Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-03
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the criminal docket and several of these
have been disposed of.
The Michael Barnhart farm was Of
fered at Orphans Court sale, on the
premises, in Butler twp, last Monday,
and the sale was then adjourned till
Monday, March 7th, at ? P. NJ, at the
Court House, in Butler.
John Kaufman, of Worth twp, peti
toned for a commission of lunacy on
Joseph Kaufman. DR.. S. Graham, j.
d. Marshall and John R. Heuninger,
Esds, were appointed, and on their re
commendation the Court made an order
that Jos Kaufman be taken to the In
sane Asylum, at Dixmont. Pa. Sher
iff Dodds executed the order on Satur-
day.
J. Berg & Co. have commenced suit
in assumpsit against n. and j. L.
Bricker, Exrs. of John Bricker, for
claim of $263. 60.
A. A. Gold has appealed from a judg-
ment given against him and in favor OF
VIM. Patten by r. B. Gilghrist, j. 7.
A copy of the will of Zeno Markell,
decd, of Forward twp, has been made.
Inc Will OF lSddC hOOTt, ldJS VI huu-
dycreek twp, has been probated,
Notice was given to Register Adams
not to admit to probate any writing
purporting to be the will of Isaac
Moore, late of Muddycreek twp, with
out first giving notice to heirs.
The will of William Caldwell late of
Butler, has been pro5ated and letters
granted to John and Samuel Caldwell;
also the will of Jacob Neher, of Saxon
burg, and letters granted to T. Krause.
The South Penn Oil Co has bought
leases in Concord twp. from A. NJ.
Nichells, G. p Hatch ct al for S10,5
Alexander Erving an insane man of
Lawrence Co, who was held for surety
of the piece, was turned over to the
poor authorities of that county Monday.
NJ C. Davis has filed summons in
replevin against Samuel Frehling for a
bay horse valued at 800.
Paul Waestoff & Co filed summon
in assumpsit against A. E. and j. II.
Faubel for bill of S276. -
Z. G.. Fredrick exr. has filed prae-
cipie for an attrachment execution in
satisfaction of a judgment against w.
j. Andre, ex'r.
Jas. w. Eakis has appealed from a
judgement of $50. 80 given against him
and in favor of F. II. Davey by Esq.
Gilghrist,
Superintendent Kerr of the Standard
Plate Glass works was arrested Monday
on charge of forgery preferred by
T- Do y,a,tiaS Mr. fnrn1nrlxy
was employed in the glass works at
that place He gave bail to appear at
the Westmoreland Co. Courts.
On the Quarter Sessions Argument
List are the following cases: Co. Com
missioners VS. Citizens of Centre twp,
exceptions to road view; Mrs. t, Young
vs Centre twp, exceptions to view;
Centre twp VS. jackson twp, appeal
from order of removal Butler boro vs.
Butler twp. same; Constable's return,
question as to whether road is public
or private.
Coroner Jones held an inquest on the
on the P &. w. X. R., at Eidenau on
Saturday. The body could not be iden-
tilted. The heighth was feet inches;
weight 140 lbs, aged about 20 years,
brown hair and eyes. He wore Amer
lean flag" cuff buttons.
On Tuesday Margaret Held had issu-
ed capias in trespass against Jacob
Held, claiming $4,000, damages. Mrs.
Held is so years old and the widow of
Jacob Eeid Sr who died in 1899 He
bequeathed to her one third the pro-
ceeds of his estate, 132a farm in For
ward twp. for life, and gave it in fee
to his son John. John become invol
we'd and Jacob, step-son of the Plf.
bought the place and took possession
last fall Since then there has been
trouble, and the old lady says she
was finally forced to leave the place and
bring suit for dana ges.
The late election on the Poor House
may be contested. The Poor House
law of 1879, reads: Sec A. The cleo
tion officers shall, at such election, re-
ceive ballots from qualified electors,
written or printed as follows: On the
outside poor house" on the inside
either ''for poor house" or against
poor house," at the close of the polls the
votes shall be counted, etc, and the
election was so held but the general cleo
tion law, as amended in 1897, provides
that when question is submitted to
the people, such question shall be print
ed on the ballots in brief form, followed
by the words yes" and mo, the voter
to make an X after the answer he
wishes to give; and the last section of
the act repeals all laws and parts of
laws inconsistent with the general law
Citizens of Washington twp. have
a petition contesting the late election
for School Director in that twp. r. ID.
Pettigrew and j. NJ Hazlett were can
didates for the three year term and
were so marked on the ballots Il. II.
Henon was candidate for one year, Eli
ID. Gibson and Alfred Shira were also
three year candidates, but were not so
specified on the ballots. The two latter
received a majority of the votes and
were declared elected. The school
law of 1896 says, where some of the
tickets polled have and some have not
the term marked on the ballot that the
candidate is to serve those which have
not the specification on their face are to
be rejected and the return is only to be
given according to the number of votes
to those tickets specifying the term on
the face of the ballots polled." The
claim that Pettigrew, Hazlett and He
non are elected is based on this law. A
hearing will be had March 18th.
The following cases are on the Argu-
ment Court list, commencing Monday,
March 7th: E. Lang vs. G. Weidhos,
motion for new trial; G.. Lott vs. A. M.
Ziegler, same; Mrs. L. McCafferty
adm'x., vs Penn'a. r. r. Co., same; S.
p. Mercer VS. j. Orr, aame; NJ. L. Zahn-
iser VS. Penn'a. Torpedo Co, same
Julia Richardson vs A. N Richardson,
divorce; Ella M. Thompson VS. Taylor
Thompson, divorce; Jennie G. Wick vs.
Butler boro., motion for new trial; NJ
j. Stevenson VS. p b. 65 l.. f. r. r. mo-
| ton to take of compulsory non suit;
Butler Savings Bank VS. r. II. McEl-
haney, rule, etc. Sarah Jordon VS. T. p.
Jordon, divorce; J. II. Flick VS. Forest
Oil Co, ejectment; FIRST Ntl Bank of
Greenville VS. ]. A. Turner, motion for
new trial, etc; Marks and McCandless
vs j. j Stiner, same; G. May VS. r.
Seibert, same; Florence Conley vs. A. T.
Conley, divorce, Butler twp. School
Board VS. Humes Torpedo Co, equity;
w. Hendrickson VS. NJ II. Hendrickson,
rule to show cause, etc; j. III. Ferguson
VS. DownIe Pump Co. motion for new
trial; E. J. Dodds VS. w. J. Voeghtley
motion to take off compulsory non suit;
Evans City vs. J. c. Garner, same, q
suits; Fulton IL Jackson VS. j. A.
Aiken, motion for new trial: Rosena
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