Show coalville Co alville news of thirty years ago from the files of the Co alville times by C R JONES issue of march 14 1902 our oakley correspondent records the death at that place on march ath ot of william stevens one ot of summit coun tys pioneers he was 82 years old and was one of the first settlers of oakley 40 W 40 at a session of the district court held this week the case of mrs airs hannah ae E copley vs union pacific railroad company occupied most of the time the jury returned a verdict la in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of damages tor for the accidental death of her husband B B copley some months ago lindsay rogers W R white and C A callis were attorneys tor for the plaintiff and the defense was represented by judge le grande young and henry shields 0 0 0 about guests assembled at the coalville Co alville hotel last saturday evening to celebrate the anniversary of the natal day of president W W cluff fiends fi lends were present from all parts of the county and some from ogden and salt lake city A number of beautiful and useful gifts were presented to mr cluff one being a handsome leather reclining chair with the following inscription beautifully engraved on a silver plate presented to president W W cluff of summit stake by his loving friends rl ends on his seventieth birthday 1902 many speeches of appreciation of the services rendered by him were given by several of the guests which were fittingly responded to by the president 0 a rs a 3 elsie and bibble calderwood returned home from idaho tuesday where they have been teaching school thelast the past winter ab ab 41 moses crichley and W L smith of morgan county were tried in morgan last week tor for stealing cattle on the range west of coalville Co alville some time last fall they were found guilty and bound over to the district court 01 0 0 o elder C H west left his home in hoytsville sunday and on tuesday departed from salt lake city to fill a mission in england 0 0 the old wooden bridge across chalk creek north of town was torn out this week and thomas rees commenced putting in the abutments A marriage license was issued at the county clerks office monday to william myrick aged 34 and martha hoyt aged 29 both of marion they were married the same evening at marion miss edith hobson came down from park city tuesday morning to visit tor for a short time with her folks miss lily burlin and her friend miss frazier Fraz ler were down from arom park city wednesday visiting friends 40 miss ada huffman mr and mrs geo johnson mrs johnson mayor evans george smith W A adams and several other prominent park city people were here wednesday attending court in connection with the case of mrs johnson vs park city corporation the case was tried in the district court but the trial was not completed at the time of going to press 40 aw av the following attorneys have been here this week attending district court L R rogers W R white le grande young 0 W powers arthur brown W 1 I snyder lee wight H henry enry shields D A and several others 00 w miss margaret paddles came home from park city wednesday and will visit with her folks for a week or so bishop john F salmon went to ogden tuesday on business tor for the grass creek coal company the parties interested interest in 1 the big law suit over the rights to the waters 01 of weber river met at ogden this week and signed an agreement to withdraw the suit until after the next net session of the legislature |