BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, DEC. 7, 1900 CIRCUIT COURT NOTES Judge MARTIN granted John P. FULLEN a divorce from Luella FULLEN Thursday. George MATTHEWS was assessed a fine of $10, with costs, for assault and battery. Today the B. & O. S. W. vs. Henry HOARD, to appropriate land for right of way, will be heard. The jury in the case of SMALLWOOD vs. Bedford Quarries Co. came in Tuesday with a verdict for plaintiff in the sun of $1,000. The suit of Lafe CHESNUT vs. the Southern Indiana Ry. for $20,000 damages was postponed on account of the illness of one of the attorneys. Judgment was entered Wednesday, against the sureties of DAVIS & ARCHER, in favor of the Athens Brick Co., for about $1,500, for brick furnished for 15th street and K street. Frank SMALLWOOD by his next friend Samuel SMALLWOOD vs. the Bedford Quarries Co., for damages, as a result of personal injuries, was on trial Monday before Judge CROOKE. This is the second trial of the case. In the State vs. Otto HOPPER, of Mitchell, charged with selling liquor without a license, the jury found the defendant guilty and assessed him a fine of $100. None of the other liquor cases from Mitchell have yet come up for trial. The Mitchell liquor cases came up again Saturday, the attendance of an important witness for the State, living in Indianapolis, having been secured. There are about 80 of the cases altogether, against Otto HOPPER, James RAGLAND, Shube BURTON, Fred BROWN and Alva LEWIS, for selling liquor without license. The first case against HOPPER was on trial Saturday, before Judge MARTIN and the jury, and the verdict in this case will probably determine the result in most of the other cases. Prosecutor ZARING appears for the State; John H. EDWARDS and Joseph GILES for the defendants. An action has been commenced by the Attorney General of Indiana to have the DONALDSON land, situated five miles east of Mitchell, declared the property of the State, and the same will be up for trial at the present term of the Lawrence Circuit Court. This land was the property of a man named DONALDSON, a banished Scottish lord, who received large sums of money from Scotland, yet was never permitted to return. The famous DONALDSON cave is situated on this tract of land, and has been visiting by many tourists; has been the scene of many picnics and a veritable trysting place of lovers in summer. In his residence he had curios and relics from all portions of the globe, which he took great interest in displaying to his numerous visitors. During one of his trips to the South several years ago, vandals in that neighborhood burned the house together with its contents. Lord DONALDSON never returned to Indiana and died in Alabama a few years ago leaving no known heirs.