Show farmington FRACTIONS alfred Gorri gorringe aged 25 a and nd caroline mcbride aged 23 were granted grant ed a marriage license on monday in giving 0 the election returns of this place last week the clipper stated that nephi palmer got votes it should hare read A pleasant surprise party was given on wednesday evenin evening g I 1 nov 3rd ard by mrs victoria chaffin in honor of her daughter mrs M mina ina robinsons birthday A highly enjoyable time was participated in by the guests who were judge haight miss rice 9 mrs A L nichols mrs harry nichols mr and mrs G R chaffin mr air and mrs 0 L robinson mr and mrs airs J IL robinson mrs clara stayner mrs lizzie brown and miss nichols nichol the house was prettily decorated chrysanthemums with games and music were heartily indulged in until about midnight prizes were won by mrs airs C L robinson and judge t haight A very important casenas case was tried before judge yesterday berda y and today the main P points eints are as follows walker lane begins two blocks west of the court house and runs south through the fields one mile to glover lane which runs past east and west about one year ago 7 the court had E T clarks clark s fence moved east about two rods claiming that it encroached that distance on the street or lane E T clark was absent and on his big return he requested that the court have the fence placed back where it was the court refusing to do so he moved it back at his own expense e x pense A few months ago the court began moving it again but they were stopped by E T dark clark getting out an injunction E F I 1 T clark won the case by the judge deciding today that the injunction be perpetual one hundred and fity dollars was also claimed for cost of moving 0 the fence and also damages to the land and the crop caused by a drain ditch being shut off but on some iome grounds this claim was consulted non suited and the statement made that it could be sued for again aga 1 i in in deciding 0 the case the judge 0 said it required r more proof than the he mere surveying of a four rod street to constitute a legal le 0 claim acclaim 1 and spoke of the uncertainty dainty of the lines landmarks land marks etc A cain ditch bank near the south end of the lane was frequently spoken of but the ex surveyor said its direction would have made tho the east side of the north end of the lane end near the court louse this would have made the idne cine nearly one fourth of a mile wide so he veered off lesterl westerly y toward lambs corner the moral mp ral of all such things is that it is a pity that the old settlers did not make permanent stone land marks where re original surveyors stakes were set and it alo is a pity that so few of the present land owners see the im of correcting these evils ay so far as they can making this kind of permanent landmarks thomas J stood steed who was so severely kicked by a horse last wednesday was out oat today oday for the first time since the accident the plasters and bruises on his face plainly show that no mistake was made in describing his injuries but some of the details although told by one of his near relatives he be says were not correct for instance he states that horsemen horse men would lau laugh h at the idea of a horse being bein tied down to bo be branded I 1 thought that horsemen horse men would also laugh to see how a fellow horseman horse man had got so badly in the way of a horses hind feet but I 1 concluded I 1 would not further complicate com plicato matters besides he gave good reasons for beinin being in the position he was when the horse shot its feet at liim him tho the evening recreation club another farmington 11 organization was b giver a reception and oyster supper by mrs lizzie zie brown list friday even evening ingo mrs john walsh is president miss aliss louie oviatt vice president and warren rose jr secretary they meet at the residence of members every other friday evening and have a program games etc T B D C farmington nov ath 1807 1897 county taxes become delinquent on nov A singing M class under a salt lake teacher is to be started here composed principally of members of the choir cboin A night school was commenced on tuesday evening for the benefit of those who wish to spend their long winter evenings in a acquiring qui ting knowledge C county on t recorder david thomas is teaching in it there is no tuition asked the common branches will be taut taught gh DISTRICT COURT NOTES judge judo ge opened court hero here on monday the following cases were taken upon up on monday the case of A T schroeder vs B IV driggs 0 et al a motion to strike out part of the complaint was argued 0 and taken under advisement estate of alma stoker deceased proof of posting 1 notice tiled filed order appointing in 0 E pearson administrator bonds of administrator filed and order for publication of notice to creditors made charles T limberg vs richard duerden demurrer withdrawn defendant given ten days to answer E MT T morgan et etal al Vs johniw Johr iW burton dismissed for want of prosecution great salt lake hot springs spring s railway company vs W H streeper clara T 1 france et al aa order to strike cost bills from files argued and taken under advisement vi great salt lake ahot springs spring in s railway company vs VV H streeper motion for new trial argued 2 by EL B critchlow for plaintiff and denied tuesday evening the case of charles H R stephens vs win vm L galbraith was heard this case was appealed from the justice court at Co alville it was dis missed for want of jurisdiction and costs assessed against a ainest the plaintiff plaintiffs so son n had herded sheep for defendant and the suit was brought to compel payment of wages alleged to still due plaintiff Defend defendant had refused be to pay plaintiff in full because he alleges that said plaintiff wilfully neglected to care tor for his sheep while left in charge of them there by losing one or two hundred head on wednesday the mary holbrook vs lindsay holbrook divorce case was tried plaintiff was 9 granted ranted a decree of divorce pier her maiden name mary burton was also ago restored to her the cases of adcock vs lewis et al and moss vs rampton were continued to saturday nov to ague the question of the jurisdiction of this court to try the cases the case of the state vs E X E livingston occupied the rem remainder aiu i of the day the defendant was charged with stealing 0 seven work harness and an extra collar from bishop the jury brought in a verdict of guilty but his sentence was postponed COUNTY COURT NOTES county court held a regular session nov isi 1898 at 10 a m john P benson complained that he was twice assessed on two acres in section 26 T tp P Q 2 north range 1 west amounting to 10 and also that 2022 acres in section 35 2 tp north ra range nor 0 1 west was vas assessed too high and he ie had received the notice of assessment ses too late to complain when the board of equalization was in session the attorney gave it HAS as his big opinion that no relief can be granted to mr air benson byway by way of reducing 0 the valuation at this time it was ordered that two acres in section 26 tp ip 2 north range 1 west assessed at be abated on account of double assessment and that the application for reduction of valuation of land in section 35 33 be denied E lund estate through widow made application for relief from taxes on account of indio it was ordered that an appropriation of 5 be made for her relief the warrant to be made in favor of the treasurer and applied on the taxes of said estate the petition of E F P rose asking ing 10 that an appropriation of 5 be made to reimburse him for a load of hay lost through being tipped over at the crossing of dry hollow near james D I 1 wilcox in in ni armington rm ington said accident being caused by the unsafe condition con d i tion of the road the matter was taken under advisement joel parrish appeared before commissioners the and complained of double assessment of five acres lot 1 blk B plat A cen treville townsite the same was ordered abated on account of double assessment three and one half acres in section 29 tp 2 north range 1 cast assessed to rosetta hayes was ordered abated on account of double assessment |