Show I FOB CONTEMPT OF COURT New Charge Brought Against Maurice Mau-rice Steifel A Joint affidavit signed by i Grant Hampton Hamp-ton and John M Knight was Mod ivilh Judge Stewart yentcrday which sets forth the remarks alleged 1 to have been made by i Maurice Stolfcl to the affiants Interested Stelfer Is now charged with contempt of court In trying to Inllncncc the Jury The affidavit tiled yesterday alleges That on October Inth on State street III this oily jMiiuncc Stelfel accosted these affiants and made to them the following statement That hu had been very busy with Mr DIl sons accounts anil that If the facts In the case could have boon brought out t here would have been nothing to It I I That thereupon this I above named affiant Mr Hampton I suld to Stolfel You should not say anything to us about Ibis case After which nothing further was said Stclfcl will attempt to explain matter to the court this morning Broka a Cane on His Head It was shown by 1 the testimony In Judge Tanners court yesterday that on May SOih George 15 I Ford a deputy sheriff struck John Mldgoluy over the heath with a cane breaking Itthe cano not the head Mr Mldpeley tiled a daummuge suit for Sll claimIng that time assault was un lirovokcd amid that n hr had nustiilnod inJuries In-Juries which still t rout bled him not to mention pain and gufiVrlng and doctors bills The defense was hat Ford had acted as an officer of the law and that Mldgelcy was resisting armM HMip trnllhlo nrlirri > il nf CililTvc iirivlr A crowd i had i been drinking at n time bar and refused to pay for the drlnkn The officer attempted to put thorn out anti It was while he was engaged this occupation that he struck the plaintiff III the present action Both sides rested and Judge Tanner Tan-ner tonIc the case under nilvlscmunt Host in Coal Land Cases The last of the coal cases In which Gould anil Clark sire Inlernsled on opposite aides came up yesterday In the land office and were rested by consent of counsel 1 for both bides on the case of 0 DOli II ell vs Xllson The facts are practically the same The now cages were Kimball vs Cn hi well ami Murphy us Ford Presumably the decision will not be handed down before the end of ninety days Court Notes The City of Salt Lake was mnlcleil In the sum of 1150 by a Jury In Judge Stew arts court yesterday flu plaintiff C K 1 I Shcrmcr alleged thai hf had l boon dnju aged In Ihi man of S15X by tin I lurnlng t of wall Into his new IIOUKC before the pipes were properly connuciod Judge 1 Hall I yesitinlav dlspoiied of the case of the Sampson Mining company vs Allan G Liiimion In which John A Duller t Dul-ler I and Stephen Hays i art mtervinors for possession of certain mining claims In the West Mountain district fun IHMUIH 1 IB between thu I philntin and the defendant and Inturvcnora an found In favor of the plaintiff ami as between the lpfindunts and the Intcrvenors In favor of the Inter vcnors |