The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1911-09-28

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THE PIERZ JOURNAL
VOL. 3.
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JURY MAY
BKENSURED
Will Get No Pay for September 23—
Petit Jurors May Yet Feel Court's
Wrath
Transcript:    The grand  jury
in session at the   present   term
of district court lias considera-
f" ble work dispose of   before   its
labors will have been completed. The jurors Friday afternoon made a secret report to
the court and were then told
to resume their labors. Shortly after this they voted to adjourn from Friday afternoon until 3 p. m. Monday afternoon.
Judge Taylor did not learn of
this until Saturday morning' and
he was indignant over the jurors' action, in view of the fact
that no intimation of adjouring
had been given the court.
Monday morning when court
convened Judge Taylor ordered
Olerk of Court, Brick to enter
the following in his minutes:
The grand jury having failed
to attend as grand jurors on
September 23, without advising
the court of any reason for such
failure and not yet being in attendance it Is ordered that said
grand jurors be allowed no pay
for September 23, nor for any
subsequent day until the court
shall so order, after being advised that said jurors are again
■engaged in the proper performance of their duties.
Court matters went wrong
Friday and Saturday of last
week. A case which was called
for Friday was dismissed late
In the afternoon after the court
liad waited the entire day for
principal witnesses to appear
Then again on Saturday one of
the most important witnesses
.ti a case, when wanted to testify, was found very drunk.
These two occurrences, together with the grand jury's action,
caused Judge Taylor to become
quite wrathy over the way matters wer_ proceeding. The
witness who was drunk spent
Saturday night, all day Sunday
und Sunday night in the county
jail and it is useless to add that
he was perfectly sober Monday
morning. It has heen intimated I
that a few persons who ftavlN
been serving'on the petit jury
ma j- feel the wrath of the court
unless they exercise a little
more care in the selection of
their beverages while doing jury duty.
POLICE ENFORCE CIGARET LAW
Three Arrests Were Made Last Saturday Afternoon
The cigaret law, passed in
1909, is to be tested in the
courts. On Saturday, in Minneapolis, three clerks in cigar stores were taken into
custody for selling cigarets
to a detective.
In speaking of the arrests,
the chief of the Minneapolis
police force said that the arrests were not necessarily the
forerunners of a crusade a-
gainst the sale of cigarets.He
said that they would be test
cases and that their disposal
would determine what action
could be taken in the future. _,
DOINGS AT THE
SEPTEMBER TERM
What
Findings Not Made Public
The grand jury made a report
Friday on the charges preferred
in connection with the closing
of the Royalton and Bowlus
banks. It was expected that
the jury would return indictments, but no intimation of
that body's findings was given to the public, as the judge,
after reading the report, handed
it to the clerk without making
public its contents.
Happened  in   District
During Past Week;
in Brief
Court
Peculiar Accident
While watching a bunch of
sheep, Thursday, Prank
Knuth of Little Falls, was the
vctim of a peculiar accident.
He had lis arm hanging over
a spike in the fence tint enclosed the sheep when a ram
cha'ged him and struck his
wrist, driving the spike clear
thru, between the two bones
of the arm.
Pleads Not Guilty
Soon after the grand jurv
had returned an indictment of
manslaughter in the first degree, on Wednesday of last
week, S. S. Durham was
brought before court. He
pleaded not guilty. Durham's
case will not come up for two
weeks.
Mrs. Nohner Dead
Eden Valley Journal: Mrs.
Catherine Nohner died Tuesday night at her home in this
village, of heart trouble and
other ailments incident to old
age, at the age of seventy-five.
She leaves two sons, Jacob,
of Pierz, and John of Minneapolis, and four daughters,
Mrs. Korst of Wahpeton, N.
D., Mrs. Steifens of St. Cloud
and two in Minneapolis, both
of whom are named Eberhardt,
besides many grand-children.
The funeral will be held from
the Assumption catholic
church, and the remains laid
to rest in Cold Spring, where
her husband, Casper Nohner,
was buried several years ago.
S. S. Durham Released on Bond
S.S. Durham, who was held
in the county jj.il for the death
of P. R. Gourd, was last Saturday released under a $3,(X)0
bond. The signers were \V.
