Show THE U P SUED Proceedings by tho Government to Cancel Coal Land Patents The United States filed an action against the Union Pacific Railway company in the Third district court yesterday asking that the defendants patent on certain valuable coal lands in Summit county be canceled The plaintiff alleges that the patent was issued through inadvertance and mistake on the part of the plaintiffs but with full knowledge of the defendantsthat the lands were not subject to selection under the laws of the United States and that the plaintiff is bound under said laws to confirm the lands mentioned to actual appropriators and applicants and to issue them patents therefor The lands were secured se-cured under an act of Congress approved June 22 1874 entitled An act for the relief re-lief of settlers on railroad lands but it is alleged that the defendant was authorized to select lands not mineral in their character char-acter AttorneyGeneral Miller and District Dis-trict Attorney Varian aro attorneys for the plaintiff Hum or the Courts In the case of Stayner Bros vs Elof Johnson Justice Hall has rendered judgment judg-ment in favor of the plaintiff for 5722 Mine Lamb has recovered a judgment against Josegh S Grow for 2425 in Justice Jus-tice Halls court G A Sawyer has begun suit against Jonu S Groesbeck to collect 250 on a promissory note In Justice Halls court The Norwegian Plow company is suing W J Ballinger in Justice Halls court to collect 17494 Sophia Jensen was examined in the probate pro-bate court yesterday as to her sanity and was adjudged sane The county court meets tomorrow Probate Court Judge Bartch made the following orders in the probate court yesterday Estate of Marcus A Campbell deceased order made to sell personal property at private sale Estate of Morgan Williams deceased Doc 13 sot for hearing petition for letters of administration Estate and guardianship of Arthur and Flora C Howells minors Dec 10 set for hearing petition for letters of guardianship guardian-ship Estate and guardianship of Alexander Laird minor Dec 13 set to hear petition for letters of guardianship Before Justice Gee In the police court yesterday the charge against F D Clift for violation of the sanitary san-itary ordinance was dismissed by the prosecution pros-ecution Frank Stevens was sentenced to ten days for stealing a well bucket from Contractor Con-tractor Morrison and four drunks were mulcet 5 each T J Johnson a colored porter at the Knutsford hotel was arrested last night by Officer Armstrong on a warrant sworn out by Kate A Johnson his wife charging him with assaulting her The goods recovered by Chief Paul and Captain Donovan near tho Union Pacific depot prove to have been stolen from the Utah Central depot The articles embraced em-braced a lot of canned goods groceries and soap shipped by Cunnington Sc Co to the Peoples Coop at Oasis Nev Will hue for 5000 It is stated that the Salt Lake Mill and Elevator company will plant a 5000 damage dam-age suit against Paine Lyne in the Third district court tomorrow The grounds upon which the suit will bo brought are malicious and wrongful suing out of an attachment at-tachment on plaintiffs property recently |