Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30
Legal. NEWS.
NEW SUITS.

Margaret A. Edwards vs Isaac S. Ed
wards, bill in equity. Mrs Edwards
resides on the Island She states that
J several wears ago she was divorced from
the defendant. that on July 10th, their
son, VIM s. Edwards, aged 21 years,
died in tie West Penn Hospital in Allie
gheny of typhoid fever; that before tax
| ing sick her boy had entered the EN-
ploy of the Panhandle railroad conpa-
ny as brakeman and had taken out a
railroad insurance policy for $1,000,
made payable TO his mother; that some
DAYS after Williams death the defend
ant entered his sons room in Allegheny
and among other things took the insur-
ance policy and refuses TO give it to his
iwife. She now asks for decree com
| pelling him to deliver it to her as with p
out the policy she cannot collect the
, money
Tuesday, the Panhandle's Insurance
Association paid the money over to
Mrs. Edwards, after making her out
new papers, and the suit against the
husband was withdrawn.
Mrs. Lulu Reamer of Jefferson twp.
VS. John Reamer divorce on grounds OF
cruelty.
Mrs. Nettie Dawson vs. G. R. Dawson
petition for divorce.
, DR.. J. L. NJ Halstead and Helen
Halstead his wife VS. Mrs. Mary Il:
Painter and Margaret L. Buckley, bill
in equity. Mrs. Painter is the widow
of Geo. w. Painter. decd. of Buffalo
twp. and the mother of Mrs. Halslead
and Mrs. Buckley is a sister of Mrs
Painter, employed in the Pension De
partment at Washington. The com
pIainants state that last year while
touring in California they ran out OF
money and sent home a blank note
signed by themselves. They state that
in return they received 800, but on re
turning home Mrs Painter refused 10
show them the note or receive payment
for if. but told them it was filed out for
$500 or $500 and had been given TO Mrs.
Buckley. A decree is asked ordering
redemption of the note.
noTEs.
Albert Johnston was sent to jail by
Burgess Kennedy for 80 days on drunk
and disorderly charge.
A charter was granted to the st. John
the Baptist No. So, order of the Siavon-
ic Greek Brotherhood, a club organized
among foreign carworkers.
Saturday, Aug. 8, will be the last day
for filing accounts for Sept. Term.
Il Letters testamentary on the estate of
Hildreth Walker of Evans City have
been granted to Julia F. Walker; also
on the estate of DIR. G.. j. Peters OF But
Ter to Evangeline Peters.
The will of Geo. W. Magee of Harris
vile has been probated
On Tuesday last Judge Macfarlane OF
Allegheny county, ordered the Standard
Steel Car Co. of Butler, to return to the
Pressed Car Co. certain biue-prints
dies, etc., that have been in controversy
for some months. The case, it is said,
will be appealed.
The Western Allegheny r. R. Co. has
appealed from the awards of the viewers
in the cases of NJ. s. Mccullough, d. l..
Rankin, J. Ii. Wick and L. F. Sutton.
In the case of VIM E. Brown of Con-
cord twp. VS. the Western Allegheny K.
R. Co. viewers awarded s2S00.
Sentence on the firm Of Mays & Davis
was suspended.
VIM J. Mcdowell, a native OF Scot
land, formerly Indianapolis, was admit
ted to practice at the Butler Bar, Tues
day.
Argument for the reinstatement of
| Charles J. Wuller as trustee in the ID.
H. Wuller estate was heard Tuesday.
Charles B. Wuller, brother of ID. ii.
and Charles He"vey were placed under
| bond of $40, 0,00G. to properly conduct the
drug store during the litigation in this
case.
Jacob Flick of Slipperyrock twp. in
| dicted for selling liquor without license
showed that he sold only sweet cider
and was discharged.
| Eleven South Side boys stole fruit
| from B. S5 o. cars and it costs their pa
rents S1.3S each to settle the matter.
On Tuesday, Judge Galbreath fled a
| dicision dissolving the preliminary in
junction restraining the Butler Passen
ger Ry. Co. from crossing the B. q o.
| tracks in Butler, at grade on Centre
| Ave, deciding that an overhead bridge
or viaduct was both Impractical and
| dangerous at that point, and practical
| ly decreeing that the Street Car CO.
| could cross the tracks there, If the pro-
| per precautions were taken. EXcep-
tions were filed by the r. r. attorney
| to the decision.
| Nine Hunkies have been arrested on
charges of aSb, as result of the Slavish
| wedding in which policeman Leibler
| was hit on the head with beer bottle.
| Sunday.
Joe Nilsson paid fine of s5 before
Justice McElvain, Monday, on a charge
of a&b made against him by Ed Nc
| Nanny of the South Side whom Nilsson
1 +rx- 70 1aod from a H0hf
| McNanny was very obstreperous be-
cause he had been awakened from nap
by being hit by foul tip, and Was in
turn thrashed by a Belgian, Nilsson an d
the Belgian again.
VIM. Scott was appointed constable
of Buffalo twp. vice, VIM B. Ross, re-
signed.
DR.. J. L. Christie and Rev. W. J.
Grimes were appointed auditors of
Compromising borough.
Sixty cases are already on the Criminal
Docket for September.
A special argument Court will be
held at 10 a. m, Aug. Is.
Clark g. Drake was appointed guar
dian of John F. Drake and Mrs. Jennie
A. Drake, and James L. and Martha
L. Badger of Brady twp.
Geo. Cassidy of II PennAve Lyndora
is in Jail for surety of the peace, charged
by his wife.
Angelo Grigolette was fined s. for
open lewdness by Justice McElvain
A mortgage for So, 500, 900 given by
the Manufacturers Light & Heat Co,
to the Union Trust Co has been re-
: corded The mortgagor has gas lines
etc. in Clinton and Buffalo twps.
The suit of Konstantine Molahowsky
r VS. Nick Nanick for $1,000 damages for
| SANDER and that of Com VS. Mrs.
Molahowsky for fornication have been
settled, Nick paying the costs.
Adam Weber. Geo. w. McJunkin
and Thomas Donaghy were appointed
inspectors on the Wayne st. bridge in
Butler.
Q A hearing was held Tuesday in the
divorce suit of Oliver L. Badger form.
erly of Brady twp. VS. Sarah B. Badger,
n but the matter was continued until
Sept. 1t appears Badger sued for
U divorce in 1898, but never entered the
I decree after it was awarded. Notwith-
standing this fact he married another
woman and has two children. The
{, first wife now claims the original di-
vorce proceedings were fraudulent and
| obtained without har know1edoa as