Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.

of the Hamilton Bottle Works and
Wick is engaged in the lumber bust
ness Hamilton states that he owns Al
acres of land on which his factory was
located and that his only means OF ac-
cess to Monroe street, the nearest
thoroughfare. is over 2O-foot alley,
| which he claims has been in open use
since 1870, when Chas- Duffy and Chas.
McCandless. who had purchased the
property the previous year from u.
Purvis, partitioned the same. .McCandless
| taking the eastern part on which the
| bottle works is located, and Duffy the
western part next Mexican ST. and Civ
| ing McCandless the ally in dispute as
means of access TO his property. Hamil-
ton cites that the alley was used cou-
tinuously thereafter by the Harvey dis
| tillery, Keck IL Troutman. the Butler
Gas Co. and others. In 1900 Wick
bought the land next Monroe st. from
| Duffy and last week, Hamilton states,
he closed the alley by building lumber
shed across it, A decree is asked order
ing removal of the obstruction.
E.E. Wick, admir- of R. K Wick,
| decd, VS. John T. Kelly and Eliza J
| Kelly, his wife, with notice to r. L.
| Barnes, terre tenant sci ia sur mortgage
| of $4,000 on $50 acres in Marion twp.
The land became the property of K l..
Barnes in 1891.
J. T. McCandless VS. Josiah u. Thomp-
son, attachment execution on debts,
etc, due deft. by Miles and R. NJ.
Hockenberry.
Jos. stiglitz VS. Mary shirilla, assump'
sin for 1886.
P K. Lawrence. vs. Western Ale
gheny R r. Co, bond filed by deft in
| s. 900, to indemnify Lawrence for
| land taken in Worth and Muddycreek
twps.
The case of S. G.. Purvis 81 Co. VS. Lo-
cal 500 of the U. B. of G. & j. of A. has
been appealed to the state Supreme
Court
Tipstaff F. NJ Renuo has been ap-
pointed constable of the Fourth Ward,
vice B. Kemper, resigned.
The License of the Butler Brewery was
transferred to the Independent Brewing
Co. last Thursday. The Independent
Co. is a competition of the Pittsburg
Brewing Co. and some brewing ought
to be done, but it is said that beer is now
made of chemicals instead of hops and
malt.
The Halston Coal g. Coke Co has re-
corded ccal leases on the NJ. Hall, J. H.
Allen, Dougherty and Bovard farms In
Clay and Cherry twps.
On Tuesday JOS Rockinstein, John
N. Muntz, II. q. Goucher. E. E
Abrams and d. Younkins, viewers ap-
pointed to assess damages done the
property of Mrs Mary Watt by chang
ing the grade of Ziegler ave. met in the
small Court Room.
The will of the late Mrs. Margaret
Goetz has been probated, letters to ID.
81. Sutton. Leonard Goetz, a son, is
given $25; Mrs. Winifred Fox, daugh-
ter. $500; children of Mrs. Anna Nebsl,
$50 each; and the residue of the estate
to Miss Mollie Goetz, laughter.
Mike Juresta was sent to jail for 80
days for disorderly conduct and assault
and battery.
John Boshoskey of Lyndora has been
held for Court on charge of ABB.
John Andrews. demented man, who
has been annoying people in tho vicini-
ty of Branchton, was brought to the
the County Home by Commissioner
Nj cCandless, Monday.
A. o. Weaver was arrested, Tuesday,
by Constable Brown op charge OF lar
ceny of $l4 from Mrs Fred Hawk, with
whom he boarded in the West End
Jos Monchan and John Carbonet of
Lyndora have been committed to Jail
on charges of a&b.
Mary Rutter. who deserted her baby
in Youngstown was arrested jim New
Castle She is sa;j to be the same Mary
who made some trouble in this county,
some time ago.
Simply by talking, n Franklin man
whom we know would not cheat the
county or anybody else, may have an
indictment brought against him by the
Grand Jury. Some time ago the gentle
man in question bid on little bridge
job out in the country: Shortly after
ward he was approached by repre-
sentative of bridge company, who
offered him $25 to know the amount of
his bid This the latter refused to ac
cept and declared he would not change
his bid. The price was raised to $50,
which was as much as the citizen
thought he would make by doing the
work. He then decided he would tell
the amount of the bid for that sum,
which he received and he gave the fig
ures to the representative. He how
ever, handed in his bid without change.
but did not get the contract for the
work Thoughtlessly the fellow told
several people bow he made $50 on
bridge work without doing tap. AS
a result, he was compelled to tell his
story to the Grand Jury.-Franklin
News.
At Pittsburg, last Saturday, Leroy
Love of New Castle. confessed to the
robbery of So, $50, from the Adams Ex-
press company. The package was con-
signed from the U. S. Treasury to a
bank in New Castle. Love was a
special messenger of the Co. be-
tween Pittsburg and New Castle, the
package passed through his hands and he
opened it, and substituted newspaper
for the money, most of which was recov-
cred from its hiding place under Loves
bath tub. Love was engaged to marry
a young lady of New Castle, and need
ed the money for that purpose, He was
put injail in Pittsburg.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Christian Helmbold to Fred Wecker-
| ly 80 acres in Jefferson for $1400
Daniel Wigle to Newton H McCand-
less 1875 acres in Franklin for $3.50.
Harvey Goehring to w o Waldron
lot in Evans City for $50.
81 M Wilson to Nina E Waldron lot
| in Evans City for $4,000.
d b Schantz to Martin Reynolds lot
| in Jackson for 800.
Samuel Black to Barbara Mcknight
lot in Slipperyrock for 800.
Barbara Mcknight to Asa M Patter
sen lot in Slipperyrock for $1,000.
John H jackson, trustee, to Conrad
Sibert lot on McCool ave for 1880
Henry Bloom to Emma Gross lot in
Zelienople for S2225.
Augustus Fogel to w Hinkson lot
| in Coaltown for $400.
Samuel G Christley to United States
lesse on postoffice building in Slippery
rock, years at $500 per year.
VIM Kelly to Chas Watt acres
in Muddycreek for 5000
w A Dennison to Samuel Fl. Kamerer
95 acres in Donegal for $f500