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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1886
Page
2
A court proceeding notes the deputy attorney general submitting a decree of exceptions in the Beech Creek and South Pennsylvania Railroad cases with the Pennsyl vania Railroad company excluded. The matter remains with the court. conclusions and the decree of exceptions remain unavailable.
The Blair versus Bradford Oil Company trial spanned Friday to part Monday with a jury first awarding $11,000, then $500 on a renewed verdict. The court set aside the first award as excessive, and a new trial was ordered amid claims of juror communications and weight of evidence. March term arguments before Judge Brown will decide next steps.
In Vinland Wisconsin Samuel L Brooks resigns as postmaster after declaring himself an offensive partisan though not aligned with major parties. The job proved unwanted with only four residents available and the office is discontinued with mail services moving to a new post office. Separately a congressional steel inquiry shows US works surpass English and German quality and hints at a national foundry. Captain Pratt and Carlisle Indian School youths tour the White House Capitol and Interior Department with curious observations.
A jumble of old shop notices details a retiring business sale and a free sewing class. Fleming advertises as a major supplier of fancy goods and stationery at Johnson and Siegfried's. Joan Rypen promotes alterations and a ready-made clothing stock at cost for cash only.
Mr Jesse Grant on Monday said his mother received her first check from the publishers for General Grant's Life. He estimated the sum at at least 2,650,000, the largest payment for literary work ever made. He recalled Macaulay's large check for 150,000 copies in four weeks and suggested Walter Scott as a near second in significance.
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