Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-01-26
TRIAL LIST.

tried before and verdict of $500 wa
given for the plf. The deft wa
awarded new trial by the Superio
Court with the last result,
A verdict of s535 for the plaintiff wa
rendered in the case of p G Martin &
Co. VS. East End Oil Co. brought 20 re
cover for drilling a well in the Nortf
Washington field. The case went K
trial Saturday and was not finished un
til Monday.
The suit in assumpsito of Wm Eicholt;
VS. Mrs. Chas Horrobin and Chas Hor
robin, agent, has been settled by the
parties for $50.
The cross suit of Levi Slater VS. Olive
Mathews for damages for slander has
been continued.
In the assumpsit case of c B Hemp
hill VS. Jennie Duprey, the deft. not ap-
pearing when the case was called fol
trial, Judgment was entered against her
for the plfs. claim, $3.50
The case of Ed Turner VS. p G and l
Martin has been settled.
The suit of Sarah A Ramsey VS. Saml
c Ramsey, sci fa sur judgment went to
| urlaI MOHudy morning.
] The jury returned verdict of @142. 80
! for the plf The plaintiff is an aged
widow of Forward twp. and the de
fendaDt is her son who gave bond after
| his fathers death in $1,000, conditioned
for the payment of $500 towards the
maintenance of his mother. Samuel
fell in arrears in his annual payments
on this sum and suit was brought
against him He claimed in defense
that his mother had signed Il release of
the bond. The jury found that he had
paid 1861 on the bond that $142. 80 was
over due and the balance vet TO be paid.
| A large number of the citizens of Evans
City and Forward township attended
the trial as character witnesses.
In the trespass case of G. J D. Stro-
hecker ct al VS. Edwin Ramsey, the jury
brought in verdict for the plf for $25.
This was the last case tried.
New suITs.G
Robt Ralston VS. R H Allen. assump-
sit.
| d L and | Hutchinson VS. Peter Whit
mire, summons in eiectment for !
acre in Boydstown.
Isabella S Mays has petitioned for a
| divorce from her husband, John B
Mays, of North Washington. The
parties were married in 1892, and de-
sertion since May 1898, is cause set
| forth for the petition.
] and o Byers. exrs of Elizabeth
Byers, VS. Amanda B Byers, admx of
Lewis e Byers, assumpsit, plaintiffs s
claim $756.25.
Blu Young &Co VS. w T Ramsey,
deft, and W Henry Wilson and T S
| Coulter, exrs of VIM bingham gar
| nishees, execution attachment on leg
| acies of the Bingham estate.
A C and EE Price have filed bill in
| equity against J G and J L McCielland.
The parties own so acre lease and pro
ducing well on the Vim Gruver farm
| in Penn and Butler townships and the
bill sets forth that the defts are 1878. 80
| in debt to their partners. The appoint
| ment of a receiver is asked for and Il
settlement of accounts compelled
NOTES
Saturday, Feb. 4th, will be last day
for filing accounts for March term.
The Baker farm in Middlesex twp
was sold at o. G.. sale ON the premises,
on Wednesday of last week to Thomas
Baker for $40 per acre. Esq. Leslie
| was administrator of the estate.
Frank Gall, an Italian, has been held
for court on charge of rape preferred
| by Cormella Maren1lla.
The county bridge inspectors have
| filed favorable report of the new Kit
| tanning bridge in Butler and recon
mend the payment of the con tract
prices, $1625 to the Pitt,burg Bridge
Co. for the bridge work and $1902 5S to
| t II Herman for the stonework.
David B Stoup has been appointed
| guardian of Park l., Loyal Fl and
Charles Il, minor children of Elmira a
| Cowan, decd, of Valencia, on petit on
Of their father Edgar Cowan.
Letters of admn. on the estate OF
Salome Mettler, decd, of Fairview
| borough have been granted to Chas
Mettler.
The will of Gertrude Gutegesell,
! decd, of Oakland twp, has been pro
bated, no letters; also the will of Isaac
Robb, decd, of Oakland twp, nc
letters.
The registery list of the Fourth Ward
Butler has been amended by assessor
Geo McJupkin and 5he names of NJ j
| Meade. L e McCandless, III S Moore, r
| O Mccartney, Chas Watson and ] r
Gordon have been added.
The name of Ira 4 Benninger has
been added to the registry list of the 1st
ward.
+ Earl McQuistion was sworn in as
County Surveyor, Monday morning.
Monday morning the Court appointed
Col Thompson, r p Scott and III FL
Goucher, committee to make arrange
ments with Col Archibald Blakely, Of
the Pittsburg Bar, for delivering a
lecture to the attorneys on the Butler
| Bar as it was when he was member OF
it. The following attorneys were also
| appointed a committee to make ar
rangements for the annual banquet OF
the Bar: Frank Kohler, A l. Bowser
Geo Robinson. w z Murrin, A NJ
Christley. r S Cornelius Alex Russell
| Frank Murphy and A e Richer.
William Covert, of Muddycreek twp,
is recovering from the injuries he re
ceived at the coal bank There will
not likely be any prosecu ton in the
matter.
County Auditors Thorne and Nc
Bride are at home sick with the grippe
and Auditor Moore is feeling lonesome
this week
Letters of admn on the estate o
Henry Kaufmpn, decd, late of Zelie
nople have been granted TO Henry Kauf
man Jr; also on the estate of Minerva
Wolfe, decd, of Butler to Frank Miller
William Warner. alias, was arrested
at Mrs Green's boarding house on Eas
wayne street, yesterday afternoon, or
| a process from Armstrong county fol
forgery on the Freeport bank He wa
taken to Kittanning this morning by
Detective Bell His home is in Natrona
He has bad record.
A motion for a new trial has beer
made IN the case of Geo Reiber VS. the
81 l. E RI
! David Newell has filed his final ac.
count as guardian of Maud Dunning.
minor child of j NJ Crooks, decd, oi
Mlddlesex twp, ana has been released
and discharged from his office
VIM Siebert. J Moo Smith and David
Cupps have been reappointed as County
Bridge inspectors for 1899.
On petition the court made an order
directing the payment of S44 TO E L
Bell for services as County Detectiv,
for twenty-five days past up to the up
pointment of Jas A McMarlin. County
Detective will hereafter be paid $50 ;
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