C. Pierce, P. A. Holmstrom
and B. B. Bates, all of Clough.
It is said that the fact that
he was under lock and key,
preyed so on his miud that he
became sick. Immediately on
his release he struck out for
his home and walked the entire distance, 18 miles.
Jos. Trachta Dead
Havana, N. D. Sept. 25.
Joseph Trachta. .died- Men-*
dav, September 25, at three
o'clo-kin the afternoon. He
was 80 vears of age and had
been ill for some time, gradually growing weaker till the
end came. He was conscious
to the last moment and passed
away quickly and without
pain.
The funeral was held last
Wednesday at 11 o'clock from
St. Rosalia catholic church at
Havana, N. Dak. Rev. Pather
McArdle conducted the services.
Joseph Trachta was born in
Germany, Peb. 27, 1831. He
was married toMissKatherine
Kharter Dec. 17, 1852. He
came to America with his family in 1869, making his home
near Davenport, Iowa, where
he resided for 5 years. Prom
there he moved to Pierz,Minn,
where he lived 9 years.
When the Dakota lands o-
pened, he came west and took
up a homestead near what is
now Lidgerwood, N. D., living
there 20 years. In 1901 he
came to Newark, S. D. where
his daughter resiled, and has
lived there since. He is survived by a wife and three sons
and two daughters, who are:
Martin Trachta, of Havana,N.
D , Mrs. JohnBishoff,Newark,
S. D , Mrs. Math. Kubitschek
of Pierz, Minn., FrankTrach-
ta of Lidgerwood, N. D., Herman Trachta of Strool, S. D.
A Successful Two weeks
The Hot Springs Red Cross
Remedy Company closed a
very successful two weeks engagement at Faust's opera
house Sund ly evening.
This company had all the
features and appearences of a
respectable and first class aggregation, and made many
friends here during their
brief stay.
Mr. Shephard is a pastmas-
ter in plaving the part of the
"nigger," and his quaint coon
acting and expressions never
failed to "bring down" the
house.
Alexander Setterstrom and
August Nelson were granted
naturalization papers.
The court returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for
the am tint sued —$52 00— in
case of G. H. Powers vs.
Merchants'State Bank. The
case had been appealed from
Justice Randall's court, who
had found a verdict for the
defendant. The action arose
from the withholding, by the
bank,of a part of the commission on land sold.
The cases of E. M. Ed-
bough and Price Jones vs.
the N. P. R. R. were settled
out of court.
Arrangements were made
for a trial in chambers at St.
Cloud, on 10 days notice, in
the case Merchants' National
Bank of St. Cloud vs. Joseph
Froelich.
The jurv brought in a verdict off $337.06 in favor of
plaintiffs in the case of Dana
Brown and W. T. Tourtillotte
vs. A. K. Hall. Plaintiff sued
to recover $243 00 for recovering deadheads from river.
Chas. Vanase, who was indicted bv the grand jury on
two counts of arson in the
third degree, pleaded not
guilty. His trial was set to
come up vesterdav,right after
the Martin trial.
In the case of S. P. Brick
vs. Frank and Adelaide Mengel, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the
sum of $288.54. In this case
the plaintiff, as representative for the Wm. Gollnik estate, brought suit for $302,
which the defendants admitted, but wished to have a
counter claim r f $146 deduct-
1 ed before paying.
A court case was made cf
the action of D. M. Cameron
and E. P. Shaw vs. J. D. and
Ray Bovd and will be tried in
chamber at St. Cloud on eight
davs notice.
The case of Geo. McCul-
lough vs.the village of Motley,
set for Friday morning, was
was postponed to Friday
after noon,as the witnesses had
missed their train. ".In the
afternoon when ihe case was
called, it was dismissed on
motion oi;-ther plaintiff. The
defendent showed that plaintiff had never presented a
proper bill to the council. The
plaintiff began the action to
recover $200 for professional
services, rendered as physician for the care of infectious
disease.
