Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-07-01
LEGAL NEWS.
NOTES

NOTES.
The Mercer county grand jury foune
true bill tor horse stealing against =
A Elliott of Centre twp, this coun5y
The will of Jonathan Taylor o.
Worth twp. was probated, no Letters
Letters of administration on the ss
tate of John p Goldthorp, of Washing
ton twp, were granted TO J. Harvey
Bell
The will of Joseph Rosenberg, q
Venango Co, has been probated, a 4
the viii of Henry Jamison, of Alleghe Nv
/ twp, with letters 70 Andrew Tippery
and w E. Jamison-
Since the law was passed at Harris
burg laying per diem tax on foreign
ers, there is a rush of the latter TO take
out naturalization papers There IS
also a noticeable movement OF aliens
toward the countries from which they
came.
Chas Patterson. Of Mars. plead
! guilty to larceny but was not sentenc
ed.
! The School Directors Of Zelienople
were authorized 70 borrow 81 500 to
build an addition 70 their school house
Julia A. Vensel issued a summons IN
ejectment against L. F. Sutton for
property inMillerstown; the defendant
! appeared. waived hearing and confessed
! Judgment in favor Of the plaintiff
| Tuesday morning constables Brown
and Knittle went to SaEonburg and ar
rested six parties living at OF near tnat
| town for Illegal liquor selling. They
were brought TO Butler. taken before
Esq Keck and gave bail for hearing
ON July II.
Esq. Cramer and Constable Ekas
of Buffalo twp, brought Jos. Horn
awitz to town, Monday evening, and
put him in Jail HornawitZ keeps a
little store in New Kensington, Jacob
Fry's horse was found III his possession,
and as he could not satisfactorily ac-
count for the exchange. he was arrest
ed
The number of = b irths certified in
Butler county from the first Monday in
December 1896, TO the first Monday in
May 1897. was 239; the number of
deaths certified was 513.
David Studebaker. Thomas G. Coul-
ter, Jas. G. McClymonds, Galley Glenn,
Sr., Henderson OLIVER, Jas. ID. McGill,
and John Seig were appointed viewers
to meet on the 22nd of July at 10 A. NJ,
and assess the damages done to the
property of J. T. and A Hamilton in
Butler by the p B. & L. E. K. X.
At Kittanning. last Thursday, the
trial of DIR. Moorhead and Jennie
O'Dell, accused of causing the death
of Letitia Adams began, and on Satur-
day they found them guilty of perform
ing fatal operation upon Miss Loretta
Adams, of Punxsutawney, at Parker,
on May 8. The jury was out for about
two hours. DR.. Moorhead was sentenc
ed by Judge Rayburn to undergo i'm
prisonment in the western penitentiary
for seven years. and Miss Odell was
sentenced to the Allegheny county
workhouse for one year
LATE PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Chas c Keck to Anna B Krebs, III
acres in Cranberry for S2025.
Anna Il Krebs, admir- to Chas & Keck
III acres in Cranberry for S2025.
Neal Boyle, ex'r to ID Kellerman, 40
acres in Donegal for 1925.
VIM Kildoo to p b 65 l. E K K, lot
in Clay for 800
John p Goldthorp to Margaret Nc
Murray. 30 acres in Washington for 81
VIM Park ct al, Exr'5 10 Rachel Bux
ton. 141 acres in Middlesex for $500
Cornelius Dougan to Susan Meinin
ger, acre in Clearfeld for $3.50
Alex Coulter to John Dougherty, 80
acres in Allegheny for $1,000
Mary r Shirley to Minnie Vogeley,
lot in Bntler for S925
Mary T. Nogeley. to John Troutman,
lot in Butler for 1900
A p McCandless to J . Mcconnell,
lot in Centreyille for $40.
J A Kirkpatrick admir-, to Z Big
gin A. acres in Centre for 1850.
North Side Cemetery Assn to Henry
Miller lot for $50
w & McCandless to w b McCandless
100 acres in Franklin for $500
Lewis Wigton to J Kate Wigton lot
in Butler for $1,000.
J l. Puryis 10 T Y Cochran lof in But
Ter for 400
w Crafty to A Fl Burr, 90 acres in
Mnddycreek for $l9ij
Z T. Miller to q Wilson Miller, lot in
Butler for $1425.
z Anderson to G + Shannon, 20
acres In Conn oquenessing for 5000