The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-01-15


allegation and strove to convince the
Court and Jury that the father of the
child was some other fellow. In the
opinion of the jury the defense of Wei
don was not ,0ett-done and they returned
verdict of guilty in manner and form
as indicted.
ORPHANS COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Widows Apprasements Confirmed
Elizabeth Ensminger, widow of Jo-
seph Ensminger, Decd
Elmira Smith, widow of William II.
Smith, decd.
Mary McAllister, widow of David
McAllster, decd.
Annie E. Woods, widow of James A.
Woods, decd.
Ruth Potter, widow of Samuel Potter,
decd.
GUARDIAN APPOINTMENTS.
e. r.. Haines, Guardian of George w.
Haines, and Susannah J. Haines, minor
children of Reuben Haines, decd
John Rouse Guardian of Harris G. ia
cobs, minor son of Henry S. Jacobs,
decd.
John Dunn, Guardian of the estate of
the minor children of VIM. II. Dunn.
John DUN, Guardian of the estate of
Charles f. Hench, minor son of John
b. Hench.
John Dunn, Guardian of the estate of
Carrie A. Noll and Ernest +. Noll, minor
children of John Ii. Noll.
AUDITORS APPOINTMENTS.
B. p. M'Intire, Esq, to make dis
tribution of balance In hands of J. j.
Sponenberger, Administrator de bonis
non of Frederick Sponenberger, decd.
SALES of REAL ESTATE CONFIRMED.
House and lot containing II acres, in
Howe twp, sold by VIM. H. Moretz,
Adm. of VIM. b. Ackley to Abraham
Liddick for $500.
Mill property containing Is acres, in
Saville twp, and woodland containing
144 acres, by Charlotte A. Rice sur
viving AdmX. of Jacob A. Rice to Peter
Smith for So 300.
House and lot containing Z acres, in
Marysville borough undivided y sold
by A. j. Traver, Adm. of Geo. Rupley
TO Samuel Hart for 1926.
House and lot in Newport borough
sold by Peter Smith Administrators of
William HI. Smith to Mrs. Ellen Smith
for $500. House and lot containing 1S
acres in Saville township sold by Catha-
rine e. Trostle, Administrators of Elias
Trostle to DIR. l.. Rodgers for 81 200.
ORDERS FOR SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
G. II. Smith, Executor of Caroline III.
Can't decd, to sell 33 acres of land
situate partly in the borough of New
port and partly in Oliver township.
Isaac Troutman, Administrator of
Joseph Lebkichler to sell 220 acres of
land in Liverpool township also lime
kiln tract containing one acre in same
township.
Mary Leedy to sell house and lot in
Penn township.
The next case taken up was from the
civil list Andrew j. Burd VS.. Penn'a.
Canal Co. Plff. was the owner of q
boat named the "Two Brothers. with
which he plowed the waters of the
"raging canal" On or about the 10th
day of May, 1876, deft. found himself
with his boat loaded with 10 tons of
coal on the 16 mile level of the Wyo-
ming Division of the Penn'a. Canal -
When he arrived opposite Shickshinny
he was compelled to drop anchor on ac-
count of a boat that had struck rock,
and went to the bottom. The canal
authorities ordered plff. to tie up and re-
main in his position until the water was
drawn off the level and the wreck drag
ged out. About q feet of water remain
ed when the boat went down after it
had been drawn off, and after plff. had
retired with his family he was wakened
by a crashing of the boat, and soon dis
covered that she was filling with water
Subsequent developments showed that a
log was under the bottom of the boat
where she wrecked, and to this cause
plff. attributed his loss. Charging the
Company with negligence in permit
ting the log to get into and remain in
the canal, he sought to recover damages
for the injury he sustained. The defts.
denied the allegation of negligence, and
claimed that the boat was unseaworthy,
that the rotten timbers and imperfect
workmanship would have caused the
boat to go to pieces if no log had been
near. After consideration the jury re-
turned verdict of $500 for plff. Defts'
counsel made motion for new trial.
OYER AND TERMINER.
The next jury was called in the case
of the Com. VS.. Henry r. Croll. This
was an indictment in the Oyer and Ter
miner upon two counts. 1st, for volun-
tary manslaughter, and 2nd, for inv0l-
untary manslaughter. 1t will be re-
membered that in the early fall Henry
Il. Croll, Esq, of Centre twp, while
out hunting for pheasants and turkeys,
late in the afternoon, shot at what he
believed to be a turkey feeding in some
grape vines. 1t proved however, to be
acitizen of the twp, Levi III. Swartz,
who was engaged in gathering grapes,
and as he received the discharged of the
Defendants gun the result was his
death in a short time afterwards. The
evidence showed that the grape vine was
large and leafy and the foliage of the
tree upon which it climbed was very
dense Parties after the occurrence ex-
perimented by persons climbing into the
tree and having others take obseI vation