Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30

Elmer Dobson VS. George Lott, appeal
by deft. from Judgment OF X. Is. Gill
CHRIST. J. p.
National Cash Register Co. VS. Joseph
Schlicht and Oscar Nigel, appeal by
defts from Judgment of c. Z. Ander-
! son, j. p.
NOTES.
Six more tramps We're captured by the
P. & W. detectives Sunday at Gallery.
They were brought to Butler and each
got the usual 20-day sentence to work
4 on the poor farm.
Isaiah Causer of Kildoo, a native Of
! England, has made his first declaration
of intention TO become L. S. citizen.
Mrs. Sadie Norris was committed to
| Jail by Justice Keck on charges of forgery
and obtaining goods under false pre-
| tense.
Her home is IN Renfrew and she is
| accused of forging orders from j.. a.
| Patrick and the Kirkpatrick Bros on
| Butler merchants, one Of whom Is the
! prosecutor.
Samuel Doutt has been committed to
| iail by Esq. Jacob Sitter OF jackson
twp. or charges Of desertion and non
| support.
Letters of admin have been granted
| to w. f. Butler on estate Of John NJ.
| Wolford of Donegal twp.
A dispatch from New Kensington
dated last Thursday said: wv. A. Mar
| tin, who has been practicing as an at
| torney here for the past three years, has
been arrested, charged with violating
the act of assembly and also with set
ting himself up as a lawyer when not
member of the Westmoreland county
bar" The information was made by
County Detective Shelter. He gave
ball for appearance at the next term OF
court at Greensburg.
The superior court handed down an
opinion recently affirming the judgment
of the court of common pleas OF I1oga
county, in dismissing the appeal of
James L, Robb from the action of the
mercantile appraiser of that county i'll
assessing him with tax as a dealer in
hay, straw and grain. The decision is
very broad in it's terms and makes 1t
very clear that those dealers engaged III
the business of vending hay, straw and
grain are all liable to the tax whether
they have storage barns and warehouses
or not or whether they load their hay
/ or grain directly into cars and ship to
points outside of the state or otherwise.
The Greenville Argus says that the
strangest lawsuit ever held in James
town, or anywhere else for all that
took place at Squire Cars court.
The plaintiff was William Yokes; de-
fendant, his wife; charge, furnishing
of 1r,,Nx1rr, infa
habits, to-wit: the plaintiff.
Yokes was the first witness. He testi-
fed to the fact that he was a man of in
temperate habits, that he drank for the
purpose of getting drunk and did get
drunk on divers and sundry times, oc-
casions and places, all of which was
we'll known to the defendant, the said
Mrs William Yokes, plaintiff and wife
of the aforesaid witness and prosecutor.
And further, that on Monday, July %,
| A D. 1900, with malice aforethought
fearing neither God nor man, did pur-
posely, Intentionally, feloniously and
positively HE herself to Greenville
county and state aforementioned, and
| did then and there procure and other
wise get and obtain quantity of 1ntox-
| icating liquor. Returning home she
| did further, with the aid and wiles of
one Burns, a boarder, persuade the said
husband to drink about one pint of the
demon rum, from the effects Of which
| he became we'll shot, soaked and other
| wise intoxicated, tending to his physi-
| cal. intellectual and moral degradation.
Campbell was also sworn and said
| that he was a resident of Jamestown,
| knew Yokes and that he was a man of
! known incorporate habits.
Mrs. Yokes admitted furnishing the
nerve killer to her husband, but said he
| had been drunk for two days previous,
| and that she had given him the liquor
| to sober up on.
Burns had an invitation to attend the
lawsuit as co-defendant, but was called
away from town by pressing engage
| ment
| Squire Carr bound Mrs. Yokes over
to court with bail at $3.50
Mr.. Yokes is about 60 years of age,
an old soldier and draws $45 pension for
| the loss of an arm. Mrs. Yokes is
| somewhat younger and was married
| once before to Il man named CLANCY.
| PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
| Franklin Rider to Aaron Rider 81
acres in Concord for $816.S6.
John Craney to Mary Craney lot in
| Adams twp. for 81.
! Sarah Kamerer to Philopena Hepler
| Il acres in Oakland for $50
/ VIM. Winner to L. E. Christley 79
acres in Worth for $1,000.
L. E. Christley to S. j. Winner 79
acres in Worth for $1,000.
| Annie L. Smith to Sallie Longwell lot
in Zelienople for $1,000.
| Peter Burr to Casper Fehl s acres n
Forward for 800.
| Mary l. Park to j. A Douthett lot in
Mars for $500.
Michael Sheely to Chas. A. Abrams,
let in Butler for 500. ..