Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-25
Court House News.


There were but two cases in which
yerdicts were rendered last week. In
the first, the supervisors of roads of
Fawn township, Allegheny county
against same of Buffalo township, this
county, the verdict was for the defend
ants, Buffalo township.
The second case, borough of Millers-
town against F. j. Mckee. the verdict
was for the defendant. This case was
an important one and occupied most
of the week.
On Saturday the case of William
Wood vs.. William Lackie, an action
for slander, was taken up and at noon
was continued over to this week. The
jury and several cases were also con-
tinued to this week.
Monday, this week, the case OF
Wood vs.. Lackie, was resumed and on
Tuesday the jury returned . verdict
for defendant.
SUITS BROUGHT.
Margaret Foose, by her next friend
William Strut. has sued for divorce;
with alimony, from John Foose. Sub
ppna awarded returnable to next term.
p. A. Painter vs. Austin Fleeger,
summons in trespass damages in $500
claimed.
d. o. Pisor, for use of Henry Kuhn,
vs Henry B. Sheakly, action on note
Of $500.
i. E. Aiken, administrator of David
Brenneman VS. Lucinda Brenneman,
writ of repIevin for personal property.
Joseph Weller vs. P. +. Porterheld.
writ of estrepment awarded to stay
waste of real estate. Bond approved.
r. W. Mckee, trustee, vs Henry b.
Shakely, summons in assumpsit;
amount claimed $3l2.75.
Ebenezer Christy, administrator of
Ann Young, decd, vs. Samuel and
John Smith, summons in debt Amount
claimed as being due, 1865.
G.. G. Roessing & Son vs. Nancy
Blaine, execution attachment, for debt,
| $50.84. '-
At the session of the State Board
of Pardons last week, four pardons
were recommended. That of Jack
Wiles, the only one from this county,
was refused. Allison, of Indiana coun-
ty must hang, so must Small, of AL
legheny county, Meyer, of Snyder
county, Nevling, of Clear6eld county
and the two Rumbergers, of Dauphin
county. The next meeting of the
BOARD will be on the third Tuesday of
February.
"A dispatch from Petrolis to the
Titusville Herald, of last Saturday,
stated that "Mrs. Shaw, a victim OF
smsll-pox, gave birth prematurely last
night to a child under most distressing
circumstances, without female attend
ance or physician Her hour came,
and in the presence of two men the
mothers eyes looked upon her first
born. Her agony was terrible, but
she survived and is better since. The
child lives and is cared for by the two
men. 1t is disgrace to civilization
that such things should be-"
Mr.. 8. Meredith, writes us from
Allegheny, that the body of the man
found in the James river, on the 9Th OF
December last, was identified by the
clothes as being that of James II.
Graham, of Cranberry township, this
county. He left home on the Cd of
December and went to Pittsburgh to
bs treated for rheumatism, arrived in
Pittsburgh on the Sd, from which time
nothing was heard Of him, till the 6nd-
ing of bis corpse in the river. The
corpse was forwarded by express to
his home.
The Peruvians can now sit down
and mediate on the wisdom of the say
ing that
Those who 10 auarrels interpose
Must often wipe bloody nose.
The row on the Pacific slope in
South America began with dispute
between Bolivia and Chill concerning
saltpetre mines on strip of territory
upon the sea coast intervening between
Peru and Chill. When the controver-
sy waxed hot and threatened to come
to blows Peru stepped in, espoCsed the
cause of Bolivia, and the allies came
into collision with Chill.
We have received from A. M.
Purdy, of Palmyra, N. Y, his descrip-
tive 34-page catalogue of trees, plants,
seeds, &C. The drawings therein of
tho Russian Mulberry, the newer
grapes, strawberries, raspberries, black
berries, &c, are very ane, while the
description of fruit, and directions for
planting, &c are valuable. Sent Free
to all applicants. If you, reader, are
interested in fruits or flowers, send q
postal and get copy. If any who
read this have sent to him for speci-
men of the FRUIT RECORDER, they will
receive copy of the Catalogue in due
| time without writing again.
"A large number of Swedes arriv-
ed in this town via the narrow gauge
railroad, last Friday. They had been
working on the new railroad, near
Foxburg and will work on the new
road between Butler and Evansburg.
They brought cooks with them and
will occupy one of the houses on the
line of the road. The contractors for
that part of the road between this
place and Renfrew's mill, now have
three hundred men at work on it.
These Sweedes are we'll behaved men,
and although they imbibed of consid-
erable "bug.juice," in this town. last
Saturday, there was no quarreling
among them
/ "A great English railway company
has undertaken the construction Of the
proposed submarine tunnel connecting
, England and France, and scheme
which has hitherto been regarded as q
possibility will now beyond doubt be
pushed speedily through to completion
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