Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-16
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.

$4,000 placed on property at Main and
Wayne streets
Clara C. Brandon vs Co. Com'rs ap
peal from assessment of $4,000 on house
and lot on Main St, Butler.
A. E. King VS. Western Allegheny Ry
7 Co. bond OF the deft. in $4,000 fled 10
indemnify plaintiff for passing through
| his farm.
/ Mrs. Clara McAboy VS. County Com'rs
appeal from assessment of $1,000 on
house and lot on Main St, Butler.
Mrs. Sue McQuistion VS. County Com
missioners, appeal from assessed valua-
ton for $500 on property on Ginning
! ham street.
| A. N. Christiey VS. County Commits
sioners appeal from valuation of $3.50
on property on w. Pearl st.
GRAND JURY.
Commonwealth vs.:
Mrs r. Clemmens, ABB, not true
bill, costs on prosecutor.
Edward Rudert, agg a&b. not true
bill. costs on prosecutor.
Mrs. Lizzie Nailor, abortion and at
tempted abortion, and perjury, true
bills
John Shanor. adultery and contempt
of Court, true bills.
Hugh McGorlick and Clarence Fields,
larceny, true bill
Mrs. Albert Waters feb, true bill.
Oliver Logan, larceny. true bill,
Max Zeefe larceny and receiYlng
stolen goods, true bill.
John Ellenberger, desertion. true bill.
NOTES
During the past three months the
Sheriff's costs and expenses for taking
crazy people TO Dixmont and Warren
have amounted to S206 80, then there
were the costs of the Commissioners,
and after that 81 10 per week for each.
to be paid by the county. and a like
amount by the state.
The Grand Jury finished its work,
last Friday, and recommended that con
siderable repairing be done to the Court
House, that the Jail be supplied with a
water-filter. and the extra room be used
by the District Attorney, and that the
railroads provide safery-gates at the
Centre ave. and Kearns crossings.
C. Millman, trustee of Henry w.
Leise, bankrupt, on Thursday last, at
the Court House sold the property to
J.. P. Geottman of Lancaster township
for $725.
The Guaranty Trust Co. was appoint
guardian of Robert ]. and Mary q.
Trimble.
Saturday a divorce was granted to
Elizabeth Miller from Alexander Miller
of Harmony on grounds of cruelty.
A divorce was granted to William Fl.
Moist Of Myoma from Margaret Z.
Moist for desertion.
DIR. Geo. NJ. Beatty, Geo. e. Robin
son, Esq, and II. McNees were appoint
ed a commission in lunacy on DR.. w.
" Ewing of the South Side on petition
of neighbors. He was committed to
Dixmont.
Jos. L. Cooper, j. W. Dickey, NJ w.
Humphrey, w. Z. Vincent, d. X Reed,
FL. NJ. Gill and J. Harvey Christley
were appointed viewers in the case OF
Violet Starr VS. the Western Allegheny
R. X. Co.
Andrew J. Covert was appointed
guardian of three minor children of
Miles Covert, decd OF Adams twp.
A divorce was granted Saturday to
Annie Wilson from David y. Wilson.
Friday Sheriff Gibson sold all the
right, title interest and claim of w. j.
Powell. in brick building On McCo9l
ave- to the Citizens Bank OF Evans City.
The writ against C. H. Gels on the
Lyndora Hotel was returned.
The plant of the Bessemer Tile &
Brick works in Clinton twp. was sold to
J. George Stamm for $3.50.
The panel having been exhausted the
Sheriff called VIM. Morrison, Robert
Huselton, John Lowry, r. G. McAboy
and William Nolf as talisulen.
s.. V. Kerr and John z. Murrin of
Murrinsville were placed on trial yester-
day afternoon on charges of malicious
mischief. resulting from their colliding
with rig and breaking it.
The jury in the case of Com. ys w.
J. Gillen, indicted for removing goods
from county to escape paying rent, last
evening returned a verdict of guilty as
indicted.
A. III. Sarver was appointed guardian
of Mrs Name Wyant, nee Sarver, and
was granted leave to sell real estate.
The Guaranty S. D. & T. Co. was APP
pointed guardian of Violetta Gregg,
miner child of Harry Gregg, decd.
DR.. Clarence Wilbur Lurting of Har
mony has registered as physician.
A man giving his name as Samuel
Blank, was placed on trial Wednesday
morning on charge of larceny made
against him by Nj. Eskovity of LyDdora
who alleged that FOR several nights
Blank entered his stable and stole the
feed and bedding from his horses. Not
gnilty, but pay 9Th the costs and Stan
ford 9Th.
Harry Cypher was tried Tuesday on
charge Of agg. a&b, made against
HIM by Edward Rudert of Saxonburg.
The Jury returned a verdict of guilty
In the case of Com. VS. J. II. Ellen
berger. desertion. recogniZance was de-
clared forfeited
Mrs. Louise Hutchinson was appoint
ed guardian of her sister, Annie
Schmercker
Cherry Harragap, Del Hindman's
''shine" who thoroughly thumped w.
e. Elder of Chicora, for knocking over
his bottle of polish, plead guilty to a
charge and was fined $40 and costs and
sent to jail for 20 days.
J.. B. McJunkin was appointed
auditor in the estate of John NJ. Brown,
| decd. of Clay twp.
L, III. Negley was appointed auditor
in the estate of George Twentier, decd.
of Adams twp.
Monday morning Jacob Sumney. a
youth, was put on trial on charges Of
larceny and furnishing liquor to men Of
known intemperate habits. He was
alleged to have procured quart OF
whiskey for Dave George and then
stolen Sl4 from Dawes vest pocket The
jury acquitted Sumney, on both charges.
Costs on county.
Silas Christie. an aged resident of
Moniteau had his nephew, Amos
Christie indicted on charge of larceny,
alleging that Amos stole his sack OF
corn meal and substituted unground
buckwheat for it, The jury acquitted
Amos and put one-third the costs or
him and two-thirds on Silas.
The United States Supreme Court has
decided the tax of ten cents a pound
upon colored oleomargarine is constitu
tional. People will now have to eat
their oleo white or pay the price o.
fancy butter for it. The case taken vi
was one in which the only colorinl
| matter used was that contained in tht