Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-14

got the money in a brief note in his
| mornings mail. 1t was addressed sim
ply to the Red Cross People, Harris
purg' Penna." On slip of paper with
the money were the names of John
COY, John Casey and Mr.. John Duf1eck
Casey That was all, not even an
address. OF course, there was the
| enclosure, which Mr.. Weiss turned
over to Mr. Cough, and the latter said
he will turn 1t into the anti-tubercu-
losis society's fund.
The contribution was evidently a.
| three--party affair and was sent In in
one lump sum. The amount was
25 cents.
Estimate On Creek Job Paid.-City
treasurer o. M. Copelin to-day paid to
| the Maryland Casualty Company, the
bonding company backing the firm
| that is building the Paxton creek i'm
provement, the sum of $5,621.8S, esti-
mate on work done thus far this sum-
mer on Paxton creek.
Argue Smith Insanity Case.-Argu-
| ment was heard by the Dauphin
County Court to-day on the question of
| whether Edward G. Smith, the Ingle-
nook youth charged with the murder
of his aged grandfather John E. Bush,
is insane and in such condition as to
require the appointment of commits
sion in lunacy to authorize his confine-
|
! for murder.
Brief Motion Court.-Prior to the
opening of July argument court to- day
] there was a brief session of motion
! court, when a number of petitions
relative to sales and guardianship ap-
po1ntments were considered. Three
! judges sat for argument court, Judge
Johnson of the Snyder-Union district,
| coming down to hear the application
| for a new trial in the cases of Dr.
John Ensminger, Jr., and Martha Os-
ten. who had been convicted of crimi-
nal intimacy growing out of the young
Pharmacists alleged overfondness for
| Miss Osten. Judges Kunkel and
| McCarrell heard the remainder of the
| list, including the May Murphy Emma
Haas alienation of affections appeal.
County Tax Collectors to Sit.-Five
per cent. abatement will be allowed on
county taxes if paid before September
| l, 1914. Statements of taxes can be
! obtained by mail or call at residence
! or business place by the collector If
the property holder will drop the COL
lector card. The collectors will sit
in No. courtroom Thursday of each
week from to o'clock during the
| month of August.
To Make Pipe Within
the next sixty days owners of property
| abutting in Primrose street from Fif-
| teenth to Eighteenth, Gruber from
Camp to Emerald and Swab alley from
Elizabeth to Gruber will be required
to make such water, sewer, gas and
steam pipe connections as may be nee
essary incident to the paving and curb
ing of these highways. Notification to
this effect has been issued by City
Engineer M. B. Cowden.
Levy Paving Costs.-From to 12
o'clock Thursday. July 23, City Engi-
neer M B. Cowden will hear any prop
erty owners interested in the assess
! ments for the paving of a fifteen foot
alley between Sixth and Jefferson
streets and from Camp to Jefferson
streets.
To Open Water Pipe Bids.-Bids for
laying water pipe In Hildrup street
from Nineteenth to Twenty-first and
in Emerald from Fourth to Fifth will
be opened at o'clock July 20 by City
Commissioner H. F. Bowman, superin-
tendent of public safety. The bids for
water pipe in Market street from Front
! to the subway and in Front from
North to Paxton will be opened at the
| same time.