Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-24
COURT NEWS.


VIM. Heaven VS. S. n. GleDn and Ii
Ruby f; settled.
j. j. Kelly vs.. NJ. V. Kelly, Admir-
verdict for plaintiff for S400.
K. NJ. Roth VS.. George Walter
plaintiff not appearing a judgment o
compulsory non suit was entered.
Pat. Boyle vs.. Thos. BOYLE; plaintiff
discontinues action and judgment fol
defendant for costs.
d. NJ. Dimming vs.. Jas. English
discontinued
Belda Staff VS.. John Fran;z verdict
for plaintiff for $1,000.
Commonwealth for use vs. W. III.
Hoffman and others verdict for de-
PENDANTS.
Chas. Cochran, guardian, VS.. Simon
Young; verdict for plaintiff for the un-
divided one-half of the land described
in the praecipe and writ.
Butler Savings Bank VS.. John NJ
Thompson verdict for plaintiff in the
issue.
AL other cases on the list were con-
tinued.
NOTES.
Chas. McPherrin, student of
Thompson & Son, and E. l.. Ralston,
student of Chas. McCandIess, have
applied for admission to the bar
The Court last Monday ordered
venirie to issue for jurors for regular
March term, sixty jurors to be summon
ed for second week, and also for fifty
two jurors for third week, list of ten
civil causes to be made out Friday
of the first week in March is designated
as the time for License Court at which
petitions for and remonstrances against
licenses will be heard
w S. Barnes was appointed COM
mittee to take charge of the property
of James c. Parker
Mrs. Abba J La;chford has brought
suit for divorce from her husband VIM.
L. LatchfOrd.
The will OF Mary Cross, of Worth
twp, was probated last Wednesday, j.
Wilson Dickey, Executor, also will of
Jacob Schmerker, of Butler, Adam
Troutman, Executor.
Letters of administration were grant
ed last week to Kate Sherman on es-
tate of Martin Byers, of Summit twp,
and to Bridget Dougan, G. T. A. on
estate Of Alice Dougan, also to Jonas
S. Hartzell.on estate of Jacob Hartzell,
decd, late of Penn twp.
Terrible Accident Near Sunbury.
The coal mine OF Mr.. Israel Cranmer,
located about three miles on this side
of Sunbury, in Clay twp, was the
scene of terrible accident on Monday
afternoon of last week, by which Mr..
S. p. Graham, a son-in-law of Mr.
Cranmer, lost his life, and two other
young men-Walker Cranmer, a son
of Israel, and Richard Ekis-were
severely injured. 1t appears that at
the time of the accident Mr. Graham
and Ekis were filling blasting cart
ridge. Mr. Grahlm was sitting, and
holding the powder can, said to have
contained about ten pounds of powder,
in his lap aud was pouring the pow
der into a tin cartridge held by Mr..
Ekis, when Mr.. Cranmer who had a
nine lamp attached to the front of his
bat came up AID stopped over the
powder can A spark from Mr.. Gran
mer's lamp, or some burning oil, must
then have dropped into the powder,
for the explosion occurred almost i'm
mediately, burning and otherwise in
NJ i L
died the next day, badly burning Mr..
Ekis and also injuring Mr.. Cranmer
Although Mr.. Graham was terribly
burned about the face and neck and
probably injured internally by the
shock. be is said to have jumped up and
run for quite distance after the eX-
plosion, and to have run past his own
house and nearly to the house of his
father-in-law, Mr. Cranmer