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call of the dockets, Hon. Charles L. Hall addressed the court and attorneys upon the much needed legislation by this county in judiciary matters and called upon the clerk for a statement on the number of cases upon each trial docket, for the last twenty years of this court, which statement shows the following great increase in the business of our county:

October term, 1871, 116; April term, 1872, 141; October term, 1872, 179; April term, 1878, 197; November, 1873, 239; April term, 1875, 349; February term; 1876, 410; May term, 1876, 344; October term, 1876, 310; February term, 1977, 305; February term, 1878, 308; May term, 1878, 299; October term, 1978, 234; March term, 1979, 222; May term, 1879, 210; October term, 1879, 221; February term, 1880, 225; May term, 1880, 230; October term, 1880, 231; February term, 1881, 229; May term, 1881, 257; October term, 1881, 297; February term, 1882, 318; May term, 1882, 293; October term, 1882, 311; February term, 1883, 287' May term, 1883, 247; October term, 1883, 279; February term, 1884, 283; May term, 1884, 257; October term, 1884, 175; February term, 1885, 315; May term, 1885, 250; October term, 1885, 298; February term, 1886, 303; May term, 1886, 288; October term, 1886, 309; February term 1887, 323; May term, 1887, 267; October term, 1887, 429; February term, 1888, 437; May term, 1888, 429; October term, 1888, 573; February term 1889, 5527; May term, 1889, 516; November term, 1889, 676; February term 1890, 684; May term 1890, 617; September term 1890, 759; November term 1890, 784; February term 1891, 864.

And offered the following resolution which was unanimously adopted:

"That it is the opinion of the Lancaster bar on account of the great volume of legal business of Lancaster county that this county should be placed in a judicial district by itself, with not less than three judges for said district, and that the court appoint a committee of ten members of this bar with H. H. Wilson president of the bar association as its chairman to act with the committee already appointed by the Lancaster bar association to secure at the present session of the legislature, the redistricting of the state in conformity with this resolution.

Thereupon the court appointed the following committee: H. H. Wilson, chairman, C. O. Whedon, E. P. Holmes, E. E. Brown, J. B. Strode, O. P. Davis, H. F. Rose, John L. Doty, W. H. Woodward, A. J. Sawyer, T. C. Munger.

The following were appointed a committee to examine applicants for admission to the bar. W. H. Smith, A. W. Lane, Jas. E. Philpott, Robery Ryan and E. F. Pettis.

The following names have been drawn for jury duty during the two weeks beginning today: Webb Eaton, 3d ward; Walter Deitz, Buda; James Jyle, Mill and Rock Creek; H. B. Vaile, 1st ward; James G. Beck, 1st ward; C. L. Harrison, 2d ward; L. Baker, 6th ward; C. E. Alexander, 1st ward; J. M. Myers, Rock Creek; J. D. Bruner, 1st ward; D. F. Tubbs, Nemaha; P. M. Mckinney, 21 ward; J. Johns, Nemaha; John Doolittle, 4th ward; F. I. Pardoe, 2d ward; J. C. Store, 4th ward; H. L. Andrews, 4th ward; F. W. [Pync-on?] 7th ward; T. B. Davis, 3d ward: Mike Padden, 2d ward; H. S. Bowers, 5th ward; J. E. Adams, 1st ward; Wm. Robertson, 2d ward; E. K. Young, Lancaster; O. K. Adams, Middle Creek.

The cases against Henry Mohr and Tom McGulgan, for assault with intent to kill their respective wives, the one with a revolver and the other with a knife, are set for tomorrow.

In the case of A. H. Weir & Co. vs. W. B. Barnes, plaintiff was given ten days to give security costs, or case would be dismissed.

Village of West Lincoln vs. J. M. Guile., Plaintiff is required to file petition by Monday next or suit would be dismissed.

The court overruled the motion to discharge Albert Chall, charged with horse stealing.

Hubble vs. Hubble. Motion to strike demurrer from files overruled.

Williams vs. Williams. Motion to strike answer from files sustained.

Carrie A. Scheel vs. John G. Scheel. Action dismissed by plaintiff without prejudice to a new action. This is a case where plaintiff did get a divorce, but John afterwards had it reopened on the ground of fraud.

Board of Pardons.

Mr. Oakley has introduced a bill in the house to establish a board of pardons. The bill provides that the board shall consist of three persons who shall serve without salary, their actual expenses being borne by the state, and who shall investigate the merits of all petitions for pardons that are presented, and report the findings. It is the intention of the bill, say Mr. Oakley, to relieve the governor from serious annoyance occasioned by the numerous and persistent appeals fro pardons that are being made and which occupy so much of his time and attention as to materially interfere with the business of the executive office. No report on this bill has yet been made by the committee to which it was referred.

