Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-12-14
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS

Gruyer TO a. c. Price on 90 acres il
Butler to. in 1895, be declared abandon
ed. Gruver claims no work has bee'
done on the lease since 1897.
GRAND JURY.
| In its final presentment the Grant
Jury said the condition OF the Cour
House was a disgrace to the county
| that the present Board of Commission
ers should at once remove all loose ane
dangerous plaster from the ceilings ant
walls. and the incoming Board snoulC
replace il with plaster or iron ceilings
that the worn out carpets IN some oi
the rooms should be replaced with lin
oleum or paint; that the storage Vault
be enlarged where possible; that th'
stairs at the right of the front hall o.
| the Court House be removed and tn'
room added to the Register and Record
er's office; that new files be furnished
| in the Prothonotafy's Office: that addi
tional janitor service be employed dur
! ing the winters, and that light o'
placed at the top of the stairs leading
| into the Court House basement.
| The Jail was found in fairly good con
dition, and the County Home in good
condition.
| Additional true bills were fonnd al
| follows.
James NJ. Maxwell, embezzle ment:
| Daniel Baldresser, selling liqnor with
out license.
| A new bridge was recommended oyel
| Slipperyrock creek at New Hope.
NOTES.
| Partial and final accounts were con
| firmed in Court, Saturday The larg
est was the partial account o. JOSEPH
Hartman, Jr., executor of the Will O.
his father. The total assets o. person
al property were placed at $3.50. 476 II
and credits were claimed amounting II
$176. .448 Oh.
Report of sale of real estate of Johr
Cooper, decd, 65 acres in Adams twp.
by John Ferguson, trustee, to Geo. T.
Dunlap for $3400 was confirmed.
Bruin boro has filed statement OF it
financial affairs preparatory to issuint
bonds to the amount of $500 to pay TO
a town hall recently purchased from
the A. o. q. w. lodge for 5000.
The Coroner's Jury on the death o
Thomas Konack, hooker-on. killed a
the carworks on Thanksgiving Day b,
q crane operated by Harry Gerlach. re
turned verdict of accidental death.
Jesse Heydrick, Surveyor, ]. Da
Smith and Andrew Rieger were ap
POINTED to make review on a petition
to vacate and supply public road
East Butler in Summit twp.
W.P. Jamison Of Venango twp. ha
been appointed county surveyor to sue
ceed Benjamin r. Hilliard, decd.
| Walter e. Bartley. James w. Thomp
son. VIM. Walker, C. E. Shannon, Jas
Niblock, Frederick Henninger, and Jas
lDouthett were appointed viewers to as
sess damages done to the property o
katherine Pfeifer in Forward twp. b
the B. 81 o. r. r. Co. They are Z
meet Dec. %.
John F. Lowry, o. K. Waldron, job
A. Gilliland, Matthias Bippus, D: I
lOuigley, George Z. Baker and job
Hufzler were appointed viewers to NEE
lon Dec. 26 and assess damages done tn
Hand of Mrs. Ellen Elliott in Fairviey
twp. by the B. & o. r. R. in making
fill.
D. A. McElvain, who filed exception
to the report of the receiver OF tn
Evans City Coal Co.. has petitioned TO
an auditor in the case.
Martin Wright, w. J. limerick and
number of other citizens living at tn
top Of Centre Ave. hill have petirione
for a writ of mandamus on the Schot
Board of Butler boro, John A. Gibson
Superintendeut, and l.. f. Hall, Primo
pal, to compel admission of the childre
| of the petitioners to the public schoo
| Of the borough. The matter Is to B
heard the second Monday of Januar.
and in the meantime the children are
attend the schools, and if the final dec
sion is against the residents of the hi
: their tuition is to be paid for.
The motion for new trial for job
B. Mclaughlin. convicted Of murder
the second degree for killing VIM.
Hemphill, was argued, Friday. Georf
Fredley swore that during convers'
I ton with T. M. Porter, one Of the juro
a sometime before the trial, Porter Ia
said, placing his hand on Fredley
shoulder, that there ought to be a han
Q ing. Attorney Joseph Bredin testifie
| to Porter and Walter Rudiger winkir
l as Rudiger was going on the witnei
stand. Porter denied the alleged CO.
|versation with Fredley, but admittt
, that Mrs. Hemphill had boarded wit
:. his mother during the trial.
y Appraisers John N. Muntz and P.
iSherwin have filed an inventory and q
: praisment Of the property of the n
9 tional Coal Co. at North Butler, placiI
9 its value at $56S6.e1.
On report Of Miles Shakeley, w.
Grimes and DIR. j. L. Christie on Il
a Flinner bridge over Yellow creek al
the Bloom bridge over Little Connoqu
Messing, the Court has ordered pa
q nent for the superstructure, but tn
: payment for masonry be withheld un
the contractors for the stone work ma
II 1t comply with the specifications.
= The Fisk M. E. chapel of Winfie
u twp. has applied forlan amendment
3 charter according to the recent law
.s garding corporation charters.
G A charge Of selling liquor without
r cense has been made against D. Bal
B. resser Of Carbon Black. He plead gu
4 ty and sentence was suspended on pa
ment Of cost and entering bond for
good behavior He is S3 years Of al
t. The surety of the peace case again
" Samuel Falkuer Of Carbon Black "
- heard, Friday. and disposed of by Fa
. ner paying the Court costs and ca
side paying their own witness costs.
is
a Levi o. Purvis has tiled a stateme
~ in his suit for damages against the
~ lR. & p. R. R. Co., in which he clai
Ie that he was told that the train
Id which he was injured would stop
d. minutes in Butler, that his wife Is
y" invalid and needed assistance in getti
a. on the train; that after he boarded
e. train it started without waiting (
IN minutes; that he passed the conduct
:. and porter on the way from the cal, a
Az the porter opened the vestibule entral
for him to step off the train; that
Injuries which he received were due
ID the train not stopping long enough,
I'd five minutes, which would have enab
of him to leave 1t safely after putting
a. wife aboard, and were due to the nej
gence of the defendant company in
in stopping the train to let him off.
OF therefore claims damages in the amo1
ed OF $4,000.
he Frank q. Murphy was appointed a
ng titor in the estate of Lulu Feigel, de-
his of Butler.
to The Guarantee 8. d. & T. Co.
he appointed guardian OF George, mi
yer child Of VIM. G. Beighley. decd.
ers r. B. Kelly of Worth twp was