Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-05-15

N. Whi,moyer, appointed commissioner to
take Testimony Decreed.
MaryJ. Manning VS. A. j.. Manning
J. G. Freeze, Esq, appointed commissioner
to take testimony Dccreed.
Poor Overseers Of Scott Township Us.
Charles .Mulhey. Desertion. W. Writ,
Esq, appointed commissioner to take depo-
si,ion without further notice Defendant die
charged. Scott Township pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. Frederick Bush and
wifs-surcty Of the pracc--Dclenaants and
Leonard Adams, bail tent In four hundred
dollars for appearance Of defendants at ncSt
session.
Henry F. Nuss w. Borough Of Berwick
Civil suit--To recover bounty. Jury called
ard sworn; verdict for defendant.
Commonwealth va. Joseph NJ. Freck-
Indictment, Assault md Battery not true
bill. William II. ,Reinbcld, prosecutor, to
pay the costa.
Commonwealth vs.. Henry Knapp--In.
dictment, Assault and Ba,.ery--Not true
bill-prosecutor, Michael Stein, to pay the
costs.
j. p. Hackentcrg, to use CT Mr.. Cham
berlin w. g. D. Edgar-Civil suit--Rule
granted to take dcpofition7. L. II. Little,
Esq, appointed. commissioner.
Commonwealth Us. Joseph NJ. Treck--
Indictments for cutting water pipes-Essnc
rule for tria!-Jury called and ewcrn. Nay
Sth 1867. verdie. Of Jury no, guilty. Prose.
ostcrs David Camp, President of Centrala
Water Company, and defendant each pay
half Of the cost.
Commonwealth vs. Overseers Of the Poor
of Centre observation-disclosures neglect oi
duty, and rs!ueins to provide oDe Lafayette
kress.ev with the necessary means Of cub
sstance--no, true bill pIssc easoy TO pay
the costs.
COMMONWEALTH w. Christian Small IN.
John Reinsoil-I Indic,ner: neg!ec,ins ant
refusing to provide one Thomas Thomas :
pauper, with necessary means Of subsis
.ence-a true bin.
Commonwealth vs. John Musslcman--
Indictment Aasnal. anl Battery no; a tTu'
bill, and Prosecutor to pay the CO. t..
The Grand jury, through their foreman
On Wednesday as,arn,on, made ia the fol
lowing repor; which WAS accepted BY III,
Court and rcs. icr the information Of .hos,
present, after which the jury we're discharg
cd:
To The Honorable Me ju1scs Of tie Cow'
Cf Common Peas, no,c comprising ,
Court II Quarter Session Of the Peace i,
and for the Cogaty Of Columbia
The Grand Inquest of the Commonwealth
Of Peunsy!vanis, iuquiring in and for tn,
body Of the County of Columbia, respect
fully report:
That we haze examined the public build
ings Of saii County, and recommend.
LIST. That the venetian blinds % the wirl
ows OF tae Court House be rops.rcd
I'd, ahs, thofs oe an entlre new ret .
,atles, desks, or eountors in the !rc!hon
ctnry's Office. The tables, desks, Of coun
,ers to be covered with cloth to protect tn
books Of record Of the County.
I'd. That the roof Of the jail be repaired
that now stove be placed in one Of tn
cells Of the Jail, and that new oven be- bull
in the yard in the rear Of the kitchen Of til
dwelling house used by the Sheriff OF til
County.
| And we recommend that, the above RI
paires be done Immediately, as We conside
it necessary to the protection Of property q
the County, and tie advantages that vi
arise from the repairs, in our opinion, ar
greater than the eypences that will be ir
cured.
| On examination of the Fro Proofs {
Vaults in which the books and records
the Couaty. are preserved, we find them fu
Or nearly so of valuable public documen
| and accumulating from time TO time as III
business Of the County requires. The
were built in the FIRST place entirely too low
and are damp, ,mou!dy, unsuitable for I'll
purpose iorwhich they are used. We col
slider the preservation Of the records Of I'll
County cF the greatest importance, an
consequently urge upon the Commissioner
the Importance Of providing in some wa,
a good, substantial, safe place, for the So
deposite OF the books and records of ii
County The Recommendation Of form,
4 Grand Jury to enlarge the Court Hou
meets our appreciation. r.,
!. We would call tho attention OF the Supc
visors in general, OF the County to the col
dition Of the roads, and particulirlyto brid
es, large and small, in their respective di
) tricts. "A little attention just. now may 50,
the pubiie and the townships great loss.
Il The public road leading from Rupert
The Catawisaa Bridge, in Monteur TOWNSHIP
has, in the opinion Of large portion of Il
community, been in a very unsafe .csnditic
tor some time. past. Former. Grand Juri
lhave called the attention of the Court
the, subject and urged its fencing, but not
: ing has been done, and the public are tod
; EXPOSED to imminent dangersin driving h
/, road An Of which We respectfully subm
!. f.a... "A. MADISON, Foreman.
(. On Wednesday afternoon, the time s
! apart for the granting Of licenses, the {;
lowing personsreceived license for the ,kse
: ing Of Hotels and Eating Houses;
Bloom. ID }shn }ahn I LLeas2ook, 9 Tavern.
j do Geo. W. Mauger, Do
~ do bias o. A. .Jacoby, do
- 90 .rss 4. D. Msndenhall; Liq. ,Stol
. 81, 90 "a 2 B. stobnsr. Au'oss'n t,SasS ~
Beaver Johns. Mann Tavern .
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