Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-03-18
LIQUOR store
changes HANDS

A session of court was held In the
grand jury room on Saturday morning
with his Honor Judge Evans and As
socistes Blee and Welliver on the
bench. The session lasted about two
hours.
The license for the wholesale liquor
store at No. 3l1 Mill street was trans
ferred from Henry Regal to David
Steiner. of Freeland
Samuel Myerhoff, of Hazleton, form
er Burgess George H. Hartman, Harry
Rheinsmith and Joseph Steiner. of
Freeland, testified before court as to
the good character and the temperate
habits of the petitioner. Their testi-
mony was supplemented by certific-
ate in support of the applicant signed
by large number of citizens of Free
land. Mr.. Steiner, the new licensee,
will assume charge next week
TAX'RECEIVER CONTEST.
A petition was received from Alonzo
Mauser representing that he is resi-
dent and duly qualified elector of
Cooper township, Montour county,
that at the municipal election held iu
Cooper township, Tuesday, February
20, 1906, Alfred Blecher and O. D.
Garrison, were rival candidates for the
Office of receiver of taxes and that
tie vote was cast for said candidates !;
that the court on February 26, 1906,
appointed Alfred Blecher to fill said
vacancy caused by said tie vote; that
the said Alfred BIecher was a candid
ate for said office of tax receiver at
the next ensuing municipal election
on February 10, 1907, and received a
majority of votes cast for said office;
that said Alfred Blecher and the petit
tioner were rival candidates at the re-
cent municipal election held in said
Cooper township on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 16. 1909, for the Office of receiv-
er of taxes and the petitioner received
majority of votes cast for said office;
that the petitioner holds his certificate
of election properly signed by the leg
ally and duly qualified election board
for said township. said certificate bear
ing the date February 16, 1909; that
the court on the 27th day of February,
1909. approved the bond of Alfred
Bleoher as receiver of taxes for said
Cooper township for the year 1909.
The petitioner is advised and be-
lieves that he is legally entitled to
serve as receiver of taxes for said
Cooper township for three years next
ensuing and that the bond Of said AL
fred Blecher was Inadvertently ap-
proved by the honorable court. The
petitioner therefore, having secured a
bond with two reputable freeholders
of Cooper township as sureties, prays
the honorable court to grant a rule to
show cause why the approval of the
bond of said Alfred Blecher should not
be set aside and withdrawn and the
bond of the petitioner approved.
THE COURT GRANTS RULE.
And now March J3. 1909, the within
petition having been read and after
due consideration the court grants a
rule on Alfred Blecher to show cause
why the approval of his bond as tax
receiver for Cooper township, Montour
county, Pa. should not be set aside
and withdrawn and the bond of Alonzo
Mauser approved. Rule returnable
March 90. 1909. BY order court,
CHARLES O. EVANS. P. J.
GEORGE NJ. ALBECK RELEASED.
George M. Albeck, guilty of assault
ana battery, who on January %, 1909,
was sentenced to Jail until costs we're
paid, was released by the order of
court on Saturday. A petition was
presented by the county commission
ers representing that neither the costs
of prosecution nor the fine has been
paid by Albeck and that in the opin-
ion of the said county commissioners
he is unable to pay or to make restora-
tion. They therefore prayed that he
be released. An order to that effect
was accordingly made by Judge Evans.