Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-09-16
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moved fro eff,ce retttrnable at. Nov
ember special
/ Letters of administration OH the es-
I tate of Catharine Carson, late of But
( Ter. were granted to Agnes Crafty
/ Juryman Geo. r. Taylor, of Worth
/ twp, became i'll and was excused.
/ On petition the court made a ruling
! fixing the width of a road or alley be
/ tween the properties of J. II. Redick
/ and Michael Fair in Renfrew at twenty
| feet; the rest of the road to remain at a
| width of thirty-three feet.
l. n. Meals, Solomon Thompson and
Findley Winner were appointed view
ers TO assess damages on the properties
through which a new road was CON
structed in Centre twp.
Julia Richardson by her next friend
Sarah Lambert has sued for divorce
from a. n. Richardson.
The will of Jacob G. Hoffman, late
of Connoquenessing twp, was probat
ed and letters granted to John E. Hoff-
man.
The Grand Jury in their present
old Jail: the purchase by the county of
farm of about 200 acres to be used as
poor farm, to erect thereon frame
houses of about 10 or II rooms as need
ed for the care of the poor, a building for
the keeping of the mildly insane, and
building for the keeping of persons,
sentenced TO pay fines, costs. etc,
where they can work on the poor farm,
and the aboiishing of the Butler lock
up, Immediately, ''as it is public nui-
sance They acted on AZ bills of in
dictment-fnding % true bills and ig-
noring 10.
At hearing before Justice Ander-
son, Monday afternoon, Sheridan Shull
and Otto Fair were held for Court for
breaking into and robbing the drug
store of H. G, Hindman & Co, in West
Sunbury, on the night of August 30th.
That night the store was entered by
way of the cellar window, and several
gallons of whisky, some alcohol, jewel
cry, pocket knives, etc, were taken, and
as part of the liquor was found in the
possession of the boys they were arrest
ed Neither could give bail and were
put in Jail. ''Shurd Shell was arrest
ed in Wetzel county, w. Va, some
time ago, for robbing saloon but got
away from the officer who had him in
charge. Sheriff Dodds received a com
munication from the District Attorney
of that county, Tuesday, asking him to
arrest "Shell, " but the Sheriff replied
that he was in Jail in another charge,
and would be held here on it for the
present.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Samuel Staples to A Mccullough, lot
in Gallery for Sl35.
John Barr to Ida Cox, lot in Valen
cia for $500.
Geo c Biehl to Edward J Liebert, lot
in Butler for $3.50
Geo w Amy to w F Rumberger, lot
in Butler for $500
Zelienople Elk Co to p G. Frederick,
lot in Zelienople for 5000
L Z Witherup to E E Stoughton, -
acres in Venango for 800.
Henry Bloom to Jane Morrison, lot
in Portersville for Sl460
Isaac n Wright TO John Frantz, Jr,
) acres in Cranberry for 500.
Geo S Moon 10 Maggie McMillen, lot
in Harrisville for 800.
4 NJ Porter to r II Porter, 120 acres
in Marion for 1850
lot in Butler twp for $3.50.
H R Wilson to A NJ Patterson, lot in
Portersville for S1700,
S o Sterrett to Maggie S Sproul lot
in Adams for $3.50
Geo Coxson to w. f. Magee, 80 acres
in Mercer for $1,000.
Mary E Forquer to w A Forquer,
140 acres in Washington for $500.
Sarah J Crow to Richard Dawson,
lot in Adams for 1926.
G w Miller to Gertrude NJ jackson,
lot in Butler for 81.
J w BURY to Myra Over, % acres
in Franklin for $500.
w NJ Starr to J w Starr, lot in But
Ter for 81.
A Eckman to Geo Fisher. lot in But
Ter twp for S1275.
J F Harper 70 R p Jack, lot in n
Washington for 1925.
E p Sutton to Jocob Helm, lot in
Evans City for $500.