Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-09-30
LEGAL NEWS.
NOTES.

The Will of Cyrus Campbell Sr, la te
of Parker, has been probated.
The Mars Cemetery Association has
asked to be incorporated.
Andrew Harper has appealed from
the award of viewers to widen New
Castle street in Zelienople
Emma Taggert was appointed guar
dian of Samuel j. Wick, minor child
of Jas. NJ. Wick, decreased.
The Commissioners, of Allegheny Co.
will not contest Judge Acheson's deci-
sion on the Alien tax law.
The will of Sarah NJ. Zinkhann, of
Evans City, was probated, and letters
granted to John Zinkhann.
Sheriff Dodds left for Huntingdon,
yesterday, with Andrew Kirk.
The assessors outfits will be deliver
ed over the county tomorrow and Sat
urday by the Commissioners, and they
are expected to commence work on
them next week.
There were % judgments entered in
the Prothonotarys Office on Monday
and % ON Tuesday.
At hearing, before Esq. Gilghrist,
Drs. McMichael and Allison were held
for court, in $500, each, on charge OF
practicing medicine without register
ing.
The will of John c. and Maria B.
Hoffman, of Butler, has been probated,
letters granted to Jacob Keck, Esq; also
will of Samuel Irwin, of Sunbury, no
letters.
On Wednesday twenty six men began
suits against X. o. Allen, the New
Castle contractor who lately assigned,
to recover wages due them for work on
the State Normal School building at
Slipperyrock The accounts aggregate
$500.
Deputy Attorney General Wilbur F.
Reeder has advised State Treasurer b.
J. Haywood that county commits.
sioners should insist on the collection of
the tax regardless of the opinion OF
Judge Acheson. The question was
| raised by the George V. Chessrown
company, of Philadelphia, which In
auired if it should return to the aliens
| in its employ the money collected from
| them in pursuance of the act
The Supreme Court has decided that
! poultry running at large is wild game,
| and the party on whom they trespass
| has a perfect right to kill them. Under
| this decision man who runs garden.
adjoining the premises of man who
| keeps chickens, ought to be able to
keep his table fairly supplied with
poultry. This would affirmatively
l solve the question of whether It pays to
keep garden.
| There was baseball match or mix
| up in Esq Gilghrist.s s Office last Friday
| afternoon. Hames and Blue sued Jack
| son Robinson, the colored manager OF
| the Butler Base Ball team of the past
summer for some back salary Robinson
referred them to John Jack who acted
as Treasurer and Secretary and kept the
account in the name of Robinson d
Jack; Jack said all the money was gone
and the Esq gave judgment in favor OF
ball players against Robinson
Reason is the life of the law" saith
the great master, Coke; may, the com
mon law itself is nothing else but rea
SON." Now reason is that power by
which we are able to combine means fol
particular ends. For example, as WE
/ l..
son of his distinguished father, gen
tleman who sat in Congress lately ant
who now aspires to the chair of Govern
or of Massachusetts,, poor clergyman
was anxious to obtain hymn books
cheaply for his congregation, and wa.
delighted to hear from firm that i
would supply them gratuitously, pro
vided they might contain certain adver
tisements. The books were received
and the minister, who expected the ad
vertisements to be on separate leaves
which could be torn out, was surprised
not to see any in the books. But on the
first Sunday after. the congregation
found themselves singing:
Hark, the herald angels sing,
Bullhead's pills are just the thing;
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
Two for a man and one for child.
This was the combining of means to ,
particular end, the exercise of reason
which is the life of the common law
The preacher bargained with all tn
: terms plainly before him, and if he di'
not grasp their possible meanings, tina
was his own fault Through failure t
do SO he suffered much ridicule; all tn
world has laughed at him, but ther
could be no recovery for him at law
He should have known what he was do
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