Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-26
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.

X. J. Farwell VS. Fl. F. Pauder. re-
plevin for Il sorrel mare valued at $3UO.
Sarah Grossman by her brother John
Stevenson VS. Alfred Grossman. petition
for divorce.
Belle Pearl Adams VS. Robert L. Hind
man, trespass for 5000 for breach Of
promise to marry. Miss Adams is a
daughter of John O. Adams, the Fair
view hotel keeper, and states she and
Hindman became engaged in 1898. but
he constantly put off the wedding and
failed to fulfill his part of the contract.
Bail in $1,000 was required of H1ndman.
When Deputy Sheriff Hoon attempted
to execute the capias issued Hindman
I resisted and fracas followed in which
his father. Stewart Hindman, and
man named Hinman took part. Pros
ecutions resulting from this We're settled
and withdrawn.
Prescilla Hockenherry VS. Casper
Hockenberrv. petition for order for pay
| ment of maintenance ard counsel fees,
in the sum of $500 Rule granted on
defendant to show cause why order
should not be made.
W. NJ. Hill VS. Mamie a1ll, petition
for divorce.
Lycurgus Grossman VS. Ida Grossman,
divorce.
Henry F. Bauder VS. f. 3 Farwell
and Harry Cruthers trespass for $500,
damages claimed for defrauding Bauder
of his team in horse trade. Farwell
has a replevin suit pending against
Bauder. A capias was issued and bail
in $500 required of both Farwell and
Cruthers. The parties were working on
the W. N. Y. 81 P. at Slipperyrock and
| traded teams.
| LICENSES GRANTED.
| Tuesday morning the Court annoUnc-
ed that all the tavern licenses applied
| for in the county had been granted ex-
| cept that of J. c. Martin of Mars and
| Vim. Cooper for the Standard Car
| Works Hotel, Fair Ground Ave. These
| together with the application of the
| Butler Brewing Co were held OYER un-
| I'll July s. Wholesale licenses were
granted in Butler to Milton Mays &
| Philip Davis. located in the Sloan build
| ing on S. Main St. and to Fred Goettler
| E. Jefferson st. Permission was also
given to the hotel keepers TO sell by
bottle, thing which the Court has pro-
/ ulDIIEl lOI IlC idSb y ycdAG. 4tO AO
strictions as to closing hours were i'm
posed Martin and Cooper were not in
| Court when called for.
NOTES.
| David George of Butler plead guilty
| to a charge of a&b preferred against
him by his wife and was released with
| out sentence on his own recog. in 800.
| John Miller, who stole pair of shoes
| from Ketterer's store was chased to
| Purvis' barn and prodGed from under the
hay with a pitchfork plead guilty Tues
day and was fined $50 and sent to Jail
| for months
| Edward Yates. accused of robbing
| John Lee of 81 while both were lying
| drunk in an alley of this place last
week, plead guilty and was fined $50
and costs and was sent to Jail for
months.
Motion to strike off non-suit in the
case of Dennison VS. New Castle Gas Co
Lucy Dunlap was granted a divorce
from John B. Dunlap.
| Rev. J. M. Digit of Trail was ap-
pointed guardian of Lee and Helen,
minor, children of G. H. Mortimer dec d,
4
Joseph Bell was appointed guardian
of William, Margaret and Edwin, minor
children of S. J. Green, decd, of Elm
| St, Butler.
| Geo. H. Graham, J. j. Maxwell and
Jacob Glossner were appointed viewers
| on petition of Oakland twp. citizens for
a new public road from the Myers and
| Hutchison places to the Reed and
Wiland places.
The auditors of Middlesex twp. have
filed their report.
Harry Corregan and John Glenn are
in Jail for trespassing on the Bessemer
Railroad.
Henry Stringfelter, the Parker whole
sale man convicted last December of
| selling liquor without license aud to
minors, was sentenced Tuesday after
noon on the second count to pay fine
of 500 and undergo imprisonment
in Jail for 40 days Sentence on the first
and more serious count was suspended.
Stringfelter's daughter was in Court
and said after sentence was passed that
she would go to jail with him. String
felters offence was hauling beer and
whiskey by the wagon load from Parker
to the billiard miners. 1t was stated
in Court that man named Gleason was
doing the same thing now and that a
Kittanning man was hauling liquor and
selling it at West Winfield.
William Lathrop was granted di-
vorce from Cordelia Lathrop.
The town council of Zelienople has
been indicted for maintaining nui-
sance, in not taking proper care of the
run ON Main st.
William Walters, John Shaffer, Frank
Clark, J. d. Smith, Andrew Reiger,
Henry Dilliman and Findley Winner
were appointed viewers to meet Satur-
day July 10Th, to assess damages done
by the Western New York & Pennsyl-
vania railroad to the farm of G. S.
Rodgers in Slipperyrock township. Four
and one-half acres have been used by
the railroads.
Hearing of the Cherry twp. school
district case has been postponed till
July 8.
Motion court will be held July Sth.
Orphans Court Sale of the property
of Elizabeth McCandless, decd, of
Adams twp. has been granted for July
, 81.
John w. Powell has been appointed
guardian of four minor children of John
w. Witherup, decd.
Samuel Shryock was appointed guar
dian of Ada Shryock on petition of her
mother.
Wednesday morning the Court ap.
! pointed Sol Dunbar of Forward twp.
( County Commissioner.
E No decision of recent times affecting
corporations has made such sensation
as the refusal OF the Court of Chancey
| in New Jersey to permit the conversion
of large portion of the preferred stock
of the United States Steel Corporation
into bonds. Other courts had refused
, | to interfere, but the case was not pre-
! sented on the same grounds as thai
which was considered in the decision
. in question OF course there will be ar
+ appeal, but even the Financial Chroni
f Gle does not believe there will be re
a versal.
The result on its face is apparently
v that the common stock will suffer, be
, cause the plan involved reducing fixet
charges to large extent by lowering
~ interest from seven to five cent. Or
the other hand, the stockholders re
main in closer control of their property
and there will be no bonus of $4,000,
600 paid to Morgan & Co. for effectint
the conversion a prOcesS that ought no