Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
Legal. n rs.
NEW SUITS.

, NEW SUITS.
Pittsburg Organ and Piano Co. Vi
Marie Carver. replevin on one piano
valued at $3.50.
J Geo A. Behm VS. the South Penn Oil
Co. trespass for $3.50 for damage don,
his orchard, fields and buildings al
Glade Run by oil leaking from tank
of the defendants on the Stamm farm
and by burning oil flowing from the
tank, when ii was burned, over Behm's
property.
Edward Foringer of Fairyiew twp
vs. Blanche (. Foringer. divorce for de
sertion.
Abraham Hilliaed of Washington
twp hid in an apple tree, the other day.
when Constable Moon went after him
and bonn barded the Constable with ap-
pies, but his wife coaxed him down; aud
he came to Butler and gave bail in an
assault and battery case, and made a
counter charge against the prosecutor.
| Commissioner McCandless and Slp'd t
Graham OF the Home went to the resi-
dence Of Fred Meyers in Lancaster
twp, Monday, and secured the person
of old Mosey Butler ana brought him TO
| the Home. Butler has been character
in that neighbornood for half century,
and is now very old and very feeble
The final decree in the Parker Bruin
school case has been made by Judge W
| d. Patton of Armstrong county. 1t
provides for the division of the school
| debt against the borough and township
/ oxI o1ca for cnaciol tox in hoth school
districts for the payment of their re-
| spective shares.
The school district of Parker twp is
to pay VIM. G. Heiner $3.50 with inter
est from April 10, 1903; Harvey Gibson
1892 with interest from the same date;
Isaac Meals 3d. 30; costs amounting to
| $216. 80, and half the costs accruing
since the filing of the first opinion
April 13. 1908.
| The school district of Bruin borough
| is to pay on an adjustment of the prop
erty values between the two districts.
| to the school district of Parker town
ship, the sum of $3, ,215. 81 with interest
from April 10, 1903. and one-half the
costs of the proceedings since April 10,
1903
Of the bonds Parker township is to
pay 81, ,633. 80 and Bruin Borough 81
935. &c. To pay these bonds the school
district of Parker township is to levy
and collect special annual tax of 5
mills and the Borough of Bruin is to
levy a special annual tax of 10 mills
In the case of R. Piper, by r. Tbomp-
son, his committee. and Elizabeth Piper
VS. Geo. Reiber, Sr. a discontinuance
was filed by the plaintiffs stating that
the suit was entered without warrant
or authority from the plain
tiffs, and without their direction. con
cent or knowledge.
The October term Of the Supreme
Court opened in Pittsburg. last Monday.
Chief Justice James t Mitchell and
Justices John Dean, ID. Newlin Fell j.
Hay Brown, s. L. Mes freZat and Will
;am P. Potter were present. The chair
on the extreme left of the bench WAS
vacant. The attendance, chiefly of
the fact that Chief Justice Mitchell
ing to draw out the spectators.
Immediately on opening the court the
new chief Justice announced the death
of his predecessor, the late Chief Justice
McCollum. He gave brief sketch Of
his life and spoke in high terms of his
ability and attractive personality. An
approriate minute was ordered TO be
entered on the record.
Following this Prothonotary George
Pearson read the commission of the new
chief justice.
A number of opinions, chiefly in east |
ern cases, were handed down and the
argument list was called.
The cases from Butler county will be |
heard next week.
The Superior Court is in session in |
Philadelphia.
tered Burgess Kennedy's Office, Monday |
and told Kennedy no Que could arrest |
them. Officer Hoover entered about |
that time, the men were squelched after |
a fight, taken before Esq. McAboy and |
for the next 80 days they will work at |
the Poor Farm. "
Geo. Adams raised rumpus in the |
Nixon Home and was sent to Jail for 30 |
days.
Frank Newman was arrested on n
charge of larceny of watch, but was |
discharged by Esq Keck, the only evi
dence against him being that he winked |
at the victim.
have been entered against Supervisors
cord twp. by f. B. Swartzlander, who |
township bridges to be and remain in a |
dangerous and unsafe condition. The
bridges are on the road from Greece
City To Fairview. The Supervisors will |
have hearing before Justice McElvain, |
Saturday afternoon.
Geo. Whitman of Mars is in Jail on a |
charge of agg. a&b and resisting |
an officer for an attack on Constable |
Groom.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Henry N Troutman to John D Mel
Ginnis lot in Beuna Vista for 5000.
Ira s Zeigler to Sallie Langwell lot in |
Zelienople for $1,000.
Jos and Mary Bruner to Painter & |
Fogg 90 acres coal in Oakland for $2250. !
Andrew Moore to Anna Reep 36 acres |
in Donegal for $3.50.
Sarah Strut to D Goehring lot in
Zelienople for $1100.
John Fl Tebay to Minnie Allison lot In
Eau Claire for 800.
Robt Boyd to G E Schell los on 8 8 !
for $3.50.
Archie Mcdonald to s A Purvis lot |
in Valencia for $1,000.
John l. Double to L M Double int. in |
106 acres in Slipperyrock for 5000.
Robt Boyd to Hattie M Neupert lot |
at Saxon sta for 1925.
D A and M Lytle to G g Dorm / in
six wells on Meals heirs farm in Wash |
ington for $3.50.
w P billiard to same int in same for !
$3.50.
w J Mcintosh to same int. in same
for $S12.50
John E Gallagher to T d Barnes IS
acres in Penn for 800.
Geo Angert to Painter & Fogg 80
acres coal in Oakland for $96S TO-
VIM S Weible to Jas I Marshall 81
acres in Penn for $500
VIM Marks to T Marshall lot on
Three Degree Road for 1920.
A M Christley to Jas M Irwin. half
interest in ITO acres in Centre and Oak
land for $225O.