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Show S THE BALLS OP JUSTICE. A Female From the Land of the Mikados consequence of his arrest. He claims damages dam-ages in the sum of $20,000. James D. Pardee and Kaighn & Anderson are the plaintiff's attorneys. DAMAGE SC1T AGAINST THE CITY. Peter F. Goss, a Third South street merchant, mer-chant, this afternoon brought suit against the city. Mr. Goss owns preperty -west of the river, and he claims that the city has discharged the sewerage ou and near his land, thereby creating a nuisance and rendering ren-dering the place unfit for habitation. Mr. Goss asks for an injunction and for $5000 damages. Richards & Moyle are the plaintiffs attorneys. attor-neys. A XEW STONE COMPANY. The articles of the Kyune Graystone company com-pany -were filed with the clerk of the Third PROMISES TO REFORM AND IS FINED $100. Harry Harnett Gets a Year lor Forgery. For-gery. AUSTIN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO A SERIOUS CHARGE. bY Setting of Important Criminal Cases Made A S20.000 Damage yS feiuit Against Shei-iST Bart Ter-" Ter-" diet in the Case or Jay vs. "H'hitte-more "H'hitte-more Alleged Breach of Contract Interesting Melange of Legal Sews. Mina Shima, an almond-eyed wanderer from the land of the mikado, was before Judge Zane this morning to plead to an indictment, in-dictment, charging her with keeping a house of ill-fame. Mina evidently doesn't think lunch of courts, as it took a bench warrant to bring her in. She doesn't speak English very well, and II. Tada, a male Jap, acted as interpreter. Through him, Mina informed the court that she had been in the business for a year, but intended to quit it at once and go to 'Frisco. The court Bized up her pile at $200, and fined her half of that ' amount. . . ant .t a -rs "V" fT r.ni TV district court today. The company is organized for the purpose of quarrying and shipping stone and. owns two quarries, containing con-taining 110 acres. It is capitalized at $150,-OiK), $150,-OiK), divided into shares of the denomination of $1 each. The stock is subscribed for as 1 follows: Xcme- yo. Shares. G. F. Culmer 2".2,500 W. H. Culmer . 20100 H. L. A. Culmer 20,000 W. H. Jennings 62,fii0 H. C. James 25,0j0 The officers are: G. F. Culmer, president; W. H. Jennings, vice-president; H. L. A. Culmer, secretary and treasurer. Court ISotes. The case of H. E. C. Peterson vs. T. A. Davis has been dismissed. In the case of Ida E. Scoville vs. W. T. Scoviile, default of the defendant has been entered. The jury returned a verdict for the plain- i tiff for $276.40 in the case of Q. S. Sparks vs. M. Blackburn last evening. COUNTY COUIiT. Good Sized Budget Disposed of by Selectmen Select-men This Morning. County court met this morning with Selectmen Se-lectmen Bartch, Hardy, Butter and Cahoou present. The following business was transacted: trans-acted: REFERRED TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. A petition from J. B. Walden for a franchise fran-chise to lay water pipes on certain county roads was read and referred to the couuty attorney. A communication from J. H. Bowman respecting the payment of warrants was read and referred to the city attorney. SHORT OF FUNDS. The clerk reported that he had territorial warrants amounting to $S6,385, but they LauMWIi UG taiU ab JI1CBCUL, UWIU lO IBCh. ox fundd. TO EM PLOT ASSISTANCE. The clerk was ordered to employ assistance to make the computations necessary under the raise ordered by the territorial board of equalization. GRANTED THE ROAD. The petition of W. H. H. Spafford and others for the establishment of a road as follows: Beginning at the center of a county road north and south, at the northeast north-east corner of section thirty-four, township one, south cf range one east; thence south 60 degrees, west 2.19 chains; thence north 77 degrees, west 3.00 chains; thence north 833 degrees, west 4.25 chains to a point on the north boundary of section thirty-four; thence north in southwest quarter of section sec-tion twenty-seven, township one, south range one east to center of a county road east and werf, was reported by committee and ordered granted. ' LIQUOR BOND. The liquor bond of A. M. Davis of Brighton was approved, with Albert Fisher and T. Enzensperger as sureties. OBJECTED TO PEDDLERS. A complaint filed by A. Hanab of Bingham, Bing-ham, concerning peddlers in that precinct, was read and filed. TtTRN OVER THE FUNDS WEEKLT. It was ordered that the county collector be notified to turn over to the county treasurer treas-urer each week ail money collected belong-, ing to Salt Lake county. . INSURING AGAINST LOS3. The commissioner ou insurance reported that they had placed a policy of 55000, to run three years at a premium of $110, with the Insurance Company of North America. Adopted. PAUPER APPROPRIATION. The following appropriation was made for Mrs. Mc. C. Crawley: To ticket for husband to San Diego, California Cali-fornia 530 00 Expenses on jonrney 300 Total 533 00 TO BUILD A BRIDGE. The committee on contract for a bridge at Murray reported favoring letting the contract con-tract to Burton, Gardner & Co., for $725. Report adopted. Burton, Gardner & Co.'s bid was as follows: County Court, Salt Lake City: Gbntle.