Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-11-18

LEGAL NEWS.


The Supreme Court sitting in Pitts9urg,
handed down a number OF decisions last
Friday, those in Butler county cases being
as follows:
Donaghy's appeal-atfirmed.
Barnhart VS. Lockwood ct al-atfirmed
Vanderlin VS. Hovis-reversed.
Glasgow VS. Charters Gas Co.-atfirmed.
The Supreme Court has reversed the
case of Nor tland vs. MOrtland taken up
from this county.
The will Of Emma l.. Hervey Of Butter
Boro, was probated, no letters; also Will oi
Thomas Kennedy of Clinton and letters TO
Thomas G. KENNEDY; also will Of Elizabeth
Anderson of Allegheny twp, and letters
G. 7. A. to John Sutton.
Arthur Dumont has sued for divorce from
Alvina Dumont.
The Assessors books and papers fer
1893 are ready at the office of the County
Commissioners.
Chris Gelbach has brought suit in eject
ment VS. " B. Jacobs for 40 acres in For
ward twp.
The suits against Oakland twp. and But
Ter boro. and the SANDER suits, are the IN
teresting features of next weeks trial list.
The Worth twp. election board was sent
for by the Court to correct clerical error
in their report. On the vote for Presi-
Dental electors they carried the totals
after the names of the first electors, but
put ditto marks after the other names
which is contrary to the election law.
Messrs A. NJ. Christly, A. t. Scott, Jno
Sheiring, and W. z. Murrin were appoint
ed by the Court TO tabulate and count the
returns of the county. They did not finish
the tsbuiation till Friday evening, and the
counting till Monday morning. 1t was a
long and tiresome job. J. n. Moore took
the Senatorial Election return to Kittan-
ming; and j NJ Painter and P. W. Lowy,
the Judicial and Congressional to New
Castle.
Hon. Geo. II. Graham, of Fairview was
appointed by the Court to be Jury Com
missioner in place of Esq. McCafferty. decd
The Supreme Court passed upon Ven
ango Co., bridge case last week that is OF
interest. Chief Justice Paxson, in his
opinion says: The plaintiffs contend that
the township was negligent in not knowing
the unsound condition of the bridge. There
was no evidence that the township knew
the bridge was unsafe or the timbers rot
ten. If the plaintiffs examined it before
crossing, as they say they did, and did not
find the defect, it comes with bad grace
to charge the township with negligence in
not discovering it. The decision of the
lower Court is affirmed.
Harry Valentine, who was arrested in
Chicago lately, was a former employee OF
the Kauffmans in Pittsburg. He was en-
gagged to be married to q most estiTable
young lady of Allegheny, who supposed
him to be an honest and successful young
business man, and the reports OF his arrest
end the disclosures of his check rackets
were her first intimations to the contrary.
The detectives who have handled the case
canrot ascertain how far back his peculiar
operations may extend, but as advices from
Chicago state that be is wanted by more
than 100 people between Chicago and New
York, the indications are that the work is
not even comparatively new to him. His
method of operation in most cases was TO
mail checks to himself and get them cash
ed by accommodating hotel clerks and
business men. He was very audacious in
his operations, which perhaps accounts
for his long immunity from arrest AS an
example of his audacity it is stated that
soon after beating the Seventh Avenue
hotel in Pittsburg he returned to that city
business house close to the hotel entrance
At Chicago he had made several rich
strikes before he was caught, having
beaten four of the leading hotels and as
many more of the big mercantile houses
He was arrested on complaint of the clerk
OF the Revere house.
LATE PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
LIB vandyke to Caroline Vandyke 40
acres in Marion for $500
CT Bollinger to J W Baker 20 acres in
Donegal for s150
d III Bell to Mary McCandless 20 acres
in Summit for $2725.
Phi Snyder to Matthew Thrower ct al lot
in Clinton for 81.
John c. Graham to Jos Nigel lot in
Butler for $1700.
Duffy to NJ Badger lot in Butler for
$500.
Duffy to A Campbell lot in Butler for
5000.
Jos r Carnahan to ii Turner lots in
Butler for $500.
&c Wigton to Robt Logue 35 acres in
Cherry for $1033.75.
John K Holland to Standard Plate Glass
Co. 80 acres in Washington for $l998 40.
J Il & l. o Purvis to ID III Bell lot in But
Ter for $I3S7 80.
Elliott Robb and Frank McGrew, ex'rs,
to Mary Plough 73.acres in Franklin for
$4,000.
Jno. Waiter to Philip Haas, 3 pieces in
Buffalo for So.
s. v. Brown to 4. j. Brown, % acres
| in Fairview for 1923 rs.