Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-25

- board or viewers
recommending the condemnation by
the municipality of 1.26 acres of aims
house property. The ground includes
strip of the old "Potter's Field" The
condemnation proceedings were only
formal as the county authorities had
agreed to give the strip to Mr.. Taylor
consequently the viewers which in
cluded Attorney Paul G.. Smith, Earl
u. Graeff and Fl. C. Wright, say the
| benefits and damages are equalized
Service irregular Says Auditor-Be-
/ cause the service of legal papers was
declared to be irregular in that the
defendant did not live at the residence
/ given, Auditor Harry L. Dress this
morning reported to the court that the
Bogar Lumber Company, a creditor of
j. *. 1senberg, Altoona, should be
considered first in the distribution of
a $2S2.92 balance. H. f. Quickel OBJ
tanned execution against Isenberg and
after his debt was paid off the bal
ance remained. Malehorn Brothers
/ had a claim for part of the sum but
according to the auditor the Bogar
Lumber Company, another creditor,
has the prior claim.
Approve Bridge Report Over Muddy
Creek. - The Dauphin county court
to-day approved the recommendations
| of the board of viewers to build a new
| bridge of either steel or concrete
across Muddy creek. at Rockdale.
Crawford county. The old bridge was
an eighty foot span which rested on a
pier that had been washed away. The
viewers which included r. r. Philip,
A. G. Richmond, C. B. Mcdowell G..
| t. Nolan and Arthur Fl. Hull, suggest
a bridge 110 feet long to cost about
$17O0.
| Postpone Sale of Murdered Woman's
Home. - The sale of the home of Mrs.
| Ella Albright, Fifteenth and Brown
streets, who was found murdered jn
her home some months ago, was post
poned again to-day. The time for
auction has not yet been fixed.
Building Permits. - To-day's build
ing permits included: w. S. Ruther-
ford, addition to 1924 North Second
street, $3.50; Daniel Wagner, single
| three story dwelling and garage,
Granite street, west of Fulton, $500.
| Realty Transfers. Realty trans
fers included j. c. Detweiler's heirs to
Benjamin F. Ryan, Middletown, 81;
H. f. Smith ct al to f.. Kline, Union
Deposit, 1920; w. j. Sohland to E. M.
! Hershey, Susquenanna township, 81;
j. w. Walck to Sava Savic, Steelton,
$3.50.
| To Sell Hallman Property.-NoVem-
| Der 20 was fixed by the Dauphin coun-
ty courts to-day for the sale of the
property of Phares r. Hallman, Lower
Swatara township, by Attorney E. NJ.
| Hershey, assignee.
At the Registers Office. - The will
of Elizabeth Gardner, city, was pro-
bated to-day and letters on the estate
were granted to the Central Trust
Company and Regina Gardner.
| Completing 1916 TrienniaI ASSESS
ments. - City Assessors are busy add
ing finishing touches to the 19i6 tri-
| ennial assessment books on city valua-
| tions as 1t is expected to close them
| within the next week or ten days. The
| Board of Tax Revision and Appeals
holds it's first sitting November 10 and
| these will continue every day there
after. day will be set aside for each
| ward.
Chief Clerk Miller Better. - William
| A. b. Miller chief clerk in the Office of
/ o. Nj. Copelin. City Treasurer who has
| been confined to his bed for few DAYS
| as a result of a general breakdown. is
| improving steadily
Pen Sentence For Curtis. - Oliver
Curtis, a local negro, was fined $40
costs and sentenced to a penitentiary
| term of from three to ten years, Satur-
| day. by Judge Endlich, sitting in the
| Berks county, courts. Curtis pleaded
guilty to forging check on a Reading
| utility company.