-mex: We will build the bridtre, to be located at ilur-rav. ilur-rav. m per plans and specifications, for the sum of $725. Four bidders put in bids on this bridee. The committee on the petition of William Casper and others, prayina: that a certain road be opened is school district No. 30, reported re-ported that they would recommend that said road be declared a county road as now traveled. trav-eled. Adopted. Court adjourned to September 21, 1892. j Jamei Austin, the paving contractor, who is charged with shooting his son Anthony, on JuJy SO, with intent to murder, was next arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty. BARNETT GETS A TEAR. Harry Barnett, the young man who was arraigned on Thursday on the charge of forging forg-ing the name of J. E. Dooly to a check for $10, after thinking the matter over for twentv-four hours.'came to the conclusion that he was guilty and entered that plea. 1 "Hae you anything to say?" inquired his hoi.or. "W il, I was drunk when I did this," answer an-swer , i the defendant "Whisky has caused my wnflL" "Di u't you know what you were doing?" "N-s sir.1 1 . y i yeu were so drunk - as not to I - fcnow'tiiat you were doing you were not "I hjve ajecollection of committing the '' ; ' offense; iivean I didn't realize what I was ' doinif." j "Where are you from?" , "Cr'ginally lrom Indiana, but have lived - V here since 1886." "Well, you will be sentenced to conflne-.' conflne-.' ; ment in the penitentiary for the term of one ; ; yeer." . y' SETTING OF CRIMINAL CASES. The following setting of criminal cases, f ; subject to change, has been made: I SEPTEMBER 26. The People vs. David Fitzpatrick, rape. The People vs. Murray Wilson, assault with intent to rape. People vs. Henry Radden, grand larceny. SEPTEMBER 27. The People vs. Charles Shied, battery, on appeal. The People vs. Alex Johnson and B. W. Driggs, jr., forgery. The People vs. Arthur Meads, cruelty to animals. The People vs. Frank Miller, embezzlement. embezzle-ment. kT"' " ' SEPTEMBER 28. i The People vs. Thomas O'Nela, voluntary . I manslaughter. : j The People vs. .Nicholas Beuhler; bur- ! glery. . j The People vs. A. F. Groves and Harry Donovan; conspiracy. ? i . SEPTEMBER 29. The People vs. E. Brownell; embezzle- ment ; The People vs. James Mickelson; assault i with intent to commit rape. The People vs. Joseph Hedges; assault ' with intent to commit rape. The People vs. James Connors; assault with intent to murder. SEPTEMBER 30. ' t- The People vs. Ed. Young:; housebreaking. The People vs. W. M. Erwin, grand lar- te'uy. i The People vs. Ed Wightman, burglary. OCTOBER 3. The People vs. Alonzo McMillan, grand larceny. The People vs. Joseph Kent, assault with Intent to murder. The People vs. James Austin, assault with .intent to murder. OCTOBER 4. The People vs. William Duerdon, grand ' larceny. CIVIL BUSINESS. The jury in the case of W. H. Jay et ai vs. P. F. W'hittemoie, In which the plaintiffs sued to recover about J5000 alleged to be due on the contraat for building the Union Pacific hotel, returned a verdict this morning. morn-ing. The jury foun for the plaintiffs ia the '. suin of $1627. , The case of Fritz Rjepen vs. Sharon At kinson was next taken up, tried before the j court and submitted. Tie plaintiff sues to , recover 12000 damages, alleged to have been lustained through the dsfstidant's failure to , carry out a contraet to giva Riepen posses sion of certain property whkh the latter had ; purchased. 1 he court this afternoon rave judgment for the plaintiff for $100. The case of J. J. Cushlng et al. vs. John Beck was next taken up. Powers fc Hiles appearin for the plaintiffs anl Marshall fe Koyle for the defendant Tie plaintiffs claim that some time ago tht defendant ordered some 66,000 trees from tbem, and a contract was entered into. The defendant afterwards countermanded the order snd the plaintiffs now sue to recover $20,000, which they claim the transaction aould hive netted them. A verdict will be returned tomorrow. A DAMAGE SLIT. James Conway today brought suit in the Third district court against Sheriff Burt and Deputy Sheriff Lacon, and in his comprint he alleges that on August 14 Deputy Sheriff Leon Lacon arrested him and took hint to the county jail, where he was imprisoned im-prisoned for twenty-four hours, against 1 his will and without probable cause on the part of the defendants to arrest him; that the next day the defend- ;.' ants appeared before Commissioner Green- man and filed a complaint falsely charging him with obtaining goods by means of V fstf rretene: :hnt ou August 19, this complaint was dismissed. . . . j sttvs in .t nis credit has been dam- a?ed, his character and reputation injured, ' and also that his business has suffered iu |