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Show the Id mmi Tha Method of Councilman Pickard'i Madness Being Airod Befora Judge Andoreon. a, A QUIET DAT IN CHAMBERS. O The Fathor of young Anderson Soeki to Eocovcr Damage'. Notes Train the Lobby; 2 It wms a day of disappointment in Qf court circles. Tho people who come and go, according to the character of -4 the attraction, were disappointed. Ia t 1 Judge Anderson's court they had ex- Q pectcd to see tho methods of Council- f man Pickard's madness, in the case of m the old Fort block, ventilated. This in . tho first case in which they were disap- C" pointed. Several ef the troop of legal fj luminaries who are associated with the 4 formidable issue were present, and when the case was called, Judge Dick son, in behalf .of the city, stated that they were ready to proceed. The court cited that information had arrived concerning the illness of Frank llolVman, counsel for Pickard, and that it would be impossible for hiui to put ia appearance at that time. "Then let it go over until 2 o'clock," said Jude Dickson, nnd it went. The spectators who had filled the chamber to MitTocation also went with an assitr-anco assitr-anco that they would return this after noon. A number of short orders were made, when a recess was taken until 2 o'clock this afternoon. In Judge Zaue's court the civil dockrt that is generally destitute of any moisture mois-ture whatever, was productive of an unusual amount of tragedy. The call-ing call-ing of the case of John I'obinson vs. the Oregon Short Line railway revived the killing of John Samuel Kobir.son ia December last. Young Samuel; and a number of companions had sought tha railway track for a playgrouud and found a handcar that they immediately proceeded to board. They hail pumped it to the summit of the grada ami when the other side was reached it began to descend with terrific speed. The boys who had undertaken to handle han-dle it became panic-stricken and for the folly of the trip Samuel Robinson gave bis young life. His father, who looked forward to the time when ha could lean upon him with perfect safety, now seeks damages in the sum of $23,000. The case of John White vs. the Union Pacific railway was then called and went to trial before a jury. Court Notes. The criminal calendar will be taken ... up again on Monday.- - - The commissioners had nothing on during the day but matters of a civil nature. Tho grand jury is still grinding on matters of general interest to law and morality. In the case of McLannar vs. Uainos, before Judge Anderson, tho demurrer was withdrawn and twenty days wera allowed for an answer. The rights of an impecuneous defendant defend-ant to the records at the expense of tha territory will be discussed before Judg Anderson tomorrow morning at 11) ( o'clock. LOOKS LIKE TH-: F1CHTH WARD. It no Legal C'oinpl.t-uuun Arise the Joint Ituildlug will There. There was a meeting of the joint city and Jcounty committee in the mayor's office this afternoon. Up to the hour of going to press, no action was taken on the change of the site from the corner of First South to the Eighth ward square, but all of the members of the committee, from whom an expression could bo gotten, got-ten, announced themselves as in favor of tho proposition. |