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Show IN COURT IN PR0V0- Judgment for "VYhitmore Prisoners Plead Death of a Pioneer Republican Recruits. Judge Blackburn's court opened at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The jury in the Whituiore vs. Rio Grande Western Railway company case came in with a verdict for Whitmore for $430. A stay of proceedings for thirty days was granted the Rio Grande Western to prepare aud file statement for a new trial. The grand Jury presented eleven indictments. indict-ments. The cases of the United States vs. William Allred and the United States vs. Wellington Wood were ignored. In the case of II. W. Hawley vs. Carey Bros., the motion of defendants for a new trial was argued by Mr. King for plaintiff and George Sutherland for the defendant company. Motion overruled upon plaintiff agreeing to reduce judgment $1000. The defendant company excepted to the ruling. Thirty days to prepare and file statement on appeal. An order was made allowing the Enquirer company to come in as party plaintiffs in the case of t). P. Kellogg vs. the Provo Street Railway. The following persons came into court to plead to indictments. They waived reading of indictments, and will plead today. J. W Wett, Thomas Pierpoint, William Christen-son, Christen-son, August Swenson, Thomas Bingham and John Uhbere. Becgt Larsen pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful cohabitation: sentence was set for today. Lars J. Aurustson plead guilty to unlawful unlaw-ful cohabitation, but explained that he had not intended to violate the law; he had only taken care of his family. He was sentenced to two month's imprisonment in the penitentiary peni-tentiary and to pay costs of court. J. G. Jorgensen also pleaded guilty to unlawful un-lawful cohabitation. Prosecutins Attorney Zane asked, that, in view of Mr. Jorge nsen's circumstances, his sentence might be deferred de-ferred till November 7th. That date was set for sentence. Court adjourued until Friday. NOTES AND PERSONALS. Peter W. Cowcover, one of Utah's early pioneers and a resident of this city, died in Richfield on the iKith of this month. Ke was 85 years of age and passed peacefully away like a tired child going to sleep. Mr. Cowuover was a colonel in the militia in this territory in an early day and took an active part in the Indian troubles in southern south-ern Utah. The best years of his life were spent in the protection of the early settlers of this region and other vise aiding in the development of the territory. This was at a time when such work was a labor of love and duty, and when pecuniary rewards were neither expected nor received; for that reason rea-son he did not succeed in accumulating many of this world's goods. Of late years his happiest moments were spent in relating incidents connected with luoso stirring times in which he took so creditable a part. He leaves a wife and a large family to mourn his loss. His remains were brought, to this city yesterday over the Kio Grande Western, and this afternoon funeral services were held in the meeting house, where several speakers testified to the unflinching courage, devotion to principle and disinterested life and labors of the departed. de-parted. A larse cortege followed the old chieftain to his last resting: place; among tliem were citizens on horseback, many of whom served under him in the militia when they were young men. The military band with muffled drums was in attendance, and discoursed appropriate music in honor of the departed veteran. After the Republican rally at Spanish Fork Wednesday evening, thirty men came forward and had their names enrolled on the roster of the Republican party. A prominent promi-nent Democrat admitted, after the meeting, that it was the largest and most enthusiastic meeting ever held in Spanish Fork. The little two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Schwab, who has suffered severely for the last few days from membranous croup, is recovering. A typographical error made the name of B. M. Cunningham, the happy groom mentioned men-tioned in Wednesday's Times, read Will Cunningham. |