Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-04
THE LEGAL DRIFTwOOD.
Not Very Grent Flood of 1t Yesterday, b
EnouRh for the Clients,


Enough for the Clients.
The ejectment suit of John Fox against
Gottlieb Harmonring was settled yesterday.
THE jury is out in the suit of P. Haggitir:s
against Reymer Brothers. an action for rent
THE suit of James Packer and wife against
David Hutchinson, landlord and tenant case.
is on trial before Judge Slagle.
THE trial of Charles E. Allen for the murder
of bud" Lee, both colored, was to have been
commenced to-day, but was postponed until
next Monday.
The trial of Henry F. Voight ex-cashier of
the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of the
Southside. for embezzlement, ETC., will be taken
up Wednesday
THE suits of Elizabeth Matthews and Annie
NJ. Lyons against Lyons Bros. Mckee & Co.,
| actions on accounts, were settled yesterday
| and the cases withdrawn, -r
THE Methodist Episcopal Church. of Tenn
peranceville, yesterday, filed petition asking
that the name of the church be changed to the
West End NJ. E. Church of Pittsburg.
An order was made in Common Pleas Court
No. l yesterday fixing Thursday, June l3 at
$50 A. NJ, for hearing all appeals from assess
ments OF property for taxation in PittsDurg.
A VERDICT for sl,l5O for the plaintiff was
taken by consent yesterday in the suit of Mag.
| gle P. Shook against the receivers of the Pitts
burg and Western Railroad, an action on bonds.
]. CHARLES DICKEN yesterday received
verdict for s2Ss 81 in his suit against John
| Schaub. The suit was an action on a Judgment
| note for 500 given in 1868 by Schaub to Dicken
| Interest was allowed for q years, making the
verdict more than double the face of the note.
But one branch of the Criminal Court will
| be run during June. For the first two weeks
Il, Tn1w %ru rr-s11 1l-,l-
when the court will adjourn for the heated
| term.
THE jury is out in the case of John Welsh
against John Wise. The suit is for damages
for false arrest on charge of larceny Wise
having been arrested in mistake for another
man. ~2..,..
JOHN BALLENFIELD yesterday entered suit
against Richard Jefferies for 81, 900 damages for
slander. The parties are residents of Millvale.
1t was claimed that Jefferies accused Ballen.
field Of stealing furniture.
The County Commissioners yesterday put a
force of men at work cleaning up the Ole Uni.
versity building and putting il in shape for the
purpose of turning it into hospital for the
Johnstown sufferers if necessary.
In the suit of James II. Bell against SamueI
McQuitty for possession of a lot in McKees
port verdict was given yesterday for six cents
damages and costs for the plaintiff, according
to the terms of the agreement filed.
THE jury is out in the case of Louis Gordon
against James Leech and the borough of Brad.
dock for damages for injuries received by fall
ing down the cellar way OF house owned by
Leech that had been burned down.
THE commission in lunacy in the case of
Andrew Soellner yesterday reported that
Soellner was a lunatic. The report was an.
proved, and E. p. Thomas appointed commit
tee of the person and estate of Soellner.
MRS. VIRGINIA EVANS yesterday filed a
petition asking for an inquest in lunacy to be
held on her father, Martin Thompson. of
Elizabeth Borough. She stated, that he had be.
come insane and was squandering his estate.
sioner to hold the inquest. ,
MRS. CATHARINE ZwEGEL, yesterday. en-.
tered suit against the Braddock Wire COMPANY
for $4,000 damages for the death of her bus
band, Michael Zwegel. He had been EMPLOYED
in the wire works and fell into q vat about
which there was no railing, the contents of
which were principally vitriol. BE died shortly
afterward.
A BILL in equity was filed yesterday by 7. F.
Thomas, ]. B. Van Wagner, Fred G. MiIliken
and George V. Mil.iken against E. NJ. Hukiu
1t was stated that the plaintiffs purchased a
lease of oil and gas rights of land in Monon-
gala county, W. Va, from Hukil. Since then |
Hukill has commenced to bore for gas and oil
asked
for to restrain him from continuing.
AFTER theEgrand jury had been disposed of
in Criminal Court yesterday the rest of the day |
was occupied in receiving the constable,s re-
turns The returns were very light, but few |
violations being reported. Judge Stowe re. |
peated the order made by Judge Magee last |
term, that the violations reported were NOT To
be published, as it would give the Offenders
chance to escape before they could be in
dicted.
THE grand jury's first days work consisted
of returning the following true bills: Edward
Baltz, alias Mills, Samuel Harvey, James .ac.
Gill. Thomas Davis, sr., Thomas Davis. Jr.
Samuel Davis, Maggie Davis, Mary McGiu
Stephen Stoesick, Joseph Szopka Samuel
Whitehead. larceny and receiving stolen goods:
John Condor. burglary; James Shira, agera,
waited assault and battery; Harry Brown
James Gillespie, Anna Gillespie. James Green
assault and battery; John X Shanahan false |
pretense. No bills were ignored,