Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-01
LEGAL NEWS.
LIQUOR LICENSES.


License Court will convene Monday
February 26. The following applica
tions have been filed:
P. c. Frederick. Zelienople, distillers
C. F. Hosford, Hotel Lowry, Butler
Benjamin Forquer, hotel, MIllerstown
NOTES.
A charge of f6eb has been entered
against NJ. j. Kline of Renfrew.
On petition of John F. Smith, guar
dian Of Ella Shaffer and Catherin,
Stehle, minor children of George Smith
decd, of Butler twp, a rule has beer
granted on David Niggle, the executor
to file his final account.
On petition of Robt J. Miller, a rul,
has been granted on the widow anC
other heirs of his father, Jacob Miller
of Gallery, to show cause why partition
should not be made of decedent's land
John Younkins has petitioned for sat
isfaction of an old mortgage given in
1870 by II. Sreelsmith to w s. Boyd on
lots in the South Side.
Jury Commissioners A. o. Eberhart
and Anos Cooper drew the juries fol
the March term Saturday Mr.. Cooper
had the misfortune to fall from an
apple tree he was trimming and break
one of his legs short time ago.
pAdam Weber, John W. Kaltenbach,
and John N. Muntz have been appoint
ed inspectors on the new Eagle Mill
bridge over Little Connoquenessing-
Jas. B. Mates has been appointed
auditor in the-estate of E. A Totten,
decd, of Petrolia.
A copy of the will of Samuel Stewart
of Beaver Falls has been filed with
Register Wilson, George G. Stewart of
Butler is made executor and is left 16
acres in Beaver county, oil and gas wells
in Butler county, and $4,000 Beaver
Falls school bonds; Mrs. Lee McAboy is
left $4,000 Beaver Falls school bonds;
Mrs. Louisa Stewart $500 cash, Mrs
Jennie Patterson 5000 bonds; and Mrs.
Maggie Townsand and Howard Stewart
each $4,000 bonds.
Louis Ladekow, a Pittsburg liquor
agent, was arrested last week on a
charge of selling liquor without license.
He has been taking orders for liquor in
Butler.
The appeal of Mrs. Antoni Macroni
from the granting of letters of admins
tration on the estate of her husband to
the Guaranty s. D. & T. Co. was dis
missed by Register Wilson on account
of Mrs. Antoni's bond being defective.
Fred and Harry Lewis of Warren, o..
sons of r. K. Lewis, the cattle buyer,
l.. .vx
Pennington last week, announce that
they would give $1,000 reward for
evidence resulting In the conviction of
the murderer or murderers.
The case of Robert L. Stroup VS. The
South Penn Oil Co. went to trial
Wednesday of last week and resulted in
a verdict of 5000 for the plaintiff. The
jury went out Saturday noon. reached
q verdict at $3.50 Sunday morning. seal
ed it, and presented it to Court Monday
Stroup' was employed as
pumper by the South Penn Co. On the
Loyal Welsh farm at Jefferson Centre.
While starting q big gas engine. the
clutch lever flew mp and struck him on
the chin, shattering the jaw bone in
three places and knocking out all his
lower teeth. When Stroup recovered
his jaw was so badly deformed that he
could not get false teeth, and he has to
subsist on soft foods. He charged that
the accident was due to defective and
wornout parts OF the clutch and sued
for $4,000 damages The company
tried to get him to settle for 5000, which
he refused to do. During the trial the
clutch and pillow blocks, weighing
probably five hundred pounds, on which
it rested were brought into court. The
plaintiff moved for new trial.
VIM. Fl. Walker, Surveyor, Ross
Mahan, and 8. M. Leslie have been ap-
pointed viewers on petition OF citizens
Of Clinton twp. for new bridge over
Bull creek on the Lardins Mills Millers-
town road.
w. p. Jamison, Surveyor, M. G.
Grubb and Amos Seaton have been ap-
pointed viewers on petition of citizens
Of Marion twp. for a new bridge over
creek on the McGuirk-
Pennington road.
John Gulas and Frank Mosko are in
Jail on charges of defrauding board bills.
The will of Mrs. Ann J. Bracken has
been probated. Chas, Bracken and w.
u. Brandon. executors.
Alex Faronicki is in Jail on a charge
Of larceny.
Isaac Rice of Harmony has been held
for desertion on complaint of his wife.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
Lillian Shaffer to DR.. E L Snyder lot
in Portersville for $500.
Robt X Cooper to B P Child 2 acres
in Penn for $500.
Jas T Welsh to Geo Fl McCaw 80
acres in Connoquenessing for $4250
J V Ritts to G E Cronenwett lot on
w Pearl ST. for 81.
D Miller to J v Ritts lot on w
Pearl for $3.50
John c Graham to Ella Dieuis lot in
Butler for $2725.
John Prayer to Robt B Nickel one
acre in Buffalo for $4,000.
r B Nickel to Kerr Coal Co. same
for $4,000.
John Riley to Mary A Rifiey so acres
in Middlesex for $500
FV Waldron to Ida Robinson lot in
Evans City for $4,000
Jane 8 Zenty to Robt r Say lot in
Butler for $1575.
A M Christley to John G Graham lot
on Lincoln Way for 5000.
" w Toi ence to Benry E Lee 80
acres in Buffalo for $3.50.
81 E Lee to J N Ritchie same for
$3.50
VIM G. McCandless. Sr., to Willard
r McCandless lot in Mars for $400
Miss Sarah E Thompson to Sample G
Duncan 12 acres in Middlesex for $500.
Elmer G Greenert to Lee d Quigley
lot on Morton Ave. for $310
John Stab to w Fl Leahy ones sixth
int. in lot on E Jefferson st. and 175
acres in Centre twp. for 81.
/ G Pollard to Henry ZentZ lot on
West d st. for $1100.
M j Kelly to Roy A Watson and G G
Williams lot in Slipperyrock for 5000
Theodore Scott to John f Scott one
third int in 100 acres in Lancaster for
$500.
JF Wiles to American Nat Gas. Co.
leases on the Ross Mahan, Ben Stepp.
Steiner, J q Leslie and Fredley farms
in Middlesex twp
JT Bingham to Robt Collins lot in
Slipperyrock for $3.50.
FW Chattin to M Zeefe lot on Pierce
Ave. for $3.50.
Oliver Neubert to w Fl & Z Say,
lease, 10 acres in Jefferson for $50.
Maize P Clinton TO L Snyder acres
in Adams for $1,000.
John Stein to P d Drebert lot in Con
noquenesslng for 1926.