Saturday morning the case
of theAcme Harvesting Co.vs.
the MorrisonCountyParmers'
Exchange, in which the plaintiff tried to recover on several notes, came up Saturday,
but had to be postponed, as
the principal witness  for  the
First Appropriation Under New Law'New Story   of Holding Dynamiting |A^  REQUIRES
""——--1 --™— 'm DvESTR1jCTj0N
pnance with anew law i W—m v_;ouu, °^^^^^^
passed by the last   legislature, J ia a rew version cf  the
authorizing the payment   of   a'ing   dynamite outrage
sum not to exceed $250 to each '
school in proportion to th
creage of unsold school laml in
each district, County Auditor
B. Y. McNairy last Thursday
received a warrant for $174.'.):!
with a statement showing the
amount the several districts in
the county are to receive.
As the amount appropriated
was not large enought to pay
the limit allowed b37 law. a
reduction of 60 per cent was
made, which makes the apportionment three cents an acre,
and in no case more than $150.
The amount sent at this time
is based on tne acreage of unsold land in the state on May 1,
1911. Another sum will follow
about May 1, 1912.
Following   are   the    schools
which will share in the  apportionment and the  amount each
will receive:
No. of district Amount
47 $    .75
53 2.40
70  2.40
70  4.20
77  7.20
81 13.20
83  1.20
84  1.20
86 9.60
88...    82.56
94  2.40
97 2.37
102 12.00
103 14.40
111 8.16
112 3.60
113 19.20
120 8.49
 JH^IH^E---83.60
was   alleged   to
which
have    been
Even The Half of Roads and  tree's
Abi t :g Ore's Properly Must
Be Kept Clean
throw some light on the mys-
terv. and it is to the effect
that the load which Mr. Wol-
ne carried home that evening
contained dynamite and that
it exploded by being jarred.
Total.-  $174.93
Mrs. John Kelzenbergh and
daughter of Buckman were
Pierz callers vesterday.
defense could not be found.
When finally located it wss
discovered that he had imbibed too freely of "the cup
that cheers" and was in no
condition to appear in court.
Thereupon the judge ordered
the sheriff to lock up the wit
ness and give him time to become sober. Monday the case
was again called and occupied
the greater part of the dav.
The jury brought in a verdict
of Si for the plaintiff.
The next case, brought to
determine the ownership of
propertv in Lincoln, was between Max Mever vs. L. J.
Fickit.
The last case to be called
on Tuesday was that of J. K.
Martin vs. Fred Schwanke,
et al. The plaintiff seeks to
recover for h gs cut.
A  settlement was  affected
in the case of Rasmus J. Mor
tenson vs. C. D. Johnson. Thg."
perpetrated a "week   ago   this
evening    up n   Peter   \V\ Ine,
when it was claimed that three
men   stepped   out    from    the
side of the road  and hurled   a|
dynamite bomb at the rig be-.    p_w of our readers   may   be
ing  driven   bv   WOloe   and    a  familiar    wltb    the State |aws
friend,   completelv   demolish  ' concerning noxious weeds. ' For
ing it and badly   injuring  the j the information of all, herewith
team.    The new story goes to is a synopsis of such laws, from
the Revised Laws of Mini
chapi
i red
noxious. Each of the plants
mentioned in this section i '
hereby declared to be a n
ous weed and a Common nuisance. Xo person owning,
Cupying or controlling lard
shall permit:
1. Any wild mustard, wild
oats, cockle burr,   burdock,   or
tumble-mustard  to  |
thereon.
2. Any Canada this!
eye daisy, or quack grass to go
to seed thereon; or for more
than two successive years, to
reproduce itself thereon
crowns, underground . or
buds.
3. Any French weed to produce seeds thereon for more
than four smcesslve years.
4. Any Russian thistle to
grow or remain thereon at all.
Sec. 2$76. For all purposes!
of this chapter, the hall of any
road, or street lying next to
the lands abutting thereon,
shall be considered a part of
such land. No person owning,
occupying, or controlling land
shall permit any noxious weed,
or any white daisy, snap dragon
or toad flax, sow thistle, sour
dock, yellow dock, or other
weeds or grasses, to produce
seed upon such adjoining half
of the highway.
