Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-30

The Grand jury acted on 16 indict-
mems a follows.
TRUE BILLS
L. Horwitz. violation Of .o.eomarger-
iI.e law. three counts: Vim Page, agg
aSb: Wm Bomoaf. sgg. aSD; O W.
Dunkle. a6cb assault; h u. Mckinney.
violating oleOmargeriue law. two eases
4 Thomas L. HIlliard. fab; Matthew
a snow. agg aSb, May Gordon, agg a&
b: Hugh Morrison. selling liquor 70 mi
uors; Peter Morrison. selling liquor to
minors: James Boyle, selling liquor
without license aad 10 minors
Bills IGNORED.
Mrs. Ramsey Groves. a65b, costs plac-
ed on Matthew Snow, the prosecutor,
Wm Bells, a&55: Hugh Morrison, en-
Z hraceTy, costs on county; Hugh and p
ger Morrison, selling liquor without Il
ceuse and on Sunday
The Jury approved the erection by
/ the COUNTY Of bridge over Breakneck
creek in Adams twp. and over Muddy
creek In Worth and Muddycreek twp-.
In their final presentment the grand
Jury state thev acted on Us bills. ignor-
ing 3 and finding 1S true They found
the jafl and County Home IN very sat-
I tisfactory condition A new stable was
recommended for the Sheriff and some
repairs for the Count superintendent
Office in the Court House.
CRIMINAL COURT.
The first case put on trial Monday
morning was thatOi the Commonwealth
rs II T. Mckinney. a Centre ave
| grocer Two Informations had been
made against him Is james Terry agent
I for the Dairy & Food Commission. Tor
/ selling butteriUe. Two detectives named
/ wilcox and Miller caUe on the staud.
/ mf moraudum book in hand. aud sware
/ they bought butter from Mckinney and
I sent u % +. f. Ashuan, chemls, EN-
ploycd on the Commission. Prot. Ash
man testified that the supposed butter
| on ANALYSIS proved % be oleunlargeriue-
| Mckinney was convicted on one ludlc.-
ment On the other II was proved that
4 Mrs. Mckinney had ssla the butter and
an acquittal was ordered b1t The 1arN
pnt tha cost on Mckinney.
l. HorwitE ~ Chicora WAS also pul on
trial for sellu- olgo "a Detective WI
cox. hul he his two sons and dsn@ater
all testified that ihcy handled nothing
| but country butter and the particular
roll sold 90 thr detective was made bF
Henry rnuiire He was acquitted
Attorney james Francis Burke -
| pittshurg tried the cleo. eases Ter the
Pure Food Comsa aiss,on.
The case of Thomas l. Hilliari %
Siiuperyrn-k accused IT seduction, etc
was settled by the parties marrying
Attorney Alexander aG Mercer attnud'
"a cuRri ioy The iiillisrd ease Monday,
TUESDAY morning wm nolnont the
calogsa porter NJ the Hotel Arlington.
who was charged with aggravated aeSh.
FOR striking Thtodorc Anthony. q car
prutrr. with an iruu bar, was acquitted
and The cosss put cn Anthouy BY the
jury L. appeared Anthony bad anger
od bomont by kicking over his wheel
barrow.
Mrs. Nay Gordon was put on trial
Tuesday ul0ruiug on a charge Of aE
ztnvstcd a&b Ga Mrs Clara Nsnsou.
nee Fair Both the parties arr Young
and good hooking rse prosecution /
witnesses sw0sc that en April =. last |
Mrs u had come p-bshiud Mrs on
Elm Sd Knocked her down aud kics9d
her three times The defendant swore I
thar Mr. N said shn was tough and bad |
lived with another man while her hrs 4
hand was away aud had threatened ~ I
break her head with q bru1mstick. /
when they met Mrs q said she wanted /
Mrs. v 10 retract. Mrs Y refused and /
stuck M. q. Then the latter sailed |
ia aud madr a good job Of it Sac vas
ionnd guilty Of assault and battery aud /
the Court suspended sentence.
The cro.s suits in which Wm Page |
aud o W Duuklc each charged the
other with assault and battery were
settled. Dan&le paying the costs, The
men are said % have had a rough and /
tumble fight in Donegal twp boiler ,
house.
Harry Barnes. the prosecutor. was
sentenced ~ pay the costs placed On him
by the grand jury In the a&b case
againss Joseph smith
Mathew Snow was convicted Of a&b
on Mrs. Ramsey Groves ~ tho East End
and was sentenced to pay costs and a
fine 81 So.
The cases Of Com. vs Hugh and Pc.
Morrison Of Clearfield -, seliina. !
hqnor W',@c... .,',-- :. license, and = -,
We're settled = ~ minors, |
their ou-- .aie defendants paying |
- ana the record costs
SEW SUITS.
Martin Helm 20 heirs Of Mary A
skillman, decd sci ia sur mortgage Of
S3G7 30.
Florence Henderson W Spencer Hen
derson. petition for divorce. The par.
ties are cOlored and live In Butler. They
we're married IN 1894 andithe petitioner
AYERS that che was abused aud IN treat
cd 70 rs to render life burdcnsome
OyERsEER MILLER RESIGNS.
). Harvey Miller, oyerseer Of poor Tor
Butlcr borough resigned SATURDAY.
stating that be had t1 appeal from the
Auditors report in 1900, in order 10 get
credits due him, that he would be forced
70 appeal from the report Just filed also.
and that he was unwilling to undergo
the labor and trouble Of the Office any
longer
APPLICATIONS FoR LIcESsE.
Giles Il McCrea. Herman Liebold
Kemp q Klein, Mary f.. Shirley, Louis
= Weisberg, Jacob Bowman, Mrs.
Jennie Nixon, Butler; VIM. Wahl. g. RI.
Miller, Evans City Jno s. Byers.
Petrolia; Frank +. Lnex, H. w Stokey.
Lellfhrpief ~. n uDcns w. Ildgkeg, u |
J. Forquer, ChicOra: s. A. Beam, Louis
". Iiegler. Harmony " o. VI. Rnabe.
Thielo Krause. Saxonburg; s. NJ vii. |
son, Renfrew Geo T. Dunn. Mara =. {.
Frederick, disiillery. Zelienople.
SHEEP DAMAGES.
Thompson Kyle. Jr.. Cherry twp. 81. |
Charles Ellenberger. Fairyiew twp. s2G.
i. l.. Adams. Fairyiew twp. $50; John
Thompson, Buffalo twp, SO 80. Alex
NJ. Weir, Buffalo twp. so: -. j.
ONcal, Clearfield twp, $40 %; NJ. n.
Thompson, Clay twp, s25
SBEmFFs SALES.
Forty-six acres Of Geo. II. Graham in
Parker twp. 70 Mrs Catharine McCand
Ieas for 900.
Fifty-six acres Of Maurice Norris in
Oakland to Frank Kohler for &i205.
Mrs Margaret Held Of Forward twp.
died the Sunday before her life interest
IN her husbands estate was to De sold.
The writs were returned against HO-
mer y. keister and Maggie aud l.. -.
Eberhart
MOTIFS.
The will Of Thomas McClymonds decd
Of Brady twp, has been probated. no
letters, also the will Of Jane 9. Alex
ander OF Brady twp, no letters
The will Of James Welsh n Harmony