Show BRIG AI CITY BITS Vrbor Day Several Scourge of Tramps Court I Callings BRiGHAM CITY April 18 Arbor day was not very generally observed in Brigham Wednesday Nearly all i the business houses were open and the place did not impress one very much with the idea that tree planting was generally indulged in i Parts of the day were uncomfortably chilly Several more deaths have taken place in Brigham this week This winter win-ter seems to be the final milestone in the lives of many of the pioneers of the town Yet they are all living to ripe old agesfrom about 70 years up to 80 Nearly half a score have passed away since the snow was first wafted in the air last fall Tuesday Mrs Sarah Ralphs died after af-ter an illness of a few weeks Old age was the cause of her death she being 75 years of age She has been a resident resi-dent of Brigham City for over forty years and is the mother of reSpected citizens of this place The funeral was held in the ward hall Friday afternoon where many words of praise were spoken spo-ken in her behalf The body was afterwards af-terwards interred In the cemetery a number of friends in vehicles conducting conduct-ing it thither Thursday night after a week or more of serious illness Mrs Elizabeth Burt another good old mother of this city breathed her last and now all that is mortal < lies cold and lifeless TT in her home I itt Ul OtUlU IV tl U dlU ll uu privations inseparable with pioneer life in this far west and advancing years combined brought her useful life to a peaceful close She is the wife of John D Burt a prominent old citizen izen who is intimately connected with the early history and upbuilding of Brigham City The funeral of Mrs Burt will be held Sunday afternoon Thursday night Sheriff Davis returned return-ed from Ogden with a young tramp aged about 21 in his custody He says his name is Thomas Smith He was captured on the streets of Ogden Og-den with a brand new suit on his back and his pockets bulging out like small sacks of potatoesthey were crammed full of silk handkerchiefs knives and ful other small articles This is a partial sequel to a burglary which took place in Brigham Tuesday night On that occasion the store of Chris Hoist was broken Into and goods of various kinds I to the amount of 150 to 200 were pur loined One of the thieves actually leit his old l clothes in the store after haying hay-ing fitted himself out with a brand new milt from head to foot This Smith is supposed to be the incautious burglar who performed this unique act Tramps are infesting the city and suburbs in large numbers Accordingly < petty thieving burglaries and other similar depredations are of not infrequent infre-quent occurrence The sheep shearers of these parts are now hieing themselves to the wilds of Wyoming where hundreds of thousands thous-ands of sheep are sheared as regularly as spring comes round Judge Charles H Hart helda session of court in Brign m Monday There were present the usual swarm of lawyers law-yers from varIQus parts representing the many cases that were touched on An immense amount of work was gone through for so brief a time of court as the following will show i Qn April 27 the following men are commanded to appear and from their ranks the juries will be selected From Brigham John Christensen Leslie Nichols Nels C Jensen Charles Fors gren Lorenzo Petersen John Burrows Pete Krudsen outside W E Ellis Stephen White A E Roche John Kuhzlefr J A Edwards Joseph Toombs John Standing George T 4 c I f1 WIJ J Rogers Thomas Wheatley Heber Orme Thomas Yates x The three tramps Fred Lambert Sam Darling and John Higgins accused ac-cused of the depot burglary at Willard were arraigned and pleaded not guilty Trial set for April 28 Case of Annie Johnson vs William Meagher Johnsons request for a new trial denied J T Rich vs Abram Zandel et al defendants given five days to answer Charles Candler vs Nels Jensen motion mo-tion for new trial taken under advisement advise-ment Martin Ensign vs George W Fisher motion for a new trial by defendant denied Margaret Baird vs B C r r A set for hearing May 2 Final accounts were submitted and approved by the court In the following follow-ing estates John Hailing Samuel L Smith Will iam Pyott Elizabeth L Davis John Funk a Scandinavian was on taking the required oath pronounced a citizen of the United States Ellen Keeth vs Michael Keeth hearing hear-ing on motion set for April 24 Amelia Johnson vs Nels F Johnson j I a prayer for divorce resulted in Ame las prayer being answered in double quick time as the unhusbandly Nels failed to show his face in court Agnes M Owens was appointed ad ministratrix in the estate of William P Owens Estate of Henry C Wells hearing of special administrators report to beset be-set later on All actions in regard to the BC M M A were set for April 25 The following cases were set Busenbark vs Busenbark April 25 State of Utah vs Dr J B Carring ton April 27 I William Burrell vs R H Jones April 28 Barnes vs Cox April 29 I William M Miller vs Bear River Canal company April 30 J S Peery vs C W Knudson April 30 30Lewis Lewis Jones vs Borgstrom both dead May 1 Retallick vs Clark et aI May 1 Fredsham vs Carrington May 2 Garns vs Garns May 2 R D Jones vs B H Jones May 4 Mary Kent vs John P Kent May 4 Almina P Holdaway vs Chris Petersen Pe-tersen May 5 Becker vs Carter et aI May 5 Campbel vs Mecham action dismissed dis-missed at plaintiffs cost Adjourned until April 24 |