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DISTRICT COURT

The Criminal Calendar Will be Very Materisliy Reduced.
The criminal docket for February term of the. Lancaster county distrtot_court containing the following cases:
State vs. Chas. Weatherby. Burglary and larceny.
State vs. John Van Ormer. Appeal, misdemeanor.
State ve. A. P. Baum. Appeal, misdemeanor.
State vs. Peter Jensen. Grand larceny.
State vs. Albert Chail. Horse stealing.
State vs. C. F. Hammond. daughter.
State vs. W. H. Rickard. Adultery.
State vs. Henry Mohr. Shooting with intent to kill.
State V. John Wall. Misdemeanor, appeal.
State vs. Frank Williams. Gambling.
State vs. Nelle Newsum. shooting with intent to kill.
State vs. Thos. McGuigan. Stabbing with intent to kill.
State vs. Jas. B. McGuire. Disposing of mortgaged property.
State vs. Richard Fitzsimmons. Peace warrant.
State vs. Monday McFarland. Information for murder.
State vs. Mary Sheedy. Information for murder.
If the Sheedy murder cases are continued for this term, as is considered probable, the criminal docket will only occupy the first week, as bail has been forfeited in four of the cases set for trial, those of Weatherby. Van Ormer, Jensen and Williams. Rickard's Case will probably not come up, and Hammond's daughter, the prosecuting witness In the rape case, has not been heard from since she mysteriously disappeared in this city.
Albert Chall, who was charged with horse stealing, wants out. Crall was arrested on July 16th last after a long chase. He was journeying to the east with his uncle and aunt in a prairie schooner, and one morning about 4 o'clock run off with the horse while camping near Waverly. The old, man followed on a mule in a startling attire, and Albert was captured by the sheriff near Crete. His attorney, R J. Greene, has filed a motion to discharge defendant, as he has been confined in jail awaiting trial for over County Attorney Shell says he shall not oppose the motion, as the prosecuting witness has long since left the country.
The attorney for Agnes Williams, who wants a divorce from her husband, William Williams, has filed a motion to strike William's petition from the files because he hasn't paid the alimony the court-ordered. The defendant is a reporter on a Wheeling, W. Va, newspaper, and the case is spicy one.
Oliver Maggard asks the district court for an order compelling W. H. Sullivan to return to the jurisdiction of the court certain property he has removed therefrom.

DISTRICT COURT

The Criminal Calendar Will be Very Materisliy Reduced.
The criminal docket for February term of the. Lancaster county distrtot_court containing the following cases:
State vs. Chas. Weatherby. Burglary and larceny.
State vs. John Van Ormer. Appeal, misdemeanor.
State ve. A. P. Baum. Appeal, misdemeanor.
State vs. Peter Jensen. Grand larceny.
State vs. Albert Chail. Horse stealing.
State vs. C. F. Hammond. daughter.
State vs. W. H. Rickard. Adultery.
State vs. Henry Mohr. Shooting with intent to kill.
State V. John Wall. Misdemeanor, appeal.
State vs. Frank Williams. Gambling.
State vs. Nelle Newsum. shooting with intent to kill.
State vs. Thos. McGuigan. Stabbing with intent to kill.
State vs. Jas. B. McGuire. Disposing of mortgaged property.
State vs. Richard Fitzsimmons. Peace warrant.
State vs. Monday McFarland. Information for murder.
State vs. Mary Sheedy. Information for murder.
If the Sheedy murder cases are continued for this term, as is considered probable, the criminal docket will only occupy the first week, as bail has been forfeited in four of the cases set for trial, those of Weatherby. Van Ormer, Jensen and Williams. Rickard's Case will probably not come up, and Hammond's daughter, the prosecuting witness In the rape case, has not been heard from since she mysteriously disappeared in this city.
Albert Chall, who was charged with horse stealing, wants out. Crall was arrested on July 16th last after a long chase. He was journeying to the east with his uncle and aunt in a prairie schooner, and one morning about 4 o'clock run off with the horse while camping near Waverly. The old, man followed on a mule in a startling attire, and Albert was captured by the sheriff near Crete. His attorney, R J. Greene, has filed a motion to discharge defendant, as he has been confined in jail awaiting trial for over County Attorney Shell says he shall not oppose the motion, as the prosecuting witness has long since left the country.
The attorney for Agnes Williams, who wants a divorce from her husband, William Williams, has filed a motion to strike William's petition from the files because he hasn't paid the alimony the court-ordered. The defendant is a reporter on a Wheeling, W. Va, newspaper, and the case is spicy one.
Oliver Maggard asks the district court for an order compelling W. H. Sullivan to return to the jurisdiction of the court certain property he has removed therefrom.