Sheedy's Wealth. John Fitzgerald, administrator, has filed his inventory of the property of the late John Sheedy. The realty consists of the Hotel Mack, valued at $24,000; residence, twelfth and P streets, $24,000; lot at Nineteenth and Q streets, $2,000; half interest in the lot on Eleventh street, just north of Richards' block, $4,590; eighty acres of land in Clay county, value unknown. The personal property is fixed at $3,000, which includes household furniture, notes, checks, etc., but not cash in hand or in bank. The estimates are probably about two thirds of the actual value.

Change of Proprietors.

A change has taken place in the management of the Depot hotel. Mr. John J. Dunbar of Stratton, Neb., purchased the furniture and took possession yesterday morning. He proposes to furnish first class meals for 25 cents, and board and rooms for $4.50 a week. Mr. Dunbar is one of the old time hotel keepers of Nebraska, having begun the business in this state years ago, and having followed it at Beatrice and other places, and a general all round and marked improvement will be observable in the Depot hotel. Mr. Dunbar has hosts of friends among the old timers of Nebraska, who will naturally be attracted to the Depot hotel when in Lincoln.

"The People" Suspends.

The Daily People, the morning paper issued from the office of the Farmers Alliance, suspended publication yesterday morning after a fitful existence of about two weeks. A lack of support in advertising and subscription is the cause assigned. Burrows says: "Having no ready capital with which to conduct this paper, we are forced to suspend, as we will not burden ourselves to maintain it. We hope to some day revive the People, but the time is not now."

TUESDAY

Mr. Robinson of Panama precinct, father-in-law of County Commissioner Thomas J. Dickson, died Sunday from the effects of a fall from the roof of his house. Mr. Dickson is attending the funeral. Mr. Robinson was quite an aged gentleman.

The new state relief commission organized last evening by electing G. W. Martin of Kearney, president; C. W. Mosher, Lincoln, treasurer; L. P. Ludden. Secretary and manager of distribution. Louie Meyer. R. R. Greer and W. N. Nason were appointed purchasing committee; L. P. Ludden, A. J. Sawyer and C. W. Mosher auditing committee, and John Fitzgerald, A. J. Sawyer, Louie Meyer, S. M. Elder and J. W. Hartley, executive committee.

District Court Doings.

The bottom fell out of the criminal docket yesterday afternoon with considerable of a thud. The case against Charles Weatherby, the young dude who was under indictment for robbing his ex-mistress, Nellie Roberts, but who failed to show up at last term of district court, was stricken from the docket with leave to reinstate whenever good cause was shown. The case against A. P. Baum was similarly disposed of. Baum is an old soldier who was arrested for peddling books without a license, and who appealed from the fine imposed upon by Judge Houston.

Albert Chall, who stole his uncle's horse and away he ran, was also discharged. The prosecuting witness long months ago departed from our midst, and Albert has been in jail since last July.

The case against Charles F. Hammond, charging him with criminally assaulting his fourteen year old daughter, was also let go. Soon after Hammond's arrest the girl mysteriously disappeared, and nothing has been heard of her since. Another noted case in which the defendant was discharged was that against W. H. Rickard, the DeWitt justice of the peace whom the coroner's jury decided was guilty of adultery with Mollie Morford, the young woman who committed suicide last summer because she was about to become a mother before becoming a wife.

The case against Frank Williams, the tinhorn gambler who was charged with hambling under the statutes, which make it a felony, was also allowed to go free, his bail having been forfeited at the last term of court. Richard Fitzsimmons, father of the young man now serving a term in the penitentiary for killing a young fellow at Waverly, who was bound under a peace warrant, had the case stricken from the docket.

John Wall, who was accused by M. M. Catlin of whacking him over the head with a fence rail, and who declined to pay the fine imposed upon him by the police judge, plead guilty to assault and battery, and paid the fine of $1 and costs assessed.

Willie Robb, the jailbreaker, was arraigned on the charge of stealing Henry Burcham's watch from his pocket, plead not guilty, and trial set for tomorrow.

Tom McGulgan, who was accused of laying open his colored wife's head with a knife, plead guilty to assault and battery instead of standing trial for assault with intent to kill, and was given thirty days in county jail. The wife refused to testify against her husband, claiming that it was all an accident, and the county attorney did not care to risk a trial on the slimsy evidence.

Nellie Newsum, charged with shooting John Taylor, was arraigned this morning and plead not guilty.

The morning was occupied by the trial before Judge Field and a jury of Henry Mohr, charged with shooting his wife while in a drunken rage because she refused to give him the family purse. Mohr was tried once before, and the jury found him guilty of shooting with intent