The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-09
ARGUMENT COURT.

The following business was trans
acted in court on Monday, it being
the regular monthly session:
Upon the application of Clinton
Herring, Esq, charter was grant
ed the Christian church at Derrs.
In the divorce proceedings of
Mellick VS.. Mellick, all alias sub
poena was issued.
lanes L. Evans, Esq, presented
a petition from the Berwick Trust
Co., guardian of William Neal, a
weak minded person, asking that
the Court allow private sale of
real estate belonging to the ward
and situate on East Third street,
Bloomsbury, for the sum of $3.50;
sale to be made to Louise McPher-
son. The Court took the papers.
w. II. Rhawn, solicitor for the
County Commissioners, presented
to the Court for its approval the
contracts they had entered into for
the erection of the county bridges
in Roaring Creek and Madison
townships and Saltwater borough,
and also for the painting of the
bridge over the Susquehanna river
at Bloomsbury.
Thos. w. Hagenbuch and Sam
uel B. Hagenbuch, executors of
Peter Hagenbuch, deceased, VS.. A.
G Hagenbuch. On motion of Fred
Ikeler, Esq, the order of the Court
was modified.
In the estate of Kate J. Pope,
deceased, petition for the Court to
place construction on the will of
the decedent and make other CT
ders. On motion of Fred Ikeler,
Esq, Monday, August 3, 1908, at
10 O'Clock a. M, is fixed for the
hearing. Notice to be published
in one newspaper in Columbia coun-
ty and one newspaper in the city of
Adrian, Lenaure county, Michigan.
In the estate of Mary K. Kries,
deceased, petition for a citation to
convey title. Citation awarded re-
turnable on the first Monday of
September, 1908.
In the matter ofthe appeal OF the
Packer Coal Co., upon agreement
of all the parties in interest, the
Court reduced the valuation from
Sal, 800 to S34S5.
In the estate of James McCole,
deceased, the widow elects to retain
certain real estate and Thomas E.
Mohan and Martin Monaghan are
appointed appraisers.
Catawissa Borough Poor District
VS.. Columbia county. On motion
of L. c. Mensch, Esq, the Court
made an order that John Gaidtes,
an inmate of Wernersville hospital,
is subject of Russia, and has no
legal settlement in Catawissa bor-
ough.
In the case of Lavina Rabuck VS..
Pennsylvania Railroad Co., rule to
take off non suit. The Court after
reading an opinion, made the fol-
lowing order: And now, July 6,
1908, reasons filed to take off non
suit are overruled, and the rule to
take off the same is discharged"
Com. VS.. John Stevanko, rule to
show cause why that portion of the
verdict which directed that the
prosecutor Pay the costs should not
be set aside. The rule was made
absolute, and the county directed
to pay the costs in an opinion hand.
ed down by the Court.
In the matter of the appointment
of guardian for Abraham Hess,
OF Jackson township, weak mind
ed person. After hearing the tes-
timony of Mrs. Thomas J. Hess,
DIR. l. l.. Edwards, u. A. Butt and
A. B. Mendenhall, the Court ap-
pointed Thomas J. Hess, guardian.
Bond in the sum of $2oo approved.
The bonds of the following tax
collectors were presented to the
Court and approved: John R. SUIT
ton, Berwick; d. N. Williams,
Madison township; w. P. Zahner,
Main township; and J. II. White,