Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-07-02
LEGAL NEWS.
New SUITS

: Mrs Sadie Hepler Us \. j Hepler
/ petition for divorce
I Butler Savings Bank vs. John Low,
and Isabel Birch, defts, and \ Abner Pat
/ ton garuishee, attachment.
2. & w. Railroad Co. vs. Dindinger
plaintiff and defendant in error, certio.
rari TO John Wood j. P, TO send tC
Common Pleas Court all the papers in
this case.
Oliver Cooper W John A Cooper,
deft. and Thomas 5 Coulter. garnishee.
and administrator Of Sylvanus Cooper,
execution attachment
Timothy Sweeuy VS. Butler county.
stated case for the opinion of the Court
on the taxation of 30 acre timber
tract whose trees are at least eight
inches in diameter six feet from the
ground \ statute exempts such
timber land from taxes.
Charley jackson and Benz Conners,
who have been serving four month :
jail sentences, have petitioned for dis
charge under the insolvent laws.
NOTES.
Alexander Seisko of Hilliard, a na-
five Of AustrO-Hungray, has declared
his intention to become I. $. citizen.
The address of John X. Richards,
Solicitor General of the [. ). at the
state-har meeting at Cambridge Springs
june 21th, was the subject of much
discussion by the attorneys present.
His topic was The Constitution and
the New Territories and the line of
argument was in support Of the policy
of the administration. The session next
day took mp the reports of committees
on law reform, legal education and legal
biography. The proposed bill which
has been drafted for submission To the
Assembly, is generally considered to
embOdy decided improvements IN mat
tiers of taxation, tax liens and municipal
liens.
c. 2. No. l of Phil'a has decided that
school teaching Is not manual labor.
Marshall & Henninger have had a
fire proof vault for the safe keeping of
papers built in corner of their office.
Letters of administration on the
estate of Charles p Amy of Butler have
been granted to Viola Amy; also on the
estate of Geo w. Miller of Adams twp
to John +. CashdollaNalso on the estate
OF Sylvanus Cooper of Slipperyrock
twp. to T. S. Coulter; also on the estate
of VIM. j. Cleland of Muddycreek twp
to Ira L. Cleland
The will of Jacob II. Stauffer of Har-
mony has been probated and letters
granted to Elizabeth Stautfer; also the
will of Jonathan Wilson of Evans City,
with letters to Susan Wilson.
John Dolan of Mars was placed in
Jail on the evening of the 4th, charged
with shooting his step-father, George
Buchanan. The two men had some
words at the dinner table that day and
Buchanan slugged Dolan, who went in
to the next room and secured a revolver
with which he shot Buchanan in the
arm and head. Tns people lately moved
to Mars from West Virginia, and the
men had been drinking that day.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
John S. Hoehn to Henry Wahl, lot in
Evans City for 5000.
Laura j Carruthers to D. G. Hen
shaw, lot in Adams twp for $500.
William Watson to Allois Fritch, l3
acres in Buffalo for $50.
s. J. Blymiller to NJ J. Karnes, lot in
Allegheny twp. for $50.
G.. d. Swain to Laura Luton, lot in
Harmony for S700
A. E. H. Dickson to J. V Ritts, lot on
N Main st. Butler, for SO, 800.
S. c. Sanderson to r, A. Franks, lot
in Clay for $500.
H. l.. Sanderson to n. L Gardner,
lot in Slipperyrock boro for $1,000.
Frank Mahood to Maria Dunn, lot in
Washington for $50.
Geo. w Whitehill to J. V. Ritts, lot
in Butler for 50, 500.
T. J. McKeever to c. H. Johnston, lot
in Millerstown for 1925.
Peter Fennel to Peter S. Fennel, 53
acres in Clearfield for 81 900.
E. Miller to M. E. Cooper, lot in But
Ter for 5000.
A Bachman to C. E. Bachman. GA
acres in Jefferson for 81, 500.
S. p. P. Young to John Measel 10l
acres in Lancaster for 50, 100.
Mary M Drebert to G Koch lot in
Butler for $1112.50
Abraham Sechler to Fred Z. Miller
lot in Evans City for $500
William Gibson to G. A. Schoenfeld
8 acres in Parker twp for $194.79.
James Blaney, gdn., to same, same
for S17.70
John Cypher to Peter Cypher, Jr., 80
acres in Winfield for $4,000
n. G. Mccullough to Lauretta Garvi n
lot in Evans City for S1475.
JAS A Mcdowell to John Foster. lot
in Rutlar for $3.50