Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-16

DR.. W. B. Campbell, Samuel Walker,
ESQ. and Lewis Perens were appointed
a commission in lunacy on Margaret
Davis of Mercer township, on petition
OF Stephen E. Davis.
The prosecution of bogus butter deal
ers in Pittsburg was failure. In 10
cases tried every one was lost by the
State authorities and the jurors seemed
to look upon the prosecutions as peIse-
cutions. One of the officers or the Pure
Food Department was saddled with over
So. 600 in costs on 800 oleomargarlne bllls
which have-b been ignored by the grand
Jury. 1t is evident that the Allegheny
county people are not particular about
their butter.
The suit of Mrs Susan Dean against
the borough was settled for $3.50
On the petition Of citizens residing
in the Pipe Stem school district Cherfy
township, the cou1t has issued rule on
the board of directors to show cause
WHY they should not be dismissed from
office and their places filled The
trouble arose from the refusal OF the
board to provide an extra school house
in the Pipe Stem district.
Alias subpoenas were granted IN tae
divorce cases of Owen Mckivrigen VS.
Ida McKivrigeIi, and Louis a Roher VS.
Florence Roher.
The appearance in a suit in the United
States Court al Pittsburg, last week. OF
a deed which was an important part OF
the case and which resulted IN with
drawal and non-suit, because The dred
had not been properly stamped. raises
an interesting question which perhaps
it was not convenient to settle IN TINS
case. 1t was evidently less trou5le to
yet a fresh deed and begin the ease over
again than it would have been To carry
to the court of last resort the c"nsiltu-
tIonal issue whether Congress eau I'M
pair the validity of contract 10 rhe eX-
tent of declaring an unsttmped 'nstru-
nent null and void. Yet the question
Is of some Importance Under th- stau'p
act of 30 wears ago and more the con
cln-Ion was reached that while the law
can impose penalties for the omission -
stamp instruments. or to receive iuem
unStatnptd the enact -urnt that thty
shonld be invalid w-s beyond constitu-
ii nal power Thus the County Recorder
m,v well refuse. to receive an unstamp'
ed deed for record, because the penalty
for doing so is valid but it is undecided
question whether the binding force OF
the contract as between grantor and
grantee is destroyed by the absence OF
the stamps.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Miles Harper to Jas w Thompson so
acres in Concord for $500.
CH Dietrich to Tillie Mechling as
signment go acres in Donegal for $500
Caroline Weidhos to Philip Eypher
lots at DelanO for $2175.
John c Goehring to w I Mccormick
lot in Evans City for 5000.
) w Mccullough to G G Mccullough
assignment of lease in Fairview for 5000
Ellie H Anderson to Daniel A Slater
lot at W Clay and Bluff streets, Butler
for $4,000
Margaret Blakeley to Laura Blakeley
lot in Harrisville for $500.
John T. Wick to E. H. Jennings q
Bros, lease, so acres in Concord for
$400.
Addison Brown to same 40 acres for
81.
Irene and Findley Mcintosh to J. M
Bingaman % acres in Middlesex for
$500.
T RI Hoon, Sheriff to Jennie Clay
Waters 81 acres in jefferson for $3.50.
Chas Meeder to Jesse w Nixon o9
acres in Adams for $4,000.
a Moser. admir-, to Forest OH 20. %
acres in Middlesex for $2700.