Sections 2377—2381 provide
for the enforcement of these
laws and make it the duty
of the chairman of the town
Antt] [board or the mayor of the city
to serve written notjee upon
any person viol
ous weed la-,
complj
Bishop-Bettenberg
Yesterday morning at 6:15,
in thtCalhedral parish house,
Rev. Father Schollenberger
officiating, occurred the marriage of Fred Bishop and Miss
Eleanore Bettenberg. Announcement Of the wedding
came as a complete surprise
to their many friends and relatives. Both young people are
well known in St. Cloud. The
bride is the eldest daughter
of Sergent and Mrs. Prank
Bettenberg, and has been
brought from infancy to
womanhcod in St. Cl >ud, She
isan accomplished young lady.
During the past two years she
fuas been a member of the
teaching corps at Pierz and
Avon. Mr. Bishop,the eldest
son of Mrs. L. Mathews, of
this city, is employed as col-
le:tion clerk in the First National Bank. Mr. ard Mrs.
Bishop have gone to Avon for
an outi g at the lake. — St.
Cloud Times.
Antt,
"Antt-Chapwiesche
Transcript:      Edward
son of Mr. and Mrs.  Jos
and Miss   Mary   Chapwiesche
daughter of Mr. and   Mrs.   Jos.
Faust of Pierz? were married at
the '■•German    catholic    church,-- •■
Tuesday morning at nine o'clocklsuci
Rev. Father  Altendorf ofticiaj       ^ _
ing.    Misses Margaret M1^ ! notlce w "-"
and     Evelyn     AnH    -^d    as
bridesmaids a.^-hst   Prodzin-
ski  and Jos. tfP'ey  attended
the    groom. Air.    and   Mrs.
Antt are botf'well   known   in
the city, M it Antt,  before her
man i ige.MQ* been employed
at Muelle/ restaurant.      Following tl.ceremouy a wedding
dinner \j  served to relatives
and frie^ in honor of the couple aft/which   they left for a
honey0011 trip to the east.
amount involved in this casr
was only $108 and the defp*
dant came all the way ffn
Montana to fight the pontiff's contention. JustUoi't-
the trial was to come*P in
court a settlement wa'made
for practically the,-^me a-
mount asked by thtplaintiff.
The action resulte*»ver moneys collected by d/endentfor
stallion service.^
i>AY
Marke	
IN LOWER rOWN
Sat., October 7
PRUT-IS:
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$4 For Be$*"Pulling Team
$2 For NextSest Pulling Team
$1 FORiOO  Yard Dash
-r-
llearing Again Postponed
/t a conference held Fi iday
'was    agreed    to   postpone
)ie hearing of the charges  a-
ainst O. H. Havill, Steph in
Schwartz, Henry Schwartz
and H. J. Schwartz to Sept.
30. These cases were to
come up in justice court on
Sept. 13 and at that time a
postponement was taken to
Sept. 26. Now the date has
been fixed for the 30.
ter the land is suojTP
tion for the amount winch Is expended by the town or city in
destroying noxicus weeds or
grasses.—Ex.
Casper Nohner Goes to Foley.
Casper Nohner, who has
been foreman in the Journal
printing office for a few years,
has resigned his position to
accept a similar one with the
Foley Independent, Foley,
Minn. He will leave for Foley
Friday or Saturday. He has
several good positions in view
to select from, if the one in
Foley does not suit him.
Casper is an industrious and
energetic young man of model
habits and will certainly make
good wherever he may choose
to go.
Case of Leprosy at Cove
Two representatives f the
state board of health, together with three local physicians
and the chairman of ihe town
board of health, made an investigation at the home of
Andrew Braden, and diagnosed the case of his son, Elmer,
as a case of leprosv. The hoy
has been sick for four or five
years, and is in a pitiable condition. The rest of the family were pronounced to be not
infected with the disease, and
the other children were informed that they could attend
school and that there would be
no possible danger of infecting others by their presence.
The mother died several years
ago with the same disease.
Local physicians had been
called, but had not pronounced the disease leprosy. It is
a very sad affliction, and the
family has the sympathy of
the community.—Breeze.
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Attend the Dance at &ust's Hall Wednesday, October 4.