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Show THOSE FAMILY JARS. The Divorce Business Showing Evidence of Another Spring Boom In Zion. MP. BROWN BEATS THE CASE. The .lury Render a Verdict in Favor of the Defendant-The Kverett Damage Dam-age Suit Against the Oregon Short Line -The Court Kecortl. The day in the district court opened with an action for divorce, in which Laura Lund-berg, Lund-berg, a blushing blonde mother with two charming girl babies, was the petitioner and Carl Lundberg was the respondent. The complaint set up that they were married in ISSo; that "the defendant developed into a profligate and failed to contribute contrib-ute anything whatever to her sup. part. Thrown upon her own resources and tossed violently around by the tempests of adversity, she finally appealed to the wash tub for the support of herself and babes. "He's worthless," said Lawyer Barlow Ferguson, in windintr up the case this mom inic, "and might be made to pay $5 a month towards the maintenance of the family." "Make it ten," interposed the court sternly, stern-ly, and with this the decree was entered, while the heartbroken mother and her littlo ones tripped on out to freedom. The second day of the case of Georgo Everett against the Orejron Short Line railway rail-way began with the opening of court this morning, Mr. VanCott appearing for the company and Messrs. Ferguson A Cannon for the plaintiff. The evidence now makes it appear that Everett had paid the brakey on a freight train $1 to ailow him to go as blind freight to Salt Lake, and that he was caught in the collision. In the case of . H. Williams vs C. M. Brown, constable, ct al., the jury this morn, ing returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. defen-dant. The action was brought to recover the sum of $1500, with interest afc'O percent from April 1, 1891, which was alleged to be due the plaintiff by reason of the unlawful seizure of goods made by the defendant. An additional $1000 was asked for, alleged to be due from the sureties who were on tho official bond of Brown at the time of tlm seizure. Constable Brown was very much gratilied at the finding of the jury this morn, ing and everybody "adjourned." James Olmendorfer and M. G. Taylori petit jurors, were excused by Judge Zauj this morning. In the case of Tonnes Tonneson ct al. j against the Taylor, Kom ney and Armstrong company, an order was made allowing ten days in which to hie statatement for new trial. . |