJuing company, and in her complaint she aT";egJas that (m May 2ith, 1890, Isaac Snell was employed em-ployed as a timberman at "the Daly, and while going down in the cage, he fell to the bottom of the shaft and was killed: that the accident was due to the imperfection of the cage and shaft, which might have been discovered dis-covered had ordinary care been exercised by the defendant. The plaintiff claims damages in the sum of lo.()00. M. Marcellus Nelson is the plaintiff's attorney. Court Notes. The juorors are enjoying a half holiday today. Nathan Desky has been excused from jury service. The case of D. A. McPherson vs. Win. Burke et al. has been dismissed. Judge Anderson expects to announce his deeisioa in the case of Woods et al. vs. the Blue Jay early next week. The judge does not expect to transact any further business on the bench until after the session of the supreme court, as his time is needed in the preparation of opinions. - - |