Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-30
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.

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J. Berg & Co. VS. County Com'rs. ap-
peal from tax assessment of $4,000 on
banking house, $4,000 on Scotch Woolen
Mills and Cohn store property and
| $4,000 on Cypher hardware property
Vulcan Iron Works VS. T. +. Ryan,
assumpsit for $703 30 for two saddle
tank locomotives.
J. II. Steen VS. County Com'rs, appeal
from valQation IF $1,000 placed on
property on s. Main s..
Butler Pure Milk Co. VS. County
Com'rs. appeal from assessment of
$4,000 on creamery property.
a Julius Klingler VS. County Com'rs,
appeal from assessment of $500 on
frame apartment house on W. jefferson
street.
Mrs. Annie Aland VS. County Com'rs
appeal from assessment of S1452S on
dwelling property on S. Main St
james Bredin VS. County Com'rs ap-
peal from valuation of 5000 placed ou
l2 acres in Third Ward.
r. L. Kirkpatrick vs. Co Com'rs ap-
peal from valuation of $4,000 placed On
jackson 6S Mitchell store property.
NOTES
Lottie Lyon has been granted di
vorce from William Lyon.
d. F.-L. Hazlett. n. c. Mccullough,
Esq and o. C. Redic were appointed a
commission in lunacy on W. L. Bowser
of Oakland twp.
a caveat has been filed against ad-
mission TO probate of any paper as the
last will of Martin Wahl. decd. of
Evans City. by his widow, Mrs.
Augusta Wahl.
August Trontweip. who WIS to have
been executed at Kittanning last Thurs |
day. was granted n reprieveto July 2Sth !
by Governor Pennypacker. A mes |
senger from Harrisburg. roaring the |
official papers, arrived IL Kittannin@. 1
Wednesiaymoruing and delivered them
10 the Sheriff, who 1T once III !de it- /
facts known u Troutsvein aud removed |
the death watch. The condemned man
was greatly pleased a:sd has now strous
hopes tn2t<hls sentence Will yet be com
mated to life imprisonment. Trout
vein ) friends who had worked hard in
his behalf when his case was brought
before the Pardon Board, knowing that
be was German subject. communicat.
ed with the German ambassador at
Washington asking that he exercise his
influence with the Governor to have the
execution delayed until he could make
thorough investigation of the facts in
the case. He did so and the Governor
granted his request.
In the criminal court of Allegheny
Co, last Saturday, two burglars were
sentenced 70 eight years and three
months each in the pen. which ought
to have depressing effect on the in
dustry, in that country at least.
George Rice of Marietta, O.. filed a
bill in the United States circuit court at
Trenton, II. J., Monday. asking that
the Standard Oil Company be dissolved
and its charter revoked. on the ground
that it is an illegal combination in re-
straint of trade and operating in yiola-
tion of the interstate CONNIE cree laws.
The Brooklyn, n. Y. man who gave
his name as Frank Henry Burness, and
his native place as Butter, Pa, was ex-
ecuted at Sing Sing prison. Monday, for
the murder of Capt. Townsend of the
Schooner Charles Buckley, last Novem
ber He gave his age as Al years, talk
ed like an insane man, and probably
had Butler, Pa" on the brain from
reading of the epidemic here, as no
family Of the name of Burness ever
lived in Butler or Butler county.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Sarah K Chantler to Ida Cooper prop
erty in Middlesex tor 1900.
Geo Stouffer to Mary E Harris lot in
Harrisville for S400.
John p Risch to Jas G Risch % acres
in Parker for s75.
Louis Albert to K d Mackey 8 acres
in Franklin for $500.
Chas Mackey to + d Mackey % acres
in franklin for $3.50.
G Renfrew to- w S McKercher lot
in Renfrew for SG5.
FL G Weible to r A Weible IS acre
lease and wells in Middlesex for S2700.
A NJ Eyman tn w S.Dambach lot in
Harmony for $500
Robert Lawyer to Perry Z Cooper 80
acres in Middlesex for 81.
T G and ] A Kennedy Ex'rs to Jos S
Clark lot in Mars for $3.50.
Richard Jennings to A J Gerner lot
in Petrolia for 500.
Henry Kloffenstein to w A Kloffen-
stein lot in Zelieuople for 81.
w ID Brandon to Nancy Lutz lot in
Evans City for $l125
Linn Christie to South Penn Oil Co.
lease IN Concord for S15.
G B Turner TO South Penn Oil Co.
leaee in Concord for $75.
Chas Duffy to Catherine Hildebrand
1nt in DnppUal for E100