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Show IN THE HALLS I T1. A Truant Husband Who Abandoned His Wile AND SKIPPED BEFORE THE HONEYMOON HAD WANED. The Bis: Daniag-e Suit Agrainst John Beck. A MINING CONTROVERSY IS SETTLED SET-TLED BY ARBITRATION. i i ' The Xla:ara Company fiaina Another J'oint Order Made by Judge Hartch in the Probate Court Today To-day J udsriiienti Entered and Sew Actions Commenced In the Third District Court Items of Interest. The proceedings in Judge Anderson's court this morning opened with a divorce casu in which Maud Morrison was tbe plaintiff and Malcolm Morrison the defendant. defend-ant. The latter made no appearance and the plaintiff took the stand and told her story. She is only 19 years of age and was married a year and a half ago, and it seems that her hubby, who was a waiter, abandoned aban-doned her three months after her marriage, airs. Morrison kuew of no reason for such Aonriurt and the AneetAtiira nnnnlmmi&lv , i j agreed that he didu't have any, for the wife is a very pretty yourj woman of attractive ruunuerrf. Her story waa corroborated by her mother, and Mrs. Morrison waa granted an absolute divorce, with $25 a month alimony. ali-mony. She was also awarded the custody of her baby. In thu big mining suit of the old Jordan company vs. the Niagara, the plaintiffs motion mo-tion for additional findings was allowed. A. M1XIXO CONTKOVEKST. -r ' A mining controversy of considerable im portance was settled this morning by arbi- ; tration. The companies Interested were the S:irupBon and the Yuseuute No. 2, and iko controversy in regard to the location ' rl thu ai'ex of the vein of what was claimed ' by the Yoseraite to be the Yosemite No. 2 lode. Martin K. llarkness and W. M. Nes-bit Nes-bit were appointed arbitrators, ' and they fouud ijiat the apex, of the Yosemite No. 2 . vein crosses aud departs from the easterly ' side Una nf the ro.omlie Xu. 3 claim at a poiut on the easterly side line, at a point in-, in-, d.caied by a post. . . TUK DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST BECK. Contrary to expectation, the case of J. J. CusLing et al. vs. John Beck, in which the plaintifls claim upwards of 20,000 for an alleged al-leged breach of contract, was not closed last night. The arguments were made by Judge Poucrs for the plaintiffs, and Judge Rot le lor. thu defendant, .this morning, and the case went to the jury at noon. A BRUTAL HC3BAXD FIXED. John H. Heugren, a well-known restau-ront restau-ront keeper, was tried before Commissioner Greciiman this morning on the charge of as-y as-y s saultiug his wife, Elizabeth. It seems that I Mrs Heagrean has not lived with her hua- j baud for over a year, and she says she ' le'i hi:a because of the cruel manner iu 'i wb:ch he treated her. Ou Sunday morning Huagren went to her holism and struck her . tiiree times. The wife said she had ptood " ' this sort of thing for nineteen years, ana ,; , she didn't propose to stand it any longer, no I fhe had him arrested. The court imposed a I fine of $10, and required the defendant to ' give a bund in the sum of $300 to keep the V' peace. COmtT NOTES. In the case of the Parotte Andrews Co. vs. J. S. Jones, judgment has been entered for the plaintiff for $7S.b5. lathe case of M. E. Smith et al vs. J. W. Jones, juagment naa oeen entered lor, the plaintilf lor 15o.65. . . The trial of tho case of The Peop v-. I Thomas O'Neal, charged with manslaughter, i has been conliuued upon motion of tue da- : fense. The Pacific Lumber & Building comprny today brought suit aeainst Samuel Sbe'.l el al., to recover $3,2S1.97 for material aoid them. In the case of the Kentucky Liquor company com-pany vs. Jos. Dudler, judgment has been entered for the plaintiff by confession for $090.44. Criminal business was taken up in the Third district court this afternoon, the case of Murray Wilson, a 17-year-old boy, charged with making a criminal assault upon Lillie Johrsou, aged 11, being the first case called for trial. F. B. Stephens prosecuted and Glenn fe Gunter defended. A jury was easily obtained and the trial is in progress as Tux Times goes to press. e |