|
|
|
The Sharon Herald December 8, 1899
The following excerpts from the Friday, December 8, 1899 edition of The Sharon Herald (Vol. 36, No. 32), were reprinted in The Herald, Sharon, PA, in the Sunday, December 8, 1999 edition. Thanks to The Herald for allowing us to use this material and to Beverly Liston. The names of the people are highlighted. Any notes in [ ] are my own remarks and were not in the reprint of the paper.
<From page 2> Mercer Dec. 6 - December
argument court convened Monday at 10 a.m., Judge Miller
presiding. The forenoon was spent
in hearing motions and petitions, among which were the following: In reassignment
of Jonis J. Pierce the sale of real estate
to A.B.
and WA Cozadd was confirmed and discharged
of all liens. In the matter of W.S.
Palmer, assignee of Lininger & Crouch, C.N.
McClure filed his report as auditor which was confirmed nisi. Upon petitions of
citizens of Millcreek township for a public road leading from Utica road to
where the New Vernon road intersects the Sandy Lake and New Lebanon road,
viewers were appointed as follows: R.A. McKim,
artist, C.F. Moore, Lake township, and D.
R. P. Zahniser, Jackson. I.
H. Robb, Esq., filed his report as auditor in the final account of P.S.
Counselman, executor of estate of Susan Dean,
deceased, which was confirmed nisi. A.
B. Thompson, Esq., was appointed auditor to make distribution of the
funds in the hands of the executor of Sarah Infield,
deceased. Upon petition of W.S.
Riddle, sheriff, for an interpleader, a rule was granted upon A.H.
McElrath, the plaintiff, and A. B. Uber,
claimant, to show cause why an issue should not be awarded to determine
ownership of certain goods, returnable the third Monday of December. Lucetta
T. Kreps, senior creditor vs. A.T. and W.A. Kreps,
moved for a rule to show cause to stay all proceedings against defendants and
preserve the lien of the levies as taken according to their priority. The motion
was filed but the court refused to stay the execution. Petition of W.E.
Vernam, administrator for sale of real estate of Nannie
B. Vernam, deceased, was presented by W.H.
Cochran, and granted. In final account
of estate of F. F. Graham, deceased, S.
Rdemond, attorney for Jas. T. Graham, with
drew exceptions to the auditor’s report filed by L.R.
Uber, and moved the court to direct the administrator to pay out money in
his hands according to the auditor’s report. So ordered. Application was
presented by Gillespie & Pettit for a charter
of incorporation for the Presbyterian church at Jamestown, which was granted. Jacob
Ensign, committee of John H. Ryan, was
granted the right to sell and convey real estate of the latter. He was also
appointed guardian of minor child. Wm.
M. Douglass was appointed guardian of Rose
Elizabeth, Minnie May and F.A. Sporey, minor
children of Adam Sporey, deceased. Wm.
A. McCoy was discharged upon his own petition , as
guardian of Chas. C. Stinedurf. The case of S.
L Mills, administrator, vs. P.A. Plant, was
continued by consent until the third Monday of December. The case of
Second U.P. church vs. Martha Howard, was argued
and the court took the papers. Plaintiff had an execution in attachment issued
against the poor board, which the attorney for the board asked to be dissolved
on the ground that they were public officers.
Plaintiff’s attorney claimed that they had no right to enter upon and
take possession of property and money. The
dispute is a question of law to be passed upon by the court. In the case of Charlotte
Cox vs. Holland Cox, a rule to show cause
why judgment should not be opened, the rule was dismissed and the judgment
opened. Marriage grants:
W. J. McCoy, Pine, and Annie
Thomas, Grove City;
Cassius M. Harnett and Emma
L. Abbott, West Salem;
Miles Gibbons, and Ellen
Doyle, Hickory;
G. M. Haun, Atlantic, Pa., and Minnie
McLean, Clark’s Mills;
Frank Ayers, Sharpsville, and Effie
Armour, Sheakleyville;
Elmer Rodgers and Ida
May Keck, Greenville;
Chas. Shellito and Blanche
Barbour, Sharpsville; John N. Callahan, West Salem, and Almanda Kashner, Kashner; D.M.Nutt and Verna
McBride, Pine; Wm. N. Phillips,
Hickory, and Elizabeth Doerr, Sharon. The will of James
Dickson, late of French Creek, has been probated, with James
W. and Andrew M. Dickson, executors. Sheep claims
filed: G.W. Dunham, Hickory, one killed and 28
injured, $32.50; J.W. Locke, Hickory, one killed
and 17 injured, $18; J.H. Baker, Otter Creek, two
killed and one injured $7; Mrs. Ella Bash, Otter
Creek, four killed and three injured, $26; H.D. Rice,
West Salem, one killed, $5; G.B. Baker, agent, four
killed and five injured, $22. Jury
Commissioners McConnell and McKenna
came in Monday and are engaged filling the jury wheel for 1900.
NEWS
OF OUR NEIGHBORS. Representative
Davenport, of Erie, has introduced a bill in Congress for increasing the
pension of Mrs. Gridley, widow of Capt.
Gridley, of the cruiser Olympia, to $200 a month. She now receives $30. Another sensation
has developed at New Castle by the tax committee of councils discovering that
the city pays to its tax collectors percentages upon person al taxes assessed
against men who are exempted by ordinance; upon dead men, and upon men who have
not been residents of the city for years. The collectors receive 5 per cent, on
all exonerated taxes. There are numerous cases in which men who moved away five
or six years ago are still regularly assessed. Probably the
cheapest piece of property ever sold in Hubbard was transferred Monday, when Henry
Price, of Youngstown, sold to W. H. Davis a
lot on South Main street, 52 and one-third feet front and running back to an
alley, for an even $50. The lot is one of the finest in the town. The sidewalk,
which is laid, will cost about $40 and Mr. Price
not caring to put up this amount, took $9 cash and made the deed over to Mr.
Davis, who will pay for the walk. -
Enterprise. - As in the past we have been known to have the largest
supply of Candy in Sharon, this year will be no exception. At the lowest
possible price.
-FRED MYERS. Return to Main Sharon Herald Excerpts Page
|
Space provided by RootsWeb.
Copyright © 2003 Teri A. Brown, Walter Brown and Assoc. All rights reserved. | |||||||||||||||
